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<title>initramfs: avoid filename buffer overrun</title>
<updated>2024-12-14T18:44:21+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>David Disseldorp</name>
<email>ddiss@suse.de</email>
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<published>2024-10-30T03:55:10+00:00</published>
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[ Upstream commit e017671f534dd3f568db9e47b0583e853d2da9b5 ]

The initramfs filename field is defined in
Documentation/driver-api/early-userspace/buffer-format.rst as:

 37 cpio_file := ALGN(4) + cpio_header + filename + "\0" + ALGN(4) + data
...
 55 ============= ================== =========================
 56 Field name    Field size         Meaning
 57 ============= ================== =========================
...
 70 c_namesize    8 bytes            Length of filename, including final \0

When extracting an initramfs cpio archive, the kernel's do_name() path
handler assumes a zero-terminated path at @collected, passing it
directly to filp_open() / init_mkdir() / init_mknod().

If a specially crafted cpio entry carries a non-zero-terminated filename
and is followed by uninitialized memory, then a file may be created with
trailing characters that represent the uninitialized memory. The ability
to create an initramfs entry would imply already having full control of
the system, so the buffer overrun shouldn't be considered a security
vulnerability.

Append the output of the following bash script to an existing initramfs
and observe any created /initramfs_test_fname_overrunAA* path. E.g.
  ./reproducer.sh | gzip &gt;&gt; /myinitramfs

It's easiest to observe non-zero uninitialized memory when the output is
gzipped, as it'll overflow the heap allocated @out_buf in __gunzip(),
rather than the initrd_start+initrd_size block.

---- reproducer.sh ----
nilchar="A"	# change to "\0" to properly zero terminate / pad
magic="070701"
ino=1
mode=$(( 0100777 ))
uid=0
gid=0
nlink=1
mtime=1
filesize=0
devmajor=0
devminor=1
rdevmajor=0
rdevminor=0
csum=0
fname="initramfs_test_fname_overrun"
namelen=$(( ${#fname} + 1 ))	# plus one to account for terminator

printf "%s%08x%08x%08x%08x%08x%08x%08x%08x%08x%08x%08x%08x%08x%s" \
	$magic $ino $mode $uid $gid $nlink $mtime $filesize \
	$devmajor $devminor $rdevmajor $rdevminor $namelen $csum $fname

termpadlen=$(( 1 + ((4 - ((110 + $namelen) &amp; 3)) % 4) ))
printf "%.s${nilchar}" $(seq 1 $termpadlen)
---- reproducer.sh ----

Symlink filename fields handled in do_symlink() won't overrun past the
data segment, due to the explicit zero-termination of the symlink
target.

Fix filename buffer overrun by aborting the initramfs FSM if any cpio
entry doesn't carry a zero-terminator at the expected (name_len - 1)
offset.

Fixes: 1da177e4c3f41 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2")
Signed-off-by: David Disseldorp &lt;ddiss@suse.de&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20241030035509.20194-2-ddiss@suse.de
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner &lt;brauner@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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<title>init: open /initrd.image with O_LARGEFILE</title>
<updated>2024-04-13T10:51:36+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>John Sperbeck</name>
<email>jsperbeck@google.com</email>
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<published>2024-03-17T22:15:22+00:00</published>
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[ Upstream commit 4624b346cf67400ef46a31771011fb798dd2f999 ]

If initrd data is larger than 2Gb, we'll eventually fail to write to the
/initrd.image file when we hit that limit, unless O_LARGEFILE is set.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20240317221522.896040-1-jsperbeck@google.com
Signed-off-by: John Sperbeck &lt;jsperbeck@google.com&gt;
Cc: Jens Axboe &lt;axboe@kernel.dk&gt;
Cc: Nick Desaulniers &lt;ndesaulniers@google.com&gt;
Cc: Peter Zijlstra &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Cc: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Cc: &lt;stable@vger.kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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<title>initramfs: switch initramfs unpacking to struct file based APIs</title>
<updated>2024-04-13T10:51:36+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Christoph Hellwig</name>
<email>hch@lst.de</email>
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<published>2020-07-14T06:56:19+00:00</published>
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[ Upstream commit bf6419e4d5440c6d414a320506c5488857a5b001 ]

There is no good reason to mess with file descriptors from in-kernel
code, switch the initramfs unpacking to struct file based write
instead.

Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig &lt;hch@lst.de&gt;
Acked-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Stable-dep-of: 4624b346cf67 ("init: open /initrd.image with O_LARGEFILE")
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>rootfs: Fix support for rootfstype= when root= is given</title>
<updated>2024-01-25T22:34:30+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Stefan Berger</name>
<email>stefanb@linux.ibm.com</email>
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<published>2023-11-20T01:12:48+00:00</published>
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commit 21528c69a0d8483f7c6345b1a0bc8d8975e9a172 upstream.

Documentation/filesystems/ramfs-rootfs-initramfs.rst states:

  If CONFIG_TMPFS is enabled, rootfs will use tmpfs instead of ramfs by
  default.  To force ramfs, add "rootfstype=ramfs" to the kernel command
  line.

This currently does not work when root= is provided since then
saved_root_name contains a string and rootfstype= is ignored. Therefore,
ramfs is currently always chosen when root= is provided.

The current behavior for rootfs's filesystem is:

   root=       | rootfstype= | chosen rootfs filesystem
   ------------+-------------+--------------------------
   unspecified | unspecified | tmpfs
   unspecified | tmpfs       | tmpfs
   unspecified | ramfs       | ramfs
    provided   | ignored     | ramfs

rootfstype= should be respected regardless whether root= is given,
as shown below:

   root=       | rootfstype= | chosen rootfs filesystem
   ------------+-------------+--------------------------
   unspecified | unspecified | tmpfs  (as before)
   unspecified | tmpfs       | tmpfs  (as before)
   unspecified | ramfs       | ramfs  (as before)
    provided   | unspecified | ramfs  (compatibility with before)
    provided   | tmpfs       | tmpfs  (new)
    provided   | ramfs       | ramfs  (new)

This table represents the new behavior.

Fixes: 6e19eded3684 ("initmpfs: use initramfs if rootfstype= or root= specified")
Cc: &lt;stable@vger.kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Rob Landley &lt;rob@landley.net&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/8244c75f-445e-b15b-9dbf-266e7ca666e2@landley.net/
Reviewed-and-Tested-by: Mimi Zohar &lt;zohar@linux.ibm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Stefan Berger &lt;stefanb@linux.ibm.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20231120011248.396012-1-stefanb@linux.ibm.com
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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<title>x86/mm: Initialize text poking earlier</title>
<updated>2023-08-08T17:56:36+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Peter Zijlstra</name>
<email>peterz@infradead.org</email>
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<published>2022-10-25T19:38:25+00:00</published>
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commit 5b93a83649c7cba3a15eb7e8959b250841acb1b1 upstream.

Move poking_init() up a bunch; specifically move it right after
mm_init() which is right before ftrace_init().

This will allow simplifying ftrace text poking which currently has
a bunch of exceptions for early boot.

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20221025201057.881703081@infradead.org
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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<title>mm: Move mm_cachep initialization to mm_init()</title>
<updated>2023-08-08T17:56:36+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Peter Zijlstra</name>
<email>peterz@infradead.org</email>
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<published>2022-10-25T19:38:18+00:00</published>
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commit af80602799681c78f14fbe20b6185a56020dedee upstream.

In order to allow using mm_alloc() much earlier, move initializing
mm_cachep into mm_init().

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20221025201057.751153381@infradead.org
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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<title>init, x86: Move mem_encrypt_init() into arch_cpu_finalize_init()</title>
<updated>2023-08-08T17:56:34+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Thomas Gleixner</name>
<email>tglx@linutronix.de</email>
</author>
<published>2023-06-13T23:39:41+00:00</published>
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commit 439e17576eb47f26b78c5bbc72e344d4206d2327 upstream

Invoke the X86ism mem_encrypt_init() from X86 arch_cpu_finalize_init() and
remove the weak fallback from the core code.

No functional change.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230613224545.670360645@linutronix.de
Signed-off-by: Daniel Sneddon &lt;daniel.sneddon@linux.intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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<title>init: Invoke arch_cpu_finalize_init() earlier</title>
<updated>2023-08-08T17:56:34+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Thomas Gleixner</name>
<email>tglx@linutronix.de</email>
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<published>2023-06-13T23:39:39+00:00</published>
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commit 9df9d2f0471b4c4702670380b8d8a45b40b23a7d upstream

X86 is reworking the boot process so that initializations which are not
required during early boot can be moved into the late boot process and out
of the fragile and restricted initial boot phase.

arch_cpu_finalize_init() is the obvious place to do such initializations,
but arch_cpu_finalize_init() is invoked too late in start_kernel() e.g. for
initializing the FPU completely. fork_init() requires that the FPU is
initialized as the size of task_struct on X86 depends on the size of the
required FPU register buffer.

Fortunately none of the init calls between calibrate_delay() and
arch_cpu_finalize_init() is relevant for the functionality of
arch_cpu_finalize_init().

Invoke it right after calibrate_delay() where everything which is relevant
for arch_cpu_finalize_init() has been set up already.

No functional change intended.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Reviewed-by: Rick Edgecombe &lt;rick.p.edgecombe@intel.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230613224545.612182854@linutronix.de
Signed-off-by: Daniel Sneddon &lt;daniel.sneddon@linux.intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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<title>init: Remove check_bugs() leftovers</title>
<updated>2023-08-08T17:56:34+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Thomas Gleixner</name>
<email>tglx@linutronix.de</email>
</author>
<published>2023-06-13T23:39:38+00:00</published>
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commit 61235b24b9cb37c13fcad5b9596d59a1afdcec30 upstream

Everything is converted over to arch_cpu_finalize_init(). Remove the
check_bugs() leftovers including the empty stubs in asm-generic, alpha,
parisc, powerpc and xtensa.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Reviewed-by: Richard Henderson &lt;richard.henderson@linaro.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230613224545.553215951@linutronix.de
Signed-off-by: Daniel Sneddon &lt;daniel.sneddon@linux.intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>init: Provide arch_cpu_finalize_init()</title>
<updated>2023-08-08T17:56:33+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Thomas Gleixner</name>
<email>tglx@linutronix.de</email>
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<published>2023-06-13T23:39:22+00:00</published>
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commit 7725acaa4f0c04fbefb0e0d342635b967bb7d414 upstream

check_bugs() has become a dumping ground for all sorts of activities to
finalize the CPU initialization before running the rest of the init code.

Most are empty, a few do actual bug checks, some do alternative patching
and some cobble a CPU advertisement string together....

Aside of that the current implementation requires duplicated function
declaration and mostly empty header files for them.

Provide a new function arch_cpu_finalize_init(). Provide a generic
declaration if CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_CPU_FINALIZE_INIT is selected and a stub
inline otherwise.

This requires a temporary #ifdef in start_kernel() which will be removed
along with check_bugs() once the architectures are converted over.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230613224544.957805717@linutronix.de
Signed-off-by: Daniel Sneddon &lt;daniel.sneddon@linux.intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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