This patch is based on top of the "vfs: support for a common kernel file loader" patch set. In general when the kernel is reading a file into memory it does not want anything else writing to it. The kernel currently only forbids write access to a file being executed. This patch extends this locking to files being read by the kernel. Changelog: - moved function to kernel_read_file() - Mimi - updated patch description - Mimi Signed-off-by: Dmitry Kasatkin <dmitry.kasatkin@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Mimi Zohar <zohar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <mcgrof@xxxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/exec.c | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/exec.c b/fs/exec.c index 604f669..1b7d617 100644 --- a/fs/exec.c +++ b/fs/exec.c @@ -846,15 +846,25 @@ int kernel_read_file(struct file *file, void **buf, loff_t *size, if (ret) return ret; + ret = deny_write_access(file); + if (ret) + return ret; + i_size = i_size_read(file_inode(file)); - if (max_size > 0 && i_size > max_size) - return -EFBIG; - if (i_size <= 0) - return -EINVAL; + if (max_size > 0 && i_size > max_size) { + ret = -EFBIG; + goto out; + } + if (i_size <= 0) { + ret = -EINVAL; + goto out; + } *buf = vmalloc(i_size); - if (!*buf) - return -ENOMEM; + if (!*buf) { + ret = -ENOMEM; + goto out; + } pos = 0; while (pos < i_size) { @@ -872,18 +882,21 @@ int kernel_read_file(struct file *file, void **buf, loff_t *size, if (pos != i_size) { ret = -EIO; - goto out; + goto out_free; } ret = security_kernel_post_read_file(file, *buf, i_size, id); if (!ret) *size = pos; -out: +out_free: if (ret < 0) { vfree(*buf); *buf = NULL; } + +out: + allow_write_access(file); return ret; } EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kernel_read_file); -- 2.1.0 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html