Thread (2 messages) 2 messages, 2 authors, 2021-02-22

Re: [PATCH] btrfs: prevent potential out of bounds in btrfs_ioctl_snap_create_v2()

From: David Sterba <hidden>
Date: 2021-02-22 19:36:09
Also in: kernel-janitors

On Wed, Feb 17, 2021 at 09:04:34AM +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote:
The problem is we're copying "inherit" from user space but we don't
necessarily know that we're copying enough data for a 64 byte
struct.  Then the next problem is that "inherit" has a variable size
array at the end, and we have to verify that array is the size we
expected.

Fixes: 6f72c7e20dba: ("Btrfs: add qgroup inheritance")
Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <redacted>
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Presumably only root can create snapshots.
Well, no. After first analysis there are some "interesting memory access
patterns" possible, with a crafted data in the inherit member.
Anyway, I have not tested
this fix.  I believe it is correct, of course.  But perhaps it's best
to check.
Yeah I'll write a test also to see where exactly the issues are. Thanks
for the report/fix.
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