On Wed, Aug 21, 2024 at 5:56 AM Mickaël Salaün <mic@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> The fcntl's F_SETOWN command sets the process that handle SIGIO/SIGURG
> for the related file descriptor. Before this change, the
> file_set_fowner LSM hook was always called, ignoring the VFS logic which
> may not actually change the process that handles SIGIO (e.g. TUN, TTY,
> dnotify), nor update the related UID/EUID.
>
> Moreover, because security_file_set_fowner() was called without lock
> (e.g. f_owner.lock), concurrent F_SETOWN commands could result to a race
> condition and inconsistent LSM states (e.g. SELinux's fown_sid) compared
> to struct fown_struct's UID/EUID.
>
> This change makes sure the LSM states are always in sync with the VFS
> state by moving the security_file_set_fowner() call close to the
> UID/EUID updates and using the same f_owner.lock .
>
> Rename f_modown() to __f_setown() to simplify code.
>
> Cc: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Casey Schaufler <casey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Christian Brauner <brauner@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: James Morris <jmorris@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Jann Horn <jannh@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Ondrej Mosnacek <omosnace@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Paul Moore <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Serge E. Hallyn <serge@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Stephen Smalley <stephen.smalley.work@xxxxxxxxx>
> Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2")
> Signed-off-by: Mickaël Salaün <mic@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>
> Changes since v2:
> https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240812174421.1636724-1-mic@xxxxxxxxxxx
> - Only keep the LSM hook move.
>
> Changes since v1:
> https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240812144936.1616628-1-mic@xxxxxxxxxxx
> - Add back the file_set_fowner hook (but without user) as
> requested by Paul, but move it for consistency.
> ---
> fs/fcntl.c | 14 ++++----------
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
This looks reasonable to me, and fixes a potential problem with
existing LSMs. Unless I hear any strong objections I'll plan to merge
this, and patch 2/2, into the LSM tree tomorrow.
> diff --git a/fs/fcntl.c b/fs/fcntl.c
> index 300e5d9ad913..c28dc6c005f1 100644
> --- a/fs/fcntl.c
> +++ b/fs/fcntl.c
> @@ -87,8 +87,8 @@ static int setfl(int fd, struct file * filp, unsigned int arg)
> return error;
> }
>
> -static void f_modown(struct file *filp, struct pid *pid, enum pid_type type,
> - int force)
> +void __f_setown(struct file *filp, struct pid *pid, enum pid_type type,
> + int force)
> {
> write_lock_irq(&filp->f_owner.lock);
> if (force || !filp->f_owner.pid) {
> @@ -98,19 +98,13 @@ static void f_modown(struct file *filp, struct pid *pid, enum pid_type type,
>
> if (pid) {
> const struct cred *cred = current_cred();
> + security_file_set_fowner(filp);
> filp->f_owner.uid = cred->uid;
> filp->f_owner.euid = cred->euid;
> }
> }
> write_unlock_irq(&filp->f_owner.lock);
> }
> -
> -void __f_setown(struct file *filp, struct pid *pid, enum pid_type type,
> - int force)
> -{
> - security_file_set_fowner(filp);
> - f_modown(filp, pid, type, force);
> -}
> EXPORT_SYMBOL(__f_setown);
>
> int f_setown(struct file *filp, int who, int force)
> @@ -146,7 +140,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(f_setown);
>
> void f_delown(struct file *filp)
> {
> - f_modown(filp, NULL, PIDTYPE_TGID, 1);
> + __f_setown(filp, NULL, PIDTYPE_TGID, 1);
> }
>
> pid_t f_getown(struct file *filp)
> --
> 2.46.0
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