Re: [PATCH] Revert "selinux: use vma_is_initial_stack() and vma_is_initial_heap()"

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On Thu, Aug 8, 2024 at 2:54 PM Stephen Smalley
<stephen.smalley.work@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 8, 2024 at 11:48 AM Paul Moore <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Thu, Aug 8, 2024 at 9:40 AM Stephen Smalley
> > <stephen.smalley.work@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Thu, Aug 8, 2024 at 9:09 AM Kefeng Wang <wangkefeng.wang@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > This reverts commit 68df1baf158fddc07b6f0333e4c81fe1ccecd6ff.
> > > >
> > > > The selinux only want to check whether the VMA range is within the heap
> > > > range or not, but vma_is_initial_heap() helper will check the intersection
> > > > between the two ranges, which leads to some issue, let's turn back to the
> > > > original validation.
> > > >
> > > > Reported-by: Marc Reisner <reisner.marc@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > > Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/ZrPmoLKJEf1wiFmM@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
> > > > Fixes: 68df1baf158f ("selinux: use vma_is_initial_stack() and vma_is_initial_heap()")
> > > > Signed-off-by: Kefeng Wang <wangkefeng.wang@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > >
> > > I was only going to recommend reverting the change to the heap check
> > > but in case Paul is fine with a straight revert,
> > > Acked-by: Stephen Smalley <stephen.smalley.work@xxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > I was hoping that the mm folks would put together a quick patch to fix
> > what looks like a problem with the helper, but I'm not sure when that
> > is going to happen and with other callers I don't want to change the
> > helper and break a different part of the kernel.  Unfortunately that
> > leaves us with needing a revert, but like Stephen said, I think
> > reverting just the heap helper is the right thing to do right now; I
> > also want to put a comment in there for the next time someone tries to
> > re-add the vma_is_initial_heap().  Give me some time, I'll have a
> > patch out for this later today.
>
> FWIW, I tossed the reproducer code from Marc Reisner into a branch of
> the SELinux testsuite and wrapped it up with an added test to the mmap
> tests here:
> https://github.com/stephensmalley/selinux-testsuite/tree/execheapregression
>
> Passes with the revert, fails without.
> Would need to be modified to be portable to actually be suitable for
> inclusion though.

Thanks Stephen.

FWIW, I think improving this test such that it could be included in
the test suite would be a very good thing to do.

-- 
paul-moore.com





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