From: Mathias Krause <minipli@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> commit 8148a73c9901a8794a50f950083c00ccf97d43b3 upstream. If /proc/<PID>/environ gets read before the envp[] array is fully set up in create_{aout,elf,elf_fdpic,flat}_tables(), we might end up trying to read more bytes than are actually written, as env_start will already be set but env_end will still be zero, making the range calculation underflow, allowing to read beyond the end of what has been written. Fix this as it is done for /proc/<PID>/cmdline by testing env_end for zero. It is, apparently, intentionally set last in create_*_tables(). This bug was found by the PaX size_overflow plugin that detected the arithmetic underflow of 'this_len = env_end - (env_start + src)' when env_end is still zero. The expected consequence is that userland trying to access /proc/<PID>/environ of a not yet fully set up process may get inconsistent data as we're in the middle of copying in the environment variables. Fixes: https://forums.grsecurity.net/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=4363 Fixes: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=116461 Signed-off-by: Mathias Krause <minipli@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Emese Revfy <re.emese@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Pax Team <pageexec@xxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Mateusz Guzik <mguzik@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Jarod Wilson <jarod@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Willy Tarreau <w@xxxxxx> --- fs/proc/base.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/fs/proc/base.c b/fs/proc/base.c index 7b5d453..e5160b7 100644 --- a/fs/proc/base.c +++ b/fs/proc/base.c @@ -844,7 +844,8 @@ static ssize_t environ_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf, int ret = 0; struct mm_struct *mm = file->private_data; - if (!mm) + /* Ensure the process spawned far enough to have an environment. */ + if (!mm || !mm->env_end) return 0; page = (char *)__get_free_page(GFP_TEMPORARY); -- 2.8.0.rc2.1.gbe9624a -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html