Re: [PATCH] selinux: move user accesses in selinuxfs out of locked regions

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On 06/26/2018 08:42 AM, Jann Horn wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 26, 2018 at 2:15 PM Stephen Smalley <sds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> On 06/25/2018 12:34 PM, Jann Horn wrote:
>>> If a user is accessing a file in selinuxfs with a pointer to a userspace
>>> buffer that is backed by e.g. a userfaultfd, the userspace access can
>>> stall indefinitely, which can block fsi->mutex if it is held.
>>>
>>> For sel_read_policy(), remove the locking, since this method doesn't seem
>>> to access anything that requires locking.
>>>
>>> For sel_read_bool(), move the user access below the locked region.
>>>
>>> For sel_write_bool() and sel_commit_bools_write(), move the user access
>>> up above the locked region.
>>>
>>> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2")
>>> Signed-off-by: Jann Horn <jannh@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> Only question I have is wrt the Fixes line, i.e. was this an issue until userfaultfd was introduced, and if not,
>> do we need it to be back-ported any further than the commit which introduced it.
> 
> You can also use FUSE, if the system is configured appropriately:
> Mount a FUSE filesystem, mmap() a file from it, then pass a pointer to
> the mmapped region to a syscall. AFAICS FUSE was added to the kernel
> in commit d8a5ba45457e4a22aa39c939121efd7bb6c76672, first in
> v2.6.16.28.

Ok, then I guess it would be splitting hairs to not just take it all the way back.

> 
>> Otherwise, you can add my
>> Acked-by: Stephen Smalley <sds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> This patch should go through Paul Moore's tree, right?

Yes, thanks.

> 
>>> ---
>>>  security/selinux/selinuxfs.c | 77 ++++++++++++++++--------------------
>>>  1 file changed, 33 insertions(+), 44 deletions(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/security/selinux/selinuxfs.c b/security/selinux/selinuxfs.c
>>> index f3d374d2ca04..065f8cea84e3 100644
>>> --- a/security/selinux/selinuxfs.c
>>> +++ b/security/selinux/selinuxfs.c
>>> @@ -445,18 +445,13 @@ static ssize_t sel_read_policy(struct file *filp, char __user *buf,
>>>       struct policy_load_memory *plm = filp->private_data;
>>>       int ret;
>>>
>>> -     mutex_lock(&fsi->mutex);
>>> -
>>>       ret = avc_has_perm(&selinux_state,
>>>                          current_sid(), SECINITSID_SECURITY,
>>>                         SECCLASS_SECURITY, SECURITY__READ_POLICY, NULL);
>>>       if (ret)
>>> -             goto out;
>>> +             return ret;
>>>
>>> -     ret = simple_read_from_buffer(buf, count, ppos, plm->data, plm->len);
>>> -out:
>>> -     mutex_unlock(&fsi->mutex);
>>> -     return ret;
>>> +     return simple_read_from_buffer(buf, count, ppos, plm->data, plm->len);
>>>  }
>>>
>>>  static vm_fault_t sel_mmap_policy_fault(struct vm_fault *vmf)
>>> @@ -1188,25 +1183,29 @@ static ssize_t sel_read_bool(struct file *filep, char __user *buf,
>>>       ret = -EINVAL;
>>>       if (index >= fsi->bool_num || strcmp(name,
>>>                                            fsi->bool_pending_names[index]))
>>> -             goto out;
>>> +             goto out_unlock;
>>>
>>>       ret = -ENOMEM;
>>>       page = (char *)get_zeroed_page(GFP_KERNEL);
>>>       if (!page)
>>> -             goto out;
>>> +             goto out_unlock;
>>>
>>>       cur_enforcing = security_get_bool_value(fsi->state, index);
>>>       if (cur_enforcing < 0) {
>>>               ret = cur_enforcing;
>>> -             goto out;
>>> +             goto out_unlock;
>>>       }
>>>       length = scnprintf(page, PAGE_SIZE, "%d %d", cur_enforcing,
>>>                         fsi->bool_pending_values[index]);
>>> -     ret = simple_read_from_buffer(buf, count, ppos, page, length);
>>> -out:
>>>       mutex_unlock(&fsi->mutex);
>>> +     ret = simple_read_from_buffer(buf, count, ppos, page, length);
>>> +out_free:
>>>       free_page((unsigned long)page);
>>>       return ret;
>>> +
>>> +out_unlock:
>>> +     mutex_unlock(&fsi->mutex);
>>> +     goto out_free;
>>>  }
>>>
>>>  static ssize_t sel_write_bool(struct file *filep, const char __user *buf,
>>> @@ -1219,6 +1218,17 @@ static ssize_t sel_write_bool(struct file *filep, const char __user *buf,
>>>       unsigned index = file_inode(filep)->i_ino & SEL_INO_MASK;
>>>       const char *name = filep->f_path.dentry->d_name.name;
>>>
>>> +     if (count >= PAGE_SIZE)
>>> +             return -ENOMEM;
>>> +
>>> +     /* No partial writes. */
>>> +     if (*ppos != 0)
>>> +             return -EINVAL;
>>> +
>>> +     page = memdup_user_nul(buf, count);
>>> +     if (IS_ERR(page))
>>> +             return PTR_ERR(page);
>>> +
>>>       mutex_lock(&fsi->mutex);
>>>
>>>       length = avc_has_perm(&selinux_state,
>>> @@ -1233,22 +1243,6 @@ static ssize_t sel_write_bool(struct file *filep, const char __user *buf,
>>>                                            fsi->bool_pending_names[index]))
>>>               goto out;
>>>
>>> -     length = -ENOMEM;
>>> -     if (count >= PAGE_SIZE)
>>> -             goto out;
>>> -
>>> -     /* No partial writes. */
>>> -     length = -EINVAL;
>>> -     if (*ppos != 0)
>>> -             goto out;
>>> -
>>> -     page = memdup_user_nul(buf, count);
>>> -     if (IS_ERR(page)) {
>>> -             length = PTR_ERR(page);
>>> -             page = NULL;
>>> -             goto out;
>>> -     }
>>> -
>>>       length = -EINVAL;
>>>       if (sscanf(page, "%d", &new_value) != 1)
>>>               goto out;
>>> @@ -1280,6 +1274,17 @@ static ssize_t sel_commit_bools_write(struct file *filep,
>>>       ssize_t length;
>>>       int new_value;
>>>
>>> +     if (count >= PAGE_SIZE)
>>> +             return -ENOMEM;
>>> +
>>> +     /* No partial writes. */
>>> +     if (*ppos != 0)
>>> +             return -EINVAL;
>>> +
>>> +     page = memdup_user_nul(buf, count);
>>> +     if (IS_ERR(page))
>>> +             return PTR_ERR(page);
>>> +
>>>       mutex_lock(&fsi->mutex);
>>>
>>>       length = avc_has_perm(&selinux_state,
>>> @@ -1289,22 +1294,6 @@ static ssize_t sel_commit_bools_write(struct file *filep,
>>>       if (length)
>>>               goto out;
>>>
>>> -     length = -ENOMEM;
>>> -     if (count >= PAGE_SIZE)
>>> -             goto out;
>>> -
>>> -     /* No partial writes. */
>>> -     length = -EINVAL;
>>> -     if (*ppos != 0)
>>> -             goto out;
>>> -
>>> -     page = memdup_user_nul(buf, count);
>>> -     if (IS_ERR(page)) {
>>> -             length = PTR_ERR(page);
>>> -             page = NULL;
>>> -             goto out;
>>> -     }
>>> -
>>>       length = -EINVAL;
>>>       if (sscanf(page, "%d", &new_value) != 1)
>>>               goto out;
>>>
>>

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