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From: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
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	"Christian Brauner (Amutable)" <brauner@kernel.org>,
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Subject: [PATCH v2 29/51] proc: don't walk through a non-directory when resolving a name
Date: Wed,  4 Nov 2026 18:47:15 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261104-work-procfs-bugfixes-v2-29-bbf7d5546809@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261104-work-procfs-bugfixes-v2-0-bbf7d5546809@kernel.org>

__xlate_proc_name() walks the components of a name like "a/b/c" and
takes whatever it finds for "a" and "b" as the directory to go on in.
It never checks that they actually are directories. So
proc_create("file/x") hangs x into the subdir tree of the regular file
"file". Nobody can look x up there, but remove_proc_subtree() on the
file removes and frees x along with it, behind the back of whoever
registered x.

pktgen passes the name the writer of "add_device" picks to
proc_create_data(), and only the part in front of the '@' has to name
a network device:

  echo "add_device lo@"   > /proc/net/pktgen/kpktgend_0
  echo "add_device lo@/x" > /proc/net/pktgen/kpktgend_1
  echo "rem_device_all"   > /proc/net/pktgen/kpktgend_0
  echo "rem_device_all"   > /proc/net/pktgen/kpktgend_1

The third write frees both entries and the fourth one makes kpktgend_1
call proc_remove() on the freed second one:

  BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in proc_remove+0x8f/0xa0
  Read of size 8 at addr ff110001134c8e70 by task kpktgend_1/243
  Call Trace:
   proc_remove+0x8f/0xa0
   pktgen_remove_device.isra.0+0x118/0x500
   pktgen_rem_all_ifs+0xeb/0x1a0
   pktgen_thread_worker+0x1b42/0x7280

The files of a network namespace belong to the root of its user
namespace and these writes don't require a capability. So once pktgen
is loaded an unprivileged user can do this in namespaces of its own.

Treat a component that isn't a directory like one that doesn't exist.
All names with a '/' that the tree passes in as literals only walk
through directories. pktgen is fixed separately to not pass such names
in the first place.

Reported-by: Chris Mason <mason@kernel.org>
Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner (Amutable) <brauner@kernel.org>
---
 fs/proc/generic.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/proc/generic.c b/fs/proc/generic.c
index 4c3fcaf68ef4..6ac9c4c13897 100644
--- a/fs/proc/generic.c
+++ b/fs/proc/generic.c
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ static int __xlate_proc_name(const char *name, struct proc_dir_entry **ret,
 	de = *ret ?: &proc_root;
 	while ((next = strchr(cp, '/')) != NULL) {
 		de = pde_subdir_find(de, cp, next - cp);
-		if (!de) {
+		if (!de || !S_ISDIR(de->mode)) {
 			WARN(1, "name '%s'\n", name);
 			return -ENOENT;
 		}

-- 
2.53.0


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-11-04 17:53 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 42+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <20261104-work-procfs-v2-0-288f0ce32927@kernel.org>
2026-11-04 17:27 ` [PATCH v2 00/51] proc: fix a few old bugs in /proc handlers (Part 1/7) Christian Brauner
2026-11-04 17:27   ` [PATCH v2 01/51] alloc_tag: don't remove /proc/allocinfo under the codetag module lock Christian Brauner
2026-11-04 17:27   ` [PATCH v2 02/51] scsi: esas2r: don't copy kernel pointers out in EXPRESS_IOCTL_GET_MOD_INFO Christian Brauner
2026-11-04 17:27   ` [PATCH v2 03/51] ALSA: cs46xx: hand the region to the region proc files Christian Brauner
2026-11-04 17:27   ` [PATCH v2 04/51] PNP: isapnp: don't go on when isapnp_cfg_begin() fails Christian Brauner
2026-11-04 17:34     ` Rafael J. Wysocki (Intel)
2026-11-04 17:27   ` [PATCH v2 05/51] xtensa: simdisk: remove the proc entry before the disk Christian Brauner
2026-11-04 17:27   ` [PATCH v2 06/51] powerpc/pseries: put the node that the ofdt property commands look up Christian Brauner
2026-11-04 17:27   ` [PATCH v2 07/51] lockd: don't hand out the terminator of nlm_end_grace Christian Brauner
2026-11-04 17:27   ` [PATCH v2 08/51] powerpc/pseries/lparcfg: don't drop the last byte of a write Christian Brauner
2026-11-04 17:27   ` [PATCH v2 09/51] profiling: report it when /proc/profile can't be created Christian Brauner
2026-11-04 17:27   ` [PATCH v2 10/51] zorro: size the proc files like what they serve Christian Brauner
2026-11-04 17:27   ` [PATCH v2 11/51] sparc: led: consume the whole write Christian Brauner
2026-11-04 17:45   ` [PATCH v2 12/51] powerpc/rtas: consume the whole write to /proc/powerpc/rtas/progress Christian Brauner
2026-11-04 17:46   ` [PATCH v2 13/51] sched/psi: don't drop the last byte of a trigger write Christian Brauner
2026-11-04 17:47   ` [PATCH v2 14/51] proc: sysctl: don't stop readdir at an entry that is being unregistered Christian Brauner
2026-11-04 17:47   ` [PATCH v2 15/51] PCI/proc: don't truncate the position of config space accesses Christian Brauner
2026-11-04 17:47   ` [PATCH v2 16/51] PNP: isapnp: don't read past the end of the buffer on a large pread() Christian Brauner
2026-11-04 17:47   ` [PATCH v2 17/51] s390/dasd: don't look in front of the buffer on an empty write Christian Brauner
2026-11-04 17:47   ` [PATCH v2 18/51] platform/x86: toshiba_acpi: reject malformed brightness and fan writes Christian Brauner
2026-11-04 17:47   ` [PATCH v2 19/51] xtensa: simdisk: don't read the file name without the lock Christian Brauner
2026-11-04 17:47   ` [PATCH v2 20/51] powerpc/rtas_flash: don't read past the validate message Christian Brauner
2026-11-04 17:47   ` [PATCH v2 21/51] powerpc/rtasd: zero the error log buffer Christian Brauner
2026-11-04 17:47   ` [PATCH v2 22/51] ALSA: info: don't write past the end of a data entry Christian Brauner
2026-11-04 17:47   ` [PATCH v2 23/51] scsi: BusLogic: don't return 0 from writes to the proc file Christian Brauner
2026-11-04 17:47   ` [PATCH v2 24/51] scsi: ips: " Christian Brauner
2026-11-04 17:47   ` [PATCH v2 25/51] wifi: libipw: don't return 0 from writes to debug_level Christian Brauner
2026-11-04 17:47   ` [PATCH v2 26/51] scsi: core: NUL-terminate what is written to the host proc files Christian Brauner
2026-11-04 17:47   ` [PATCH v2 27/51] um: NUL-terminate what is written to /proc/exitcode Christian Brauner
2026-11-04 17:47   ` [PATCH v2 28/51] ntfs3: don't warn when a huge label is written Christian Brauner
2026-11-04 17:47   ` Christian Brauner [this message]
2026-11-04 17:47   ` [PATCH v2 30/51] net: pktgen: reject device names with a '/' Christian Brauner
2026-11-04 17:47   ` [PATCH v2 31/51] proc: don't WARN about a name that is already registered Christian Brauner
2026-11-04 17:47   ` [PATCH v2 32/51] proc: resume readdir after the last name it returned Christian Brauner
2026-11-04 17:47   ` [PATCH v2 33/51] selftests/proc: check a /proc listing while entries come and go Christian Brauner
2026-11-04 17:47   ` [PATCH v2 34/51] proc: let proc_remove() remove the entry it was given Christian Brauner
2026-11-04 17:47   ` [PATCH v2 35/51] proc: warn about entries left in /proc/net of a dying namespace Christian Brauner
2026-11-04 17:47   ` [PATCH v2 36/51] proc: don't let NOMMU map procfs files Christian Brauner
2026-11-04 17:47   ` [PATCH v2 37/51] proc/vmcore: don't let vmcore_cleanup() run twice at once Christian Brauner
2026-11-04 17:47   ` [PATCH v2 38/51] powerpc/crash_dump: check ioremap_cache() in copy_oldmem_page() Christian Brauner
2026-11-04 17:47   ` [PATCH v2 39/51] powerpc/crash_dump: recover from a machine check " Christian Brauner
2026-11-04 18:40   ` [PATCH v2 00/51] proc: fix a few old bugs in /proc handlers (Part 1/7) Christian Brauner

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