Jann Horn <jannh@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > On Mon, Jan 31, 2022 at 7:47 PM Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Matthew Wilcox reported that there is a missing mmap_lock in >> file_files_note that could possibly lead to a user after free. >> >> Solve this by using the existing vma snapshot for consistency >> and to avoid the need to take the mmap_lock anywhere in the >> coredump code except for dump_vma_snapshot. >> >> Update the dump_vma_snapshot to capture vm_pgoff and vm_file >> that are neeeded by fill_files_note. >> >> Add free_vma_snapshot to free the captured values of vm_file. >> >> Reported-by: Matthew Wilcox <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20220131153740.2396974-1-willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> Fixes: a07279c9a8cd ("binfmt_elf, binfmt_elf_fdpic: use a VMA list snapshot") >> Fixes: 2aa362c49c31 ("coredump: extend core dump note section to contain file names of mapped files") >> Signed-off-by: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > [...] >> +static int fill_files_note(struct memelfnote *note, struct coredump_params *cprm) >> { >> struct mm_struct *mm = current->mm; >> - struct vm_area_struct *vma; >> unsigned count, size, names_ofs, remaining, n; >> user_long_t *data; >> user_long_t *start_end_ofs; >> char *name_base, *name_curpos; >> + int i; >> >> /* *Estimated* file count and total data size needed */ >> count = mm->map_count; > > This function is still looking at mm->map_count in two spots, please > change those spots to also look at cprm->vma_count. In particular the > second one looks like it can cause memory corruption if the map_count > changed since we created the snapshot. Could catch I will fix that. Correcting it not to use mm->map_count looks like a fundamental part of the fix, and I missed it. Oops! > [...] >> +static void free_vma_snapshot(struct coredump_params *cprm) >> +{ >> + if (cprm->vma_meta) { >> + int i; >> + for (i = 0; i < cprm->vma_count; i++) { >> + struct file *file = cprm->vma_meta[i].file; >> + if (file) >> + fput(file); >> + } >> + kvfree(cprm->vma_meta); >> + cprm->vma_meta = NULL; > > (this NULL write is superfluous, but it also doesn't hurt) Agreed. It just makes the possible failure modes nicer. Eric