linux-kernel - [PATCH 5.13 749/800] selftests/sgx: remove checks for file execute permissions

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:   Mon, 12 Jul 2021 08:12:52 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org, Tim Gardner <tim.gardner@...onical.com>,
        Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko@...nel.org>,
        Reinette Chatre <reinette.chatre@...el.com>,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>,
        Shuah Khan <shuah@...nel.org>, linux-sgx@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org,
        Shuah Khan <skhan@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 5.13 749/800] selftests/sgx: remove checks for file execute permissions

From: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>

[ Upstream commit 4896df9d53ae5521f3ce83751e828ad70bc65c80 ]

The SGX selftests can fail for a bunch of non-obvious reasons
like 'noexec' permissions on /dev (which is the default *EVERYWHERE*
it seems).

A new test mistakenly also looked for +x permission on the
/dev/sgx_enclave.  File execute permissions really only apply to
the ability of execve() to work on a file, *NOT* on the ability
for an application to map the file with PROT_EXEC.  SGX needs to
mmap(PROT_EXEC), but doesn't need to execve() the device file.

Remove the check.

Fixes: 4284f7acb78b ("selftests/sgx: Improve error detection and messages")
Reported-by: Tim Gardner <tim.gardner@...onical.com>
Cc: Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko@...nel.org>
Cc: Reinette Chatre <reinette.chatre@...el.com>
Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>
Cc: Shuah Khan <shuah@...nel.org>
Cc: linux-sgx@...r.kernel.org
Cc: linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Tested-by: Reinette Chatre <reinette.chatre@...el.com>
Signed-off-by: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko@...nel.org>
Signed-off-by: Shuah Khan <skhan@...uxfoundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
---
 tools/testing/selftests/sgx/load.c | 16 +++-------------
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/sgx/load.c b/tools/testing/selftests/sgx/load.c
index f441ac34b4d4..bae78c3263d9 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/sgx/load.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/sgx/load.c
@@ -150,16 +150,6 @@ bool encl_load(const char *path, struct encl *encl)
 		goto err;
 	}
 
-	/*
-	 * This just checks if the /dev file has these permission
-	 * bits set.  It does not check that the current user is
-	 * the owner or in the owning group.
-	 */
-	if (!(sb.st_mode & (S_IXUSR | S_IXGRP | S_IXOTH))) {
-		fprintf(stderr, "no execute permissions on device file %s\n", device_path);
-		goto err;
-	}
-
 	ptr = mmap(NULL, PAGE_SIZE, PROT_READ, MAP_SHARED, fd, 0);
 	if (ptr == (void *)-1) {
 		perror("mmap for read");
@@ -169,13 +159,13 @@ bool encl_load(const char *path, struct encl *encl)
 
 #define ERR_MSG \
 "mmap() succeeded for PROT_READ, but failed for PROT_EXEC.\n" \
-" Check that current user has execute permissions on %s and \n" \
-" that /dev does not have noexec set: mount | grep \"/dev .*noexec\"\n" \
+" Check that /dev does not have noexec set:\n" \
+" \tmount | grep \"/dev .*noexec\"\n" \
 " If so, remount it executable: mount -o remount,exec /dev\n\n"
 
 	ptr = mmap(NULL, PAGE_SIZE, PROT_EXEC, MAP_SHARED, fd, 0);
 	if (ptr == (void *)-1) {
-		fprintf(stderr, ERR_MSG, device_path);
+		fprintf(stderr, ERR_MSG);
 		goto err;
 	}
 	munmap(ptr, PAGE_SIZE);
-- 
2.30.2