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Commit fec52486 authored by Zev Weiss's avatar Zev Weiss Committed by Linus Torvalds
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tools/testing/selftests/sysctl/sysctl.sh: add tests for >32-bit values written to 32-bit integers

Patch series "sysctl: fix range-checking in do_proc_dointvec_minmax_conv()", v2.

After being left with an unusable system after a typo executing
something like 'echo $((1<<24)) > /proc/sys/vm/max_map_count', I found
that do_proc_dointvec_minmax_conv() was missing a check to ensure that
the converted value actually fits in an int.

The first of the following patches enhances the sysctl selftest such
that it detects this problem; the second provides a minimal fix
(suitable for -stable) such that the selftest passes.  The third patch
then performs a more thorough refactoring to eliminate the code
duplication that led to the bug in the first place (maintaining the
passing status of the selftest).

This patch (of 3):

At present this exposes a bug in do_proc_dointvec_minmax_conv() (it
fails to check for values that are too wide to fit in an int).

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190207123426.9202-2-zev@bewilderbeest.net


Signed-off-by: default avatarZev Weiss <zev@bewilderbeest.net>
Cc: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@kernel.org>
Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Cc: Brendan Higgins <brendanhiggins@google.com>
Cc: Iurii Zaikin <yzaikin@google.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: default avatarLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
parent a089e4fe
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