[PATCH v2 2/5] fs: create proper filename objects using getname_kernel()
Richard Guy Briggs
rgb at redhat.com
Thu Jan 22 15:54:35 UTC 2015
On 15/01/22, Paul Moore wrote:
> There are several areas in the kernel that create temporary filename
> objects using the following pattern:
>
> int func(const char *name)
> {
> struct filename *file = { .name = name };
> ...
> return 0;
> }
>
> ... which for the most part works okay, but it causes havoc within the
> audit subsystem as the filename object does not persist beyond the
> lifetime of the function. This patch converts all of these temporary
> filename objects into proper filename objects using getname_kernel()
> and putname() which ensure that the filename object persists until the
> audit subsystem is finished with it.
>
> Also, a special thanks to Al Viro, Guenter Roeck, and Sabrina Dubroca
> for helping resolve a difficult kernel panic on boot related to a
> use-after-free problem in kern_path_create(); the thread can be seen
> at the link below:
>
> * https://lkml.org/lkml/2015/1/20/710
>
> This patch includes code that was either based on, or directly written
> by Al in the above thread.
>
> CC: viro at zeniv.linux.org.uk
> CC: linux at roeck-us.net
> CC: sd at queasysnail.net
> CC: linux-fsdevel at vger.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Paul Moore <pmoore at redhat.com>
Noted change to use ERR_CAST() for consistency.
Reviewed-by: Richard Guy Briggs <rgb at redhat.com>
> ---
> fs/exec.c | 11 +++++++-
> fs/namei.c | 80 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
> fs/open.c | 11 +++++++-
> 3 files changed, 81 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/exec.c b/fs/exec.c
> index a3d33fe..d067771 100644
> --- a/fs/exec.c
> +++ b/fs/exec.c
> @@ -789,8 +789,15 @@ exit:
>
> struct file *open_exec(const char *name)
> {
> - struct filename tmp = { .name = name };
> - return do_open_exec(&tmp);
> + struct file *file;
> + struct filename *tmp;
> +
> + tmp = getname_kernel(name);
> + if (unlikely(IS_ERR(tmp)))
> + return (void *)tmp;
> + file = do_open_exec(tmp);
> + putname(tmp);
> + return file;
> }
> EXPORT_SYMBOL(open_exec);
>
> diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
> index 63eaaf6..f793fe4 100644
> --- a/fs/namei.c
> +++ b/fs/namei.c
> @@ -2001,31 +2001,50 @@ static int filename_lookup(int dfd, struct filename *name,
> static int do_path_lookup(int dfd, const char *name,
> unsigned int flags, struct nameidata *nd)
> {
> - struct filename filename = { .name = name };
> + int retval;
> + struct filename *filename;
>
> - return filename_lookup(dfd, &filename, flags, nd);
> + filename = getname_kernel(name);
> + if (unlikely(IS_ERR(filename)))
> + return PTR_ERR(filename);
> + retval = filename_lookup(dfd, filename, flags, nd);
> + putname(filename);
> + return retval;
> }
>
> /* does lookup, returns the object with parent locked */
> struct dentry *kern_path_locked(const char *name, struct path *path)
> {
> + struct filename *filename;
> struct nameidata nd;
> struct dentry *d;
> - int err = do_path_lookup(AT_FDCWD, name, LOOKUP_PARENT, &nd);
> - if (err)
> - return ERR_PTR(err);
> + int err;
> +
> + filename = getname_kernel(name);
> + if (IS_ERR(filename))
> + return ERR_CAST(filename);
> +
> + err = filename_lookup(AT_FDCWD, filename, LOOKUP_PARENT, &nd);
> + if (err) {
> + d = ERR_PTR(err);
> + goto out;
> + }
> if (nd.last_type != LAST_NORM) {
> path_put(&nd.path);
> - return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
> + d = ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
> + goto out;
> }
> mutex_lock_nested(&nd.path.dentry->d_inode->i_mutex, I_MUTEX_PARENT);
> d = __lookup_hash(&nd.last, nd.path.dentry, 0);
> if (IS_ERR(d)) {
> mutex_unlock(&nd.path.dentry->d_inode->i_mutex);
> path_put(&nd.path);
> - return d;
> + goto out;
> }
> *path = nd.path;
> +
> +out:
> + putname(filename);
> return d;
> }
>
> @@ -2368,8 +2387,15 @@ int
> kern_path_mountpoint(int dfd, const char *name, struct path *path,
> unsigned int flags)
> {
> - struct filename s = {.name = name};
> - return filename_mountpoint(dfd, &s, path, flags);
> + int retval;
> + struct filename *s;
> +
> + s = getname_kernel(name);
> + if (unlikely(IS_ERR(s)))
> + return PTR_ERR(s);
> + retval = filename_mountpoint(dfd, s, path, flags);
> + putname(s);
> + return retval;
> }
> EXPORT_SYMBOL(kern_path_mountpoint);
>
> @@ -3259,7 +3285,7 @@ struct file *do_file_open_root(struct dentry *dentry, struct vfsmount *mnt,
> {
> struct nameidata nd;
> struct file *file;
> - struct filename filename = { .name = name };
> + struct filename *filename;
> int flags = op->lookup_flags | LOOKUP_ROOT;
>
> nd.root.mnt = mnt;
> @@ -3268,16 +3294,22 @@ struct file *do_file_open_root(struct dentry *dentry, struct vfsmount *mnt,
> if (d_is_symlink(dentry) && op->intent & LOOKUP_OPEN)
> return ERR_PTR(-ELOOP);
>
> - file = path_openat(-1, &filename, &nd, op, flags | LOOKUP_RCU);
> + filename = getname_kernel(name);
> + if (unlikely(IS_ERR(filename)))
> + return ERR_CAST(filename);
> +
> + file = path_openat(-1, filename, &nd, op, flags | LOOKUP_RCU);
> if (unlikely(file == ERR_PTR(-ECHILD)))
> - file = path_openat(-1, &filename, &nd, op, flags);
> + file = path_openat(-1, filename, &nd, op, flags);
> if (unlikely(file == ERR_PTR(-ESTALE)))
> - file = path_openat(-1, &filename, &nd, op, flags | LOOKUP_REVAL);
> + file = path_openat(-1, filename, &nd, op, flags | LOOKUP_REVAL);
> + putname(filename);
> return file;
> }
>
> -struct dentry *kern_path_create(int dfd, const char *pathname,
> - struct path *path, unsigned int lookup_flags)
> +static struct dentry *filename_create(int dfd, struct filename *name,
> + struct path *path,
> + unsigned int lookup_flags)
> {
> struct dentry *dentry = ERR_PTR(-EEXIST);
> struct nameidata nd;
> @@ -3291,7 +3323,7 @@ struct dentry *kern_path_create(int dfd, const char *pathname,
> */
> lookup_flags &= LOOKUP_REVAL;
>
> - error = do_path_lookup(dfd, pathname, LOOKUP_PARENT|lookup_flags, &nd);
> + error = filename_lookup(dfd, name, LOOKUP_PARENT|lookup_flags, &nd);
> if (error)
> return ERR_PTR(error);
>
> @@ -3345,6 +3377,20 @@ out:
> path_put(&nd.path);
> return dentry;
> }
> +
> +struct dentry *kern_path_create(int dfd, const char *pathname,
> + struct path *path, unsigned int lookup_flags)
> +{
> + struct filename *filename;
> + struct dentry *res;
> +
> + filename = getname_kernel(pathname);
> + if (IS_ERR(filename))
> + return ERR_CAST(filename);
> + res = filename_create(dfd, filename, path, lookup_flags);
> + putname(filename);
> + return res;
> +}
> EXPORT_SYMBOL(kern_path_create);
>
> void done_path_create(struct path *path, struct dentry *dentry)
> @@ -3363,7 +3409,7 @@ struct dentry *user_path_create(int dfd, const char __user *pathname,
> struct dentry *res;
> if (IS_ERR(tmp))
> return ERR_CAST(tmp);
> - res = kern_path_create(dfd, tmp->name, path, lookup_flags);
> + res = filename_create(dfd, tmp, path, lookup_flags);
> putname(tmp);
> return res;
> }
> diff --git a/fs/open.c b/fs/open.c
> index d6fd3ac..33839e1 100644
> --- a/fs/open.c
> +++ b/fs/open.c
> @@ -940,8 +940,15 @@ struct file *file_open_name(struct filename *name, int flags, umode_t mode)
> */
> struct file *filp_open(const char *filename, int flags, umode_t mode)
> {
> - struct filename name = {.name = filename};
> - return file_open_name(&name, flags, mode);
> + struct file *file;
> + struct filename *name;
> +
> + name = getname_kernel(filename);
> + if (unlikely(IS_ERR(name)))
> + return ERR_CAST(name);
> + file = file_open_name(name, flags, mode);
> + putname(name);
> + return file;
> }
> EXPORT_SYMBOL(filp_open);
>
>
- RGB
--
Richard Guy Briggs <rbriggs at redhat.com>
Senior Software Engineer, Kernel Security, AMER ENG Base Operating Systems, Red Hat
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