linux-kernel - Re: SECURITY PROBLEM: filesystem permiossion bypass on FD already opened

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Date:	Fri, 23 Oct 2009 22:59:32 +0200
From:	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
To:	NiTRo <nitroml@....homelinux.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, cve@...re.org
Subject: Re: SECURITY PROBLEM: filesystem permiossion bypass on FD already
 opened

On Fri 2009-10-23 22:00:47, NiTRo wrote:
> Hi to all,
>     Sorry for my bad english.
>     Just discovered this security problem on my Suse 11 (Linux xxxx
> 2.6.25.18-0.2-pae #1 SMP 2008-10-21 16:30:26 +0200 i686 i686 i386
> GNU/Linux) and my Slackware 10.1.0 (Linux xxxx 2.4.29-ow1 #1 Wed Feb 2
> 00:05:42 CET 2005 i586 unknown unknown GNU/Linux) with OpenWall patch.
> If a FD is opened on a allowed file and then the permission is changed
> the file is still redeable starting from the already read position to
> the EOF.

There's no reason you could not even seek. And no, it is not a
problem, it is just how unix works.
								Pavel


> This is the scenario:
> 
> <root> creates a file /tmp/aaaa with 666 permission an with the "test"
> string inside it
>         xxx:/tmp # echo test > /tmp/aaaa
>         xxx:/tmp # chmod 666 /tmp/aaaa
> <sb> opens this file hooking it in a shell as FD number 3
>         sb@xxx:~> bash 3< /tmp/aaaa
> <sb> read and prints it
>         sb@xxx:~> read a <&3
>         sb@xxx:~> echo $a
>         test
>         sb@xxx:~>
> ...anythig as expected...
> <root> changes the permissions on file to 600 and changes its content
> into "test o.o I cannot believe it..."
>         xxx:/tmp # chmod 600 /tmp/aaaa
>         xxx:/tmp # echo "test o.o I cannot believe it..." > /tmp/aaaa
> <sb> continue to try reading the file
>         sb@xxx:~> read a <&3
>         sb@xxx:~> echo $a
>         o.o I cannot believe it...
>         sb@...t:~>
> ... and this is not expected...

But it should be :-).
								Pavel
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