[ 17/80] exec: do not leave bprm->interp on stack

Greg Kroah-Hartman
2013-01-09T20:38:04Z

From: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>

commit b66c5984017533316fd1951770302649baf1aa33 upstream.

If a series of scripts are executed, each triggering module loading via
unprintable bytes in the script header, kernel stack contents can leak
into the command line.

Normally execution of binfmt_script and binfmt_misc happens recursively.
However, when modules are enabled, and unprintable bytes exist in the
bprm->buf, execution will restart after attempting to load matching
binfmt modules. Unfortunately, the logic in binfmt_script and
binfmt_misc does not expect to get restarted. They leave bprm->interp
pointing to their local stack. This means on restart bprm->interp is
left pointing into unused stack memory which can then be copied into the
userspace argv areas.

After additional study, it seems that both recursion and restart remains
the desirable way to handle exec with scripts, misc, and modules. As
such, we need to protect the changes to interp.

This changes the logic to require allocation for any changes to the
bprm->interp. To avoid adding a new kmalloc to every exec, the default
value is left as-is. Only when passing through binfmt_script or
binfmt_misc does an allocation take place.

For a proof of concept, see DoTest.sh from:

http://www.halfdog.net/Security/2012/LinuxKernelBinfmtScriptStackDataDisclosure/

Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Cc: halfdog <me@halfdog.net>
Cc: P J P <ppandit@redhat.com>
Cc: Alexander Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>

---
fs/binfmt_misc.c | 5 ++++-
fs/binfmt_script.c | 4 +++-
fs/exec.c | 15 +++++++++++++++
include/linux/binfmts.h | 1 +
4 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

--- a/fs/binfmt_misc.c
+++ b/fs/binfmt_misc.c
@@ -176,7 +176,10 @@ static int load_misc_binary(struct linux
goto _error;
bprm->argc ++;

- bprm->interp = iname; /* for binfmt_script */
+ /* Update interp in case binfmt_script needs it. */
+ retval = bprm_change_interp(iname, bprm);
+ if (retval < 0)
+ goto _error;

interp_file = open_exec (iname);
retval = PTR_ERR (interp_file);
--- a/fs/binfmt_script.c
+++ b/fs/binfmt_script.c
@@ -82,7 +82,9 @@ static int load_script(struct linux_binp
retval = copy_strings_kernel(1, &i_name, bprm);
if (retval) return retval;
bprm->argc++;
- bprm->interp = interp;
+ retval = bprm_change_interp(interp, bprm);
+ if (retval < 0)
+ return retval;

/*
* OK, now restart the process with the interpreter's dentry.
--- a/fs/exec.c
+++ b/fs/exec.c
@@ -1206,9 +1206,24 @@ void free_bprm(struct linux_binprm *bprm
mutex_unlock(&current->signal->cred_guard_mutex);
abort_creds(bprm->cred);
}
+ /* If a binfmt changed the interp, free it. */
+ if (bprm->interp != bprm->filename)
+ kfree(bprm->interp);
kfree(bprm);
}

+int bprm_change_interp(char *interp, struct linux_binprm *bprm)
+{
+ /* If a binfmt changed the interp, free it first. */
+ if (bprm->interp != bprm->filename)
+ kfree(bprm->interp);
+ bprm->interp = kstrdup(interp, GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (!bprm->interp)
+ return -ENOMEM;
+ return 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(bprm_change_interp);
+
/*
* install the new credentials for this executable
*/
--- a/include/linux/binfmts.h
+++ b/include/linux/binfmts.h
@@ -128,6 +128,7 @@ extern int setup_arg_pages(struct linux_
unsigned long stack_top,
int executable_stack);
extern int bprm_mm_init(struct linux_binprm *bprm);
+extern int bprm_change_interp(char *interp, struct linux_binprm *bprm);
extern int copy_strings_kernel(int argc, const char *const *argv,
struct linux_binprm *bprm);
extern int prepare_bprm_creds(struct linux_binprm *bprm);