[LTP] [PATCH] syscalls/semctl03: Solve kernel panic in semctl03

[Richard Palethorpe]

Hello,

Dylan Jhong <dylan@andestech.com> writes:

> When using semctl() through glibc and __IPC_TIME64 is defined, glibc will
> call a converted semun64_to_ksemun64() function[*1]. If the parameter of
> this function is NULL, it will cause a NULL pointer dereference kernel
> panic.

This is a kernel bug. Generally speaking, we shouldn't be able to create
kernel panics from user land. The kernel should return EFAULT if we pass
an invalid pointer.

If this test causes a kernel panic then it should be kept as-is. If it
is not testing what it was originally intended to, then another test can
be created to do that.

>
> In semctl03.c, we need to ensure the element "struct semid_ds *buf" in 4th
> parameter "union semun" in semctl() is not NULL. But the 4th parameters of
> libc_semctl() and sys_semctl() are hard-coded[*2] and the element
> "struct semid_ds *buf" is not given an initial value. Using va_list to pass
> the correct parameters can solve the problem.
>
> ref:
>   [*1]: https://github.com/bminor/glibc/blob/f94f6d8a3572840d3ba42ab9ace3ea522c99c0c2/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/semctl.c#L172
>   [*2]: https://github.com/linux-test-project/ltp/blob/58caa8cca507133ea92bd0ea277b91add96e72af/testcases/kernel/syscalls/ipc/semctl/semctl03.c#L45
>
> Co-developed-by: Randolph <randolph@andestech.com>
> Signed-off-by: Dylan Jhong <dylan@andestech.com>
> ---
>  testcases/kernel/syscalls/ipc/semctl/semctl03.c | 10 ++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/testcases/kernel/syscalls/ipc/semctl/semctl03.c b/testcases/kernel/syscalls/ipc/semctl/semctl03.c
> index a1a4c81ce..bb25053e2 100644
> --- a/testcases/kernel/syscalls/ipc/semctl/semctl03.c
> +++ b/testcases/kernel/syscalls/ipc/semctl/semctl03.c
> @@ -28,11 +28,21 @@ static union semun arg = {0};
>  
>  static int libc_semctl(int semid, int semnum, int cmd, ...)
>  {
> +	va_list ap;
> +
> +	va_start(ap, cmd);
> +	arg = va_arg(ap, union semun);
> +	va_end(ap);
>  	return semctl(semid, semnum, cmd, arg);
>  }
>  
>  static int sys_semctl(int semid, int semnum, int cmd, ...)
>  {
> +	va_list ap;
> +
> +	va_start(ap, cmd);
> +	arg = va_arg(ap, union semun);
> +	va_end(ap);
>  	return tst_syscall(__NR_semctl, semid, semnum, cmd, arg);
>  }
>  
> -- 
> 2.34.1


-- 
Thank you,
Richard.