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Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2024 15:15:07 +0200
From: Joel Granados <j.granados@...sung.com>
To: <wenyang.linux@...mail.com>
CC: "Eric W . Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>, Luis Chamberlain
	<mcgrof@...nel.org>, Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>, Christian Brauner
	<brauner@...nel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] sysctl: move the extra1/2 boundary check of u8 to
 sysctl_check_table_array

On Fri, Apr 05, 2024 at 10:40:59PM +0800, wenyang.linux@...mail.com wrote:
> From: Wen Yang <wenyang.linux@...mail.com>
> 
Please move the text describing what was done to the top. So you would
start the message like this:

"
Move boundary checking for proc_dou8ved_minmax into module loading, thereby
reporting errors in advance. And add a kunit test case ensuring the
boundary check is done correctly.
"
> The boundary check of u8's extra is currently performed at runtime.
> This may result in some kernel modules that can be loaded normally without
> any errors, but not works, as follows:
This reads funny. Please change it to something like this:
"
The boundary check in proc_dou8vec_minmax done to the extra elements in
the ctl_table struct is currently performed at runtime. This allows buggy
kernel modules to be loaded normally without any errors only to fail
when used.
"

> 
>  #include <linux/kernel.h>
>  #include <linux/module.h>
>  #include <linux/sysctl.h>
Please indent the example code

> 
> static struct ctl_table_header *_table_header;
> unsigned char _data = 0;
> struct ctl_table table[] = {
> 	{
> 		.procname       = "foo",
> 		.data           = &_data,
> 		.maxlen         = sizeof(u8),
> 		.mode           = 0644,
> 		.proc_handler   = proc_dou8vec_minmax,
> 		.extra1         = SYSCTL_ZERO,
> 		.extra2         = SYSCTL_ONE_THOUSAND,
> 	},
> 	{}
don't include a sentinel in your example.
> };
> 
> static int init_demo(void) {
> 	if (!_table_header)
> 		_table_header = register_sysctl("kernel", table);
> 
> 	pr_info("test: init module.\n");
> 	return 0;
> }
> 
> static void cleanup_demo(void) {
> 	if (_table_header) {
> 		unregister_sysctl_table(_table_header);
> 	}
This is just an example. Lets remove the cleanup_demo as it does not
give any additional info

> 
> 	pr_info("test: cleanup module.\n");
> }
> 
> module_init(init_demo);
> module_exit(cleanup_demo);
Lets remove this "module_exit" line.
> MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
> 
>  # insmod test.ko
> 
>  # cat /proc/sys/kernel/foo
>  cat: /proc/sys/kernel/foo: Invalid argument
> 
>  # echo 1 >  /proc/sys/kernel/foo
>  -bash: echo: write error: Invalid argument
You can do with just including either read or write. No need to include
both.

So the code would end up to something like this:
"
This is a buggy example module:
        #include <linux/kernel.h>
        #include <linux/module.h>
        #include <linux/sysctl.h>

        static struct ctl_table_header *_table_header;
        unsigned char _data = 0;
        struct ctl_table table[] = {
                {
                        .procname       = "foo",
                        .data           = &_data,
                        .maxlen         = sizeof(u8),
                        .mode           = 0644,
                        .proc_handler   = proc_dou8vec_minmax,
                        .extra1         = SYSCTL_ZERO,
                        .extra2         = SYSCTL_ONE_THOUSAND,
                },
        };

        static int init_demo(void) {
                if (!_table_header)
                        _table_header = register_sysctl("kernel", table);
                return 0;
        }

        module_init(init_demo);
        MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");

And this is the result:
        # insmod test.ko
        # cat /proc/sys/kernel/foo
        cat: /proc/sys/kernel/foo: Invalid argument

"

> 
> This patch moves boundary checking forward to module loading,
> thereby reporting errors in advance, and also adds a kunit test case.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Wen Yang <wenyang.linux@...mail.com>
> Cc: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@...nel.org>
> Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
> Cc: Joel Granados <j.granados@...sung.com>
> Cc: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
> Cc: Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>
> Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
> ---
> v3: 
> - kunit: using register_sysctl, and thus unnecessary sentries were removed
> - kunit: using constant ctl_tables
> v2:
> - kunit: detect registration failure with KUNIT_EXPECT_NULL
> 
>  fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c | 12 +++++++++++
>  kernel/sysctl-test.c  | 49 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  kernel/sysctl.c       | 14 ++++---------
>  3 files changed, 65 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c b/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
> index 37cde0efee57..136e3f8966c3 100644
> --- a/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
> +++ b/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
> @@ -1096,6 +1096,7 @@ static int sysctl_err(const char *path, struct ctl_table *table, char *fmt, ...)
>  
>  static int sysctl_check_table_array(const char *path, struct ctl_table *table)
>  {
> +	unsigned int extra;
>  	int err = 0;
>  
>  	if ((table->proc_handler == proc_douintvec) ||
> @@ -1107,6 +1108,17 @@ static int sysctl_check_table_array(const char *path, struct ctl_table *table)
>  	if (table->proc_handler == proc_dou8vec_minmax) {
>  		if (table->maxlen != sizeof(u8))
>  			err |= sysctl_err(path, table, "array not allowed");
> +
> +		if (table->extra1) {
> +			extra = *(unsigned int *) table->extra1;
> +			if (extra > 255U)
> +				err |= sysctl_err(path, table, "array not allowed");
The error message here does not make sense: It should be along the lines
of "Range value to large for proc_dou8vec_minmax"

> +		}
> +		if (table->extra2) {
> +			extra = *(unsigned int *) table->extra2;
> +			if (extra > 255U)
> +				err |= sysctl_err(path, table, "array not allowed");
Same as previous.

> +		}
>  	}
>  
>  	if (table->proc_handler == proc_dobool) {
> diff --git a/kernel/sysctl-test.c b/kernel/sysctl-test.c
> index 6ef887c19c48..4e7dcc9187e2 100644
> --- a/kernel/sysctl-test.c
> +++ b/kernel/sysctl-test.c
> @@ -367,6 +367,54 @@ static void sysctl_test_api_dointvec_write_single_greater_int_max(
>  	KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, 0, *((int *)table.data));
>  }
>  
> +/*
> + * Test that registering an invalid extra value is not allowed.
> + */
> +static void sysctl_test_register_sysctl_sz_invalid_extra_value(
> +		struct kunit *test)
> +{
> +	unsigned char data = 0;
> +	struct ctl_table table_foo[] = {
> +		{
> +			.procname	= "foo",
> +			.data		= &data,
> +			.maxlen		= sizeof(u8),
> +			.mode		= 0644,
> +			.proc_handler	= proc_dou8vec_minmax,
> +			.extra1		= SYSCTL_FOUR,
> +			.extra2		= SYSCTL_ONE_THOUSAND,
> +		},
> +	};
> +
> +	struct ctl_table table_bar[] = {
> +		{
> +			.procname	= "bar",
> +			.data		= &data,
> +			.maxlen		= sizeof(u8),
> +			.mode		= 0644,
> +			.proc_handler	= proc_dou8vec_minmax,
> +			.extra1		= SYSCTL_NEG_ONE,
> +			.extra2		= SYSCTL_ONE_HUNDRED,
> +		},
> +	};
> +
> +	struct ctl_table table_qux[] = {
> +		{
> +			.procname	= "qux",
> +			.data		= &data,
> +			.maxlen		= sizeof(u8),
> +			.mode		= 0644,
> +			.proc_handler	= proc_dou8vec_minmax,
> +			.extra1		= SYSCTL_ZERO,
> +			.extra2		= SYSCTL_TWO_HUNDRED,
> +		},
> +	};
> +
> +	KUNIT_EXPECT_NULL(test, register_sysctl("foo", table_foo));
> +	KUNIT_EXPECT_NULL(test, register_sysctl("foo", table_bar));
> +	KUNIT_EXPECT_NOT_NULL(test, register_sysctl("foo", table_qux));
> +}
> +
>  static struct kunit_case sysctl_test_cases[] = {
>  	KUNIT_CASE(sysctl_test_api_dointvec_null_tbl_data),
>  	KUNIT_CASE(sysctl_test_api_dointvec_table_maxlen_unset),
> @@ -378,6 +426,7 @@ static struct kunit_case sysctl_test_cases[] = {
>  	KUNIT_CASE(sysctl_test_dointvec_write_happy_single_negative),
>  	KUNIT_CASE(sysctl_test_api_dointvec_write_single_less_int_min),
>  	KUNIT_CASE(sysctl_test_api_dointvec_write_single_greater_int_max),
> +	KUNIT_CASE(sysctl_test_register_sysctl_sz_invalid_extra_value),
>  	{}
>  };
>  
> diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c
> index 81cc974913bb..3efe3a991743 100644
> --- a/kernel/sysctl.c
> +++ b/kernel/sysctl.c
> @@ -977,16 +977,10 @@ int proc_dou8vec_minmax(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
>  	if (table->maxlen != sizeof(u8))
>  		return -EINVAL;
>  
> -	if (table->extra1) {
> -		min = *(unsigned int *) table->extra1;
> -		if (min > 255U)
> -			return -EINVAL;
> -	}
> -	if (table->extra2) {
> -		max = *(unsigned int *) table->extra2;
> -		if (max > 255U)
> -			return -EINVAL;
> -	}
> +	if (table->extra1)
> +		min = *(unsigned char *) table->extra1;
Please leave as (unsigned int *)

> +	if (table->extra2)
> +		max = *(unsigned char *) table->extra2;
Please leave as (unsigned int *)

>  
>  	tmp = *table;
>  
> -- 
> 2.25.1
> 

-- 

Joel Granados

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