linux-kernel - Re: WARNING: bad usercopy in fanotify

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Date:   Wed, 13 Mar 2019 08:42:25 +0200
From:   Amir Goldstein <amir73il@...il.com>
To:     Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
Cc:     syzbot <syzbot+2c49971e251e36216d1f@...kaller.appspotmail.com>,
        Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, cai@....pw,
        Chris von Recklinghausen <crecklin@...hat.com>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux-MM <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
        syzkaller-bugs <syzkaller-bugs@...glegroups.com>
Subject: Re: WARNING: bad usercopy in fanotify_read

On Wed, Mar 13, 2019 at 8:26 AM Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Mar 11, 2019 at 1:42 PM syzbot
> <syzbot+2c49971e251e36216d1f@...kaller.appspotmail.com> wrote:
> > C reproducer:   https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/repro.c?x=17ee410b200000
> > [...]
> > ------------[ cut here ]------------
> > Bad or missing usercopy whitelist? Kernel memory exposure attempt detected
> > from SLAB object 'fanotify_event' (offset 40, size 8)!
> > [...]
> >   copy_to_user include/linux/uaccess.h:151 [inline]
> >   copy_fid_to_user fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c:236 [inline]
> >   copy_event_to_user fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c:294 [inline]
>
> Looks like this is the fh/ext_fh union in struct fanotify_fid, field
> "fid" in struct fanotify_event. Given that "fid" is itself in a union
> against a struct path, I think instead of a whitelist using
> KMEM_CACHE_USERCOPY(), this should just use a bounce buffer to avoid
> leaving a whitelist open for path or ext_fh exposure.
>
> Maybe something like this (untested):

I tested. Patch is fine by me with minor nit.
You may add:
Reviewed-by: Amir Goldstein <amir73il@...il.com>


>
> diff --git a/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c
> b/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c
> index 56992b32c6bb..b87da9580b3c 100644
> --- a/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c
> +++ b/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c
> @@ -207,6 +207,7 @@ static int process_access_response(struct
> fsnotify_group *group,
>  static int copy_fid_to_user(struct fanotify_event *event, char __user *buf)
>  {
>         struct fanotify_event_info_fid info = { };
> +       unsigned char bounce[FANOTIFY_INLINE_FH_LEN], *fh;
>         struct file_handle handle = { };
>         size_t fh_len = event->fh_len;
>         size_t len = fanotify_event_info_len(event);
> @@ -233,7 +234,18 @@ static int copy_fid_to_user(struct fanotify_event
> *event, char __user *buf)
>
>         buf += sizeof(handle);
>         len -= sizeof(handle);
> -       if (copy_to_user(buf, fanotify_event_fh(event), fh_len))
> +
> +       /*
> +        * For an inline fh, copy through stack to exclude the copy from
> +        * usercopy hardening protections.
> +        */
> +       fh = fanotify_event_fh(event);
> +       if (fh_len <= sizeof(bounce)) {

Prefer <= FANOTIFY_INLINE_FH_LEN

> +               memcpy(bounce, fh, fh_len);
> +               fh = bounce;
> +       }
> +
> +       if (copy_to_user(buf, fh, fh_len))
>                 return -EFAULT;
>
>         /* Pad with 0's */
>
>
> --
> Kees Cook