linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] fscrypto: fix to null-terminate encrypted filename in fname

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Date:   Sun, 28 Aug 2016 14:16:03 +0800
From:   Chao Yu <chao@...nel.org>
To:     Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>, jaegeuk@...nel.org,
        linux-f2fs-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Chao Yu <yuchao0@...wei.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fscrypto: fix to null-terminate encrypted filename in
 fname_encrypt

Hi Ted,

On 2016/8/28 13:13, Theodore Ts'o wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 28, 2016 at 09:13:28AM +0800, Chao Yu wrote:
>> From: Chao Yu <yuchao0@...wei.com>
>>
>> This patch fixes to add null character at the end of encrypted filename
>> in fname_encrypt, in order to avoid incorrectly traversing random data
>> located after target filename. The call stack is as below:
>>
>> - f2fs_add_link
>>  - __f2fs_add_link
>>   - fscrypt_setup_filename
>>    - fscrypt_fname_alloc_buffer		allocate buffer for @fname
>>    - fname_encrypt			didn't set null character for @fname
>>   - f2fs_add_regular_entry		init qstr with @fname
>>    - init_inode_metadata
>>     - f2fs_init_security
>>      - security_inode_init_security
>>       - selinux_inode_init_security
>>        - selinux_determine_inode_label
>>         - security_transition_sid
>> 	 - security_compute_sid
>> 	  - filename_compute_type
>> 	   - hashtab_search
>> 	    - filenametr_hash		traverse @fname as one which has null character
> 
> The problem is not in fname_encrypt(), but rather that
> security_inode_init_security() should be given the _unencrypted_
> filename.
> 
> In ext4 security_inode_init_security() is called with the qstr from
> the dentry, not the encrypted qstr --- in fact we call
> security_inode_init_security before we call fname_encrypt.
> 
> SELinux needs the unencrypted filename in order to decide which
> SELinux rules / labels should apply.

You're right, I missed this mistake. So actually, this is a bug of f2fs.
Let me figure out the fixing patch.

Thanks for your review! :)

Thanks,

> 
> 					- Ted
>