linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 6.0] binder: validate alloc->mm in ->mmap() handler

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Date:   Wed, 30 Nov 2022 13:40:40 +0100
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Carlos Llamas <cmllamas@...gle.com>
Cc:     Arve Hjønnevåg <arve@...roid.com>,
        Todd Kjos <tkjos@...roid.com>,
        Martijn Coenen <maco@...roid.com>,
        Joel Fernandes <joel@...lfernandes.org>,
        Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>,
        Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@...gle.com>,
        "Liam R. Howlett" <Liam.Howlett@...cle.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-team@...roid.com,
        Jann Horn <jannh@...gle.com>, stable@...r.kernel.org,
        Todd Kjos <tkjos@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 6.0] binder: validate alloc->mm in ->mmap() handler

On Wed, Nov 23, 2022 at 06:08:09PM +0000, Carlos Llamas wrote:
> commit 3ce00bb7e91cf57d723905371507af57182c37ef upstream.
> 
> Since commit 1da52815d5f1 ("binder: fix alloc->vma_vm_mm null-ptr
> dereference") binder caches a pointer to the current->mm during open().
> This fixes a null-ptr dereference reported by syzkaller. Unfortunately,
> it also opens the door for a process to update its mm after the open(),
> (e.g. via execve) making the cached alloc->mm pointer invalid.
> 
> Things get worse when the process continues to mmap() a vma. From this
> point forward, binder will attempt to find this vma using an obsolete
> alloc->mm reference. Such as in binder_update_page_range(), where the
> wrong vma is obtained via vma_lookup(), yet binder proceeds to happily
> insert new pages into it.
> 
> To avoid this issue fail the ->mmap() callback if we detect a mismatch
> between the vma->vm_mm and the original alloc->mm pointer. This prevents
> alloc->vm_addr from getting set, so that any subsequent vma_lookup()
> calls fail as expected.
> 
> Fixes: 1da52815d5f1 ("binder: fix alloc->vma_vm_mm null-ptr dereference")
> Reported-by: Jann Horn <jannh@...gle.com>
> Cc: <stable@...r.kernel.org> # 5.15+
> Signed-off-by: Carlos Llamas <cmllamas@...gle.com>
> Acked-by: Todd Kjos <tkjos@...gle.com>
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20221104231235.348958-1-cmllamas@google.com
> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
> [cmllamas: renamed alloc->mm since missing e66b77e50522]
> Signed-off-by: Carlos Llamas <cmllamas@...gle.com>
> ---
>  drivers/android/binder_alloc.c | 7 +++++++
>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

This is already in the 6.0 queue, is this a different version?

thanks,

greg k-h