On 7/27/18 10:20 PM, Jinbum Park wrote:

User controls @dev_minor which to be used as index of pkt_devs.
So, It can be exploited via Spectre-like attack. (speculative execution)

This kind of attack leaks address of pkt_devs, [1]
It leads an attacker to bypass security mechanism such as KASLR.

So sanitize @dev_minor before using it to prevent attack.

[1] https://github.com/jinb-park/linux-exploit/
tree/master/exploit-remaining-spectre-gadget/leak_pkt_devs.c

Applied for 4.19, thanks.

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Jens Axboe