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x86/mce/inject: Avoid out-of-bounds write when setting flags
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A contrived zero-length write, for example, by using write(2):

  ...
  ret = write(fd, str, 0);
  ...

to the "flags" file causes:

  BUG: KASAN: stack-out-of-bounds in flags_write
  Write of size 1 at addr ffff888019be7ddf by task writefile/3787

  CPU: 4 PID: 3787 Comm: writefile Not tainted 5.16.0-rc7+ grate-driver#12
  Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.14.0-2 04/01/2014

due to accessing buf one char before its start.

Prevent such out-of-bounds access.

  [ bp: Productize into a proper patch. Link below is the next best
    thing because the original mail didn't get archived on lore. ]

Fixes: 0451d14 ("EDAC, mce_amd_inj: Modify flags attribute to use string arguments")
Signed-off-by: Zhang Zixun <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <[email protected]>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-edac/[email protected]/
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StarryShadowZ authored and suryasaimadhu committed Dec 28, 2021
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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mce/inject.c
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Expand Up @@ -363,7 +363,7 @@ static ssize_t flags_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *ubuf,
char buf[MAX_FLAG_OPT_SIZE], *__buf;
int err;

if (cnt > MAX_FLAG_OPT_SIZE)
if (!cnt || cnt > MAX_FLAG_OPT_SIZE)
return -EINVAL;

if (copy_from_user(&buf, ubuf, cnt))
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