prlimit: do_prlimit needs to have a speculation check
authorGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Fri, 20 Jan 2023 10:03:20 +0000 (11:03 +0100)
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Sat, 21 Jan 2023 15:14:17 +0000 (16:14 +0100)
commit739790605705ddcf18f21782b9c99ad7d53a8c11
tree8d357b05077c04b9100fd0835cd6dac2bd1040f0
parent9be182da0a7526f1b9a3777a336f83baa2e64d23
prlimit: do_prlimit needs to have a speculation check

do_prlimit() adds the user-controlled resource value to a pointer that
will subsequently be dereferenced.  In order to help prevent this
codepath from being used as a spectre "gadget" a barrier needs to be
added after checking the range.

Reported-by: Jordy Zomer <jordyzomer@google.com>
Tested-by: Jordy Zomer <jordyzomer@google.com>
Suggested-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linuxfoundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
kernel/sys.c