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s390/monwriter: Reject buffer reuse with different data length
authorGerald Schaefer <gerald.schaefer@linux.ibm.com>
Tue, 23 Jun 2026 17:44:06 +0000 (19:44 +0200)
committerVasily Gorbik <gor@linux.ibm.com>
Thu, 2 Jul 2026 14:51:06 +0000 (16:51 +0200)
commit2995ccec260caa9e85b3301a4aba1e66ed80ad74
tree582428b3465626f8e8b84d6749441175681feb94
parent754e9e49b76fd5be339172aa98544182ed3ca75e
s390/monwriter: Reject buffer reuse with different data length

When data buffers are reused, e.g. for interval sample records, the
first record determines the data length, and the size of the buffer for
user copy. Current monwriter code does not check if the data length was
changed for subsequent records, which also would never happen for valid
user programs.

However, a malicious user could change the data length, resulting in out
of bounds user copy to the kernel buffer, and memory corruption. By
default, the monwriter misc device is created with root-only permissions,
so practical impact is typically low.

Fix this by checking for changed data length and rejecting such records.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Gerald Schaefer <gerald.schaefer@linux.ibm.com>
Reviewed-by: Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@linux.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Vasily Gorbik <gor@linux.ibm.com>
drivers/s390/char/monwriter.c