On Wed, 20 Sep 2017, Kees Cook wrote: > diff --git a/mm/slab.c b/mm/slab.c > index 87b6e5e0cdaf..df268999cf02 100644 > --- a/mm/slab.c > +++ b/mm/slab.c > @@ -4408,7 +4408,9 @@ module_init(slab_proc_init); > > #ifdef CONFIG_HARDENED_USERCOPY > /* > - * Rejects objects that are incorrectly sized. > + * Rejects incorrectly sized objects and objects that are to be copied > + * to/from userspace but do not fall entirely within the containing slab > + * cache's usercopy region. > * > * Returns NULL if check passes, otherwise const char * to name of cache > * to indicate an error. > @@ -4428,11 +4430,15 @@ const char *__check_heap_object(const void *ptr, unsigned long n, > /* Find offset within object. */ > offset = ptr - index_to_obj(cachep, page, objnr) - obj_offset(cachep); > > - /* Allow address range falling entirely within object size. */ > - if (offset <= cachep->object_size && n <= cachep->object_size - offset) > - return NULL; > + /* Make sure object falls entirely within cache's usercopy region. */ > + if (offset < cachep->useroffset) > + return cachep->name; > + if (offset - cachep->useroffset > cachep->usersize) > + return cachep->name; > + if (n > cachep->useroffset - offset + cachep->usersize) > + return cachep->name; > > - return cachep->name; > + return NULL; > } > #endif /* CONFIG_HARDENED_USERCOPY */ Looks like this is almost the same for all allocators. Can we put this into mm/slab_common.c? -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-xfs" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html