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With CONFIG_FORTIFY_SOURCE enabled, string functions will also perform dynamic checks for string size which can panic the kernel, like incase of overflow detection. In papr_scm, papr_scm_pmu_check_events function uses stat->stat_id with string operations, to populate the nvdimm_events_map array. Since stat_id variable is not NULL terminated, the kernel panics with CONFIG_FORTIFY_SOURCE enabled at boot time. Below are the logs of kernel panic: detected buffer overflow in __fortify_strlen ------------[ cut here ]------------ kernel BUG at lib/string_helpers.c:980! Oops: Exception in kernel mode, sig: 5 [#1] NIP [c00000000077dad0] fortify_panic+0x28/0x38 LR [c00000000077dacc] fortify_panic+0x24/0x38 Call Trace: [c0000022d77836e0] [c00000000077dacc] fortify_panic+0x24/0x38 (unreliable) [c00800000deb2660] papr_scm_pmu_check_events.constprop.0+0x118/0x220 [papr_scm] [c00800000deb2cb0] papr_scm_probe+0x288/0x62c [papr_scm] [c0000000009b46a8] platform_probe+0x98/0x150 Fix this issue by using kmemdup_nul() to copy the content of stat->stat_id directly to the nvdimm_events_map array. mpe: stat->stat_id comes from the hypervisor, not userspace, so there is no security exposure. Fixes: 4c08d4bbc089 ("powerpc/papr_scm: Add perf interface support") Signed-off-by: Kajol Jain <kjain@linux.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220505153451.35503-1-kjain@linux.ibm.com
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.