[PATCH v2 3/7] kernel/fork: always deny write access to current MM exe_file

David Hildenbrand
2021-08-16T19:50:35Z

We want to remove VM_DENYWRITE only currently only used when mapping the
executable during exec. During exec, we already deny_write_access() the
executable, however, after exec completes the VMAs mapped
with VM_DENYWRITE effectively keeps write access denied via
deny_write_access().

Let's deny write access when setting or replacing the MM exe_file. With
this change, we can remove VM_DENYWRITE for mapping executables.

Make set_mm_exe_file() return an error in case deny_write_access()
fails; note that this should never happen, because exec code does a
deny_write_access() early and keeps write access denied when calling
set_mm_exe_file. However, it makes the code easier to read and makes
set_mm_exe_file() and replace_mm_exe_file() look more similar.

This represents a minor user space visible change:
sys_prctl(PR_SET_MM_MAP/EXE_FILE) can now fail if the file is already
opened writable. Also, after sys_prctl(PR_SET_MM_MAP/EXE_FILE) the file
cannot be opened writable. Note that we can already fail with -EACCES if
the file doesn't have execute permissions.

Acked-by: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com>
Signed-off-by: David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>
---
fs/exec.c | 4 +++-
include/linux/mm.h | 2 +-
kernel/fork.c | 50 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------
3 files changed, 48 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/exec.c b/fs/exec.c
index 38f63451b928..9294049f5487 100644
--- a/fs/exec.c
+++ b/fs/exec.c
@@ -1270,7 +1270,9 @@ int begin_new_exec(struct linux_binprm * bprm)
* not visibile until then. This also enables the update
* to be lockless.
*/
- set_mm_exe_file(bprm->mm, bprm->file);
+ retval = set_mm_exe_file(bprm->mm, bprm->file);
+ if (retval)
+ goto out;

/* If the binary is not readable then enforce mm->dumpable=0 */
would_dump(bprm, bprm->file);
diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
index 48c6fa9ab792..56b1cd41db61 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm.h
@@ -2580,7 +2580,7 @@ static inline int check_data_rlimit(unsigned long rlim,
extern int mm_take_all_locks(struct mm_struct *mm);
extern void mm_drop_all_locks(struct mm_struct *mm);

-extern void set_mm_exe_file(struct mm_struct *mm, struct file *new_exe_file);
+extern int set_mm_exe_file(struct mm_struct *mm, struct file *new_exe_file);
extern int replace_mm_exe_file(struct mm_struct *mm, struct file *new_exe_file);
extern struct file *get_mm_exe_file(struct mm_struct *mm);
extern struct file *get_task_exe_file(struct task_struct *task);
diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
index eedce5c77041..543541764865 100644
--- a/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -470,6 +470,20 @@ void free_task(struct task_struct *tsk)
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(free_task);

+static void dup_mm_exe_file(struct mm_struct *mm, struct mm_struct *oldmm)
+{
+ struct file *exe_file;
+
+ exe_file = get_mm_exe_file(oldmm);
+ RCU_INIT_POINTER(mm->exe_file, exe_file);
+ /*
+ * We depend on the oldmm having properly denied write access to the
+ * exe_file already.
+ */
+ if (exe_file && deny_write_access(exe_file))
+ pr_warn_once("deny_write_access() failed in %s\n", __func__);
+}
+
#ifdef CONFIG_MMU
static __latent_entropy int dup_mmap(struct mm_struct *mm,
struct mm_struct *oldmm)
@@ -493,7 +507,7 @@ static __latent_entropy int dup_mmap(struct mm_struct *mm,
mmap_write_lock_nested(mm, SINGLE_DEPTH_NESTING);

/* No ordering required: file already has been exposed. */
- RCU_INIT_POINTER(mm->exe_file, get_mm_exe_file(oldmm));
+ dup_mm_exe_file(mm, oldmm);

mm->total_vm = oldmm->total_vm;
mm->data_vm = oldmm->data_vm;
@@ -639,7 +653,7 @@ static inline void mm_free_pgd(struct mm_struct *mm)
static int dup_mmap(struct mm_struct *mm, struct mm_struct *oldmm)
{
mmap_write_lock(oldmm);
- RCU_INIT_POINTER(mm->exe_file, get_mm_exe_file(oldmm));
+ dup_mm_exe_file(mm, oldmm);
mmap_write_unlock(oldmm);
return 0;
}
@@ -1149,8 +1163,10 @@ void mmput_async(struct mm_struct *mm)
* Main users are mmput() and sys_execve(). Callers prevent concurrent
* invocations: in mmput() nobody alive left, in execve task is single
* threaded.
+ *
+ * Can only fail if new_exe_file != NULL.
*/
-void set_mm_exe_file(struct mm_struct *mm, struct file *new_exe_file)
+int set_mm_exe_file(struct mm_struct *mm, struct file *new_exe_file)
{
struct file *old_exe_file;

@@ -1161,11 +1177,21 @@ void set_mm_exe_file(struct mm_struct *mm, struct file *new_exe_file)
*/
old_exe_file = rcu_dereference_raw(mm->exe_file);

- if (new_exe_file)
+ if (new_exe_file) {
+ /*
+ * We expect the caller (i.e., sys_execve) to already denied
+ * write access, so this is unlikely to fail.
+ */
+ if (unlikely(deny_write_access(new_exe_file)))
+ return -EACCES;
get_file(new_exe_file);
+ }
rcu_assign_pointer(mm->exe_file, new_exe_file);
- if (old_exe_file)
+ if (old_exe_file) {
+ allow_write_access(old_exe_file);
fput(old_exe_file);
+ }
+ return 0;
}

/**
@@ -1201,10 +1227,22 @@ int replace_mm_exe_file(struct mm_struct *mm, struct file *new_exe_file)
}

/* set the new file, lockless */
+ ret = deny_write_access(new_exe_file);
+ if (ret)
+ return -EACCES;
get_file(new_exe_file);
+
old_exe_file = xchg(&mm->exe_file, new_exe_file);
- if (old_exe_file)
+ if (old_exe_file) {
+ /*
+ * Don't race with dup_mmap() getting the file and disallowing
+ * write access while someone might open the file writable.
+ */
+ mmap_read_lock(mm);
+ allow_write_access(old_exe_file);
fput(old_exe_file);
+ mmap_read_unlock(mm);
+ }
return 0;
}

--
2.31.1