[PATCH] name_count array overrun

On Thursday 07 September 2006 16:43, Amy Griffis wrote: OK, corrected patch follows. The below patch closes an unbounded use of name_count. This can lead to oopses in some new file systems. Signed-off-by: Steve Grubb <sgrubb(a)redhat.com&gt; diff -urp linux-2.6.18.x86_64.orig/kernel/auditsc.c linux-2.6.18.x86_64/kernel/auditsc.c --- linux-2.6.18.x86_64.orig/kernel/auditsc.c 2006-09-24 08:24:27.000000000 -0400 +++ linux-2.6.18.x86_64/kernel/auditsc.c 2006-09-24 08:42:01.000000000 -0400 @@ -1347,7 +1347,13 @@ void __audit_inode_child(const char *dna } update_context: - idx = context->name_count++; + idx = context->name_count; + if (context->name_count == AUDIT_NAMES) { + printk(KERN_DEBUG "name_count maxed and losing %s\n", + found_name ?: "(null)"); + return; + } + context->name_count++; #if AUDIT_DEBUG context->ino_count++; #endif @@ -1365,7 +1371,18 @@ update_context: /* A parent was not found in audit_names, so copy the inode data for the * provided parent. */ if (!found_name) { - idx = context->name_count++; + idx = context->name_count; + if (context->name_count == AUDIT_NAMES) { + printk(KERN_DEBUG + "name_count maxed and losing parent inode data: dev=%02x:%02x rdev=%02x: %02x, inode=%lu", + MAJOR(parent->i_sb->s_dev), + MINOR(parent->i_sb->s_dev), + MAJOR(parent->i_rdev), + MINOR(parent->i_rdev), + parent->i_ino); + return; + } + context->name_count++; #if AUDIT_DEBUG context->ino_count++; #endif