[PATCH] fs: Pass AT_GETATTR_NOSEC flag to getattr interface function

From: Stefan Berger
Date: Mon Oct 02 2023 - 08:58:00 EST


From: Stefan Berger <stefanb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

When vfs_getattr_nosec() calls a filesystem's getattr interface function
then the 'nosec' should propagate into this function so that
vfs_getattr_nosec() can again be called from the filesystem's gettattr
rather than vfs_getattr(). The latter would add unnecessary security
checks that the initial vfs_getattr_nosec() call wanted to avoid.
Therefore, introduce the getattr flag GETATTR_NOSEC and allow to pass
with the new getattr_flags parameter to the getattr interface function.
In overlayfs and ecryptfs use this flag to determine which one of the
two functions to call.

In a recent code change introduced to IMA vfs_getattr_nosec() ended up
calling vfs_getattr() in overlayfs, which in turn called
security_inode_getattr() on an exiting process that did not have
current->fs set anymore, which then caused a kernel NULL pointer
dereference. With this change the call to security_inode_getattr() can
be avoided, thus avoiding the NULL pointer dereference.

Reported-by: syzbot+a67fc5321ffb4b311c98@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Fixes: db1d1e8b9867 ("IMA: use vfs_getattr_nosec to get the i_version")
Cc: Alexander Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: linux-fsdevel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: Miklos Szeredi <miklos@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Amir Goldstein <amir73il@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Tyler Hicks <code@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Mimi Zohar <zohar@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Suggested-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@xxxxxxxxxx>
Co-developed-by: Amir Goldstein <amir73il@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Stefan Berger <stefanb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/ecryptfs/inode.c | 12 ++++++++++--
fs/overlayfs/inode.c | 10 +++++-----
fs/overlayfs/overlayfs.h | 8 ++++++++
fs/stat.c | 6 +++++-
include/uapi/linux/fcntl.h | 3 +++
5 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c b/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c
index 992d9c7e64ae..5ab4b87888a7 100644
--- a/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c
@@ -998,6 +998,14 @@ static int ecryptfs_getattr_link(struct mnt_idmap *idmap,
return rc;
}

+static int ecryptfs_do_getattr(const struct path *path, struct kstat *stat,
+ u32 request_mask, unsigned int flags)
+{
+ if (flags & AT_GETATTR_NOSEC)
+ return vfs_getattr_nosec(path, stat, request_mask, flags);
+ return vfs_getattr(path, stat, request_mask, flags);
+}
+
static int ecryptfs_getattr(struct mnt_idmap *idmap,
const struct path *path, struct kstat *stat,
u32 request_mask, unsigned int flags)
@@ -1006,8 +1014,8 @@ static int ecryptfs_getattr(struct mnt_idmap *idmap,
struct kstat lower_stat;
int rc;

- rc = vfs_getattr(ecryptfs_dentry_to_lower_path(dentry), &lower_stat,
- request_mask, flags);
+ rc = ecryptfs_do_getattr(ecryptfs_dentry_to_lower_path(dentry),
+ &lower_stat, request_mask, flags);
if (!rc) {
fsstack_copy_attr_all(d_inode(dentry),
ecryptfs_inode_to_lower(d_inode(dentry)));
diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/inode.c b/fs/overlayfs/inode.c
index 83ef66644c21..fca29dba7b14 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/inode.c
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ int ovl_getattr(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, const struct path *path,

type = ovl_path_real(dentry, &realpath);
old_cred = ovl_override_creds(dentry->d_sb);
- err = vfs_getattr(&realpath, stat, request_mask, flags);
+ err = ovl_do_getattr(&realpath, stat, request_mask, flags);
if (err)
goto out;

@@ -196,8 +196,8 @@ int ovl_getattr(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, const struct path *path,
(!is_dir ? STATX_NLINK : 0);

ovl_path_lower(dentry, &realpath);
- err = vfs_getattr(&realpath, &lowerstat,
- lowermask, flags);
+ err = ovl_do_getattr(&realpath, &lowerstat, lowermask,
+ flags);
if (err)
goto out;

@@ -249,8 +249,8 @@ int ovl_getattr(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, const struct path *path,

ovl_path_lowerdata(dentry, &realpath);
if (realpath.dentry) {
- err = vfs_getattr(&realpath, &lowerdatastat,
- lowermask, flags);
+ err = ovl_do_getattr(&realpath, &lowerdatastat,
+ lowermask, flags);
if (err)
goto out;
} else {
diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/overlayfs.h b/fs/overlayfs/overlayfs.h
index 9817b2dcb132..09ca82ed0f8c 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/overlayfs.h
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/overlayfs.h
@@ -397,6 +397,14 @@ static inline bool ovl_open_flags_need_copy_up(int flags)
return ((OPEN_FMODE(flags) & FMODE_WRITE) || (flags & O_TRUNC));
}

+static inline int ovl_do_getattr(const struct path *path, struct kstat *stat,
+ u32 request_mask, unsigned int flags)
+{
+ if (flags & AT_GETATTR_NOSEC)
+ return vfs_getattr_nosec(path, stat, request_mask, flags);
+ return vfs_getattr(path, stat, request_mask, flags);
+}
+
/* util.c */
int ovl_want_write(struct dentry *dentry);
void ovl_drop_write(struct dentry *dentry);
diff --git a/fs/stat.c b/fs/stat.c
index d43a5cc1bfa4..5375be5f97cc 100644
--- a/fs/stat.c
+++ b/fs/stat.c
@@ -133,7 +133,8 @@ int vfs_getattr_nosec(const struct path *path, struct kstat *stat,
idmap = mnt_idmap(path->mnt);
if (inode->i_op->getattr)
return inode->i_op->getattr(idmap, path, stat,
- request_mask, query_flags);
+ request_mask,
+ query_flags | AT_GETATTR_NOSEC);

generic_fillattr(idmap, request_mask, inode, stat);
return 0;
@@ -166,6 +167,9 @@ int vfs_getattr(const struct path *path, struct kstat *stat,
{
int retval;

+ if (WARN_ON_ONCE(query_flags & AT_GETATTR_NOSEC))
+ return -EPERM;
+
retval = security_inode_getattr(path);
if (retval)
return retval;
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/fcntl.h b/include/uapi/linux/fcntl.h
index 6c80f96049bd..282e90aeb163 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/fcntl.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/fcntl.h
@@ -116,5 +116,8 @@
#define AT_HANDLE_FID AT_REMOVEDIR /* file handle is needed to
compare object identity and may not
be usable to open_by_handle_at(2) */
+#if defined(__KERNEL__)
+#define AT_GETATTR_NOSEC 0x80000000
+#endif

#endif /* _UAPI_LINUX_FCNTL_H */
--
2.40.1