perf_counter: Fix buffer overflow in perf_copy_attr() If we pass a big size data over perf_counter_open() syscall, the kernel will copy this data to a small buffer, it will cause kernel crash. This bug makes the kernel unsafe and non-root local user can trigger it. Signed-off-by: Xiao Guangrong <xiaoguangrong@cn.fujitsu.com> Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Acked-by: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org> Cc: <stable@kernel.org> LKML-Reference: <4AAF37D4.5010706@cn.fujitsu.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
diff --git a/kernel/perf_counter.c b/kernel/perf_counter.c index d7cbc57..a67a1dc 100644 --- a/kernel/perf_counter.c +++ b/kernel/perf_counter.c
@@ -4171,6 +4171,7 @@ if (val) goto err_size; } + size = sizeof(*attr); } ret = copy_from_user(attr, uattr, size);