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Message-id: <544A6B66.6060009@samsung.com>
Date:	Fri, 24 Oct 2014 18:08:22 +0300
From:	Dmitry Kasatkin <d.kasatkin@...sung.com>
To:	Mimi Zohar <zohar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc:	linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-ima-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, jack@...e.cz, jmorris@...ei.org,
	dmitry.kasatkin@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] ima: check xattr value length in
 ima_inode_setxattr()

On 24/10/14 18:00, Dmitry Kasatkin wrote:
> On 24/10/14 17:18, Mimi Zohar wrote:
>> On Fri, 2014-10-24 at 10:07 +0300, Dmitry Kasatkin wrote: 
>>> ima_inode_setxattr() can be called with no value. Function does not
>>> check the length so that following command can be used to produce
>>> kernel oops: setfattr -n security.ima FOO. This patch fixes it.
>>>
>>> Changes in v2:
>>> * testing validity of xattr type
>>> * allow setting hash only in fix or log mode (Mimi)
>> I only mentioned "fix" mode, not "log" mode (explanation below).
>>
> We need it in log mode as well (explanation bellow)
>>> [  261.562522] BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at           (null)
>>> [  261.564109] IP: [<ffffffff812af272>] ima_inode_setxattr+0x3e/0x5a
>>> [  261.564109] PGD 3112f067 PUD 42965067 PMD 0
>>> [  261.564109] Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP
>>> [  261.564109] Modules linked in: bridge stp llc evdev serio_raw i2c_piix4 button fuse
>>> [  261.564109] CPU: 0 PID: 3299 Comm: setxattr Not tainted 3.16.0-kds+ #2924
>>> [  261.564109] Hardware name: Bochs Bochs, BIOS Bochs 01/01/2011
>>> [  261.564109] task: ffff8800428c2430 ti: ffff880042be0000 task.ti: ffff880042be0000
>>> [  261.564109] RIP: 0010:[<ffffffff812af272>]  [<ffffffff812af272>] ima_inode_setxattr+0x3e/0x5a
>>> [  261.564109] RSP: 0018:ffff880042be3d50  EFLAGS: 00010246
>>> [  261.564109] RAX: 0000000000000001 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 0000000000000015
>>> [  261.564109] RDX: 0000001500000000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: ffff8800375cc600
>>> [  261.564109] RBP: ffff880042be3d68 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 00000000004d6256
>>> [  261.564109] R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: ffff88002149ba00
>>> [  261.564109] R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 0000000000000000
>>> [  261.564109] FS:  00007f6c1e219740(0000) GS:ffff88005da00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
>>> [  261.564109] CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
>>> [  261.564109] CR2: 0000000000000000 CR3: 000000003b35a000 CR4: 00000000000006f0
>>> [  261.564109] Stack:
>>> [  261.564109]  ffff88002149ba00 ffff880042be3df8 0000000000000000 ffff880042be3d98
>>> [  261.564109]  ffffffff812a101b ffff88002149ba00 ffff880042be3df8 0000000000000000
>>> [  261.564109]  0000000000000000 ffff880042be3de0 ffffffff8116d08a ffff880042be3dc8
>>> [  261.564109] Call Trace:
>>> [  261.564109]  [<ffffffff812a101b>] security_inode_setxattr+0x48/0x6a
>>> [  261.564109]  [<ffffffff8116d08a>] vfs_setxattr+0x6b/0x9f
>>> [  261.564109]  [<ffffffff8116d1e0>] setxattr+0x122/0x16c
>>> [  261.564109]  [<ffffffff811687e8>] ? mnt_want_write+0x21/0x45
>>> [  261.564109]  [<ffffffff8114d011>] ? __sb_start_write+0x10f/0x143
>>> [  261.564109]  [<ffffffff811687e8>] ? mnt_want_write+0x21/0x45
>>> [  261.564109]  [<ffffffff811687c0>] ? __mnt_want_write+0x48/0x4f
>>> [  261.564109]  [<ffffffff8116d3e6>] SyS_setxattr+0x6e/0xb0
>>> [  261.564109]  [<ffffffff81529da9>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b
>>> [  261.564109] Code: 48 89 f7 48 c7 c6 58 36 81 81 53 31 db e8 73 27 04 00 85 c0 75 28 bf 15 00 00 00 e8 8a a5 d9 ff 84 c0 75 05 83 cb ff eb 15 31 f6 <41> 80 7d 00 03 49 8b 7c 24 68 40 0f 94 c6 e8 e1 f9 ff ff 89 d8
>>> [  261.564109] RIP  [<ffffffff812af272>] ima_inode_setxattr+0x3e/0x5a
>>> [  261.564109]  RSP <ffff880042be3d50>
>>> [  261.564109] CR2: 0000000000000000
>>> [  261.599998] ---[ end trace 39a89a3fc267e652 ]---
>>>
>>> Reported-by: Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
>>> Signed-off-by: Dmitry Kasatkin <d.kasatkin@...sung.com>
>>> ---
>>>  security/integrity/ima/ima_appraise.c | 13 +++++++++++--
>>>  1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/security/integrity/ima/ima_appraise.c b/security/integrity/ima/ima_appraise.c
>>> index 9226854..e302cbf 100644
>>> --- a/security/integrity/ima/ima_appraise.c
>>> +++ b/security/integrity/ima/ima_appraise.c
>>> @@ -378,8 +378,17 @@ int ima_inode_setxattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *xattr_name,
>>>  	result = ima_protect_xattr(dentry, xattr_name, xattr_value,
>>>  				   xattr_value_len);
>>>  	if (result == 1) {
>>> -		ima_reset_appraise_flags(dentry->d_inode,
>>> -			 (xvalue->type == EVM_IMA_XATTR_DIGSIG) ? 1 : 0);
>>> +		bool digsig;
>>> +
>>> +		if (!xattr_value_len ||
>>> +		    (xvalue->type != IMA_XATTR_DIGEST &&
>>> +		     xvalue->type != IMA_XATTR_DIGEST_NG &&
>>> +		     xvalue->type != EVM_IMA_XATTR_DIGSIG))
>> "xvalue->type" is an enumerated type.  Testing each possible value seems
>> kind of a brittle method for vetting the value.  I suggest testing the
>> existing last value or, better yet, define a last value, so if someone
>> adds or changes the order, nothing breaks.
> I was considering to define _LAST value, but we have EVM_XATTR_HMAC in
> the middle...
> In fact I was expecting to get some feedback about it, because in
> reality it is just a sanity check.
> It does not prevent DoS because it is possible to set correctly
> formatted but wrong value and force DoS.
>

Forgot to ask. If possibility to set HMAC type is fine with you I can
define _LAST..

Thanks.

>>> +			return -EINVAL;
>>> +		digsig = (xvalue->type == EVM_IMA_XATTR_DIGSIG);
>>> +		if (!digsig && (ima_appraise & IMA_APPRAISE_ENFORCE))
>>> +			return -EPERM;
>> According to the new ima_appraise "log" mode, commit "2faa6ef ima:
>> provide 'ima_appraise=log' kernel option", "log" mode permits normal
>> execution without "fixing" anything.  Normal execution, here, prevents
>> writing the extended attribute.
> 'log' mode is also special mode for system developing and debugging.
> It is beneficial to be able to 'label' target object with correct value...
>
> - Dmitry
>
>
>> Mimi
>>
>>> +		ima_reset_appraise_flags(dentry->d_inode, digsig);
>>>  		result = 0;
>>>  	}
>>>  	return result;
>>

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