This makes the size argument a const, since it is always populated by the caller. Additionally double-checks to make sure the copy_from_user can never overflow, keeping CONFIG_DEBUG_STRICT_USER_COPY_CHECKS happy:
In function 'copy_from_user', inlined from '__tun_chr_ioctl' at drivers/net/tun.c:1871:7: ... copy_from_user() buffer size is not provably correct Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keesc...@chromium.org> --- drivers/net/tun.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/tun.c b/drivers/net/tun.c index acaaf6784179..a1f317cba206 100644 --- a/drivers/net/tun.c +++ b/drivers/net/tun.c @@ -1855,7 +1855,7 @@ unlock: } static long __tun_chr_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, - unsigned long arg, int ifreq_len) + unsigned long arg, const size_t ifreq_len) { struct tun_file *tfile = file->private_data; struct tun_struct *tun; @@ -1869,6 +1869,7 @@ static long __tun_chr_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, int ret; if (cmd == TUNSETIFF || cmd == TUNSETQUEUE || _IOC_TYPE(cmd) == 0x89) { + BUG_ON(ifreq_len > sizeof(ifr)); if (copy_from_user(&ifr, argp, ifreq_len)) return -EFAULT; } else { -- 1.9.1 -- Kees Cook Chrome OS Security -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/