Re: [PATCH v3] virtiofsd: prevent opening of special files (CVE-2020-35517)

[Greg Kurz <groug@kaod.org>]

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On Wed, 27 Jan 2021 14:14:30 +0000
Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com> wrote:

> On Wed, Jan 27, 2021 at 02:01:54PM +0100, Miklos Szeredi wrote:
> > On Wed, Jan 27, 2021 at 12:21 PM Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com> wrote:
> >               }
> > > @@ -1654,9 +1677,11 @@ static void update_open_flags(int writeback, int allow_direct_io,
> > >  static void lo_create(fuse_req_t req, fuse_ino_t parent, const char *name,
> > >                        mode_t mode, struct fuse_file_info *fi)
> > >  {
> > > +    int open_flags = (fi->flags | O_CREAT) & ~O_NOFOLLOW;
> > >      int fd;
> > >      struct lo_data *lo = lo_data(req);
> > >      struct lo_inode *parent_inode;
> > > +    struct lo_inode *existing_inode = NULL;
> > >      struct fuse_entry_param e;
> > >      int err;
> > >      struct lo_cred old = {};
> > > @@ -1682,11 +1707,23 @@ static void lo_create(fuse_req_t req, fuse_ino_t parent, const char *name,
> > >
> > >      update_open_flags(lo->writeback, lo->allow_direct_io, fi);
> > >
> > > -    fd = openat(parent_inode->fd, name, (fi->flags | O_CREAT) & ~O_NOFOLLOW,
> > > -                mode);
> > > +    /* First, try to create a new file but don't open existing files */
> > > +    fd = openat(parent_inode->fd, name, open_flags | O_EXCL, mode);
> > >      err = fd == -1 ? errno : 0;
> > > +
> > >      lo_restore_cred(&old);
> > >
> > > +    /* Second, open existing files if O_EXCL was not specified */
> > > +    if (err == EEXIST && !(fi->flags & O_EXCL)) {
> > > +        existing_inode = lookup_name(req, parent, name);
> > > +        if (existing_inode) {
> > > +            fd = lo_inode_open(lo, existing_inode, open_flags);
> > > +            if (fd < 0) {
> > > +                err = -fd;
> > > +            }
> > > +        }
> > > +    }
> > > +
> > >      if (!err) {
> > >          ssize_t fh;
> > 
> > It's more of a mess than I thought.
> > 
> > The problem here is there can also be a race between the open and the
> > subsequent lo_do_lookup().
> > 
> > At this point it's probably enough to verify that fuse_entry_param
> > refers to the same object as the fh (using fstat and comparing st_dev
> > and st_ino).
> 
> Can you describe the race in detail? FUSE_CREATE vs FUSE_OPEN?
> FUSE_CREATE vs FUSE_CREATE?
> 
> > Also O_CREAT open is not supposed to return ENOENT, so failure to open
> > without O_CREAT (race between O_CREAT open and plain open) should at
> > least translate error to ESTALE or EIO.
> 
> Thanks, will fix.
> 

Please wait, as explained in another mail, ENOENT can happen with
O_CREAT and guest userspace should be ready to handle it.

> Sstefan


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