The patch titled Subject: exec: move S_ISREG() check earlier has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was exec-move-s_isreg-check-earlier.patch This patch was dropped because it was merged into mainline or a subsystem tree ------------------------------------------------------ From: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: exec: move S_ISREG() check earlier The execve(2)/uselib(2) syscalls have always rejected non-regular files. Recently, it was noticed that a deadlock was introduced when trying to execute pipes, as the S_ISREG() test was happening too late. This was fixed in commit 73601ea5b7b1 ("fs/open.c: allow opening only regular files during execve()"), but it was added after inode_permission() had already run, which meant LSMs could see bogus attempts to execute non-regular files. Move the test into the other inode type checks (which already look for other pathological conditions[1]). Since there is no need to use FMODE_EXEC while we still have access to "acc_mode", also switch the test to MAY_EXEC. Also include a comment with the redundant S_ISREG() checks at the end of execve(2)/uselib(2) to note that they are present to avoid any mistakes. My notes on the call path, and related arguments, checks, etc: do_open_execat() struct open_flags open_exec_flags = { .open_flag = O_LARGEFILE | O_RDONLY | __FMODE_EXEC, .acc_mode = MAY_EXEC, ... do_filp_open(dfd, filename, open_flags) path_openat(nameidata, open_flags, flags) file = alloc_empty_file(open_flags, current_cred()); do_open(nameidata, file, open_flags) may_open(path, acc_mode, open_flag) /* new location of MAY_EXEC vs S_ISREG() test */ inode_permission(inode, MAY_OPEN | acc_mode) security_inode_permission(inode, acc_mode) vfs_open(path, file) do_dentry_open(file, path->dentry->d_inode, open) /* old location of FMODE_EXEC vs S_ISREG() test */ security_file_open(f) open() [1] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/202006041910.9EF0C602@keescook/ Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200605160013.3954297-3-keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Aleksa Sarai <cyphar@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Alexander Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Christian Brauner <christian.brauner@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Eric Biggers <ebiggers3@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/exec.c | 14 ++++++++++++-- fs/namei.c | 6 ++++-- fs/open.c | 6 ------ 3 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) --- a/fs/exec.c~exec-move-s_isreg-check-earlier +++ a/fs/exec.c @@ -141,8 +141,13 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE1(uselib, const char __use if (IS_ERR(file)) goto out; + /* + * may_open() has already checked for this, so it should be + * impossible to trip now. But we need to be extra cautious + * and check again at the very end too. + */ error = -EACCES; - if (!S_ISREG(file_inode(file)->i_mode)) + if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!S_ISREG(file_inode(file)->i_mode))) goto exit; if (path_noexec(&file->f_path)) @@ -908,8 +913,13 @@ static struct file *do_open_execat(int f if (IS_ERR(file)) goto out; + /* + * may_open() has already checked for this, so it should be + * impossible to trip now. But we need to be extra cautious + * and check again at the very end too. + */ err = -EACCES; - if (!S_ISREG(file_inode(file)->i_mode)) + if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!S_ISREG(file_inode(file)->i_mode))) goto exit; if (path_noexec(&file->f_path)) --- a/fs/namei.c~exec-move-s_isreg-check-earlier +++ a/fs/namei.c @@ -2849,16 +2849,18 @@ static int may_open(const struct path *p case S_IFLNK: return -ELOOP; case S_IFDIR: - if (acc_mode & MAY_WRITE) + if (acc_mode & (MAY_WRITE | MAY_EXEC)) return -EISDIR; break; case S_IFBLK: case S_IFCHR: if (!may_open_dev(path)) return -EACCES; - /*FALLTHRU*/ + fallthrough; case S_IFIFO: case S_IFSOCK: + if (acc_mode & MAY_EXEC) + return -EACCES; flag &= ~O_TRUNC; break; } --- a/fs/open.c~exec-move-s_isreg-check-earlier +++ a/fs/open.c @@ -779,12 +779,6 @@ static int do_dentry_open(struct file *f return 0; } - /* Any file opened for execve()/uselib() has to be a regular file. */ - if (unlikely(f->f_flags & FMODE_EXEC && !S_ISREG(inode->i_mode))) { - error = -EACCES; - goto cleanup_file; - } - if (f->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE && !special_file(inode->i_mode)) { error = get_write_access(inode); if (unlikely(error)) _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx are