linux-kernel - Re: [Patch v3] vfs: allow file truncations when both suid and write permissions set

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Date:	Mon, 10 Aug 2009 07:49:24 -0400
From:	Stephen Smalley <sds@...ho.nsa.gov>
To:	Eric Paris <eparis@...hat.com>
Cc:	OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@...l.parknet.co.jp>,
	Amerigo Wang <amwang@...hat.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	esandeen@...hat.com, eteo@...hat.com,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	viro@...iv.linux.org.uk, linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [Patch v3] vfs: allow file truncations when both suid and
 write permissions set

On Fri, 2009-08-07 at 16:38 -0400, Eric Paris wrote:
> On Sat, 2009-08-08 at 05:23 +0900, OGAWA Hirofumi wrote:
> > Eric Paris <eparis@...hat.com> writes:
> > 
> > > On Fri, 2009-08-07 at 06:05 -0400, Amerigo Wang wrote:
> > >> V2 -> V3:
> > >> Call notify_change() before clearing suid/sgid.
> > >> Thanks to OGAWA Hirofumi.
> > >> 
> > >> V1 -> V2:
> > >> Introduce dentry_remove_suid(), and use it in do_truncate().
> > >> Thanks to Eric Paris.
> > >> 
> > >> 
> > >> When suid is set and the non-owner user has write permission,
> > >> any writing into this file should be allowed and suid should be
> > >> removed after that.
> > >> 
> > >> However, current kernel only allows writing without truncations,
> > >> when we do truncations on that file, we get EPERM. This is a bug.
> > >> 
> > >> Steps to reproduce this bug:
> > >> 
> > >> % ls -l rootdir/file1
> > >> -rwsrwsrwx 1 root root 3 Jun 25 15:42 rootdir/file1
> > >> % echo h > rootdir/file1
> > >> zsh: operation not permitted: rootdir/file1
> > >> % ls -l rootdir/file1
> > >> -rwsrwsrwx 1 root root 3 Jun 25 15:42 rootdir/file1
> > >> % echo h >> rootdir/file1
> > >> % ls -l rootdir/file1
> > >> -rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 5 Jun 25 16:34 rootdir/file1
> > >> 
> > >> This patch fixes it.
> > >> 
> > >> Signed-off-by: WANG Cong <amwang@...hat.com>
> > >> Cc: Eric Sandeen <esandeen@...hat.com>
> > >> Cc: Eric Paris <eparis@...hat.com>
> > >> Cc: Eugene Teo <eteo@...hat.com>
> > >> Cc: Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
> > >> Cc: hirofumi@...l.parknet.co.jp
> > >
> > > I was thinking about this and kept telling myself I was going to test v2
> > > before I ack/nak.  Clearly we shouldn't for the dropping of SUID if the
> > > process didn't have permission to change the ATTR_SIZE.
> > >
> > > Acked-by: Eric Paris <eparis@...hat.com>
> > 
> > BTW, Do you know why doesn't security modules fix the handling of
> > do_truncate() (i.e. ATTR_MODE | ATTR_SIZE). And why doesn't it allow to
> > pass ATTR_FORCE for it?
> 
> I'm not sure what you mean.  I understood ATTR_FORCE to mean 'I am magic
> and get to override all security checks."  Which is why nothing should
> ever be using ATTR_FORCE with things other than SUID.
> 
> I guess we could somehow force logic into the LSM to make it only apply
> to SUID and friends but I'm not sure it buys us anything.

SELinux shouldn't apply a permission check for the clearing of the suid
bit on write or truncate.  It should only apply a permission check for
the actual truncate or write operation, and then the clearing of the
suid bit should always be forced if that check passed.

-- 
Stephen Smalley
National Security Agency

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