3.16.39-rc1 review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Dave Weinstein <olorin@xxxxxxxxxx> commit 7de249964f5578e67b99699c5f0b405738d820a2 upstream. Add access checks to sys_oabi_epoll_wait() and sys_oabi_semtimedop(). This fixes CVE-2016-3857, a local privilege escalation under CONFIG_OABI_COMPAT. Reported-by: Chiachih Wu <wuchiachih@xxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Nicolas Pitre <nico@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Dave Weinstein <olorin@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- arch/arm/kernel/sys_oabi-compat.c | 8 +++++++- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/arch/arm/kernel/sys_oabi-compat.c +++ b/arch/arm/kernel/sys_oabi-compat.c @@ -279,8 +279,12 @@ asmlinkage long sys_oabi_epoll_wait(int mm_segment_t fs; long ret, err, i; - if (maxevents <= 0 || maxevents > (INT_MAX/sizeof(struct epoll_event))) + if (maxevents <= 0 || + maxevents > (INT_MAX/sizeof(*kbuf)) || + maxevents > (INT_MAX/sizeof(*events))) return -EINVAL; + if (!access_ok(VERIFY_WRITE, events, sizeof(*events) * maxevents)) + return -EFAULT; kbuf = kmalloc(sizeof(*kbuf) * maxevents, GFP_KERNEL); if (!kbuf) return -ENOMEM; @@ -317,6 +321,8 @@ asmlinkage long sys_oabi_semtimedop(int if (nsops < 1 || nsops > SEMOPM) return -EINVAL; + if (!access_ok(VERIFY_READ, tsops, sizeof(*tsops) * nsops)) + return -EFAULT; sops = kmalloc(sizeof(*sops) * nsops, GFP_KERNEL); if (!sops) return -ENOMEM; -- 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