linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] binder: prevent UAF read in print_binder_transaction_log

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Message-ID: <CA+wgaPOfr+i-rNUTx+7PWWrZeRMsOUMYzk0ZKp5=C=cT-MSdpA@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Tue, 8 Oct 2019 10:18:48 -0700
From:   Hridya Valsaraju <hridya@...gle.com>
To:     Christian Brauner <christian.brauner@...ntu.com>
Cc:     jannh@...gle.com,
        Arve Hjønnevåg <arve@...roid.com>,
        Christian Brauner <christian@...uner.io>,
        "open list:ANDROID DRIVERS" <devel@...verdev.osuosl.org>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Joel Fernandes <joel@...lfernandes.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Martijn Coenen <maco@...roid.com>,
        Todd Kjos <tkjos@...gle.com>, Todd Kjos <tkjos@...roid.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] binder: prevent UAF read in print_binder_transaction_log_entry()

On Tue, Oct 8, 2019 at 6:02 AM Christian Brauner
<christian.brauner@...ntu.com> wrote:
>
> When a binder transaction is initiated on a binder device coming from a
> binderfs instance, a pointer to the name of the binder device is stashed
> in the binder_transaction_log_entry's context_name member. Later on it
> is used to print the name in print_binder_transaction_log_entry(). By
> the time print_binder_transaction_log_entry() accesses context_name
> binderfs_evict_inode() might have already freed the associated memory
> thereby causing a UAF. Do the simple thing and prevent this by copying
> the name of the binder device instead of stashing a pointer to it.
>
> Reported-by: Jann Horn <jannh@...gle.com>
> Fixes: 03e2e07e3814 ("binder: Make transaction_log available in binderfs")
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/CAG48ez14Q0-F8LqsvcNbyR2o6gPW8SHXsm4u5jmD9MpsteM2Tw@mail.gmail.com
> Cc: Joel Fernandes <joel@...lfernandes.org>
> Cc: Todd Kjos <tkjos@...roid.com>
> Cc: Hridya Valsaraju <hridya@...gle.com>
> Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <christian.brauner@...ntu.com>

Reviewed-by: Hridya Valsaraju <hridya@...gle.com>

Thank you for sending out this fix Christian!

Regards,
Hridya

> ---
>  drivers/android/binder.c          | 4 +++-
>  drivers/android/binder_internal.h | 2 +-
>  2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/android/binder.c b/drivers/android/binder.c
> index c0a491277aca..5b9ac2122e89 100644
> --- a/drivers/android/binder.c
> +++ b/drivers/android/binder.c
> @@ -57,6 +57,7 @@
>  #include <linux/sched/signal.h>
>  #include <linux/sched/mm.h>
>  #include <linux/seq_file.h>
> +#include <linux/string.h>
>  #include <linux/uaccess.h>
>  #include <linux/pid_namespace.h>
>  #include <linux/security.h>
> @@ -66,6 +67,7 @@
>  #include <linux/task_work.h>
>
>  #include <uapi/linux/android/binder.h>
> +#include <uapi/linux/android/binderfs.h>
>
>  #include <asm/cacheflush.h>
>
> @@ -2876,7 +2878,7 @@ static void binder_transaction(struct binder_proc *proc,
>         e->target_handle = tr->target.handle;
>         e->data_size = tr->data_size;
>         e->offsets_size = tr->offsets_size;
> -       e->context_name = proc->context->name;
> +       strscpy(e->context_name, proc->context->name, BINDERFS_MAX_NAME);
>
>         if (reply) {
>                 binder_inner_proc_lock(proc);
> diff --git a/drivers/android/binder_internal.h b/drivers/android/binder_internal.h
> index bd47f7f72075..ae991097d14d 100644
> --- a/drivers/android/binder_internal.h
> +++ b/drivers/android/binder_internal.h
> @@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ struct binder_transaction_log_entry {
>         int return_error_line;
>         uint32_t return_error;
>         uint32_t return_error_param;
> -       const char *context_name;
> +       char context_name[BINDERFS_MAX_NAME + 1];
>  };
>
>  struct binder_transaction_log {
> --
> 2.23.0
>