From: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
To: stable@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Dominik Maier <dmnk@google.com>, Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>,
Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 5.10.y] loop: check for read-write open mode on LOOP_SET_STATUS in lo_compat_ioctl()
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2026 09:45:20 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261111143400.1667764-1-sashal@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261107062925-failed-5.10-87409eedc543@kernel.org>
From: Dominik Maier <dmnk@google.com>
[ Upstream commit 87409eedc543d288cdd49c2174f7d61eca7b8db5 ]
lo_ioctl() checks for (mode & BLK_OPEN_WRITE) || capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN)
before allowing LOOP_SET_STATUS or LOOP_SET_STATUS64, but not
lo_compat_ioctl(), the handler used by 32-bit user space on 64-bit
kernels.
As a result, on 64-bit kernels with CONFIG_COMPAT=y, a 32-bit
unprivileged user-space process holding a read-only (O_RDONLY) file
descriptor to an active /dev/loopN device can issue a compat
LOOP_SET_STATUS ioctl to modify lo_offset, clear lo_sizelimit to 0
(exposing backing-file data past the configured limit), or alter
lo_flags.
Enforce the same (mode & BLK_OPEN_WRITE) || capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN) check
on LOOP_SET_STATUS in lo_compat_ioctl().
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Assisted-by: ARTIST LLM
Signed-off-by: Dominik Maier <dmnk@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Bart Van Assche bvanassche@acm.org
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20261025200740.2064379-1-dmnk@google.com
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
[ sashal: Replaced BLK_OPEN_WRITE with FMODE_WRITE to match the existing fmode_t interface. ]
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---
drivers/block/loop.c | 6 ++++--
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/block/loop.c b/drivers/block/loop.c
index dab31049bd4fa..a25467bb1cc74 100644
--- a/drivers/block/loop.c
+++ b/drivers/block/loop.c
@@ -1850,8 +1850,10 @@ static int lo_compat_ioctl(struct block_device *bdev, fmode_t mode,
switch(cmd) {
case LOOP_SET_STATUS:
- err = loop_set_status_compat(lo,
- (const struct compat_loop_info __user *)arg);
+ err = -EPERM;
+ if ((mode & FMODE_WRITE) || capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
+ err = loop_set_status_compat(lo,
+ (const struct compat_loop_info __user *)arg);
break;
case LOOP_GET_STATUS:
err = loop_get_status_compat(lo,
--
2.53.0
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2026-11-07 11:29 FAILED: patch "[PATCH] loop: check for read-write open mode on LOOP_SET_STATUS in lo_compat_ioctl()" failed to apply to 5.10-stable tree Sasha Levin
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