netdev - [PATCH net] rxrpc: Work around usercopy check

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Date:   Thu, 15 Feb 2018 22:59:00 +0000
From:   David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
To:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     dhowells@...hat.com, linux-afs@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH net] rxrpc: Work around usercopy check

Due to a check recently added to copy_to_user(), it's now not permitted to
copy from slab-held data to userspace unless the slab is whitelisted.  This
affects rxrpc_recvmsg() when it attempts to place an RXRPC_USER_CALL_ID
control message in the userspace control message buffer.  A warning is
generated by usercopy_warn() because the source is the copy of the
user_call_ID retained in the rxrpc_call struct.

Work around the issue by copying the user_call_ID to a variable on the
stack and passing that to put_cmsg().

The warning generated looks like:

	Bad or missing usercopy whitelist? Kernel memory exposure attempt detected from SLUB object 'dmaengine-unmap-128' (offset 680, size 8)!
	WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 1401 at mm/usercopy.c:81 usercopy_warn+0x7e/0xa0
	...
	RIP: 0010:usercopy_warn+0x7e/0xa0
	...
	Call Trace:
	 __check_object_size+0x9c/0x1a0
	 put_cmsg+0x98/0x120
	 rxrpc_recvmsg+0x6fc/0x1010 [rxrpc]
	 ? finish_wait+0x80/0x80
	 ___sys_recvmsg+0xf8/0x240
	 ? __clear_rsb+0x25/0x3d
	 ? __clear_rsb+0x15/0x3d
	 ? __clear_rsb+0x25/0x3d
	 ? __clear_rsb+0x15/0x3d
	 ? __clear_rsb+0x25/0x3d
	 ? __clear_rsb+0x15/0x3d
	 ? __clear_rsb+0x25/0x3d
	 ? __clear_rsb+0x15/0x3d
	 ? finish_task_switch+0xa6/0x2b0
	 ? trace_hardirqs_on_caller+0xed/0x180
	 ? _raw_spin_unlock_irq+0x29/0x40
	 ? __sys_recvmsg+0x4e/0x90
	 __sys_recvmsg+0x4e/0x90
	 do_syscall_64+0x7a/0x220
	 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x26/0x9b

Reported-by: Jonathan Billings <jsbillings@...illings.org>
Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
Acked-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
Tested-by: Jonathan Billings <jsbillings@...illings.org>
---

 net/rxrpc/recvmsg.c |    5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/rxrpc/recvmsg.c b/net/rxrpc/recvmsg.c
index cc21e8db25b0..9d45d8b56744 100644
--- a/net/rxrpc/recvmsg.c
+++ b/net/rxrpc/recvmsg.c
@@ -517,9 +517,10 @@ int rxrpc_recvmsg(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg, size_t len,
 			ret = put_cmsg(msg, SOL_RXRPC, RXRPC_USER_CALL_ID,
 				       sizeof(unsigned int), &id32);
 		} else {
+			unsigned long idl = call->user_call_ID;
+
 			ret = put_cmsg(msg, SOL_RXRPC, RXRPC_USER_CALL_ID,
-				       sizeof(unsigned long),
-				       &call->user_call_ID);
+				       sizeof(unsigned long), &idl);
 		}
 		if (ret < 0)
 			goto error_unlock_call;