The patch below does not apply to the 4.9-stable tree. If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit id to <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>. thanks, greg k-h ------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------ >From beb4ee6770a89646659e6a2178538d2b13e2654e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@xxxxxxxxxx> Date: Wed, 8 Jul 2020 13:15:20 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Smack: fix use-after-free in smk_write_relabel_self() smk_write_relabel_self() frees memory from the task's credentials with no locking, which can easily cause a use-after-free because multiple tasks can share the same credentials structure. Fix this by using prepare_creds() and commit_creds() to correctly modify the task's credentials. Reproducer for "BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in smk_write_relabel_self": #include <fcntl.h> #include <pthread.h> #include <unistd.h> static void *thrproc(void *arg) { int fd = open("/sys/fs/smackfs/relabel-self", O_WRONLY); for (;;) write(fd, "foo", 3); } int main() { pthread_t t; pthread_create(&t, NULL, thrproc, NULL); thrproc(NULL); } Reported-by: syzbot+e6416dabb497a650da40@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fixes: 38416e53936e ("Smack: limited capability for changing process label") Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> # v4.4+ Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Casey Schaufler <casey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> diff --git a/security/smack/smackfs.c b/security/smack/smackfs.c index c21b656b3263..840a192e9337 100644 --- a/security/smack/smackfs.c +++ b/security/smack/smackfs.c @@ -2720,7 +2720,6 @@ static int smk_open_relabel_self(struct inode *inode, struct file *file) static ssize_t smk_write_relabel_self(struct file *file, const char __user *buf, size_t count, loff_t *ppos) { - struct task_smack *tsp = smack_cred(current_cred()); char *data; int rc; LIST_HEAD(list_tmp); @@ -2745,11 +2744,21 @@ static ssize_t smk_write_relabel_self(struct file *file, const char __user *buf, kfree(data); if (!rc || (rc == -EINVAL && list_empty(&list_tmp))) { + struct cred *new; + struct task_smack *tsp; + + new = prepare_creds(); + if (!new) { + rc = -ENOMEM; + goto out; + } + tsp = smack_cred(new); smk_destroy_label_list(&tsp->smk_relabel); list_splice(&list_tmp, &tsp->smk_relabel); + commit_creds(new); return count; } - +out: smk_destroy_label_list(&list_tmp); return rc; }