From 867b652db42ff8fa41b3c25e7ef9df48003ea4eb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Joe Lawrence <joe.lawrence@redhat.com>
Date: Tue, 6 Jul 2021 13:18:41 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] seq_files: kpatch fix for CVE-2021-33909
Kernels:
4.18.0-305.el8
4.18.0-305.3.1.el8_4
4.18.0-305.7.1.el8_4
Changes since last build:
[x86_64]:
seq_file.o: changed function: seq_read
seq_file.o: changed function: single_open_size
seq_file.o: changed function: traverse
[ppc64le]:
seq_file.o: changed function: seq_read
seq_file.o: changed function: single_open_size
seq_file.o: changed function: traverse.part.4
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Kernels:
4.18.0-305.el8
4.18.0-305.3.1.el8_4
4.18.0-305.7.1.el8_4
Modifications: none
commit 217fcaff73c6916b817280df9310852192026615
Author: Ian Kent <ikent@redhat.com>
Date: Thu Jul 1 08:10:39 2021 +0800
seq_file: Disallow extremely large seq buffer allocations
Bugzilla: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1975181
CVE: CVE-2021-33909
Y-Commit: 61d17175cddbac1f305c2704b336c9119b71bbfe
O-Bugzilla: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1975182
Brew build: https://brewweb.engineering.redhat.com/brew/taskinfo?taskID=37831839
Testing: The patch has been tested by Qualys and it has been
confirmed the patch fixes the problem.
Upstream status: RHEL only (CVE-2021-33909)
Author: Eric Sandeen <sandeen@redhat.com>
seq_file: Disallow extremely large seq buffer allocations
There is no reasonable need for a buffer larger than this,
and it avoids int overflow pitfalls.
Suggested-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Signed-off-by: Eric Sandeen <sandeen@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Ian Kent <ikent@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Frantisek Hrbata <fhrbata@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Joe Lawrence <joe.lawrence@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Yannick Cote <ycote@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Artem Savkov <asavkov@redhat.com>
---
fs/seq_file.c | 3 +++
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
diff --git a/fs/seq_file.c b/fs/seq_file.c
index 1600034a929bb1..c19ecc1f2d5023 100644
--- a/fs/seq_file.c
+++ b/fs/seq_file.c
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ static void seq_set_overflow(struct seq_file *m)
static void *seq_buf_alloc(unsigned long size)
{
+ if (unlikely(size > MAX_RW_COUNT))
+ return NULL;
+
return kvmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL_ACCOUNT);
}
--
2.26.3