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Date:	Wed, 25 May 2016 14:36:57 -0700
From:	Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To:	Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Konstantin Khlebnikov <koct9i@...il.com>,
	Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>, Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>,
	yalin wang <yalin.wang2010@...il.com>,
	Willy Tarreau <w@....eu>,
	"linux-mm@...ck.org" <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v9] fs: clear file privilege bits when mmap writing

On Thu, Jan 14, 2016 at 9:55 PM, Konstantin Khlebnikov <koct9i@...il.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 15, 2016 at 12:22 AM, Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org> wrote:
>> Normally, when a user can modify a file that has setuid or setgid bits,
>> those bits are cleared when they are not the file owner or a member
>> of the group. This is enforced when using write and truncate but not
>> when writing to a shared mmap on the file. This could allow the file
>> writer to gain privileges by changing a binary without losing the
>> setuid/setgid/caps bits.
>>
>> Changing the bits requires holding inode->i_mutex, so it cannot be done
>> during the page fault (due to mmap_sem being held during the fault).
>> Instead, clear the bits if PROT_WRITE is being used at mmap open time,
>> or added at mprotect tLooks good to me.ime.
>>
>> Since we can't do the check in the right place inside mmap (due to
>> holding mmap_sem), we have to do it before holding mmap_sem, which
>> means duplicating some checks, which have to be available to the non-MMU
>> builds too.
>>
>> When walking VMAs during mprotect, we need to drop mmap_sem (while
>> holding a file reference) and restart the walk after clearing privileges.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
>
> Looks good. Ack.

Hm, this didn't end up getting picked up. (This jumped out at me again
because i_mutex just vanished...)

Al, what's the right way to update the locking in this patch?

-Kees

>
>> ---
>> v9:
>> - use file_needs_remove_privs, jack & koct9i
>> v8:
>> - use mmap/mprotect method, with mprotect walk restart, thanks to koct9i
>> v7:
>> - document and avoid arch-specific O_* values, viro
>> v6:
>> - clarify ETXTBSY situation in comments, luto
>> v5:
>> - add to f_flags instead, viro
>> - add i_mutex during __fput, jack
>> v4:
>> - delay removal instead of still needing mmap_sem for mprotect, yalin
>> v3:
>> - move outside of mmap_sem for real now, fengguang
>> - check return code of file_remove_privs, akpm
>> v2:
>> - move to mmap from fault handler, jack
>> ---
>>  include/linux/mm.h |  1 +
>>  mm/mmap.c          | 20 ++++----------------
>>  mm/mprotect.c      | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>  mm/util.c          | 50 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>  4 files changed, 79 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
>> index 00bad7793788..b264c8be7114 100644
>> --- a/include/linux/mm.h
>> +++ b/include/linux/mm.h
>> @@ -1912,6 +1912,7 @@ extern unsigned long get_unmapped_area(struct file *, unsigned long, unsigned lo
>>
>>  extern unsigned long mmap_region(struct file *file, unsigned long addr,
>>         unsigned long len, vm_flags_t vm_flags, unsigned long pgoff);
>> +extern int do_mmap_shared_checks(struct file *file, unsigned long prot);
>>  extern unsigned long do_mmap(struct file *file, unsigned long addr,
>>         unsigned long len, unsigned long prot, unsigned long flags,
>>         vm_flags_t vm_flags, unsigned long pgoff, unsigned long *populate);
>> diff --git a/mm/mmap.c b/mm/mmap.c
>> index 2ce04a649f6b..b3424db0a29e 100644
>> --- a/mm/mmap.c
>> +++ b/mm/mmap.c
>> @@ -1320,25 +1320,13 @@ unsigned long do_mmap(struct file *file, unsigned long addr,
>>                 return -EAGAIN;
>>
>>         if (file) {
>> -               struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
>> +               int err;
>>
>>                 switch (flags & MAP_TYPE) {
>>                 case MAP_SHARED:
>> -                       if ((prot&PROT_WRITE) && !(file->f_mode&FMODE_WRITE))
>> -                               return -EACCES;
>> -
>> -                       /*
>> -                        * Make sure we don't allow writing to an append-only
>> -                        * file..
>> -                        */
>> -                       if (IS_APPEND(inode) && (file->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE))
>> -                               return -EACCES;
>> -
>> -                       /*
>> -                        * Make sure there are no mandatory locks on the file.
>> -                        */
>> -                       if (locks_verify_locked(file))
>> -                               return -EAGAIN;
>> +                       err = do_mmap_shared_checks(file, prot);
>> +                       if (err)
>> +                               return err;
>>
>>                         vm_flags |= VM_SHARED | VM_MAYSHARE;
>>                         if (!(file->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE))
>> diff --git a/mm/mprotect.c b/mm/mprotect.c
>> index ef5be8eaab00..57cb81c11668 100644
>> --- a/mm/mprotect.c
>> +++ b/mm/mprotect.c
>> @@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
>>  #include <linux/hugetlb.h>
>>  #include <linux/shm.h>
>>  #include <linux/mman.h>
>> +#include <linux/file.h>
>>  #include <linux/fs.h>
>>  #include <linux/highmem.h>
>>  #include <linux/security.h>
>> @@ -375,6 +376,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE3(mprotect, unsigned long, start, size_t, len,
>>
>>         vm_flags = calc_vm_prot_bits(prot);
>>
>> +restart:
>>         down_write(&current->mm->mmap_sem);
>>
>>         vma = find_vma(current->mm, start);
>> @@ -416,6 +418,28 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE3(mprotect, unsigned long, start, size_t, len,
>>                         goto out;
>>                 }
>>
>> +               /*
>> +                * If we're adding write permissions to a shared file,
>> +                * we must clear privileges (like done at mmap time),
>> +                * but we have to juggle the locks to avoid holding
>> +                * mmap_sem while holding i_mutex.
>> +                */
>> +               if ((vma->vm_flags & VM_SHARED) && vma->vm_file &&
>> +                   (newflags & VM_WRITE) && !(vma->vm_flags & VM_WRITE) &&
>> +                   file_needs_remove_privs(vma->vm_file)) {
>> +                       struct file *file = get_file(vma->vm_file);
>> +
>> +                       start = vma->vm_start;
>> +                       up_write(&current->mm->mmap_sem);
>> +                       mutex_lock(&file_inode(file)->i_mutex);
>> +                       error = file_remove_privs(file);
>> +                       mutex_unlock(&file_inode(file)->i_mutex);
>> +                       fput(file);
>> +                       if (error)
>> +                               return error;
>> +                       goto restart;
>> +               }
>> +
>>                 error = security_file_mprotect(vma, reqprot, prot);
>>                 if (error)
>>                         goto out;
>> diff --git a/mm/util.c b/mm/util.c
>> index 9af1c12b310c..1882eaf33a37 100644
>> --- a/mm/util.c
>> +++ b/mm/util.c
>> @@ -283,6 +283,29 @@ int __weak get_user_pages_fast(unsigned long start,
>>  }
>>  EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(get_user_pages_fast);
>>
>> +int do_mmap_shared_checks(struct file *file, unsigned long prot)
>> +{
>> +       struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
>> +
>> +       if ((prot & PROT_WRITE) && !(file->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE))
>> +               return -EACCES;
>> +
>> +       /*
>> +        * Make sure we don't allow writing to an append-only
>> +        * file..
>> +        */
>> +       if (IS_APPEND(inode) && (file->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE))
>> +               return -EACCES;
>> +
>> +       /*
>> +        * Make sure there are no mandatory locks on the file.
>> +        */
>> +       if (locks_verify_locked(file))
>> +               return -EAGAIN;
>> +
>> +       return 0;
>> +}
>> +
>>  unsigned long vm_mmap_pgoff(struct file *file, unsigned long addr,
>>         unsigned long len, unsigned long prot,
>>         unsigned long flag, unsigned long pgoff)
>> @@ -291,6 +314,33 @@ unsigned long vm_mmap_pgoff(struct file *file, unsigned long addr,
>>         struct mm_struct *mm = current->mm;
>>         unsigned long populate;
>>
>> +       /*
>> +        * If we must remove privs, we do it here since doing it during
>> +        * page fault may be expensive and cannot hold inode->i_mutex,
>> +        * since mm->mmap_sem is already held.
>> +        */
>> +       if (file && (flag & MAP_TYPE) == MAP_SHARED && (prot & PROT_WRITE)) {
>> +               struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
>> +               int err;
>> +
>> +               if (!IS_NOSEC(inode)) {
>> +                       /*
>> +                        * Make sure we can't strip privs from a file that
>> +                        * wouldn't otherwise be allowed to be mmapped.
>> +                        */
>> +                       err = do_mmap_shared_checks(file, prot);
>> +                       if (err)
>> +                               return err;
>> +
>> +                       mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex);
>> +                       err = file_remove_privs(file);
>> +                       mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);
>> +
>> +                       if (err)
>> +                               return err;
>> +               }
>> +       }
>> +
>>         ret = security_mmap_file(file, prot, flag);
>>         if (!ret) {
>>                 down_write(&mm->mmap_sem);
>> --
>> 2.6.3
>>
>>
>> --
>> Kees Cook
>> Chrome OS & Brillo Security



-- 
Kees Cook
Chrome OS & Brillo Security

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