linux-kernel - [PATCH] ovl: Fix info leak in ovl_lookup

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Date:   Fri, 16 Sep 2016 11:45:24 +0200
From:   Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>
To:     miklos@...redi.hu
Cc:     linux-unionfs@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        keescook@...omium.org, Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>
Subject: [PATCH] ovl: Fix info leak in ovl_lookup_temp()

The function uses the memory address of a struct dentry as unique id.
While the address-based directory entry is only visible to root
it is IMHO still worth fixing since the temporary name does not have
to be a kernel address. It can be any unique number. Replace it by an
atomic integer which is allowed to wrap around.

Signed-off-by: Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>
---
 fs/overlayfs/dir.c | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/dir.c b/fs/overlayfs/dir.c
index 1560fdc..6e00a08 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/dir.c
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #include <linux/cred.h>
 #include <linux/posix_acl.h>
 #include <linux/posix_acl_xattr.h>
+#include <linux/atomic.h>
 #include "overlayfs.h"
 
 void ovl_cleanup(struct inode *wdir, struct dentry *wdentry)
@@ -37,8 +38,9 @@ struct dentry *ovl_lookup_temp(struct dentry *workdir, struct dentry *dentry)
 {
 	struct dentry *temp;
 	char name[20];
+	static atomic_t temp_id = ATOMIC_INIT(0);
 
-	snprintf(name, sizeof(name), "#%lx", (unsigned long) dentry);
+	snprintf(name, sizeof(name), "#%x", atomic_inc_return(&temp_id));
 
 	temp = lookup_one_len(name, workdir, strlen(name));
 	if (!IS_ERR(temp) && temp->d_inode) {
-- 
2.7.3