Re: [PATCH] fs: xattr: use vmemdup_user instead of kvmalloc and copy_from_user

[Christian Brauner]

On Tue, Dec 14, 2021 at 04:19:17AM -0800, Qing Wang wrote:
> From: Wang Qing <wangqing@xxxxxxxx>
> 
> fix memdup_user.cocci warning:
> fs/xattr.c:563:11-19: WARNING opportunity for vmemdup_user
> 
> Signed-off-by: Wang Qing <wangqing@xxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  fs/xattr.c | 8 +++-----
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/xattr.c b/fs/xattr.c
> index 5c8c517..71c301d
> --- a/fs/xattr.c
> +++ b/fs/xattr.c
> @@ -560,11 +560,9 @@ setxattr(struct user_namespace *mnt_userns, struct dentry *d,
>  	if (size) {
>  		if (size > XATTR_SIZE_MAX)
>  			return -E2BIG;
> -		kvalue = kvmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
> -		if (!kvalue)
> -			return -ENOMEM;
> -		if (copy_from_user(kvalue, value, size)) {
> -			error = -EFAULT;
> +		kvalue = vmemdup_user(value, size);

This changes the allocation type from GFP_KERNEL to GFP_USER which is
probably not what we need at least it's not clear to me that it is.