+ vmcore-prevent-pt_note-p_memsz-overflow-during-header-update-v3.patch added to -mm tree

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Subject: + vmcore-prevent-pt_note-p_memsz-overflow-during-header-update-v3.patch added to -mm tree
To: greg.pearson@xxxxxx,d.hatayama@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx,ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx,holzheu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,vgoyal@xxxxxxxxxx
From: akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Wed, 05 Feb 2014 13:54:29 -0800


The patch titled
     Subject: vmcore-prevent-pt_note-p_memsz-overflow-during-header-update-v3
has been added to the -mm tree.  Its filename is
     vmcore-prevent-pt_note-p_memsz-overflow-during-header-update-v3.patch

This patch should soon appear at
    http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/vmcore-prevent-pt_note-p_memsz-overflow-during-header-update-v3.patch
and later at
    http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/vmcore-prevent-pt_note-p_memsz-overflow-during-header-update-v3.patch

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From: Greg Pearson <greg.pearson@xxxxxx>
Subject: vmcore-prevent-pt_note-p_memsz-overflow-during-header-update-v3

Signed-off-by: Greg Pearson <greg.pearson@xxxxxx>
Acked-by: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: HATAYAMA Daisuke <d.hatayama@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Michael Holzheu <holzheu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---

 fs/proc/vmcore.c |   14 ++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff -puN fs/proc/vmcore.c~vmcore-prevent-pt_note-p_memsz-overflow-during-header-update-v3 fs/proc/vmcore.c
--- a/fs/proc/vmcore.c~vmcore-prevent-pt_note-p_memsz-overflow-during-header-update-v3
+++ a/fs/proc/vmcore.c
@@ -473,7 +473,8 @@ static int __init update_note_header_siz
 				((nhdr_ptr->n_namesz + 3) & ~3) +
 				((nhdr_ptr->n_descsz + 3) & ~3);
 			if ((real_sz + sz) > max_sz) {
-				pr_warn("Warning: dropping PT_NOTE entry\n");
+				pr_warn("Warning: Exceeded p_memsz, dropping PT_NOTE entry n_namesz=0x%x, n_descsz=0x%x\n",
+					nhdr_ptr->n_namesz, nhdr_ptr->n_descsz);
 				break;
 			}
 			real_sz += sz;
@@ -481,6 +482,10 @@ static int __init update_note_header_siz
 		}
 		kfree(notes_section);
 		phdr_ptr->p_memsz = real_sz;
+		if (real_sz == 0) {
+			pr_warn("Warning: Zero PT_NOTE entries found\n");
+			return -EINVAL;
+		}
 	}
 
 	return 0;
@@ -655,7 +660,8 @@ static int __init update_note_header_siz
 				((nhdr_ptr->n_namesz + 3) & ~3) +
 				((nhdr_ptr->n_descsz + 3) & ~3);
 			if ((real_sz + sz) > max_sz) {
-				pr_warn("Warning: dropping PT_NOTE entry\n");
+				pr_warn("Warning: Exceeded p_memsz, dropping PT_NOTE entry n_namesz=0x%x, n_descsz=0x%x\n",
+					nhdr_ptr->n_namesz, nhdr_ptr->n_descsz);
 				break;
 			}
 			real_sz += sz;
@@ -663,6 +669,10 @@ static int __init update_note_header_siz
 		}
 		kfree(notes_section);
 		phdr_ptr->p_memsz = real_sz;
+		if (real_sz == 0) {
+			pr_warn("Warning: Zero PT_NOTE entries found\n");
+			return -EINVAL;
+		}
 	}
 
 	return 0;
_

Patches currently in -mm which might be from greg.pearson@xxxxxx are

vmcore-prevent-pt_note-p_memsz-overflow-during-header-update.patch
vmcore-prevent-pt_note-p_memsz-overflow-during-header-update-v2.patch
vmcore-prevent-pt_note-p_memsz-overflow-during-header-update-v3.patch

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