linux/kernel
Meng Xu f12f42acdb perf/core: Fix potential double-fetch bug
While examining the kernel source code, I found a dangerous operation that
could turn into a double-fetch situation (a race condition bug) where the same
userspace memory region are fetched twice into kernel with sanity checks after
the first fetch while missing checks after the second fetch.

  1. The first fetch happens in line 9573 get_user(size, &uattr->size).

  2. Subsequently the 'size' variable undergoes a few sanity checks and
     transformations (line 9577 to 9584).

  3. The second fetch happens in line 9610 copy_from_user(attr, uattr, size)

  4. Given that 'uattr' can be fully controlled in userspace, an attacker can
     race condition to override 'uattr->size' to arbitrary value (say, 0xFFFFFFFF)
     after the first fetch but before the second fetch. The changed value will be
     copied to 'attr->size'.

  5. There is no further checks on 'attr->size' until the end of this function,
     and once the function returns, we lose the context to verify that 'attr->size'
     conforms to the sanity checks performed in step 2 (line 9577 to 9584).

  6. My manual analysis shows that 'attr->size' is not used elsewhere later,
     so, there is no working exploit against it right now. However, this could
     easily turns to an exploitable one if careless developers start to use
     'attr->size' later.

To fix this, override 'attr->size' from the second fetch to the one from the
first fetch, regardless of what is actually copied in.

In this way, it is assured that 'attr->size' is consistent with the checks
performed after the first fetch.

Signed-off-by: Meng Xu <mengxu.gatech@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: acme@kernel.org
Cc: alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com
Cc: meng.xu@gatech.edu
Cc: sanidhya@gatech.edu
Cc: taesoo@gatech.edu
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1503522470-35531-1-git-send-email-meng.xu@gatech.edu
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
2017-08-29 13:26:22 +02:00
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bpf bpf: fix bpf_prog_get_info_by_fd to dump correct xlated_prog_len 2017-07-29 23:29:41 -07:00
cgroup cpuset: fix a deadlock due to incomplete patching of cpusets_enabled() 2017-08-02 17:16:12 -07:00
configs config: android-base: disable CONFIG_NFSD and CONFIG_NFS_FS 2017-06-09 11:47:38 +02:00
debug sched/headers: Prepare for new header dependencies before moving code to <linux/sched/debug.h> 2017-03-02 08:42:34 +01:00
events perf/core: Fix potential double-fetch bug 2017-08-29 13:26:22 +02:00
gcov gcov: support GCC 7.1 2017-05-12 15:57:15 -07:00
irq genirq/ipi: Fixup checks against nr_cpu_ids 2017-08-20 10:49:05 +02:00
livepatch livepatch: Fix stacking of patches with respect to RCU 2017-06-20 10:42:19 +02:00
locking Merge branch 'locking-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2017-07-21 11:11:23 -07:00
power mm: fix global NR_SLAB_.*CLAIMABLE counter reads 2017-08-10 15:54:06 -07:00
printk Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/pmladek/printk 2017-07-05 11:11:26 -07:00
rcu rcu: Remove RCU CPU stall warnings from Tiny RCU 2017-06-08 18:52:45 -07:00
sched Minor page waitqueue cleanups 2017-08-27 13:55:12 -07:00
time timers: Fix excessive granularity of new timers after a nohz idle 2017-08-24 11:40:18 +02:00
trace Various bug fixes: 2017-08-24 14:08:22 -07:00
.gitignore
Kconfig.freezer
Kconfig.hz
Kconfig.locks locking/mutex: Allow MUTEX_SPIN_ON_OWNER when DEBUG_MUTEXES 2016-10-25 11:31:51 +02:00
Kconfig.preempt
Makefile kernel/watchdog: split up config options 2017-07-12 16:26:02 -07:00
acct.c sched/headers: Prepare to move cputime functionality from <linux/sched.h> into <linux/sched/cputime.h> 2017-03-02 08:42:39 +01:00
async.c async: Adjust system_state checks 2017-05-23 10:01:37 +02:00
audit.c Merge branch 'stable-4.13' of git://git.infradead.org/users/pcmoore/audit 2017-07-20 10:22:26 -07:00
audit.h audit: style fix 2017-06-12 18:07:43 -04:00
audit_fsnotify.c Merge branch 'fsnotify' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jack/linux-fs 2017-05-03 11:05:15 -07:00
audit_tree.c Merge branch 'fsnotify' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jack/linux-fs 2017-05-03 11:05:15 -07:00
audit_watch.c audit/stable-4.13 PR 20170816 2017-08-16 16:48:34 -07:00
auditfilter.c audit: kernel generated netlink traffic should have a portid of 0 2017-05-02 10:16:05 -04:00
auditsc.c Merge branch 'stable-4.13' of git://git.infradead.org/users/pcmoore/audit 2017-07-05 11:24:05 -07:00
backtracetest.c
bounds.c
capability.c capability: export has_capability 2017-01-12 07:01:56 -07:00
compat.c Merge branch 'misc.compat' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2017-07-06 20:57:13 -07:00
configs.c Replace <asm/uaccess.h> with <linux/uaccess.h> globally 2016-12-24 11:46:01 -08:00
context_tracking.c
cpu.c smp/hotplug: Replace BUG_ON and react useful 2017-07-11 22:25:44 +02:00
cpu_pm.c
crash_core.c kdump: protect vmcoreinfo data under the crash memory 2017-07-12 16:26:00 -07:00
crash_dump.c
cred.c doc: ReSTify credentials.txt 2017-05-18 10:30:19 -06:00
delayacct.c sched/headers: Prepare to move cputime functionality from <linux/sched.h> into <linux/sched/cputime.h> 2017-03-02 08:42:39 +01:00
dma.c
elfcore.c
exec_domain.c
exit.c kernel/exit.c: avoid undefined behaviour when calling wait4() 2017-07-10 16:32:36 -07:00
extable.c lib/extable.c: use bsearch() library function in search_extable() 2017-07-10 16:32:35 -07:00
fork.c fork: fix incorrect fput of ->exe_file causing use-after-free 2017-08-25 16:12:46 -07:00
freezer.c
futex.c futex: Remove unnecessary warning from get_futex_key 2017-08-09 14:00:54 -07:00
futex_compat.c Replace <asm/uaccess.h> with <linux/uaccess.h> globally 2016-12-24 11:46:01 -08:00
groups.c kernel/groups.c: use sort library function 2017-07-10 16:32:34 -07:00
hung_task.c kernel/hung_task.c: defer showing held locks 2017-05-08 17:15:10 -07:00
irq_work.c
jump_label.c jump_label: Reorder hotplug lock and jump_label_lock 2017-05-26 10:10:45 +02:00
kallsyms.c kernel/kallsyms.c: replace all_var with IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_KALLSYMS_ALL) 2017-07-10 16:32:34 -07:00
kcmp.c kcmp: add KCMP_EPOLL_TFD mode to compare epoll target files 2017-07-12 16:26:01 -07:00
kcov.c kcov: simplify interrupt check 2017-05-08 17:15:12 -07:00
kexec.c kdump: protect vmcoreinfo data under the crash memory 2017-07-12 16:26:00 -07:00
kexec_core.c kdump: protect vmcoreinfo data under the crash memory 2017-07-12 16:26:00 -07:00
kexec_file.c kexec_file: adjust declaration of kexec_purgatory 2017-07-12 16:26:02 -07:00
kexec_internal.h kexec_file: adjust declaration of kexec_purgatory 2017-07-12 16:26:02 -07:00
kmod.c kmod: fix wait on recursive loop 2017-08-18 15:32:01 -07:00
kprobes.c kprobes: Ensure that jprobe probepoints are at function entry 2017-07-08 11:05:35 +02:00
ksysfs.c kexec: move vmcoreinfo out of the kernel's .bss section 2017-07-12 16:25:59 -07:00
kthread.c cgroup, kthread: close race window where new kthreads can be migrated to non-root cgroups 2017-03-17 10:18:47 -04:00
latencytop.c sched/headers: Prepare to move sched_info_on() and force_schedstat_enabled() from <linux/sched.h> to <linux/sched/stat.h> 2017-03-02 08:42:39 +01:00
membarrier.c Fix: Disable sys_membarrier when nohz_full is enabled 2017-01-23 11:32:16 -08:00
memremap.c mm, memory_hotplug: replace for_device by want_memblock in arch_add_memory 2017-07-06 16:24:32 -07:00
module-internal.h
module.c Modules updates for v4.13 2017-07-12 17:22:01 -07:00
module_signing.c
notifier.c kernel/notifier.c: simplify expression 2017-02-24 17:46:56 -08:00
nsproxy.c perf: Add PERF_RECORD_NAMESPACES to include namespaces related info 2017-03-13 15:57:41 -03:00
padata.c padata: Avoid nested calls to cpus_read_lock() in pcrypt_init_padata() 2017-05-26 10:10:37 +02:00
panic.c sched/headers: Prepare for new header dependencies before moving code to <linux/sched/debug.h> 2017-03-02 08:42:34 +01:00
params.c boot/param: Move next_arg() function to lib/cmdline.c for later reuse 2017-04-18 10:37:13 +02:00
pid.c pids: make task_tgid_nr_ns() safe 2017-08-21 12:47:31 -07:00
pid_namespace.c pid_ns: Sleep in TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE in zap_pid_ns_processes 2017-05-13 17:26:01 -05:00
profile.c sched/headers: Prepare to move sched_info_on() and force_schedstat_enabled() from <linux/sched.h> to <linux/sched/stat.h> 2017-03-02 08:42:39 +01:00
ptrace.c ptrace: Properly initialize ptracer_cred on fork 2017-05-23 07:40:44 -05:00
range.c
reboot.c
relay.c Merge branch 'work.splice' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2017-05-02 11:38:06 -07:00
resource.c
seccomp.c seccomp: Switch from atomic_t to recount_t 2017-06-26 09:24:00 -07:00
signal.c signal: don't remove SIGNAL_UNKILLABLE for traced tasks. 2017-08-18 15:32:02 -07:00
smp.c smp, cpumask: Use non-atomic cpumask_{set,clear}_cpu() 2017-05-23 10:01:32 +02:00
smpboot.c sched/headers: Prepare for new header dependencies before moving code to <linux/sched/task.h> 2017-03-02 08:42:35 +01:00
smpboot.h
softirq.c sched/core: Remove 'task' parameter and rename tsk_restore_flags() to current_restore_flags() 2017-04-11 09:06:32 +02:00
stacktrace.c stacktrace/x86: add function for detecting reliable stack traces 2017-03-08 09:18:02 +01:00
stop_machine.c stop_machine: Provide stop_machine_cpuslocked() 2017-05-26 10:10:36 +02:00
sys.c fix a braino in compat_sys_getrlimit() 2017-07-12 09:15:00 -07:00
sys_ni.c move aio compat to fs/aio.c 2016-12-22 22:58:37 -05:00
sysctl.c kernel/watchdog: split up config options 2017-07-12 16:26:02 -07:00
sysctl_binary.c kernel/sysctl_binary.c: check name array length in deprecated_sysctl_warning() 2017-07-12 16:26:00 -07:00
task_work.c
taskstats.c taskstats: add e/u/stime for TGID command 2017-05-08 17:15:12 -07:00
test_kprobes.c
torture.c sched/headers: Prepare for new header dependencies before moving code to <linux/sched/clock.h> 2017-03-02 08:42:27 +01:00
tracepoint.c sched/headers: Prepare for new header dependencies before moving code to <linux/sched/task.h> 2017-03-02 08:42:35 +01:00
tsacct.c sched/headers: Prepare to move cputime functionality from <linux/sched.h> into <linux/sched/cputime.h> 2017-03-02 08:42:39 +01:00
ucount.c ucount: Remove the atomicity from ucount->count 2017-03-06 15:26:37 -06:00
uid16.c sched/headers: Prepare to remove <linux/cred.h> inclusion from <linux/sched.h> 2017-03-02 08:42:31 +01:00
up.c
user-return-notifier.c
user.c sched/headers: Prepare for new header dependencies before moving code to <linux/sched/user.h> 2017-03-02 08:42:29 +01:00
user_namespace.c sched/headers: Prepare for new header dependencies before moving code to <linux/sched/signal.h> 2017-03-02 08:42:29 +01:00
utsname.c sched/headers: Prepare to move the task_lock()/unlock() APIs to <linux/sched/task.h> 2017-03-02 08:42:38 +01:00
utsname_sysctl.c sched/headers: Remove <linux/rwsem.h> from <linux/sched.h> 2017-03-03 01:45:36 +01:00
watchdog.c kernel/watchdog: Prevent false positives with turbo modes 2017-08-18 12:35:02 +02:00
watchdog_hld.c kernel/watchdog: Prevent false positives with turbo modes 2017-08-18 12:35:02 +02:00
workqueue.c workqueue: Work around edge cases for calc of pool's cpumask 2017-07-28 11:05:52 -04:00
workqueue_internal.h