Re: [PATCH] ipc/shm: fix use-after-free of shm file via remap_file_pages()

From: Kirill A. Shutemov
Date: Mon Apr 09 2018 - 05:48:24 EST


On Mon, Apr 09, 2018 at 04:30:39AM +0000, Eric Biggers wrote:
> From: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> syzbot reported a use-after-free of shm_file_data(file)->file->f_op in
> shm_get_unmapped_area(), called via sys_remap_file_pages().
> Unfortunately it couldn't generate a reproducer, but I found a bug which
> I think caused it. When remap_file_pages() is passed a full System V
> shared memory segment, the memory is first unmapped, then a new map is
> created using the ->vm_file. Between these steps, the shm ID can be
> removed and reused for a new shm segment. But, shm_mmap() only checks
> whether the ID is currently valid before calling the underlying file's
> ->mmap(); it doesn't check whether it was reused. Thus it can use the
> wrong underlying file, one that was already freed.
>
> Fix this by making the "outer" shm file (the one that gets put in
> ->vm_file) hold a reference to the real shm file, and by making
> __shm_open() require that the file associated with the shm ID matches
> the one associated with the "outer" file.
>
> Commit 1ac0b6dec656 ("ipc/shm: handle removed segments gracefully in
> shm_mmap()") almost fixed this bug, but it didn't go far enough because
> it didn't consider the case where the shm ID is reused.

Right. Thanks for catching this.

> The following program usually reproduces this bug:
>
> #include <stdlib.h>
> #include <sys/shm.h>
> #include <sys/syscall.h>
> #include <unistd.h>
>
> int main()
> {
> int is_parent = (fork() != 0);
> srand(getpid());
> for (;;) {
> int id = shmget(0xF00F, 4096, IPC_CREAT|0700);
> if (is_parent) {
> void *addr = shmat(id, NULL, 0);
> usleep(rand() % 50);
> while (!syscall(__NR_remap_file_pages, addr, 4096, 0, 0, 0));
> } else {
> usleep(rand() % 50);
> shmctl(id, IPC_RMID, NULL);
> }
> }
> }
>
> It causes the following NULL pointer dereference due to a 'struct file'
> being used while it's being freed. (I couldn't actually get a KASAN
> use-after-free splat like in the syzbot report. But I think it's
> possible with this bug; it would just take a more extraordinary race...)
>
> BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000058
> PGD 0 P4D 0
> Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP NOPTI
> CPU: 9 PID: 258 Comm: syz_ipc Not tainted 4.16.0-05140-gf8cf2f16a7c95 #189
> Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.11.0-20171110_100015-anatol 04/01/2014
> RIP: 0010:d_inode include/linux/dcache.h:519 [inline]
> RIP: 0010:touch_atime+0x25/0xd0 fs/inode.c:1724
> [...]
> Call Trace:
> file_accessed include/linux/fs.h:2063 [inline]
> shmem_mmap+0x25/0x40 mm/shmem.c:2149
> call_mmap include/linux/fs.h:1789 [inline]
> shm_mmap+0x34/0x80 ipc/shm.c:465
> call_mmap include/linux/fs.h:1789 [inline]
> mmap_region+0x309/0x5b0 mm/mmap.c:1712
> do_mmap+0x294/0x4a0 mm/mmap.c:1483
> do_mmap_pgoff include/linux/mm.h:2235 [inline]
> SYSC_remap_file_pages mm/mmap.c:2853 [inline]
> SyS_remap_file_pages+0x232/0x310 mm/mmap.c:2769
> do_syscall_64+0x64/0x1a0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:287
> entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x42/0xb7
>
> Reported-by: syzbot+d11f321e7f1923157eac80aa990b446596f46439@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Fixes: c8d78c1823f4 ("mm: replace remap_file_pages() syscall with emulation")
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> ipc/shm.c | 14 +++++++++++---
> 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/ipc/shm.c b/ipc/shm.c
> index acefe44fefefa..c80c5691a9970 100644
> --- a/ipc/shm.c
> +++ b/ipc/shm.c
> @@ -225,6 +225,12 @@ static int __shm_open(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
> if (IS_ERR(shp))
> return PTR_ERR(shp);
>
> + if (shp->shm_file != sfd->file) {
> + /* ID was reused */
> + shm_unlock(shp);
> + return -EINVAL;
> + }
> +
> shp->shm_atim = ktime_get_real_seconds();
> ipc_update_pid(&shp->shm_lprid, task_tgid(current));
> shp->shm_nattch++;
> @@ -455,8 +461,9 @@ static int shm_mmap(struct file *file, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
> int ret;
>
> /*
> - * In case of remap_file_pages() emulation, the file can represent
> - * removed IPC ID: propogate shm_lock() error to caller.
> + * In case of remap_file_pages() emulation, the file can represent an
> + * IPC ID that was removed, and possibly even reused by another shm
> + * segment already. Propagate this case as an error to caller.
> */
> ret = __shm_open(vma);
> if (ret)
> @@ -480,6 +487,7 @@ static int shm_release(struct inode *ino, struct file *file)
> struct shm_file_data *sfd = shm_file_data(file);
>
> put_ipc_ns(sfd->ns);
> + fput(sfd->file);
> shm_file_data(file) = NULL;
> kfree(sfd);
> return 0;
> @@ -1432,7 +1440,7 @@ long do_shmat(int shmid, char __user *shmaddr, int shmflg,
> file->f_mapping = shp->shm_file->f_mapping;
> sfd->id = shp->shm_perm.id;
> sfd->ns = get_ipc_ns(ns);
> - sfd->file = shp->shm_file;
> + sfd->file = get_file(shp->shm_file);
> sfd->vm_ops = NULL;
>
> err = security_mmap_file(file, prot, flags);

Hm. Why do we need sfd->file refcounting now? It's not obvious to me.

Looks like it's either a separate bug or an unneeded change.

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Kirill A. Shutemov