Re: [PATCH v2] s390/pkey: prevent overflow in size calculation for memdup_user()

From: Heiko Carstens
Date: Thu Jun 12 2025 - 04:49:18 EST


On Wed, Jun 11, 2025 at 10:20:10PM +0300, Fedor Pchelkin wrote:
> Number of apqn target list entries contained in 'nr_apqns' variable is
> determined by userspace via an ioctl call so the result of the product in
> calculation of size passed to memdup_user() may overflow.
>
> In this case the actual size of the allocated area and the value
> describing it won't be in sync leading to various types of unpredictable
> behaviour later.
>
> Use a proper memdup_array_user() helper which returns an error if an
> overflow is detected. Note that it is different from when nr_apqns is
> initially zero - that case is considered valid and should be handled in
> subsequent pkey_handler implementations.
>
> Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org).
>
> Fixes: f2bbc96e7cfa ("s390/pkey: add CCA AES cipher key support")
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Signed-off-by: Fedor Pchelkin <pchelkin@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>
> v2: use memdup_array_user() helper (Heiko Carstens)
>
> drivers/s390/crypto/pkey_api.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

Reviewed-by: Heiko Carstens <hca@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>