From patchwork Mon Sep 2 12:37:29 2019 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Patchwork-Submitter: David Howells X-Patchwork-Id: 11126591 Return-Path: Received: from mail.kernel.org (pdx-korg-mail-1.web.codeaurora.org [172.30.200.123]) by pdx-korg-patchwork-2.web.codeaurora.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D757914F7 for ; Mon, 2 Sep 2019 12:37:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BAE22217D7 for ; Mon, 2 Sep 2019 12:37:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1729726AbfIBMhc (ORCPT ); Mon, 2 Sep 2019 08:37:32 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:60618 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1729623AbfIBMhc (ORCPT ); Mon, 2 Sep 2019 08:37:32 -0400 Received: from smtp.corp.redhat.com (int-mx04.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.14]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 047733086268; Mon, 2 Sep 2019 12:37:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: from warthog.procyon.org.uk (ovpn-120-255.rdu2.redhat.com [10.10.120.255]) by smtp.corp.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 78C965D9CC; Mon, 2 Sep 2019 12:37:30 +0000 (UTC) Organization: Red Hat UK Ltd. Registered Address: Red Hat UK Ltd, Amberley Place, 107-111 Peascod Street, Windsor, Berkshire, SI4 1TE, United Kingdom. Registered in England and Wales under Company Registration No. 3798903 Subject: [PATCH] keys: Fix missing null pointer check in request_key_auth_describe() From: David Howells To: torvalds@linux-foundation.org Cc: Sachin Sant , Hillf Danton , Sachin Sant , dhowells@redhat.com, keyrings@vger.kernel.org, linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Date: Mon, 02 Sep 2019 13:37:29 +0100 Message-ID: <156742784963.20310.17991758398365196262.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk> User-Agent: StGit/unknown-version MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.79 on 10.5.11.14 X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.5.16 (mx1.redhat.com [10.5.110.49]); Mon, 02 Sep 2019 12:37:32 +0000 (UTC) Sender: owner-linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: From: Hillf Danton If a request_key authentication token key gets revoked, there's a window in which request_key_auth_describe() can see it with a NULL payload - but it makes no check for this and something like the following oops may occur: BUG: Kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0x00000038 Faulting instruction address: 0xc0000000004ddf30 Oops: Kernel access of bad area, sig: 11 [#1] ... NIP [...] request_key_auth_describe+0x90/0xd0 LR [...] request_key_auth_describe+0x54/0xd0 Call Trace: [...] request_key_auth_describe+0x54/0xd0 (unreliable) [...] proc_keys_show+0x308/0x4c0 [...] seq_read+0x3d0/0x540 [...] proc_reg_read+0x90/0x110 [...] __vfs_read+0x3c/0x70 [...] vfs_read+0xb4/0x1b0 [...] ksys_read+0x7c/0x130 [...] system_call+0x5c/0x70 Fix this by checking for a NULL pointer when describing such a key. Also make the read routine check for a NULL pointer to be on the safe side. [DH: Modified to not take already-held rcu lock and modified to also check in the read routine] Fixes: 04c567d9313e ("[PATCH] Keys: Fix race between two instantiators of a key") Reported-by: Sachin Sant Signed-off-by: Hillf Danton Signed-off-by: David Howells Tested-by: Sachin Sant --- security/keys/request_key_auth.c | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/security/keys/request_key_auth.c b/security/keys/request_key_auth.c index e73ec040e250..ecba39c93fd9 100644 --- a/security/keys/request_key_auth.c +++ b/security/keys/request_key_auth.c @@ -66,6 +66,9 @@ static void request_key_auth_describe(const struct key *key, { struct request_key_auth *rka = dereference_key_rcu(key); + if (!rka) + return; + seq_puts(m, "key:"); seq_puts(m, key->description); if (key_is_positive(key)) @@ -83,6 +86,9 @@ static long request_key_auth_read(const struct key *key, size_t datalen; long ret; + if (!rka) + return -EKEYREVOKED; + datalen = rka->callout_len; ret = datalen;