linux-kernel - Re: BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference in sidtab_search

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Message-ID: <CACT4Y+ZkrWR9=s9qVUAiF6bEeGgdhLGE_W_wWwX7HsaVo1MLiQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Fri, 22 Dec 2017 10:14:48 +0100
From:   Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@...gle.com>
To:     Paul Moore <paul@...l-moore.com>
Cc:     syzbot 
        <bot+904436b33e141b4f4c57c1ddc94199ffd2e34b9d@...kaller.appspotmail.com>,
        elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net, Eric Paris <eparis@...isplace.org>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        James Morris <james.l.morris@...cle.com>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org,
        Philippe Ombredanne <pombredanne@...b.com>,
        Stephen Smalley <sds@...ho.nsa.gov>, selinux@...ho.nsa.gov,
        serge@...lyn.com, syzkaller-bugs@...glegroups.com,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: Re: BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference in sidtab_search_core

On Thu, Dec 21, 2017 at 9:40 PM, Paul Moore <paul@...l-moore.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 20, 2017 at 2:48 AM, syzbot
> <bot+904436b33e141b4f4c57c1ddc94199ffd2e34b9d@...kaller.appspotmail.com>
> wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> syzkaller hit the following crash on
>> 6084b576dca2e898f5c101baef151f7bfdbb606d
>> git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git/master
>> compiler: gcc (GCC) 7.1.1 20170620
>> .config is attached
>> Raw console output is attached.
>> C reproducer is attached
>> syzkaller reproducer is attached. See https://goo.gl/kgGztJ
>> for information about syzkaller reproducers
>>
>>
>> SELinux: security_compute_sid:  unrecognized SID 1
>> SELinux: security_compute_sid:  unrecognized SID 1
>> SELinux: security_compute_sid:  unrecognized SID 1
>> SELinux: security_compute_sid:  unrecognized SID 1
>> SELinux: security_compute_sid:  unrecognized SID 1
>> BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000001
>> IP: sidtab_search_core+0x88/0x110 security/selinux/ss/sidtab.c:100
>> PGD 0 P4D 0
>> Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP
>> Dumping ftrace buffer:
>>    (ftrace buffer empty)
>> Modules linked in:
>> CPU: 1 PID: 4252 Comm: kworker/u4:1 Not tainted 4.15.0-rc3-next-20171214+
>> #67
>> Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS
>> Google 01/01/2011
>> RIP: 0010:sidtab_search_core+0x88/0x110 security/selinux/ss/sidtab.c:100
>> RSP: 0018:ffffc900028abc18 EFLAGS: 00010293
>> RAX: ffff8802131a87c0 RBX: 0000000000000001 RCX: ffffffff8165d978
>> RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000001 RDI: ffffffff83fd17a0
>> RBP: ffffc900028abc40 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: 0000000000000001
>> R10: ffffc900028abbe0 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: 0000000000000001
>> R13: 0000000000000001 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: ffff880214d93800
>> FS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff88021fd00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
>> CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
>> CR2: 0000000000000001 CR3: 0000000214e31000 CR4: 00000000001406e0
>> DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
>> DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
>> Call Trace:
>>  sidtab_search+0x1f/0x30 security/selinux/ss/sidtab.c:111
>>  security_compute_sid.part.11+0xe2/0x710 security/selinux/ss/services.c:1618
>>  security_compute_sid+0x92/0xa0 security/selinux/ss/services.c:1598
>>  security_transition_sid+0x57/0x70 security/selinux/ss/services.c:1764
>>  selinux_bprm_set_creds+0x215/0x2f0 security/selinux/hooks.c:2423
>>  security_bprm_set_creds+0x41/0x60 security/security.c:332
>>  prepare_binprm+0xae/0x1f0 fs/exec.c:1561
>>  do_execveat_common.isra.30+0x6f7/0xb90 fs/exec.c:1784
>>  do_execve+0x31/0x40 fs/exec.c:1848
>>  call_usermodehelper_exec_async+0x104/0x190 kernel/umh.c:100
>>  ret_from_fork+0x24/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:524
>> Code: 8b 5b 50 48 85 db 75 e5 e8 e6 c9 c5 ff 49 8b 5f 18 48 85 db 75 10 eb
>> 43 e8 d6 c9 c5 ff 48 8b 5b 50 48 85 db 74 35 e8 c8 c9 c5 ff <44> 8b 23 41 83
>> fc 02 76 e4 e8 ba c9 c5 ff 41 83 fc 03 75 1c 48
>> RIP: sidtab_search_core+0x88/0x110 security/selinux/ss/sidtab.c:100 RSP:
>> ffffc900028abc18
>> CR2: 0000000000000001
>> ---[ end trace 571c0ea6c6959387 ]---
>> Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception
>> Dumping ftrace buffer:
>>    (ftrace buffer empty)
>> Kernel Offset: disabled
>> Rebooting in 86400 seconds..
>
> Based on the reproducer and the stack trace, I'm guessing the system
> is attempting to load a kernel module for a a defined, but unloaded,
> protocol.  Looking quickly at the SELinux bprm and sidtab code,
> nothing obvious is jumping out at me.  Considering the number of false
> positives I've been seeing from syzbot lately, I'm assuming this is
> more of the same.


Hi Paul,

What are these false positives? Please elaborate.
There is no single false positive that I am aware of. All the ones
that were debugged are real kernel bugs.