From: Pasha Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@soleen.com>
To: Pratyush Yadav <pratyush@kernel.org>
Cc: Hugh Dickins <hughd@google.com>,
Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@linux.alibaba.com>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
Jeff Xu <jeffxu@google.com>, Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>,
linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Pasha Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@soleen.com>,
Brendan Jackman <jackmanb@google.com>,
Greg Thelen <gthelen@google.com>,
stable@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] memfd: deny writeable mappings when implying SEAL_WRITE
Date: Tue, 5 May 2026 15:27:55 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <afoMad-xL2bh0SZV@plex> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260505133922.797635-1-pratyush@kernel.org>
On 05-05 15:39, Pratyush Yadav wrote:
> From: "Pratyush Yadav (Google)" <pratyush@kernel.org>
>
> When SEAL_EXEC is added, SEAL_WRITE is implied to make W^X. But the
> implied seal is set after the check that makes sure the memfd can not
> have any writable mappings. This means one can use SEAL_EXEC to apply
> SEAL_WRITE while having writeable mappings.
>
> This breaks the contract that SEAL_WRITE provides and can be used by an
> attacker to pass a memfd that appears to be write sealed but can still
> be modified arbitrarily.
>
> Fix this by adding the implied seals before the call for
> mapping_deny_writable() is done.
>
> Fixes: c4f75bc8bd6b ("mm/memfd: add write seals when apply SEAL_EXEC to executable memfd")
> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Pratyush Yadav (Google) <pratyush@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Pasha Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@soleen.com>
> ---
> mm/memfd.c | 12 ++++++------
> 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/mm/memfd.c b/mm/memfd.c
> index fb425f4e315f..abe13b291ddc 100644
> --- a/mm/memfd.c
> +++ b/mm/memfd.c
> @@ -283,6 +283,12 @@ int memfd_add_seals(struct file *file, unsigned int seals)
> goto unlock;
> }
>
> + /*
> + * SEAL_EXEC implies SEAL_WRITE, making W^X from the start.
> + */
> + if (seals & F_SEAL_EXEC && inode->i_mode & 0111)
> + seals |= F_SEAL_SHRINK|F_SEAL_GROW|F_SEAL_WRITE|F_SEAL_FUTURE_WRITE;
> +
> if ((seals & F_SEAL_WRITE) && !(*file_seals & F_SEAL_WRITE)) {
> error = mapping_deny_writable(file->f_mapping);
> if (error)
> @@ -295,12 +301,6 @@ int memfd_add_seals(struct file *file, unsigned int seals)
> }
> }
>
> - /*
> - * SEAL_EXEC implies SEAL_WRITE, making W^X from the start.
> - */
> - if (seals & F_SEAL_EXEC && inode->i_mode & 0111)
> - seals |= F_SEAL_SHRINK|F_SEAL_GROW|F_SEAL_WRITE|F_SEAL_FUTURE_WRITE;
> -
> *file_seals |= seals;
> error = 0;
>
> --
> 2.54.0.545.g6539524ca2-goog
>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-05-05 15:27 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-05-05 13:39 [PATCH] memfd: deny writeable mappings when implying SEAL_WRITE Pratyush Yadav
2026-05-05 15:27 ` Pasha Tatashin [this message]
2026-05-05 15:37 ` Pasha Tatashin
2026-05-05 15:52 ` Pasha Tatashin
2026-05-05 23:54 ` Jeff Xu
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