[added to the 3.18 stable tree] IB/security: Restrict use of the write() interface

Sasha Levin
2016-05-19T04:17:47Z

From: Jason Gunthorpe <jgunthorpe@obsidianresearch.com>

This patch has been added to the 3.18 stable tree. If you have any
objections, please let us know.

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[ Upstream commit e6bd18f57aad1a2d1ef40e646d03ed0f2515c9e3 ]

The drivers/infiniband stack uses write() as a replacement for
bi-directional ioctl(). This is not safe. There are ways to
trigger write calls that result in the return structure that
is normally written to user space being shunted off to user
specified kernel memory instead.

For the immediate repair, detect and deny suspicious accesses to
the write API.

For long term, update the user space libraries and the kernel API
to something that doesn't present the same security vulnerabilities
(likely a structured ioctl() interface).

The impacted uAPI interfaces are generally only available if
hardware from drivers/infiniband is installed in the system.

Reported-by: Jann Horn <jann@thejh.net>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Jason Gunthorpe <jgunthorpe@obsidianresearch.com>
[ Expanded check to all known write() entry points ]
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Doug Ledford <dledford@redhat.com>

Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sasha.levin@oracle.com>
---
drivers/infiniband/core/ucm.c | 4 ++++
drivers/infiniband/core/ucma.c | 3 +++
drivers/infiniband/core/uverbs_main.c | 5 +++++
drivers/infiniband/hw/qib/qib_file_ops.c | 5 +++++
include/rdma/ib.h | 16 ++++++++++++++++
5 files changed, 33 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/ucm.c b/drivers/infiniband/core/ucm.c
index f2f6393..5befec1 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/core/ucm.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/ucm.c
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@

#include <asm/uaccess.h>

+#include <rdma/ib.h>
#include <rdma/ib_cm.h>
#include <rdma/ib_user_cm.h>
#include <rdma/ib_marshall.h>
@@ -1104,6 +1105,9 @@ static ssize_t ib_ucm_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *buf,
struct ib_ucm_cmd_hdr hdr;
ssize_t result;

+ if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!ib_safe_file_access(filp)))
+ return -EACCES;
+
if (len < sizeof(hdr))
return -EINVAL;

diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/ucma.c b/drivers/infiniband/core/ucma.c
index 45d67e9..81dd84d 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/core/ucma.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/ucma.c
@@ -1487,6 +1487,9 @@ static ssize_t ucma_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *buf,
struct rdma_ucm_cmd_hdr hdr;
ssize_t ret;

+ if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!ib_safe_file_access(filp)))
+ return -EACCES;
+
if (len < sizeof(hdr))
return -EINVAL;

diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/uverbs_main.c b/drivers/infiniband/core/uverbs_main.c
index d3abb7e..c221310 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/core/uverbs_main.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/uverbs_main.c
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@

#include <asm/uaccess.h>

+#include <rdma/ib.h>
+
#include "uverbs.h"

MODULE_AUTHOR("Roland Dreier");
@@ -610,6 +612,9 @@ static ssize_t ib_uverbs_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *buf,
struct ib_uverbs_cmd_hdr hdr;
__u32 flags;

+ if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!ib_safe_file_access(filp)))
+ return -EACCES;
+
if (count < sizeof hdr)
return -EINVAL;

diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/qib/qib_file_ops.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/qib/qib_file_ops.c
index b15e34e..3ab8229 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/qib/qib_file_ops.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/qib/qib_file_ops.c
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@
#include <linux/delay.h>
#include <linux/export.h>

+#include <rdma/ib.h>
+
#include "qib.h"
#include "qib_common.h"
#include "qib_user_sdma.h"
@@ -2058,6 +2060,9 @@ static ssize_t qib_write(struct file *fp, const char __user *data,
ssize_t ret = 0;
void *dest;

+ if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!ib_safe_file_access(fp)))
+ return -EACCES;
+
if (count < sizeof(cmd.type)) {
ret = -EINVAL;
goto bail;
diff --git a/include/rdma/ib.h b/include/rdma/ib.h
index cf8f9e7..a6b9370 100644
--- a/include/rdma/ib.h
+++ b/include/rdma/ib.h
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
#define _RDMA_IB_H

#include <linux/types.h>
+#include <linux/sched.h>

struct ib_addr {
union {
@@ -86,4 +87,19 @@ struct sockaddr_ib {
__u64 sib_scope_id;
};

+/*
+ * The IB interfaces that use write() as bi-directional ioctl() are
+ * fundamentally unsafe, since there are lots of ways to trigger "write()"
+ * calls from various contexts with elevated privileges. That includes the
+ * traditional suid executable error message writes, but also various kernel
+ * interfaces that can write to file descriptors.
+ *
+ * This function provides protection for the legacy API by restricting the
+ * calling context.
+ */
+static inline bool ib_safe_file_access(struct file *filp)
+{
+ return filp->f_cred == current_cred() && segment_eq(get_fs(), USER_DS);
+}
+
#endif /* _RDMA_IB_H */
--
2.5.0