linux-kernel - [PATCH v5 03/11] vsprintf: Consistent %pK handling for kptr

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Message-Id: <20180425111251.13246-4-pmladek@suse.com>
Date:   Wed, 25 Apr 2018 13:12:43 +0200
From:   Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>
To:     Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>,
        Rasmus Villemoes <linux@...musvillemoes.dk>
Cc:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        "Tobin C . Harding" <me@...in.cc>, Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.cz>,
        Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@...il.com>,
        Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky.work@...il.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
Subject: [PATCH v5 03/11] vsprintf: Consistent %pK handling for kptr_restrict == 0

restricted_pointer() pretends that it prints the address when kptr_restrict
is set to zero. But it is never called in this situation. Instead,
pointer() falls back to ptr_to_id() and hashes the pointer.

This patch removes the potential confusion. klp_restrict is checked only
in restricted_pointer().

It actually fixes a small race when the address might get printed unhashed:

CPU0                            CPU1

pointer()
  if (!kptr_restrict)
     /* for example set to 2 */
  restricted_pointer()
				/* echo 0 >/proc/sys/kernel/kptr_restrict */
				proc_dointvec_minmax_sysadmin()
				  klpr_restrict = 0;
    switch(kptr_restrict)
      case 0:
	break:

    number()

Fixes: commit ef0010a30935de4e0211 ("vsprintf: don't use 'restricted_pointer()' when not restricting")
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: Tobin Harding <me@...in.cc>
Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
Signed-off-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>
---
 lib/vsprintf.c | 6 ++----
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/vsprintf.c b/lib/vsprintf.c
index eef9f725e9ff..2678dfe61d73 100644
--- a/lib/vsprintf.c
+++ b/lib/vsprintf.c
@@ -694,8 +694,8 @@ char *restricted_pointer(char *buf, char *end, const void *ptr,
 {
 	switch (kptr_restrict) {
 	case 0:
-		/* Always print %pK values */
-		break;
+		/* Handle as %p, hash and do _not_ leak addresses. */
+		return ptr_to_id(buf, end, ptr, spec);
 	case 1: {
 		const struct cred *cred;
 
@@ -1915,8 +1915,6 @@ char *pointer(const char *fmt, char *buf, char *end, void *ptr,
 			return buf;
 		}
 	case 'K':
-		if (!kptr_restrict)
-			break;
 		return restricted_pointer(buf, end, ptr, spec);
 	case 'N':
 		return netdev_bits(buf, end, ptr, fmt);
-- 
2.13.6