[PATCH 2/4] fs: Remove FIRMWARE_PREALLOC_BUFFER from kernel_read_file() enums

From: Kees Cook
Date: Tue Jul 07 2020 - 04:19:41 EST


FIRMWARE_PREALLOC_BUFFER is a "how", not a "what", and confuses the LSMs
that are interested in filtering between types of things. The "how"
should be an internal detail made uninteresting to the LSMs.

Fixes: a098ecd2fa7d ("firmware: support loading into a pre-allocated buffer")
Fixes: fd90bc559bfb ("ima: based on policy verify firmware signatures (pre-allocated buffer)")
Fixes: 4f0496d8ffa3 ("ima: based on policy warn about loading firmware (pre-allocated buffer)")
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/base/firmware_loader/main.c | 5 ++---
fs/exec.c | 7 ++++---
include/linux/fs.h | 2 +-
security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c | 6 ++----
4 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/base/firmware_loader/main.c b/drivers/base/firmware_loader/main.c
index ca871b13524e..c2f57cedcd6f 100644
--- a/drivers/base/firmware_loader/main.c
+++ b/drivers/base/firmware_loader/main.c
@@ -465,14 +465,12 @@ fw_get_filesystem_firmware(struct device *device, struct fw_priv *fw_priv,
int i, len;
int rc = -ENOENT;
char *path;
- enum kernel_read_file_id id = READING_FIRMWARE;
size_t msize = INT_MAX;
void *buffer = NULL;

/* Already populated data member means we're loading into a buffer */
if (!decompress && fw_priv->data) {
buffer = fw_priv->data;
- id = READING_FIRMWARE_PREALLOC_BUFFER;
msize = fw_priv->allocated_size;
}

@@ -496,7 +494,8 @@ fw_get_filesystem_firmware(struct device *device, struct fw_priv *fw_priv,

/* load firmware files from the mount namespace of init */
rc = kernel_read_file_from_path_initns(path, &buffer,
- &size, msize, id);
+ &size, msize,
+ READING_FIRMWARE);
if (rc) {
if (rc != -ENOENT)
dev_warn(device, "loading %s failed with error %d\n",
diff --git a/fs/exec.c b/fs/exec.c
index e6e8a9a70327..2bf549757ce7 100644
--- a/fs/exec.c
+++ b/fs/exec.c
@@ -927,6 +927,7 @@ int kernel_read_file(struct file *file, void **buf, loff_t *size,
{
loff_t i_size, pos;
ssize_t bytes = 0;
+ void *allocated = NULL;
int ret;

if (!S_ISREG(file_inode(file)->i_mode) || max_size < 0)
@@ -950,8 +951,8 @@ int kernel_read_file(struct file *file, void **buf, loff_t *size,
goto out;
}

- if (id != READING_FIRMWARE_PREALLOC_BUFFER)
- *buf = vmalloc(i_size);
+ if (!*buf)
+ *buf = allocated = vmalloc(i_size);
if (!*buf) {
ret = -ENOMEM;
goto out;
@@ -980,7 +981,7 @@ int kernel_read_file(struct file *file, void **buf, loff_t *size,

out_free:
if (ret < 0) {
- if (id != READING_FIRMWARE_PREALLOC_BUFFER) {
+ if (allocated) {
vfree(*buf);
*buf = NULL;
}
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 3f881a892ea7..95fc775ed937 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -2993,10 +2993,10 @@ static inline void i_readcount_inc(struct inode *inode)
#endif
extern int do_pipe_flags(int *, int);

+/* This is a list of *what* is being read, not *how*. */
#define __kernel_read_file_id(id) \
id(UNKNOWN, unknown) \
id(FIRMWARE, firmware) \
- id(FIRMWARE_PREALLOC_BUFFER, firmware) \
id(FIRMWARE_EFI_EMBEDDED, firmware) \
id(MODULE, kernel-module) \
id(KEXEC_IMAGE, kexec-image) \
diff --git a/security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c b/security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c
index c1583d98c5e5..f80ee4ce4669 100644
--- a/security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c
+++ b/security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c
@@ -611,19 +611,17 @@ void ima_post_path_mknod(struct dentry *dentry)
int ima_read_file(struct file *file, enum kernel_read_file_id read_id)
{
/*
- * READING_FIRMWARE_PREALLOC_BUFFER
- *
* Do devices using pre-allocated memory run the risk of the
* firmware being accessible to the device prior to the completion
* of IMA's signature verification any more than when using two
- * buffers?
+ * buffers? It may be desirable to include the buffer address
+ * in this API and walk all the dma_map_single() mappings to check.
*/
return 0;
}

const int read_idmap[READING_MAX_ID] = {
[READING_FIRMWARE] = FIRMWARE_CHECK,
- [READING_FIRMWARE_PREALLOC_BUFFER] = FIRMWARE_CHECK,
[READING_MODULE] = MODULE_CHECK,
[READING_KEXEC_IMAGE] = KEXEC_KERNEL_CHECK,
[READING_KEXEC_INITRAMFS] = KEXEC_INITRAMFS_CHECK,
--
2.25.1