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semctl09: Fix heap smash

Message ID 20210115151910.3592-1-mdoucha@suse.cz
State Accepted
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Series semctl09: Fix heap smash | expand

Commit Message

Martin Doucha Jan. 15, 2021, 3:19 p.m. UTC
semctl() expects pointer to a buffer as its fourth argument, not pointer
to a pointer. Passing &un.buf results in heap smash that corrupts internal
LTP data structures on some archs.

CC: Feiyu Zhu <zhufy.jy@cn.fujitsu.com>
Signed-off-by: Martin Doucha <mdoucha@suse.cz>
---
 testcases/kernel/syscalls/ipc/semctl/semctl09.c | 8 ++++++--
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

Comments

Yang Xu Jan. 18, 2021, 9:10 a.m. UTC | #1
Hi Martin
LGTM, pushed. Thanks.

Best Regards
Yang Xu

> semctl() expects pointer to a buffer as its fourth argument, not pointer
> to a pointer. Passing&un.buf results in heap smash that corrupts internal
> LTP data structures on some archs.
>
> CC: Feiyu Zhu<zhufy.jy@cn.fujitsu.com>
> Signed-off-by: Martin Doucha<mdoucha@suse.cz>
> ---
>   testcases/kernel/syscalls/ipc/semctl/semctl09.c | 8 ++++++--
>   1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/testcases/kernel/syscalls/ipc/semctl/semctl09.c b/testcases/kernel/syscalls/ipc/semctl/semctl09.c
> index 131bfbc07..d36ba62e5 100644
> --- a/testcases/kernel/syscalls/ipc/semctl/semctl09.c
> +++ b/testcases/kernel/syscalls/ipc/semctl/semctl09.c
> @@ -51,11 +51,15 @@ static union semun un;
>    */
>   static inline int do_semctl(int semid, int semnum, int cmd)
>   {
> +	struct semid_ds info;
> +
> +	un.buf =&info;
> +
>   	switch (tst_variant) {
>   	case 0:
> -		return tst_syscall(__NR_semctl, semid, semnum, cmd,&un.buf);
> +		return tst_syscall(__NR_semctl, semid, semnum, cmd, un);
>   	case 1:
> -		return semctl(semid, semnum, cmd,&un.buf);
> +		return semctl(semid, semnum, cmd, un);
>   	}
>   	return -1;
>   }
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Patch

diff --git a/testcases/kernel/syscalls/ipc/semctl/semctl09.c b/testcases/kernel/syscalls/ipc/semctl/semctl09.c
index 131bfbc07..d36ba62e5 100644
--- a/testcases/kernel/syscalls/ipc/semctl/semctl09.c
+++ b/testcases/kernel/syscalls/ipc/semctl/semctl09.c
@@ -51,11 +51,15 @@  static union semun un;
  */
 static inline int do_semctl(int semid, int semnum, int cmd)
 {
+	struct semid_ds info;
+
+	un.buf = &info;
+
 	switch (tst_variant) {
 	case 0:
-		return tst_syscall(__NR_semctl, semid, semnum, cmd, &un.buf);
+		return tst_syscall(__NR_semctl, semid, semnum, cmd, un);
 	case 1:
-		return semctl(semid, semnum, cmd, &un.buf);
+		return semctl(semid, semnum, cmd, un);
 	}
 	return -1;
 }