From: Joshua Brindle <method@manicmethod.com>
To: KaiGai Kohei <kaigai@ak.jp.nec.com>
Cc: sds@tycho.nsa.gov, selinux@tycho.nsa.gov
Subject: Re: BUGREPORT: A type alias of invisible primary one
Date: Thu, 09 Oct 2008 13:11:38 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <48EE3B4A.5060206@manicmethod.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <48D80358.9090207@manicmethod.com>
Joshua Brindle wrote:
> KaiGai Kohei wrote:
>
>> Joshua Brindle wrote:
>>
>>> KaiGai Kohei wrote:
>>>
>>>> I found a strange type_datum_t object which has 0 for its s.value
>>>> during development of new type hierarchy checks.
>>>>
>>>> The strange one is "xguest_javaplugin_default_xproperty_t" which
>>>> is an alias type of "xguest_javaplugin_xproperty_t".
>>>>
>>>> I doubted my patch at first, but it can be reproduced on the normal
>>>> libsepol. It seems to me an original matter which is not exposed yet,
>>>> and I am innocence. :-)
>>>>
>>>> During tracing the matter, I noticed the primary type is invisible
>>>> at expand_module(), but the aliased one is visible. It can make the
>>>> strange type_datum_t object.
>>>>
>>>> * at the expand_module()
>>>> 1. The expand_state_t which includes typemap is initialized.
>>>>
>>>> 2. The type_copy_callback is invoked for any types via hashtab_map.
>>>> It only copies primary and visible types into newer hashtab,
>>>> and set up typemap to translate between old and new s.value.
>>>> Thus, the given primary type is invisible, its slot of typemap
>>>> is kept to zero.
>>>> (*) is_id_enabled() for "xguest_javaplugin_xproperty_t" returned false.
>>>>
>>>> 3. The alias_copy_callback is invoked for any types via hashtab_map.
>>>> It only copies alias and visible types into newer hashtab.
>>>> Here is no check whether the primary side is visible, or not.
>>>> A copied type_datum_t object for the given alias has new s.value
>>>> which is picked up from state->typemap.
>>>>
>>>> 4. However, the target slot of state->typemap was zero, because
>>>> its primary one is invisible. The aliased type has a strange
>>>> s.value.
>>>>
>>>> 5. Type hierarchy checks got a segmentation fault, due to
>>>> "p->type_val_to_name[datum->s.value - 1]".
>>>> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ == -1
>>>> Yes, we can identify cause of the matter.
>>>>
>>> Do you have a policy that can be used to reproduce this?
>>>
>> Yes, the following policy can reproduce the matter.
>> - - - - [ cut here ] - - - -
>> policy_module(baz, 1.0)
>>
>> optional_policy(`
>> gen_require(`
>> type invisible_primary_t;
>> ')
>> typealias invisible_primary_t alias visible_alias_t;
>> ')
>> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
>>
>> The attached patch can inject some of printf()'s.
>> You can see that invisible_primary_t is skipped at type_copy_callback()
>> and an incorrect s.value is assigned at alias_copy_callback().
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>>
>
> This should fix it. I tested with and without your patchset on a few policies. Let me know if it doesn't work for you:
>
>
Merged in to libsepol-2.0.34
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prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-10-09 17:11 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-09-09 11:44 BUGREPORT: A type alias of invisible primary one KaiGai Kohei
2008-09-09 17:35 ` Joshua Brindle
2008-09-10 0:53 ` KaiGai Kohei
2008-09-22 20:43 ` Joshua Brindle
2008-09-25 4:48 ` KaiGai Kohei
2008-10-09 17:11 ` Joshua Brindle [this message]
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