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Re: [PATCH 6/7] firmware_class: add "fd" input file

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On Fri, Jul 18, 2014 at 10:11 AM, Mimi Zohar <zohar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Mon, 2014-07-14 at 14:38 -0700, Kees Cook wrote:
>> As an alternative to loading bytes from the "data" blob when reading
>> firmware, let kernel read from an fd, so that the LSM can reason about
>> the origin of firmware contents during userspace on-demand loading.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>>  Documentation/firmware_class/README |   10 +++++
>>  drivers/base/firmware_class.c       |   77 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
>>  2 files changed, 86 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/Documentation/firmware_class/README b/Documentation/firmware_class/README
>> index 71f86859d7d8..d899bdacba1e 100644
>> --- a/Documentation/firmware_class/README
>> +++ b/Documentation/firmware_class/README
>> @@ -59,6 +59,16 @@
>>   8), kernel(driver): Driver code calls release_firmware(fw_entry) releasing
>>                the firmware image and any related resource.
>>
>> + Alternative loading (via file descriptor):
>> + ==========================================
>> + Instead of "loading", and "data" above, firmware can be loaded through
>> + an open file descriptor as well, via the "fd" file:
>> +
>> + Replacing steps 2 thorugh 6 above with the following userspace actions,
>> + performs the same loading:
>> +     - open firmware image file (e.g. as fd 3).
>> +     - write fd (e.g. "3") to /sys/class/firmware/xxx/fd.
>> +
>>   High level behavior (driver code):
>>   ==================================
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/base/firmware_class.c b/drivers/base/firmware_class.c
>> index b38cbcd6ebb1..eac996447d28 100644
>> --- a/drivers/base/firmware_class.c
>> +++ b/drivers/base/firmware_class.c
>> @@ -839,6 +839,70 @@ static struct bin_attribute firmware_attr_data = {
>>       .write = firmware_data_write,
>>  };
>>
>> +/**
>> + * fd_store - set value in the 'fd' control file
>> + * @dev: device pointer
>> + * @attr: device attribute pointer
>> + * @buf: buffer to scan for loading fd value
>> + * @count: number of bytes in @buf
>> + *
>> + * Parses an fd number from buf, and then loads firmware bytes from
>> + * the current process's matching open fd.
>> + *
>> + **/
>> +static ssize_t fd_store(struct device *dev,
>> +                              struct device_attribute *attr,
>> +                              const char *buf, size_t count)
>> +{
>
> I must be missing something.  Here's a static definition, where's the
> call to fd_store()?

It's hidden by macro insanity (below).

>
> Mimi
>
>> +     struct firmware_priv *fw_priv = to_firmware_priv(dev);
>> +     struct firmware_buf *fw_buf = fw_priv->buf;
>> +     ssize_t retval;
>> +     int fd;
>> +     struct fd f;
>> +
>> +     if (!capable(CAP_SYS_RAWIO))
>> +             return -EPERM;
>> +
>> +     retval = kstrtoint(buf, 10, &fd);
>> +     if (retval)
>> +             return retval;
>> +
>> +     f = fdget(fd);
>> +     if (!f.file)
>> +             return -EBADF;
>> +
>> +     mutex_lock(&fw_lock);
>> +     /* If we raced another loader, we must fail. */
>> +     if (test_bit(FW_STATUS_DONE, &fw_buf->status)) {
>> +             retval = -EINVAL;
>> +             goto unlock;
>> +     }
>> +
>> +     fw_load_start(fw_buf);
>> +     /* fw_read_file_contents uses vmalloc, not pages. */
>> +     fw_buf->is_paged_buf = false;
>> +     retval = fw_read_file_contents(f.file, fw_buf);
>> +     if (retval) {
>> +             /* If we called fw_load_start, we must abort on fail. */
>> +             fw_load_abort(fw_priv);
>> +             goto unlock;
>> +     }
>> +
>> +     /* Success. */
>> +     set_bit(FW_STATUS_DONE, &fw_buf->status);
>> +     list_del_init(&fw_buf->pending_list);
>> +     complete_all(&fw_buf->completion);
>> +
>> +unlock:
>> +     mutex_unlock(&fw_lock);
>> +     fdput(f);
>> +
>> +     if (retval)
>> +             return retval;
>> +     return count;
>> +}
>> +static DEVICE_ATTR_WO(fd);

DEVICE_ATTR_WO defines the function pointer to fd_store (and
explicitly lacks a function pointer for fd_show).

-Kees

>> +
>>  static void firmware_class_timeout_work(struct work_struct *work)
>>  {
>>       struct firmware_priv *fw_priv = container_of(work,
>> @@ -912,10 +976,19 @@ static int _request_firmware_load(struct firmware_priv *fw_priv,
>>               mutex_lock(&fw_lock);
>>               list_del_init(&buf->pending_list);
>>               mutex_unlock(&fw_lock);
>> -             dev_err(f_dev, "%s: device_create_file failed\n", __func__);
>> +             dev_err(f_dev, "%s: dev_attr_loading failed\n", __func__);
>>               goto err_del_bin_attr;
>>       }
>>
>> +     retval = device_create_file(f_dev, &dev_attr_fd);
>> +     if (retval) {
>> +             mutex_lock(&fw_lock);
>> +             list_del_init(&buf->pending_list);
>> +             mutex_unlock(&fw_lock);
>> +             dev_err(f_dev, "%s: &dev_attr_fd failed\n", __func__);
>> +             goto err_del_loading;
>> +     }
>> +
>>       if (opt_flags & FW_OPT_UEVENT) {
>>               buf->need_uevent = true;
>>               dev_set_uevent_suppress(f_dev, false);
>> @@ -933,6 +1006,8 @@ static int _request_firmware_load(struct firmware_priv *fw_priv,
>>       if (!buf->data)
>>               retval = -ENOMEM;
>>
>> +     device_remove_file(f_dev, &dev_attr_fd);
>> +err_del_loading:
>>       device_remove_file(f_dev, &dev_attr_loading);
>>  err_del_bin_attr:
>>       device_remove_bin_file(f_dev, &firmware_attr_data);
>
>



-- 
Kees Cook
Chrome OS Security
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