Re: [PATCH -next] selinux: fix error return code in policydb_read()

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On Wed, Apr 29, 2020 at 9:32 AM Ondrej Mosnacek <omosnace@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 29, 2020 at 3:15 PM Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Wed, Apr 29, 2020 at 07:30:53AM +0000, Wei Yongjun wrote:
> > > Fix to return negative error code -ENOMEM from the kvcalloc() error
> > > handling case instead of 0, as done elsewhere in this function.
> > >
> >
> > Please add a Fixes tag and Cc Kent.
> >
> > Fixes: acdf52d97f82 ("selinux: convert to kvmalloc")
> >
> >
> > > Signed-off-by: Wei Yongjun <weiyongjun1@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > ---
> > >  security/selinux/ss/policydb.c | 1 +
> > >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/security/selinux/ss/policydb.c b/security/selinux/ss/policydb.c
> > > index a0b3dc152468..a51e051df2cc 100644
> > > --- a/security/selinux/ss/policydb.c
> > > +++ b/security/selinux/ss/policydb.c
> > > @@ -2638,6 +2638,7 @@ int policydb_read(struct policydb *p, void *fp)
> > >       if (rc)
> > >               goto bad;
> > >
> > > +     rc = -ENOMEM;
> > >       p->type_attr_map_array = kvcalloc(p->p_types.nprim,
> > >                                         sizeof(*p->type_attr_map_array),
> > >                                         GFP_KERNEL);
> >
> > There is another bug earlier in the function as well:
> >
> > security/selinux/ss/policydb.c
> >   2537
> >   2538          rc = next_entry(buf, fp, sizeof(u32));
> >   2539          if (rc)
> >   2540                  goto bad;
> >   2541          nel = le32_to_cpu(buf[0]);
> >   2542
> >   2543          p->role_tr = hashtab_create(role_trans_hash, role_trans_cmp, nel);
> >   2544          if (!p->role_tr)
> >   2545                  goto bad;
> >                         ^^^^^^^^
> >
> >   2546          for (i = 0; i < nel; i++) {
> >   2547                  rc = -ENOMEM;
> >
> > This style of setting the error code seems very bug prone.
> >
> > The Fixes tag for this one is:
> > Fixes: e67b2ec9f617 ("selinux: store role transitions in a hash table")
>
> FYI, this one is also indirectly fixed by this patch, which is
> currently pending review:
> https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/11514495/

If we know the code is broken, let's fix it independently of a feature
patch.  Ondrej, I believe the original patch is yours so please send
me a new patch with just the fix, thank you.

-- 
paul moore
www.paul-moore.com



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