lib/vsprintf.c: kptr_restrict: fix pK-error in SysRq show-all-timers(Q)
authorDan Rosenberg <drosenberg@vsecurity.com>
Mon, 30 Jul 2012 21:40:26 +0000 (14:40 -0700)
committerBen Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
Thu, 9 Aug 2012 23:25:01 +0000 (00:25 +0100)
commit 3715c5309f6d175c3053672b73fd4f73be16fd07 upstream.

When using ALT+SysRq+Q all the pointers are replaced with "pK-error" like
this:

[23153.208033]   .base:               pK-error

with echo h > /proc/sysrq-trigger it works:

[23107.776363]   .base:       ffff88023e60d540

The intent behind this behavior was to return "pK-error" in cases where
the %pK format specifier was used in interrupt context, because the
CAP_SYSLOG check wouldn't be meaningful.  Clearly this should only apply
when kptr_restrict is actually enabled though.

Reported-by: Stevie Trujillo <stevie.trujillo@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Dan Rosenberg <dan.j.rosenberg@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
lib/vsprintf.c

index 993599e..d74c317 100644 (file)
@@ -886,7 +886,8 @@ char *pointer(const char *fmt, char *buf, char *end, void *ptr,
                 * %pK cannot be used in IRQ context because its test
                 * for CAP_SYSLOG would be meaningless.
                 */
-               if (in_irq() || in_serving_softirq() || in_nmi()) {
+               if (kptr_restrict && (in_irq() || in_serving_softirq() ||
+                                     in_nmi())) {
                        if (spec.field_width == -1)
                                spec.field_width = 2 * sizeof(void *);
                        return string(buf, end, "pK-error", spec);