[PATCH] ksys_mount: check for permissions before resource allocation

[Ilya Matveychikov]

Early check for mount permissions prevents possible allocation of 3
pages from kmalloc() pool by unpriveledged user which can be used for
spraying the kernel heap.

Signed-off-by: Ilya V. Matveychikov <matvejchi...@gmail.com>
---
 fs/namespace.c | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/fs/namespace.c b/fs/namespace.c
index 5f75969adff1..1ef8feb2de2a 100644
--- a/fs/namespace.c
+++ b/fs/namespace.c
@@ -3046,6 +3046,9 @@ int ksys_mount(char __user *dev_name, char __user 
*dir_name, char __user *type,
        char *kernel_dev;
        void *options;

+       if (!may_mount())
+               return -EPERM;
+
        kernel_type = copy_mount_string(type);
        ret = PTR_ERR(kernel_type);
        if (IS_ERR(kernel_type))
--
2.17.0