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authorHaoran Wang <haoranwangsec@gmail.com>2026-10-16 11:33:13 +0800
committerSteven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>2026-10-16 11:36:30 -0400
commit097fd0050089df17b032f2b852b9b65e548e342a (patch)
tree5481ba957e905eceb0ef290d4f8e0017053e974f /kernel/trace
parentd3e0dfc1ba49a0ab6aeddbb4bcde4bfc0e171a02 (diff)
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tracing/syscalls: Use copy_from_user for the faultable syscall buffer
syscall_copy_user_array() copies the buffer argument of faultable syscalls (write, pwrite64, ...) with __copy_from_user(), which skips access_ok(). Use copy_from_user() instead so a non-user address is rejected and the entry is recorded as faulted. It could be a security concern for machines that trust perf a bit too much. Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Fixes: baa031b7bd2ce ("tracing: Allow syscall trace events to read more than one user parameter") Link: https://patch.msgid.link/6ad19afd.a938ce27.16851e.3440@mx.google.com Signed-off-by: Haoran Wang <haoranwangsec@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/trace')
-rw-r--r--kernel/trace/trace_syscalls.c2
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_syscalls.c b/kernel/trace/trace_syscalls.c
index e35744049e3f..d9190fdc030d 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_syscalls.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_syscalls.c
@@ -683,7 +683,7 @@ static int syscall_copy_user_array(char *buf, const char __user *ptr,
for (int i = 0; i < args->uargs; i++, buf += SYSCALL_FAULT_ARG_SZ) {
ptr = (char __user *)args->ptr_array[i];
- ret = __copy_from_user(buf, ptr, size);
+ ret = copy_from_user(buf, ptr, size);
args->read[i] = ret ? -1 : size;
}
return 0;