linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] module: Correctly truncate sysfs sections output

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Message-ID: <20200807131800.GA10261@linux-8ccs>
Date:   Fri, 7 Aug 2020 15:18:00 +0200
From:   Jessica Yu <jeyu@...nel.org>
To:     Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel test robot <lkp@...el.com>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org, Shuah Khan <shuah@...nel.org>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>,
        linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] module: Correctly truncate sysfs sections output

+++ Kees Cook [06/08/20 23:35 -0700]:
>The only-root-readable /sys/module/$module/sections/$section files
>did not truncate their output to the available buffer size. While most
>paths into the kernfs read handlers end up using PAGE_SIZE buffers,
>it's possible to get there through other paths (e.g. splice, sendfile).
>Actually limit the output to the "count" passed into the read function,
>and report it back correctly. *sigh*
>
>Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@...el.com>
>Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20200805002015.GE23458@shao2-debian
>Fixes: ed66f991bb19 ("module: Refactor section attr into bin attribute")
>Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
>Cc: Jessica Yu <jeyu@...nel.org>
>Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>

Oof, thanks for fixing this!

Acked-by: Jessica Yu <jeyu@...nel.org>

>---
> kernel/module.c | 22 +++++++++++++++++++---
> 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
>diff --git a/kernel/module.c b/kernel/module.c
>index aa183c9ac0a2..08c46084d8cc 100644
>--- a/kernel/module.c
>+++ b/kernel/module.c
>@@ -1520,18 +1520,34 @@ struct module_sect_attrs {
> 	struct module_sect_attr attrs[];
> };
>
>+#define MODULE_SECT_READ_SIZE (3 /* "0x", "\n" */ + (BITS_PER_LONG / 4))
> static ssize_t module_sect_read(struct file *file, struct kobject *kobj,
> 				struct bin_attribute *battr,
> 				char *buf, loff_t pos, size_t count)
> {
> 	struct module_sect_attr *sattr =
> 		container_of(battr, struct module_sect_attr, battr);
>+	char bounce[MODULE_SECT_READ_SIZE + 1];
>+	size_t wrote;
>
> 	if (pos != 0)
> 		return -EINVAL;
>
>-	return sprintf(buf, "0x%px\n",
>-		       kallsyms_show_value(file->f_cred) ? (void *)sattr->address : NULL);
>+	/*
>+	 * Since we're a binary read handler, we must account for the
>+	 * trailing NUL byte that sprintf will write: if "buf" is
>+	 * too small to hold the NUL, or the NUL is exactly the last
>+	 * byte, the read will look like it got truncated by one byte.
>+	 * Since there is no way to ask sprintf nicely to not write
>+	 * the NUL, we have to use a bounce buffer.
>+	 */
>+	wrote = scnprintf(bounce, sizeof(bounce), "0x%px\n",
>+			 kallsyms_show_value(file->f_cred)
>+				? (void *)sattr->address : NULL);
>+	count = min(count, wrote);
>+	memcpy(buf, bounce, count);
>+
>+	return count;
> }
>
> static void free_sect_attrs(struct module_sect_attrs *sect_attrs)
>@@ -1580,7 +1596,7 @@ static void add_sect_attrs(struct module *mod, const struct load_info *info)
> 			goto out;
> 		sect_attrs->nsections++;
> 		sattr->battr.read = module_sect_read;
>-		sattr->battr.size = 3 /* "0x", "\n" */ + (BITS_PER_LONG / 4);
>+		sattr->battr.size = MODULE_SECT_READ_SIZE;
> 		sattr->battr.attr.mode = 0400;
> 		*(gattr++) = &(sattr++)->battr;
> 	}
>-- 
>2.25.1
>