diff options
author | Jann Horn <jann@thejh.net> | 2016-01-05 20:27:29 +0300 |
---|---|---|
committer | Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk> | 2016-01-09 05:16:11 +0300 |
commit | b43417216e9ce55e1f1ab7c834c7ab43db0b53e1 (patch) | |
tree | 3b4cee87df4c5e44788f8599d8e3df69ff3284aa /security/Makefile | |
parent | 168309855a7d1e16db751e9c647119fe2d2dc878 (diff) | |
download | linux-b43417216e9ce55e1f1ab7c834c7ab43db0b53e1.tar.xz |
compat_ioctl: don't look up the fd twice
In code in fs/compat_ioctl.c that translates ioctl arguments
into a in-kernel structure, then performs sys_ioctl, possibly
under set_fs(KERNEL_DS), this commit changes the sys_ioctl
calls to do_ioctl calls. do_ioctl is a new function that does
the same thing as sys_ioctl, but doesn't look up the fd again.
This change is made to avoid (potential) security issues
because of ioctl handlers that accept one of the ioctl
commands I2C_FUNCS, VIDEO_GET_EVENT, MTIOCPOS, MTIOCGET,
TIOCGSERIAL, TIOCSSERIAL, RTC_IRQP_READ, RTC_EPOCH_READ.
This can happen for multiple reasons:
- The ioctl command number could be reused.
- The ioctl handler might not check the full ioctl
command. This is e.g. true for drm_ioctl.
- The ioctl handler is very special, e.g. cuse_file_ioctl
The real issue is that set_fs(KERNEL_DS) is used here,
but that's fixed in a separate commit
"compat_ioctl: don't call do_ioctl under set_fs(KERNEL_DS)".
This change mitigates potential security issues by
preventing a race that permits invocation of
unlocked_ioctl handlers under KERNEL_DS through compat
code even if a corresponding compat_ioctl handler exists.
So far, no way has been identified to use this to damage
kernel memory without having CAP_SYS_ADMIN in the init ns
(with the capability, doing reads/writes at arbitrary
kernel addresses should be easy through CUSE's ioctl
handler with FUSE_IOCTL_UNRESTRICTED set).
[AV: two missed sys_ioctl() taken care of]
Signed-off-by: Jann Horn <jann@thejh.net>
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Diffstat (limited to 'security/Makefile')
0 files changed, 0 insertions, 0 deletions