linux/ipc
Dan Rosenberg 982f7c2b2e sys_semctl: fix kernel stack leakage
The semctl syscall has several code paths that lead to the leakage of
uninitialized kernel stack memory (namely the IPC_INFO, SEM_INFO,
IPC_STAT, and SEM_STAT commands) during the use of the older, obsolete
version of the semid_ds struct.

The copy_semid_to_user() function declares a semid_ds struct on the stack
and copies it back to the user without initializing or zeroing the
"sem_base", "sem_pending", "sem_pending_last", and "undo" pointers,
allowing the leakage of 16 bytes of kernel stack memory.

The code is still reachable on 32-bit systems - when calling semctl()
newer glibc's automatically OR the IPC command with the IPC_64 flag, but
invoking the syscall directly allows users to use the older versions of
the struct.

Signed-off-by: Dan Rosenberg <dan.j.rosenberg@gmail.com>
Cc: Manfred Spraul <manfred@colorfullife.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2010-10-01 10:50:58 -07:00
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compat_mq.c Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
compat.c include cleanup: Update gfp.h and slab.h includes to prepare for breaking implicit slab.h inclusion from percpu.h 2010-03-30 22:02:32 +09:00
ipc_sysctl.c sysctl ipc: Remove dead binary sysctl support code. 2009-11-12 02:04:54 -08:00
ipcns_notifier.c ipc: do not use a negative value to re-enable msgmni automatic recomputing 2008-07-25 10:53:42 -07:00
Makefile Add generic sys_ipc wrapper 2010-03-12 15:52:32 -08:00
mq_sysctl.c sysctl ipc: Remove dead binary sysctl support code. 2009-11-12 02:04:54 -08:00
mqueue.c switch mqueue to ->evict_inode() 2010-08-09 16:47:58 -04:00
msg.c kernel-wide: replace USHORT_MAX, SHORT_MAX and SHORT_MIN with USHRT_MAX, SHRT_MAX and SHRT_MIN 2010-05-25 08:07:02 -07:00
msgutil.c namespaces: ipc namespaces: implement support for posix msqueues 2009-04-07 08:31:09 -07:00
namespace.c ipcns: make free_ipc_ns() static 2009-06-18 13:03:56 -07:00
sem.c sys_semctl: fix kernel stack leakage 2010-10-01 10:50:58 -07:00
shm.c drop unused dentry argument to ->fsync 2010-05-27 22:05:02 -04:00
syscall.c ppc64 sys_ipc breakage in 2.6.34-rc2 2010-03-22 09:57:19 -07:00
util.c kernel-wide: replace USHORT_MAX, SHORT_MAX and SHORT_MIN with USHRT_MAX, SHRT_MAX and SHRT_MIN 2010-05-25 08:07:02 -07:00
util.h ipc: unbreak 32-bit shmctl/semctl/msgctl 2009-06-21 12:48:43 -07:00