Re: [PATCH] block: nbd: add sanity check for first_minor

From: Pavel Skripkin
Date: Thu Aug 12 2021 - 05:42:45 EST


On 8/12/21 12:15 PM, Pavel Skripkin wrote:
Syzbot hit WARNING in internal_create_group(). The problem was in
too big disk->first_minor.

disk->first_minor is initialized by value, which comes from userspace
and there wasn't any sanity checks about value correctness. It can cause
duplicate creation of sysfs files/links, because disk->first_minor will
be passed to MKDEV() which causes truncation to byte. Since maximum
minor value is 0xff, let's check if first_minor is correct minor number.

NOTE: the root case of the reported warning was in wrong error handling
in register_disk(), but we can avoid passing knowingly wrong values to
sysfs API, because sysfs error messages can confuse users. For example:
user passed 1048576 as index, but sysfs complains about duplicate
creation of /dev/block/43:0. It's not obvious how 1048576 becomes 0.
Log and reproducer for above example can be found on syzkaller bug
report page.

Link: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?id=03c2ae9146416edf811958d5fd7acfab75b143d1
Fixes: b0d9111a2d53 ("nbd: use an idr to keep track of nbd devices")
Reported-by: syzbot+9937dc42271cd87d4b98@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Pavel Skripkin <paskripkin@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/block/nbd.c | 10 ++++++++++
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/block/nbd.c b/drivers/block/nbd.c
index c38317979f74..600e9bab5d43 100644
--- a/drivers/block/nbd.c
+++ b/drivers/block/nbd.c
@@ -1725,7 +1725,17 @@ static int nbd_dev_add(int index)
refcount_set(&nbd->refs, 1);
INIT_LIST_HEAD(&nbd->list);
disk->major = NBD_MAJOR;
+
+ /* Too big first_minor can cause duplicate creation of
+ * sysfs files/links, since first_minor will be truncated to
+ * byte in __device_add_disk().
+ */
disk->first_minor = index << part_shift;
+ if (disk->first_minor > 0xff) {
+ err = -EINVAL;
+ goto out_free_idr;
+ }
+
disk->minors = 1 << part_shift;
disk->fops = &nbd_fops;
disk->private_data = nbd;


Fun thing: I got a reply to this email from
nsd-public@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, which is Hong Kong Police office email. Does anyone know what is going on? :) It's a bit scary...



With regards,
Pavel Skripkin