Re: [PATCH v12 01/12] lib: introduce copy_struct_{to,from}_user helpers

Christian Brauner
2019-09-05T11:06:41Z

On Thu, Sep 05, 2019 at 06:19:22AM +1000, Aleksa Sarai wrote:
> A common pattern for syscall extensions is increasing the size of a
> struct passed from userspace, such that the zero-value of the new fields
> result in the old kernel behaviour (allowing for a mix of userspace and
> kernel vintages to operate on one another in most cases). This is done
> in both directions -- hence two helpers -- though it's more common to
> have to copy user space structs into kernel space.
>
> Previously there was no common lib/ function that implemented
> the necessary extension-checking semantics (and different syscalls
> implemented them slightly differently or incompletely[1]). A future
> patch replaces all of the common uses of this pattern to use the new
> copy_struct_{to,from}_user() helpers.
>
> [1]: For instance {sched_setattr,perf_event_open,clone3}(2) all do do
> similar checks to copy_struct_from_user() while rt_sigprocmask(2)
> always rejects differently-sized struct arguments.
>
> Suggested-by: Rasmus Villemoes <linux@rasmusvillemoes.dk>
> Signed-off-by: Aleksa Sarai <cyphar@cyphar.com>
> ---
> include/linux/uaccess.h | 5 ++
> lib/Makefile | 2 +-
> lib/struct_user.c | 182 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 3 files changed, 188 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> create mode 100644 lib/struct_user.c
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/uaccess.h b/include/linux/uaccess.h
> index 34a038563d97..0ad9544a1aee 100644
> --- a/include/linux/uaccess.h
> +++ b/include/linux/uaccess.h
> @@ -230,6 +230,11 @@ static inline unsigned long __copy_from_user_inatomic_nocache(void *to,
>
> #endif /* ARCH_HAS_NOCACHE_UACCESS */
>
> +extern int copy_struct_to_user(void __user *dst, size_t usize,
> + const void *src, size_t ksize);
> +extern int copy_struct_from_user(void *dst, size_t ksize,
> + const void __user *src, size_t usize);
> +
> /*
> * probe_kernel_read(): safely attempt to read from a location
> * @dst: pointer to the buffer that shall take the data
> diff --git a/lib/Makefile b/lib/Makefile
> index 29c02a924973..d86c71feaf0a 100644
> --- a/lib/Makefile
> +++ b/lib/Makefile
> @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ endif
> CFLAGS_string.o := $(call cc-option, -fno-stack-protector)
> endif
>
> -lib-y := ctype.o string.o vsprintf.o cmdline.o \
> +lib-y := ctype.o string.o struct_user.o vsprintf.o cmdline.o \
> rbtree.o radix-tree.o timerqueue.o xarray.o \
> idr.o extable.o \
> sha1.o chacha.o irq_regs.o argv_split.o \
> diff --git a/lib/struct_user.c b/lib/struct_user.c
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..7301ab1bbe98
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/lib/struct_user.c
> @@ -0,0 +1,182 @@
> +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
> +/*
> + * Copyright (C) 2019 SUSE LLC
> + * Copyright (C) 2019 Aleksa Sarai <cyphar@cyphar.com>
> + */
> +
> +#include <linux/types.h>
> +#include <linux/export.h>
> +#include <linux/uaccess.h>
> +#include <linux/kernel.h>
> +#include <linux/string.h>
> +
> +#define BUFFER_SIZE 64
> +
> +/*
> + * "memset(p, 0, size)" but for user space buffers. Caller must have already
> + * checked access_ok(p, size).
> + */
> +static int __memzero_user(void __user *p, size_t s)
> +{
> + const char zeros[BUFFER_SIZE] = {};
> + while (s > 0) {
> + size_t n = min(s, sizeof(zeros));
> +
> + if (__copy_to_user(p, zeros, n))
> + return -EFAULT;
> +
> + p += n;
> + s -= n;
> + }
> + return 0;
> +}
> +
> +/**
> + * copy_struct_to_user: copy a struct to user space
> + * @dst: Destination address, in user space.
> + * @usize: Size of @dst struct.
> + * @src: Source address, in kernel space.
> + * @ksize: Size of @src struct.
> + *
> + * Copies a struct from kernel space to user space, in a way that guarantees
> + * backwards-compatibility for struct syscall arguments (as long as future
> + * struct extensions are made such that all new fields are *appended* to the
> + * old struct, and zeroed-out new fields have the same meaning as the old
> + * struct).
> + *
> + * @ksize is just sizeof(*dst), and @usize should've been passed by user space.
> + * The recommended usage is something like the following:
> + *
> + * SYSCALL_DEFINE2(foobar, struct foo __user *, uarg, size_t, usize)
> + * {
> + * int err;
> + * struct foo karg = {};
> + *
> + * // do something with karg
> + *
> + * err = copy_struct_to_user(uarg, usize, &karg, sizeof(karg));
> + * if (err)
> + * return err;
> + *
> + * // ...
> + * }
> + *
> + * There are three cases to consider:
> + * * If @usize == @ksize, then it's copied verbatim.
> + * * If @usize < @ksize, then kernel space is "returning" a newer struct to an
> + * older user space. In order to avoid user space getting incomplete
> + * information (new fields might be important), all trailing bytes in @src
> + * (@ksize - @usize) must be zerored, otherwise -EFBIG is returned.
> + * * If @usize > @ksize, then the kernel is "returning" an older struct to a
> + * newer user space. The trailing bytes in @dst (@usize - @ksize) will be
> + * zero-filled.
> + *
> + * Returns (in all cases, some data may have been copied):
> + * * -EFBIG: (@usize < @ksize) and there are non-zero trailing bytes in @src.
> + * * -EFAULT: access to user space failed.
> + */
> +int copy_struct_to_user(void __user *dst, size_t usize,
> + const void *src, size_t ksize)
> +{
> + size_t size = min(ksize, usize);
> + size_t rest = abs(ksize - usize);
> +
> + if (unlikely(usize > PAGE_SIZE))
> + return -EFAULT;

Looks like this should be -EFBIG.

> + if (unlikely(!access_ok(dst, usize)))
> + return -EFAULT;
> +
> + /* Deal with trailing bytes. */
> + if (usize < ksize) {
> + if (memchr_inv(src + size, 0, rest))
> + return -EFBIG;
> + } else if (usize > ksize) {
> + if (__memzero_user(dst + size, rest))
> + return -EFAULT;

Is zeroing that memory really our job? Seems to me we should just check
it is zeroed.

> + }
> + /* Copy the interoperable parts of the struct. */
> + if (__copy_to_user(dst, src, size))
> + return -EFAULT;
> + return 0;
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(copy_struct_to_user);
> +
> +/**
> + * copy_struct_from_user: copy a struct from user space
> + * @dst: Destination address, in kernel space. This buffer must be @ksize
> + * bytes long.
> + * @ksize: Size of @dst struct.
> + * @src: Source address, in user space.
> + * @usize: (Alleged) size of @src struct.
> + *
> + * Copies a struct from user space to kernel space, in a way that guarantees
> + * backwards-compatibility for struct syscall arguments (as long as future
> + * struct extensions are made such that all new fields are *appended* to the
> + * old struct, and zeroed-out new fields have the same meaning as the old
> + * struct).
> + *
> + * @ksize is just sizeof(*dst), and @usize should've been passed by user space.
> + * The recommended usage is something like the following:
> + *
> + * SYSCALL_DEFINE2(foobar, const struct foo __user *, uarg, size_t, usize)
> + * {
> + * int err;
> + * struct foo karg = {};
> + *
> + * err = copy_struct_from_user(&karg, sizeof(karg), uarg, size);
> + * if (err)
> + * return err;
> + *
> + * // ...
> + * }
> + *
> + * There are three cases to consider:
> + * * If @usize == @ksize, then it's copied verbatim.
> + * * If @usize < @ksize, then the user space has passed an old struct to a
> + * newer kernel. The rest of the trailing bytes in @dst (@ksize - @usize)
> + * are to be zero-filled.
> + * * If @usize > @ksize, then the user space has passed a new struct to an
> + * older kernel. The trailing bytes unknown to the kernel (@usize - @ksize)
> + * are checked to ensure they are zeroed, otherwise -E2BIG is returned.
> + *
> + * Returns (in all cases, some data may have been copied):
> + * * -E2BIG: (@usize > @ksize) and there are non-zero trailing bytes in @src.
> + * * -E2BIG: @usize is "too big" (at time of writing, >PAGE_SIZE).
> + * * -EFAULT: access to user space failed.
> + */
> +int copy_struct_from_user(void *dst, size_t ksize,
> + const void __user *src, size_t usize)
> +{
> + size_t size = min(ksize, usize);
> + size_t rest = abs(ksize - usize);
> +
> + if (unlikely(usize > PAGE_SIZE))
> + return -EFAULT;

That should be -E2BIG.

> + if (unlikely(!access_ok(src, usize)))
> + return -EFAULT;
> +
> + /* Deal with trailing bytes. */
> + if (usize < ksize)
> + memset(dst + size, 0, rest);

I think kernel style mandates that if one branch in an if-else ladder
requires {} all other must use {} as well. So this should be:

if () {
// one line
} else {
// one line
// another line
}

That's a change in behavior for clone3() and sched at least, no? Unless
- which I guess you might have done - you have moved the "error out when
the struct is too small" part before the call to copy_struct_from_user()
for them.

> + else if (usize > ksize) {
> + const void __user *addr = src + size;
> + char buffer[BUFFER_SIZE] = {};
> +
> + while (rest > 0) {
> + size_t bufsize = min(rest, sizeof(buffer));
> +
> + if (__copy_from_user(buffer, addr, bufsize))
> + return -EFAULT;
> + if (memchr_inv(buffer, 0, bufsize))
> + return -E2BIG;
> +
> + addr += bufsize;
> + rest -= bufsize;
> + }
> + }
> + /* Copy the interoperable parts of the struct. */
> + if (__copy_from_user(dst, src, size))
> + return -EFAULT;
> + return 0;
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(copy_struct_from_user);
> --
> 2.23.0