On Fri, 31 Jan 2014 16:06:06 -0700 Greg Pearson <greg.pear...@hp.com> wrote:
> Currently, update_note_header_size_elf64() and > update_note_header_size_elf32() will add the size > of a PT_NOTE entry to real_sz even if that causes real_sz > to exceeds max_sz. This patch corrects the while loop logic > in those routines to ensure that does not happen. > > ... > > Occasionally, a second entry is encountered with very > large n_namesz and n_descsz sizes: > > n_namesz = 0x80000008 > n_descsz = 0x510ae163 > n_type = 0x80000008 Hang on. > --- a/fs/proc/vmcore.c > +++ b/fs/proc/vmcore.c > @@ -468,12 +468,13 @@ static int __init update_note_header_size_elf64(const > Elf64_Ehdr *ehdr_ptr) > return rc; > } > nhdr_ptr = notes_section; > - while (real_sz < max_sz) { > - if (nhdr_ptr->n_namesz == 0) > - break; > + while (nhdr_ptr->n_namesz != 0) { > sz = sizeof(Elf64_Nhdr) + > ((nhdr_ptr->n_namesz + 3) & ~3) + > ((nhdr_ptr->n_descsz + 3) & ~3); > + /* Silently drop further PT_NOTE entries */ > + if ((real_sz + sz) > max_sz) > + break; If we are encountering notes with these crazy sizes then what is preventing (real_sx + sz) from wrapping through zero, which would defeat this check? -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/