linux-kernel - Re: [syzbot] [hardening?] [mm?] BUG: bad usercopy in con_font

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Date:   Mon, 6 Mar 2023 08:32:11 +0100
From:   Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...nel.org>
To:     Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@...-lyon.org>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        syzbot <syzbot+3af17071816b61e807ed@...kaller.appspotmail.com>,
        akpm@...ux-foundation.org, linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        syzkaller-bugs@...glegroups.com,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Subject: Re: [syzbot] [hardening?] [mm?] BUG: bad usercopy in con_font_op

On 05. 03. 23, 18:54, Samuel Thibault wrote:
> Kees Cook, le ven. 03 mars 2023 14:07:04 -0800, a ecrit:
>> #define max_font_width  64
>> #define max_font_height 128
>> #define max_font_glyphs 512
>> #define max_font_size   (max_font_glyphs*max_font_width*max_font_height)
>> 	...
>>          font.data = kvmalloc(max_font_size, GFP_KERNEL);
>> 	...
>>          if (op->data && copy_to_user(op->data, font.data, c))
>>                  rc = -EFAULT;
>>
>> it is correctly seeing "c" (4194560 in the report) as larger than
>> "max_font_size" (4194304, seen reported by "folio_size(folio)"). The
>> "c" calculation comes from:
>>
>>          unsigned int vpitch = op->op == KD_FONT_OP_GET_TALL ? op->height : 32;
>> 	...
>>                  rc = vc->vc_sw->con_font_get(vc, &font, vpitch);
>> 	...
>>          c = (font.width+7)/8 * vpitch * font.charcount;
>>
>> So yes, 4194560 is larger than 4194304, and a memory exposure was,
>> in fact, blocked here.
>>
>> Given the recent work in this area, I'm not sure which calculation is
>> wrong, max_font_size or c. Samuel?
> 
> They are not wrong. It's the vpitch value (coming from userland's
> op.height) which is out of bound and missing a check.
> 
> The patch below should be fixing it, could you check?
> 
> I don't know how I am supposed to properly reference the syzbot report
> etc., could somebody used to the process handle submitting the fix?

It's as simple as adding:
  Reported-by: syzbot+3af17071816b61e807ed@...kaller.appspotmail.com
to the tags.

> VT: Protect KD_FONT_OP_GET_TALL from unbound access
> 
> In ioctl(KD_FONT_OP_GET_TALL), userland tells through op->height which
> vpitch should be used to copy over the font. In con_font_get, we were
> not checking that it is within the maximum height value, and thus
> userland could make the vc->vc_sw->con_font_get(vc, &font, vpitch);
> call possibly overflow the allocated max_font_size bytes, and the
> copy_to_user(op->data, font.data, c) call possibly read out of that
> allocated buffer.
> 
> By checking vpitch against max_font_height, the max_font_size buffer
> will always be large enough for the vc->vc_sw->con_font_get(vc, &font,
> vpitch) call (since we already prevent loading a font larger than that),
> and c = (font.width+7)/8 * vpitch * font.charcount will always remain
> below max_font_size.
> 
> Fixes: 24d69384bcd3 ("VT: Add KD_FONT_OP_SET/GET_TALL operations")

Reviewed-by: Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...nel.org>

> Signed-off-by: Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@...-lyon.org>
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c b/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c
> index 57a5c23b51d4..3c2ea9c098f7 100644
> --- a/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c
> +++ b/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c
> @@ -4545,6 +4545,9 @@ static int con_font_get(struct vc_data *vc, struct console_font_op *op)
>   	int c;
>   	unsigned int vpitch = op->op == KD_FONT_OP_GET_TALL ? op->height : 32;
>   
> +	if (vpitch > max_font_height)
> +		return -EINVAL;
> +
>   	if (op->data) {
>   		font.data = kvmalloc(max_font_size, GFP_KERNEL);
>   		if (!font.data)

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