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[4/9] futex: don't leak robust_list pointer

Message ID 1474211117-16674-5-git-send-email-jann@thejh.net (mailing list archive)
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Jann Horn Sept. 18, 2016, 3:05 p.m. UTC
This prevents an attacker from determining the robust_list or
compat_robust_list userspace pointer of a process created by executing
a setuid binary. Such an attack could be performed by racing
get_robust_list() with a setuid execution. The impact of this issue is that
an attacker could theoretically bypass ASLR when attacking setuid binaries.

Signed-off-by: Jann Horn <jann@thejh.net>
---
 kernel/futex.c        | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++----------
 kernel/futex_compat.c | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++----------
 2 files changed, 42 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)

Comments

Ben Hutchings Sept. 18, 2016, 6:28 p.m. UTC | #1
On Sun, Sep 18, 2016 at 05:05:12PM +0200, Jann Horn wrote:
> This prevents an attacker from determining the robust_list or
> compat_robust_list userspace pointer of a process created by executing
> a setuid binary. Such an attack could be performed by racing
> get_robust_list() with a setuid execution. The impact of this issue is that
> an attacker could theoretically bypass ASLR when attacking setuid binaries.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jann Horn <jann@thejh.net>
> ---
>  kernel/futex.c        | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++----------
>  kernel/futex_compat.c | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++----------
>  2 files changed, 42 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/kernel/futex.c b/kernel/futex.c
> index 46cb3a3..002f056 100644
> --- a/kernel/futex.c
> +++ b/kernel/futex.c
> @@ -3007,31 +3007,42 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE3(get_robust_list, int, pid,
>  	if (!futex_cmpxchg_enabled)
>  		return -ENOSYS;
>  
> -	rcu_read_lock();
> -
> -	ret = -ESRCH;
> -	if (!pid)
> +	if (!pid) {
>  		p = current;
> -	else {
> +		get_task_struct(p);
> +	} else {
> +		rcu_read_lock();
>  		p = find_task_by_vpid(pid);
> -		if (!p)
> -			goto err_unlock;
> +		/* pin the task to permit dropping the RCU read lock before
> +		 * acquiring the mutex
> +		 */
> +		get_task_struct(p);

get_task_struct() requires a non-null pointer so you can't move the
null check below it.

Ben.

> +		rcu_read_unlock();
>  	}
> +	if (!p)
> +		return -ESRCH;
[...]
Jann Horn Sept. 18, 2016, 6:33 p.m. UTC | #2
On Sun, Sep 18, 2016 at 07:28:46PM +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 18, 2016 at 05:05:12PM +0200, Jann Horn wrote:
> > This prevents an attacker from determining the robust_list or
> > compat_robust_list userspace pointer of a process created by executing
> > a setuid binary. Such an attack could be performed by racing
> > get_robust_list() with a setuid execution. The impact of this issue is that
> > an attacker could theoretically bypass ASLR when attacking setuid binaries.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Jann Horn <jann@thejh.net>
> > ---
> >  kernel/futex.c        | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++----------
> >  kernel/futex_compat.c | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++----------
> >  2 files changed, 42 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/kernel/futex.c b/kernel/futex.c
> > index 46cb3a3..002f056 100644
> > --- a/kernel/futex.c
> > +++ b/kernel/futex.c
> > @@ -3007,31 +3007,42 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE3(get_robust_list, int, pid,
> >  	if (!futex_cmpxchg_enabled)
> >  		return -ENOSYS;
> >  
> > -	rcu_read_lock();
> > -
> > -	ret = -ESRCH;
> > -	if (!pid)
> > +	if (!pid) {
> >  		p = current;
> > -	else {
> > +		get_task_struct(p);
> > +	} else {
> > +		rcu_read_lock();
> >  		p = find_task_by_vpid(pid);
> > -		if (!p)
> > -			goto err_unlock;
> > +		/* pin the task to permit dropping the RCU read lock before
> > +		 * acquiring the mutex
> > +		 */
> > +		get_task_struct(p);
> 
> get_task_struct() requires a non-null pointer so you can't move the
> null check below it.

Oh, right, thanks. Will fix that in v2.
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diff --git a/kernel/futex.c b/kernel/futex.c
index 46cb3a3..002f056 100644
--- a/kernel/futex.c
+++ b/kernel/futex.c
@@ -3007,31 +3007,42 @@  SYSCALL_DEFINE3(get_robust_list, int, pid,
 	if (!futex_cmpxchg_enabled)
 		return -ENOSYS;
 
-	rcu_read_lock();
-
-	ret = -ESRCH;
-	if (!pid)
+	if (!pid) {
 		p = current;
-	else {
+		get_task_struct(p);
+	} else {
+		rcu_read_lock();
 		p = find_task_by_vpid(pid);
-		if (!p)
-			goto err_unlock;
+		/* pin the task to permit dropping the RCU read lock before
+		 * acquiring the mutex
+		 */
+		get_task_struct(p);
+		rcu_read_unlock();
 	}
+	if (!p)
+		return -ESRCH;
+
+	ret = mutex_lock_killable(&p->signal->cred_guard_light);
+	if (ret)
+		goto err_put;
 
 	ret = -EPERM;
 	if (!ptrace_may_access(p, PTRACE_MODE_READ_REALCREDS))
 		goto err_unlock;
 
 	head = p->robust_list;
-	rcu_read_unlock();
+
+	mutex_unlock(&p->signal->cred_guard_light);
+	put_task_struct(p);
 
 	if (put_user(sizeof(*head), len_ptr))
 		return -EFAULT;
 	return put_user(head, head_ptr);
 
 err_unlock:
-	rcu_read_unlock();
-
+	mutex_unlock(&current->signal->cred_guard_light);
+err_put:
+	put_task_struct(p);
 	return ret;
 }
 
diff --git a/kernel/futex_compat.c b/kernel/futex_compat.c
index 4ae3232..241b4a9 100644
--- a/kernel/futex_compat.c
+++ b/kernel/futex_compat.c
@@ -143,31 +143,42 @@  COMPAT_SYSCALL_DEFINE3(get_robust_list, int, pid,
 	if (!futex_cmpxchg_enabled)
 		return -ENOSYS;
 
-	rcu_read_lock();
-
-	ret = -ESRCH;
-	if (!pid)
+	if (!pid) {
 		p = current;
-	else {
+		get_task_struct(p);
+	} else {
+		rcu_read_lock();
 		p = find_task_by_vpid(pid);
-		if (!p)
-			goto err_unlock;
+		/* pin the task to permit dropping the RCU read lock before
+		 * acquiring the mutex
+		 */
+		get_task_struct(p);
+		rcu_read_unlock();
 	}
+	if (!p)
+		return -ESRCH;
+
+	ret = mutex_lock_killable(&p->signal->cred_guard_light);
+	if (ret)
+		goto err_put;
 
 	ret = -EPERM;
 	if (!ptrace_may_access(p, PTRACE_MODE_READ_REALCREDS))
 		goto err_unlock;
 
 	head = p->compat_robust_list;
-	rcu_read_unlock();
+
+	mutex_unlock(&p->signal->cred_guard_light);
+	put_task_struct(p);
 
 	if (put_user(sizeof(*head), len_ptr))
 		return -EFAULT;
 	return put_user(ptr_to_compat(head), head_ptr);
 
 err_unlock:
-	rcu_read_unlock();
-
+	mutex_unlock(&current->signal->cred_guard_light);
+err_put:
+	put_task_struct(p);
 	return ret;
 }