Re: [PATCH RESEND v3 1/4] lib: introduce copy_struct_from_user() helper

Aleksa Sarai
2019-10-01T00:26:48Z

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On 2019-09-30, Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 01, 2019 at 05:15:23AM +1000, Aleksa Sarai wrote:
> > From: Aleksa Sarai <cyphar@cyphar.com>
> >
> > 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).
> >
> > While this interface exists for communication in both directions, only
> > one interface is straightforward to have reasonable semantics for
> > (userspace passing a struct to the kernel). For kernel returns to
> > userspace, what the correct semantics are (whether there should be an
> > error if userspace is unaware of a new extension) is very
> > syscall-dependent and thus probably cannot be unified between syscalls
> > (a good example of this problem is [1]).
> >
> > Previously there was no common lib/ function that implemented
> > the necessary extension-checking semantics (and different syscalls
> > implemented them slightly differently or incompletely[2]). Future
> > patches replace common uses of this pattern to make use of
> > copy_struct_from_user().
> >
> > Some in-kernel selftests that insure that the handling of alignment and
> > various byte patterns are all handled identically to memchr_inv() usage.
> >
> > [1]: commit 1251201c0d34 ("sched/core: Fix uclamp ABI bug, clean up and
> > robustify sched_read_attr() ABI logic and code")
> >
> > [2]: 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/bitops.h | 7 +++
> > include/linux/uaccess.h | 4 ++
> > lib/strnlen_user.c | 8 +--
> > lib/test_user_copy.c | 133 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
> > lib/usercopy.c | 123 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> > 5 files changed, 262 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/include/linux/bitops.h b/include/linux/bitops.h
> > index cf074bce3eb3..c94a9ff9f082 100644
> > --- a/include/linux/bitops.h
> > +++ b/include/linux/bitops.h
> > @@ -4,6 +4,13 @@
> > #include <asm/types.h>
> > #include <linux/bits.h>
> >
> > +/* Set bits in the first 'n' bytes when loaded from memory */
> > +#ifdef __LITTLE_ENDIAN
> > +# define aligned_byte_mask(n) ((1UL << 8*(n))-1)
> > +#else
> > +# define aligned_byte_mask(n) (~0xffUL << (BITS_PER_LONG - 8 - 8*(n)))
> > +#endif
> > +
> > #define BITS_PER_TYPE(type) (sizeof(type) * BITS_PER_BYTE)
> > #define BITS_TO_LONGS(nr) DIV_ROUND_UP(nr, BITS_PER_TYPE(long))
> >
> > diff --git a/include/linux/uaccess.h b/include/linux/uaccess.h
> > index 70bbdc38dc37..94f20e6ec6ab 100644
> > --- a/include/linux/uaccess.h
> > +++ b/include/linux/uaccess.h
> > @@ -231,6 +231,10 @@ __copy_from_user_inatomic_nocache(void *to, const void __user *from,
> >
> > #endif /* ARCH_HAS_NOCACHE_UACCESS */
> >
> > +extern int check_zeroed_user(const void __user *from, size_t size);
> > +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/strnlen_user.c b/lib/strnlen_user.c
> > index 28ff554a1be8..6c0005d5dd5c 100644
> > --- a/lib/strnlen_user.c
> > +++ b/lib/strnlen_user.c
> > @@ -3,16 +3,10 @@
> > #include <linux/export.h>
> > #include <linux/uaccess.h>
> > #include <linux/mm.h>
> > +#include <linux/bitops.h>
> >
> > #include <asm/word-at-a-time.h>
> >
> > -/* Set bits in the first 'n' bytes when loaded from memory */
> > -#ifdef __LITTLE_ENDIAN
> > -# define aligned_byte_mask(n) ((1ul << 8*(n))-1)
> > -#else
> > -# define aligned_byte_mask(n) (~0xfful << (BITS_PER_LONG - 8 - 8*(n)))
> > -#endif
> > -
> > /*
> > * Do a strnlen, return length of string *with* final '\0'.
> > * 'count' is the user-supplied count, while 'max' is the
> > diff --git a/lib/test_user_copy.c b/lib/test_user_copy.c
> > index 67bcd5dfd847..3a17f71029bb 100644
> > --- a/lib/test_user_copy.c
> > +++ b/lib/test_user_copy.c
> > @@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
> > #include <linux/slab.h>
> > #include <linux/uaccess.h>
> > #include <linux/vmalloc.h>
> > +#include <linux/random.h>
> >
> > /*
> > * Several 32-bit architectures support 64-bit {get,put}_user() calls.
> > @@ -31,14 +32,129 @@
> > # define TEST_U64
> > #endif
> >
> > -#define test(condition, msg) \
> > -({ \
> > - int cond = (condition); \
> > - if (cond) \
> > - pr_warn("%s\n", msg); \
> > - cond; \
> > +#define test(condition, msg, ...) \
> > +({ \
> > + int cond = (condition); \
> > + if (cond) \
> > + pr_warn("[%d] " msg "\n", __LINE__, ##__VA_ARGS__); \
> > + cond; \
> > })
> >
> > +static bool is_zeroed(void *from, size_t size)
> > +{
> > + return memchr_inv(from, 0x0, size) == NULL;
> > +}
> > +
> > +static int test_check_nonzero_user(char *kmem, char __user *umem, size_t size)
> > +{
> > + int ret = 0;
> > + size_t start, end, i;
> > + size_t zero_start = size / 4;
> > + size_t zero_end = size - zero_start;
> > +
> > + /*
> > + * We conduct a series of check_nonzero_user() tests on a block of memory
> > + * with the following byte-pattern (trying every possible [start,end]
> > + * pair):
> > + *
> > + * [ 00 ff 00 ff ... 00 00 00 00 ... ff 00 ff 00 ]
> > + *
> > + * And we verify that check_nonzero_user() acts identically to memchr_inv().
> > + */
> > +
> > + memset(kmem, 0x0, size);
> > + for (i = 1; i < zero_start; i += 2)
> > + kmem[i] = 0xff;
> > + for (i = zero_end; i < size; i += 2)
> > + kmem[i] = 0xff;
> > +
> > + ret |= test(copy_to_user(umem, kmem, size),
> > + "legitimate copy_to_user failed");
> > +
> > + for (start = 0; start <= size; start++) {
> > + for (end = start; end <= size; end++) {
> > + size_t len = end - start;
> > + int retval = check_zeroed_user(umem + start, len);
> > + int expected = is_zeroed(kmem + start, len);
> > +
> > + ret |= test(retval != expected,
> > + "check_nonzero_user(=%d) != memchr_inv(=%d) mismatch (start=%zu, end=%zu)",
> > + retval, expected, start, end);
> > + }
> > + }
> > +
> > + return ret;
> > +}
> > +
> > +static int test_copy_struct_from_user(char *kmem, char __user *umem,
> > + size_t size)
> > +{
> > + int ret = 0;
> > + char *rand = NULL, *expected = NULL;
> > + size_t ksize, usize;
> > +
> > + rand = kmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
> > + if (ret |= test(rand == NULL, "kmalloc failed"))
> > + goto out_free;
> > +
> > + expected = kmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
> > + if (ret |= test(expected == NULL, "kmalloc failed"))
> > + goto out_free;
> > +
> > + /* Fill umem with random bytes. */
> > + memset(kmem, 0x0, size);
> > + prandom_bytes(rand, size);
>
> I don't really like using random() in tests on the chance that we get
> failures we can't reproduced. If you want to do this (instead of using a
> byte-fill pattern), you need to dump the entire state of the memory
> region. Why not just memset(rand, 0xff, ...)? (And obviously rename
> "rand")

Fair enough.

> > + ret |= test(copy_to_user(umem, rand, size),
> > + "legitimate copy_to_user failed");
> > +
> > + /* Check basic case -- (usize == ksize). */
> > + ksize = size;
> > + usize = size;
>
> I'd move the memset(kmem, 0x0, size); down to here.
>
> > + memcpy(expected, rand, ksize);
> > +
> > + ret |= test(copy_struct_from_user(kmem, ksize, umem, usize),
> > + "copy_struct_from_user(usize == ksize) failed");
> > + ret |= test(memcmp(kmem, expected, ksize),
> > + "copy_struct_from_user(usize == ksize) gives unexpected copy");
> > +
> > + /* Old userspace case -- (usize < ksize). */
> > + ksize = size;
> > + usize = ksize / 2;
> > +
>
> I would expect memset(kmem, 0x0, size); again here since a new test of
> that region is starting.
>
> > + memcpy(expected, rand, usize);
> > + memset(expected + usize, 0x0, ksize - usize);
> > +
> > + ret |= test(copy_struct_from_user(kmem, ksize, umem, usize),
> > + "copy_struct_from_user(usize < ksize) failed");
> > + ret |= test(memcmp(kmem, expected, ksize),
> > + "copy_struct_from_user(usize < ksize) gives unexpected copy");
> > +
> > + /* New userspace (-E2BIG) case -- (usize > ksize). */
> > + usize = size;
> > + ksize = usize / 2;
>
> and here?
>
> > +
> > + ret |= test(copy_struct_from_user(kmem, ksize, umem, usize) != -E2BIG,
> > + "copy_struct_from_user(usize > ksize) didn't give E2BIG");
> > +
> > + /* New userspace (success) case -- (usize > ksize). */
> > + usize = size;
> > + ksize = usize / 2;
> > +
>
> and here?

Will do all of the above.

> > + memcpy(expected, rand, ksize);
> > +
> > + ret |= test(clear_user(umem + ksize, usize - ksize),
> > + "legitimate clear_user failed");
> > + ret |= test(copy_struct_from_user(kmem, ksize, umem, usize),
> > + "copy_struct_from_user(usize > ksize) failed");
> > + ret |= test(memcmp(kmem, expected, ksize),
> > + "copy_struct_from_user(usize > ksize) gives unexpected copy");
> > +
> > +out_free:
> > + kfree(expected);
> > + kfree(rand);
> > + return ret;
> > +}
> > +
> > static int __init test_user_copy_init(void)
> > {
> > int ret = 0;
> > @@ -106,6 +222,11 @@ static int __init test_user_copy_init(void)
> > #endif
> > #undef test_legit
> >
> > + /* Test usage of check_nonzero_user(). */
> > + ret |= test_check_nonzero_user(kmem, usermem, 2 * PAGE_SIZE);
> > + /* Test usage of copy_struct_from_user(). */
> > + ret |= test_copy_struct_from_user(kmem, usermem, 2 * PAGE_SIZE);
> > +
> > /*
> > * Invalid usage: none of these copies should succeed.
> > */
> > diff --git a/lib/usercopy.c b/lib/usercopy.c
> > index c2bfbcaeb3dc..cf7f854ed9c8 100644
> > --- a/lib/usercopy.c
> > +++ b/lib/usercopy.c
> > @@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
> > // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> > #include <linux/uaccess.h>
> > +#include <linux/bitops.h>
> >
> > /* out-of-line parts */
> >
> > @@ -31,3 +32,125 @@ unsigned long _copy_to_user(void __user *to, const void *from, unsigned long n)
> > }
> > EXPORT_SYMBOL(_copy_to_user);
> > #endif
> > +
> > +/**
> > + * check_zeroed_user: check if a userspace buffer only contains zero bytes
> > + * @from: Source address, in userspace.
> > + * @size: Size of buffer.
> > + *
> > + * This is effectively shorthand for "memchr_inv(from, 0, size) == NULL" for
> > + * userspace addresses (and is more efficient because we don't care where the
> > + * first non-zero byte is).
> > + *
> > + * Returns:
> > + * * 0: There were non-zero bytes present in the buffer.
> > + * * 1: The buffer was full of zero bytes.
> > + * * -EFAULT: access to userspace failed.
> > + */
> > +int check_zeroed_user(const void __user *from, size_t size)
> > +{
> > + unsigned long val;
> > + uintptr_t align = (uintptr_t) from % sizeof(unsigned long);
> > +
> > + if (unlikely(size == 0))
> > + return 1;
> > +
> > + from -= align;
> > + size += align;
> > +
> > + if (!user_access_begin(from, size))
> > + return -EFAULT;
> > +
> > + unsafe_get_user(val, (unsigned long __user *) from, err_fault);
> > + if (align)
> > + val &= ~aligned_byte_mask(align);
> > +
> > + while (size > sizeof(unsigned long)) {
> > + if (unlikely(val))
> > + goto done;
> > +
> > + from += sizeof(unsigned long);
> > + size -= sizeof(unsigned long);
> > +
> > + unsafe_get_user(val, (unsigned long __user *) from, err_fault);
> > + }
> > +
> > + if (size < sizeof(unsigned long))
> > + val &= aligned_byte_mask(size);
> > +
> > +done:
> > + user_access_end();
> > + return (val == 0);
> > +err_fault:
> > + user_access_end();
> > + return -EFAULT;
> > +}
> > +EXPORT_SYMBOL(check_zeroed_user);
> > +
> > +/**
> > + * copy_struct_from_user: copy a struct from userspace
> > + * @dst: Destination address, in kernel space. This buffer must be @ksize
> > + * bytes long.
> > + * @ksize: Size of @dst struct.
> > + * @src: Source address, in userspace.
> > + * @usize: (Alleged) size of @src struct.
> > + *
> > + * Copies a struct from userspace 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 userspace.
> > + * The recommended usage is something like the following:
> > + *
> > + * SYSCALL_DEFINE2(foobar, const struct foo __user *, uarg, size_t, usize)
> > + * {
> > + * int err;
> > + * struct foo karg = {};
> > + *
> > + * if (usize > PAGE_SIZE)
> > + * return -E2BIG;
> > + * if (usize < FOO_SIZE_VER0)
> > + * return -EINVAL;
> > + *
> > + * err = copy_struct_from_user(&karg, sizeof(karg), uarg, usize);
> > + * if (err)
> > + * return err;
> > + *
> > + * // ...
> > + * }
> > + *
> > + * There are three cases to consider:
> > + * * If @usize == @ksize, then it's copied verbatim.
> > + * * If @usize < @ksize, then the userspace 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 userspace 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.
> > + * * -EFAULT: access to userspace failed.
> > + */
> > +int copy_struct_from_user(void *dst, size_t ksize,
> > + const void __user *src, size_t usize)
>
> I'd like to see this be marked __always_inline so the dst type is known
> to the compiler during the copy_from_user() size sanity checks, etc.

Sure, will do. I'll put it in uaccess.h.

> > +{
> > + size_t size = min(ksize, usize);
> > + size_t rest = max(ksize, usize) - size;
> > +
> > + /* Deal with trailing bytes. */
> > + if (usize < ksize) {
> > + memset(dst + size, 0, rest);
> > + } else if (usize > ksize) {
> > + int ret = check_zeroed_user(src + size, rest);
> > + if (ret <= 0)
> > + return ret ?: -E2BIG;
> > + }
> > + /* 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

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Aleksa Sarai
Senior Software Engineer (Containers)
SUSE Linux GmbH
<https://www.cyphar.com/>

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