Re: [PATCH v2 4/6] device-mapper: Avoid double-fetch of version

[Mike Snitzer <snitzer@kernel.org>]

On Sat, Jun 03 2023 at 10:52P -0400,
Demi Marie Obenour <demi@invisiblethingslab.com> wrote:

> The version is fetched once in check_version(), which then does some
> validation and then overwrites the version in userspace with the API
> version supported by the kernel.  copy_params() then fetches the version
> from userspace *again*, and this time no validation is done.  The result
> is that the kernel's version number is completely controllable by
> userspace, provided that userspace can win a race condition.
> 
> Fix this flaw by not copying the version back to the kernel the second
> time.  This is not exploitable as the version is not further used in the
> kernel.  However, it could become a problem if future patches start
> relying on the version field.
> 
> Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2")
> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Demi Marie Obenour <demi@invisiblethingslab.com>
> ---
>  drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c | 30 ++++++++++++++++++------------
>  1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c b/drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c
> index da6ca26b51d0953df380582bb3a51c2ec22c27cb..7510afe237d979a5ee71afe87a20d49f631de1aa 100644
> --- a/drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c
> +++ b/drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c
> @@ -1873,30 +1873,33 @@ static ioctl_fn lookup_ioctl(unsigned int cmd, int *ioctl_flags)
>   * As well as checking the version compatibility this always
>   * copies the kernel interface version out.
>   */
> -static int check_version(unsigned int cmd, struct dm_ioctl __user *user)
> +static int check_version(unsigned int cmd, struct dm_ioctl __user *user,
> +			 struct dm_ioctl *kernel_params)
>  {
> -	uint32_t version[3];
>  	int r = 0;
>  
> -	if (copy_from_user(version, user->version, sizeof(version)))
> +	if (copy_from_user(kernel_params->version, user->version, sizeof(kernel_params->version)))
>  		return -EFAULT;
>  
> -	if ((version[0] != DM_VERSION_MAJOR) ||
> -	    (version[1] > DM_VERSION_MINOR)) {
> +	if ((kernel_params->version[0] != DM_VERSION_MAJOR) ||
> +	    (kernel_params->version[1] > DM_VERSION_MINOR)) {
>  		DMERR("ioctl interface mismatch: kernel(%u.%u.%u), user(%u.%u.%u), cmd(%d)",
>  		      DM_VERSION_MAJOR, DM_VERSION_MINOR,
>  		      DM_VERSION_PATCHLEVEL,
> -		      version[0], version[1], version[2], cmd);
> +		      kernel_params->version[0],
> +		      kernel_params->version[1],
> +		      kernel_params->version[2],
> +		      cmd);
>  		r = -EINVAL;
>  	}
>  
>  	/*
>  	 * Fill in the kernel version.
>  	 */
> -	version[0] = DM_VERSION_MAJOR;
> -	version[1] = DM_VERSION_MINOR;
> -	version[2] = DM_VERSION_PATCHLEVEL;
> -	if (copy_to_user(user->version, version, sizeof(version)))
> +	kernel_params->version[0] = DM_VERSION_MAJOR;
> +	kernel_params->version[1] = DM_VERSION_MINOR;
> +	kernel_params->version[2] = DM_VERSION_PATCHLEVEL;
> +	if (copy_to_user(user->version, kernel_params->version, sizeof(kernel_params->version)))
>  		return -EFAULT;
>  
>  	return r;
> @@ -1922,7 +1925,10 @@ static int copy_params(struct dm_ioctl __user *user, struct dm_ioctl *param_kern
>  	const size_t minimum_data_size = offsetof(struct dm_ioctl, data);
>  	unsigned int noio_flag;
>  
> -	if (copy_from_user(param_kernel, user, minimum_data_size))
> +	/* Version has been copied from userspace already, avoid TOCTOU */
> +	if (copy_from_user((char *)param_kernel + sizeof(param_kernel->version),
> +			   (char __user *)user + sizeof(param_kernel->version),
> +			   minimum_data_size - sizeof(param_kernel->version)))
>  		return -EFAULT;
>  
>  	if (param_kernel->data_size < minimum_data_size) {
> @@ -2034,7 +2040,7 @@ static int ctl_ioctl(struct file *file, uint command, struct dm_ioctl __user *us
>  	 * Check the interface version passed in.  This also
>  	 * writes out the kernel's interface version.
>  	 */
> -	r = check_version(cmd, user);
> +	r = check_version(cmd, user, &param_kernel);
>  	if (r)
>  		return r;
>  

I picked this patch up for 6.5, please see:
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/device-mapper/linux-dm.git/commit/?h=dm-6.5&id=c71878e9982075eab2e9f6dc5a09ba7b60ac1e24

But FYI, I folded these changes in:

diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c b/drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c
index 526464904fc1..b58a15e212a3 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c
@@ -1838,6 +1838,9 @@ static int check_version(unsigned int cmd, struct dm_ioctl __user *user,
 {
 	int r = 0;
 
+	/* Make certain version is first member of dm_ioctl struct */
+	BUILD_BUG_ON(offsetof(struct dm_ioctl, version) != 0);
+
 	if (copy_from_user(kernel_params->version, user->version, sizeof(kernel_params->version)))
 		return -EFAULT;
 
@@ -1885,7 +1888,7 @@ static int copy_params(struct dm_ioctl __user *user, struct dm_ioctl *param_kern
 	const size_t minimum_data_size = offsetof(struct dm_ioctl, data);
 	unsigned int noio_flag;
 
-	/* Version has been copied from userspace already, avoid TOCTOU */
+	/* check_version() already copied version from userspace, avoid TOCTOU */
 	if (copy_from_user((char *)param_kernel + sizeof(param_kernel->version),
 			   (char __user *)user + sizeof(param_kernel->version),
 			   minimum_data_size - sizeof(param_kernel->version)))