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>
mariux64 · Jan 21, 2023 · 7397906 · 7397906
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diff --git a/kernel/sys.c b/kernel/sys.c
@@ -1442,6 +1442,8 @@ static int do_prlimit(struct task_struct *tsk, unsigned int resource,
 
 	if (resource >= RLIM_NLIMITS)
 		return -EINVAL;
+	resource = array_index_nospec(resource, RLIM_NLIMITS);
+
 	if (new_rlim) {
 		if (new_rlim->rlim_cur > new_rlim->rlim_max)
 			return -EINVAL;