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binfmt_elf: Fix core dump memory corruption

PATCH In review Yu-cheng Yu 1 participant 2 messages Jul 17, 2018 – Sep 25, 2018

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PATCH 1/1 binfmt_elf: Fix core dump memory corruption

In fill_note_info(), we kzalloc elf_thread_core_info.notes[] only for (core_note_type != 0) regsets. However, in fill_thread_core_info(), we still leave empty notes and go beyond the allocated size. Fix it.

---
 fs/binfmt_elf.c | 14 ++++++++------
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
fs/binfmt_elf.c +8 -6
index 816cc921cf36..6f42e05d2833 100644
@@ -1723,7 +1723,8 @@ static int fill_thread_core_info(struct elf_thread_core_info *t,
 				 const struct user_regset_view *view,
 				 long signr, size_t *total)
 {
-	unsigned int i;
+	unsigned int i; /* index to regsets */
+	unsigned int j; /* index to notes */
 	unsigned int regset0_size = regset_size(t->task, &view->regsets[0]);
 
 	/*
@@ -1744,9 +1745,9 @@ static int fill_thread_core_info(struct elf_thread_core_info *t,
 
 	/*
 	 * Each other regset might generate a note too.  For each regset
-	 * that has no core_note_type or is inactive, we leave t->notes[i]
-	 * all zero and we'll know to skip writing it later.
+	 * that has no core_note_type or is inactive, we skip it.
 	 */
+	j = 1;
 	for (i = 1; i < view->n; ++i) {
 		const struct user_regset *regset = &view->regsets[i];
 		do_thread_regset_writeback(t->task, regset);
@@ -1763,17 +1764,18 @@ static int fill_thread_core_info(struct elf_thread_core_info *t,
 				kfree(data);
 			else {
 				if (regset->core_note_type != NT_PRFPREG)
-					fill_note(&t->notes[i], "LINUX",
+					fill_note(&t->notes[j], "LINUX",
 						  regset->core_note_type,
 						  size, data);
 				else {
 					SET_PR_FPVALID(&t->prstatus,
 							1, regset0_size);
-					fill_note(&t->notes[i], "CORE",
+					fill_note(&t->notes[j], "CORE",
 						  NT_PRFPREG, size, data);
 				}
-				*total += notesize(&t->notes[i]);
+				*total += notesize(&t->notes[j]);
 			}
+			j++;
 		}
 	}
 
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Quoted 62 lines · Yu-cheng

In fill_note_info(), we kzalloc elf_thread_core_info.notes[] only for (core_note_type != 0) regsets. However, in fill_thread_core_info(), we still leave empty notes and go beyond the allocated size. Fix it.

---
 fs/binfmt_elf.c | 14 ++++++++------
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
fs/binfmt_elf.c +2 -1
index 816cc921cf36..6f42e05d2833 100644
@@ -1723,7 +1723,8 @@ static int fill_thread_core_info(struct
 elf_thread_core_info *t,
                                 const struct user_regset_view *view,
                                 long signr, size_t *total)
 {
-       unsigned int i;
+       unsigned int i; /* index to regsets */
+       unsigned int j; /* index to notes */
        unsigned int regset0_size = regset_size(t->task, &view->regsets[0]);
 
        /*
fs/binfmt_elf.c +2 -2
@@ -1744,9 +1745,9 @@ static int fill_thread_core_info(struct
 elf_thread_core_info *t,
 
        /*
         * Each other regset might generate a note too.  For each regset
-        * that has no core_note_type or is inactive, we leave t->notes[i]
-        * all zero and we'll know to skip writing it later.
+        * that has no core_note_type or is inactive, we skip it.
         */
+       j = 1;
        for (i = 1; i < view->n; ++i) {
                const struct user_regset *regset = &view->regsets[i];
                do_thread_regset_writeback(t->task, regset);
fs/binfmt_elf.c +4 -4
@@ -1763,17 +1764,18 @@ static int fill_thread_core_info(struct
 elf_thread_core_info *t,
                                kfree(data);
                        else {
                                if (regset->core_note_type != NT_PRFPREG)
-                                       fill_note(&t->notes[i], "LINUX",
+                                       fill_note(&t->notes[j], "LINUX",
                                                  regset->core_note_type,
                                                  size, data);
                                else {
                                        SET_PR_FPVALID(&t->prstatus,
                                                        1, regset0_size);
-                                       fill_note(&t->notes[i], "CORE",
+                                       fill_note(&t->notes[j], "CORE",
                                                  NT_PRFPREG, size, data);
                                }
-                               *total += notesize(&t->notes[i]);
+                               *total += notesize(&t->notes[j]);
                        }
+                       j++;
                }
        }
 
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2.17.1

Hi All,

Any comments on this?

Thanks,
Yu-cheng