From: Kees Cook <[email protected]> ------------------- This is a commit scheduled for the next v2.6.34 longterm release. http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/paulg/longterm-queue-2.6.34.git If you see a problem with using this for longterm, please comment. -------------------
commit 12176503366885edd542389eed3aaf94be163fdb upstream. The compat ioctl for VIDEO_SET_SPU_PALETTE was missing an error check while converting ioctl arguments. This could lead to leaking kernel stack contents into userspace. Patch extracted from existing fix in grsecurity. Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <[email protected]> Cc: David Miller <[email protected]> Cc: Brad Spengler <[email protected]> Cc: PaX Team <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Paul Gortmaker <[email protected]> --- fs/compat_ioctl.c | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/fs/compat_ioctl.c b/fs/compat_ioctl.c index 641640dc7ae5..7a00d9b155bf 100644 --- a/fs/compat_ioctl.c +++ b/fs/compat_ioctl.c @@ -227,6 +227,8 @@ static int do_video_set_spu_palette(unsigned int fd, unsigned int cmd, err = get_user(palp, &up->palette); err |= get_user(length, &up->length); + if (err) + return -EFAULT; up_native = compat_alloc_user_space(sizeof(struct video_spu_palette)); err = put_user(compat_ptr(palp), &up_native->palette); -- 1.8.5.2 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
