linux-kernel - [PATCH] LSM: Move security_path_chmod()/security_path_chown() to after mutex

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Message-Id: <200911221149.HCF73996.FSLtOOHVJFQOFM@I-love.SAKURA.ne.jp>
Date:	Sun, 22 Nov 2009 11:49:55 +0900
From:	Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@...ove.SAKURA.ne.jp>
To:	linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] LSM: Move security_path_chmod()/security_path_chown() to after mutex_lock().

[PATCH] LSM: Move security_path_chmod()/security_path_chown() to after mutex_lock().

We should call security_path_chmod()/security_path_chown() after mutex_lock()
in order to avoid races.

Signed-off-by: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@...ove.SAKURA.ne.jp>
---
 fs/open.c |   36 +++++++++++++++---------------------
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

--- security-testing-2.6.orig/fs/open.c
+++ security-testing-2.6/fs/open.c
@@ -619,17 +619,17 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE2(fchmod, unsigned int, fd
 	err = mnt_want_write_file(file);
 	if (err)
 		goto out_putf;
+	mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex);
 	err = security_path_chmod(dentry, file->f_vfsmnt, mode);
 	if (err)
-		goto out_drop_write;
-	mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex);
+		goto out_unlock;
 	if (mode == (mode_t) -1)
 		mode = inode->i_mode;
 	newattrs.ia_mode = (mode & S_IALLUGO) | (inode->i_mode & ~S_IALLUGO);
 	newattrs.ia_valid = ATTR_MODE | ATTR_CTIME;
 	err = notify_change(dentry, &newattrs);
+out_unlock:
 	mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);
-out_drop_write:
 	mnt_drop_write(file->f_path.mnt);
 out_putf:
 	fput(file);
@@ -652,17 +652,17 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE3(fchmodat, int, dfd, cons
 	error = mnt_want_write(path.mnt);
 	if (error)
 		goto dput_and_out;
+	mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex);
 	error = security_path_chmod(path.dentry, path.mnt, mode);
 	if (error)
-		goto out_drop_write;
-	mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex);
+		goto out_unlock;
 	if (mode == (mode_t) -1)
 		mode = inode->i_mode;
 	newattrs.ia_mode = (mode & S_IALLUGO) | (inode->i_mode & ~S_IALLUGO);
 	newattrs.ia_valid = ATTR_MODE | ATTR_CTIME;
 	error = notify_change(path.dentry, &newattrs);
+out_unlock:
 	mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);
-out_drop_write:
 	mnt_drop_write(path.mnt);
 dput_and_out:
 	path_put(&path);
@@ -675,9 +675,9 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE2(chmod, const char __user
 	return sys_fchmodat(AT_FDCWD, filename, mode);
 }
 
-static int chown_common(struct dentry * dentry, uid_t user, gid_t group)
+static int chown_common(struct path *path, uid_t user, gid_t group)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = path->dentry->d_inode;
 	int error;
 	struct iattr newattrs;
 
@@ -694,7 +694,9 @@ static int chown_common(struct dentry * 
 		newattrs.ia_valid |=
 			ATTR_KILL_SUID | ATTR_KILL_SGID | ATTR_KILL_PRIV;
 	mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex);
-	error = notify_change(dentry, &newattrs);
+	error = security_path_chown(path, user, group);
+	if (!error)
+		error = notify_change(path->dentry, &newattrs);
 	mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);
 
 	return error;
@@ -711,9 +713,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE3(chown, const char __user
 	error = mnt_want_write(path.mnt);
 	if (error)
 		goto out_release;
-	error = security_path_chown(&path, user, group);
-	if (!error)
-		error = chown_common(path.dentry, user, group);
+	error = chown_common(&path, user, group);
 	mnt_drop_write(path.mnt);
 out_release:
 	path_put(&path);
@@ -738,9 +738,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(fchownat, int, dfd, cons
 	error = mnt_want_write(path.mnt);
 	if (error)
 		goto out_release;
-	error = security_path_chown(&path, user, group);
-	if (!error)
-		error = chown_common(path.dentry, user, group);
+	error = chown_common(&path, user, group);
 	mnt_drop_write(path.mnt);
 out_release:
 	path_put(&path);
@@ -759,9 +757,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE3(lchown, const char __use
 	error = mnt_want_write(path.mnt);
 	if (error)
 		goto out_release;
-	error = security_path_chown(&path, user, group);
-	if (!error)
-		error = chown_common(path.dentry, user, group);
+	error = chown_common(&path, user, group);
 	mnt_drop_write(path.mnt);
 out_release:
 	path_put(&path);
@@ -784,9 +780,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE3(fchown, unsigned int, fd
 		goto out_fput;
 	dentry = file->f_path.dentry;
 	audit_inode(NULL, dentry);
-	error = security_path_chown(&file->f_path, user, group);
-	if (!error)
-		error = chown_common(dentry, user, group);
+	error = chown_common(&file->f_path, user, group);
 	mnt_drop_write(file->f_path.mnt);
 out_fput:
 	fput(file);

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