From: Jann Horn <jann@xxxxxxxxx> This patch has been added to the 3.12 stable tree. If you have any objections, please let us know. =============== commit dd111be69114cc867f8e826284559bfbc1c40e37 upstream. When root activates a swap partition whose header has the wrong endianness, nr_badpages elements of badpages are swabbed before nr_badpages has been checked, leading to a buffer overrun of up to 8GB. This normally is not a security issue because it can only be exploited by root (more specifically, a process with CAP_SYS_ADMIN or the ability to modify a swap file/partition), and such a process can already e.g. modify swapped-out memory of any other userspace process on the system. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1477949533-2509-1-git-send-email-jann@xxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Jann Horn <jann@xxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Jerome Marchand <jmarchan@xxxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Johannes Weiner <hannes@xxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@xxxxxxx> Cc: Hugh Dickins <hughd@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Jiri Slaby <jslaby@xxxxxxx> --- mm/swapfile.c | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/mm/swapfile.c b/mm/swapfile.c index 660b9c0e2e40..32fed0949adf 100644 --- a/mm/swapfile.c +++ b/mm/swapfile.c @@ -2207,6 +2207,8 @@ static unsigned long read_swap_header(struct swap_info_struct *p, swab32s(&swap_header->info.version); swab32s(&swap_header->info.last_page); swab32s(&swap_header->info.nr_badpages); + if (swap_header->info.nr_badpages > MAX_SWAP_BADPAGES) + return 0; for (i = 0; i < swap_header->info.nr_badpages; i++) swab32s(&swap_header->info.badpages[i]); } -- 2.10.2 -- 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