linux-kernel - Re: [Y2038] [PATCH v6 10/43] compat_ioctl: move rtc handling into rtc-dev.c

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Date:   Wed, 23 Oct 2019 12:29:37 +0200
From:   Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@...tlin.com>
To:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Cc:     Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
        Ben Hutchings <ben.hutchings@...ethink.co.uk>,
        y2038 Mailman List <y2038@...ts.linaro.org>,
        Linux FS-devel Mailing List <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [Y2038] [PATCH v6 10/43] compat_ioctl: move rtc handling into
 rtc-dev.c

On 22/10/2019 14:14:21+0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 22, 2019 at 6:30 AM Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk> wrote:
> >
> > On Thu, Oct 17, 2019 at 04:33:09PM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> >
> > > However, looking at this again after your comment I found a rather
> > > more serious bug in my new RTC_IRQP_SET handling: Any 64-bit
> > > machine can now bypass the permission check for RTC_IRQP_SET by
> > > calling RTC_IRQP_SET32 instead.
> >
> > You've lost the check on RTC_EPOCH_SET as well.
> 
> Right, originally my plan was to keep the epoch handling local to
> rtc-vr41xx.c as explained in the patch description. The driver is
> specific to a particular very obsolete MIPS machine that was
> apparently only ever used with 32-bit kernels.
> 
> I guess it can't hurt to treat it the same as RTC_IRQP_SET32
> if you prefer. Folding in this change now and adapting the
> changelog text:
> 
> --- a/drivers/rtc/dev.c
> +++ b/drivers/rtc/dev.c
> @@ -402,6 +402,7 @@ static long rtc_dev_ioctl(struct file *file,
>  #ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT
>  #define RTC_IRQP_SET32         _IOW('p', 0x0c, __u32)
>  #define RTC_IRQP_READ32                _IOR('p', 0x0b, __u32)
> +#define RTC_EPOCH_SET32                _IOW('p', 0x0e, __u32)
> 
>  static long rtc_dev_compat_ioctl(struct file *file,
>                                  unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
> @@ -416,6 +417,10 @@ static long rtc_dev_compat_ioctl(struct file *file,
>         case RTC_IRQP_SET32:
>                 /* arg is a plain integer, not pointer */
>                 return rtc_dev_ioctl(file, RTC_IRQP_SET, arg);
> +
> +       case RTC_EPOCH_SET32:
> +               /* arg is a plain integer, not pointer */
> +               return rtc_dev_ioctl(file, RTC_EPOCH_SET, arg);
>         }
> 
>         return rtc_dev_ioctl(file, cmd, (unsigned long)uarg);
> diff --git a/drivers/rtc/rtc-vr41xx.c b/drivers/rtc/rtc-vr41xx.c
> index 79f27de545af..c3671043ace7 100644
> --- a/drivers/rtc/rtc-vr41xx.c
> +++ b/drivers/rtc/rtc-vr41xx.c
> @@ -69,7 +69,6 @@ static void __iomem *rtc2_base;
> 
>  /* 32-bit compat for ioctls that nobody else uses */
>  #define RTC_EPOCH_READ32       _IOR('p', 0x0d, __u32)
> -#define RTC_EPOCH_SET32                _IOW('p', 0x0e, __u32)
> 
>  static unsigned long epoch = 1970;     /* Jan 1 1970 00:00:00 */
> 
> @@ -187,7 +186,6 @@ static int vr41xx_rtc_ioctl(struct device *dev,
> unsigned int cmd, unsigned long
>  #ifdef CONFIG_64BIT
>         case RTC_EPOCH_READ32:
>                 return put_user(epoch, (unsigned int __user *)arg);
> -       case RTC_EPOCH_SET32:
>  #endif
>         case RTC_EPOCH_SET:
>                 /* Doesn't support before 1900 */
> 
> > Another potential issue is drivers/input/misc/hp_sdc_rtc.c,
> > provided that the hardware in question might possibly exist
> > on hppa64 boxen - CONFIG_GSC defaults to y and it's not
> > 32bit-only, so that thing is at least selectable on 64bit
> > kernels.
> 
> I decided long ago not to care: that code has never compiled after
> it was originally merged into the kernel in 2005:
> 
> static int hp_sdc_rtc_ioctl(struct inode *inode, struct file *file,
>                            unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
> {
> #if 1
>        return -EINVAL;
> #else
>       ...
>     RTC_IRQP_SET, RTC_EPOCH_SET, ...
>       ...
> #endif
> }
> 
> I don't see any chance that this code is revived. If anyone wanted to
> make it work, the right approach would be to use the rtc framework
> and rewrite the code first.
> 
> I could send a patch to remove the dead code though if that helps.
> 

Please do.

IIUC, this doesn't affect arch/alpha/kernel/rtc.c because alpha has
always been 64bit.


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Alexandre Belloni, Bootlin
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