Re: CVE-2016-7097 causes acl leak

[Mark Salyzyn]

On 12/12/2016 10:26 PM, Cong Wang wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 12, 2016 at 4:26 PM, Mark Salyzyn <salyzyn@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > The leaks were introduced in 9p, gfs2, jfs and xfs drivers only.
>
> Only the 9p case is obvious to me:
>
> diff --git a/fs/9p/acl.c b/fs/9p/acl.c
> index b3c2cc7..082d227 100644
> --- a/fs/9p/acl.c
> +++ b/fs/9p/acl.c
> @@ -277,6 +277,7 @@ static int v9fs_xattr_set_acl(const struct
> xattr_handler *handler,
>          case ACL_TYPE_ACCESS:
>                  if (acl) {
>                          struct iattr iattr;
> +                       struct posix_acl *old_acl = acl;
>
>                          retval = posix_acl_update_mode(inode,
> &iattr.ia_mode, &acl);
>                          if (retval)
> @@ -287,6 +288,7 @@ static int v9fs_xattr_set_acl(const struct
> xattr_handler *handler,
>                                   * by the mode bits. So don't
>                                   * update ACL.
>                                   */
> +                               posix_acl_release(old_acl);
>                                  value = NULL;
>                                  size = 0;
>                          }
>
>
> The rest are anti-pattern (modifying parameters on stack via address)
> but look correct.

Greg KH: Beware that this similar fix needs to be applied to _backports_ 
to stable kernel trees on other filesystem driver that have the same 
pattern (with local posix_acl_release(acl) calls). I have found that 
depending on vintage these would include this driver 9p, and possibly 
gfs2, jfs and xfs. Be aware.


Sincerely -- Mark Salyzyn