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proc: Check /proc/$pid/attr/ writes against file opener

Message ID 20210525193735.2716374-1-keescook@chromium.org
State Accepted
Commit bfb819ea20ce8bbeeba17e1a6418bf8bda91fc28
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Series proc: Check /proc/$pid/attr/ writes against file opener | expand

Commit Message

Kees Cook May 25, 2021, 7:37 p.m. UTC
Fix another "confused deputy" weakness[1]. Writes to /proc/$pid/attr/
files need to check the opener credentials, since these fds do not
transition state across execve(). Without this, it is possible to
trick another process (which may have different credentials) to write
to its own /proc/$pid/attr/ files, leading to unexpected and possibly
exploitable behaviors.

[1] https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/security/credentials.html?highlight=confused#open-file-credentials

Fixes: 1da177e4c3f41 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
---
 fs/proc/base.c | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

Comments

Jann Horn May 25, 2021, 8:49 p.m. UTC | #1
On Tue, May 25, 2021 at 9:37 PM Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> wrote:
> Fix another "confused deputy" weakness[1]. Writes to /proc/$pid/attr/
> files need to check the opener credentials, since these fds do not
> transition state across execve(). Without this, it is possible to
> trick another process (which may have different credentials) to write
> to its own /proc/$pid/attr/ files, leading to unexpected and possibly
> exploitable behaviors.
>
> [1] https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/security/credentials.html?highlight=confused#open-file-credentials
>
> Fixes: 1da177e4c3f41 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2")
> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
> ---
>  fs/proc/base.c | 4 ++++
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/fs/proc/base.c b/fs/proc/base.c
> index 3851bfcdba56..58bbf334265b 100644
> --- a/fs/proc/base.c
> +++ b/fs/proc/base.c
> @@ -2703,6 +2703,10 @@ static ssize_t proc_pid_attr_write(struct file * file, const char __user * buf,
>         void *page;
>         int rv;
>
> +       /* A task may only write when it was the opener. */
> +       if (file->f_cred != current_real_cred())
> +               return -EPERM;

With this, if a task forks, the child will then still be able to open
its parent's /proc/$pid/attr/current and trick the parent into writing
to that, right? Is that acceptable? If not, the ->open handler should
probably also check for "current->thread_pid == proc_pid(inode)", or
something like that?
Eric W. Biederman May 25, 2021, 9:24 p.m. UTC | #2
Jann Horn <jannh@google.com> writes:

> On Tue, May 25, 2021 at 9:37 PM Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> wrote:
>> Fix another "confused deputy" weakness[1]. Writes to /proc/$pid/attr/
>> files need to check the opener credentials, since these fds do not
>> transition state across execve(). Without this, it is possible to
>> trick another process (which may have different credentials) to write
>> to its own /proc/$pid/attr/ files, leading to unexpected and possibly
>> exploitable behaviors.
>>
>> [1] https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/security/credentials.html?highlight=confused#open-file-credentials
>>
>> Fixes: 1da177e4c3f41 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2")
>> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
>> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
>> ---
>>  fs/proc/base.c | 4 ++++
>>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/fs/proc/base.c b/fs/proc/base.c
>> index 3851bfcdba56..58bbf334265b 100644
>> --- a/fs/proc/base.c
>> +++ b/fs/proc/base.c
>> @@ -2703,6 +2703,10 @@ static ssize_t proc_pid_attr_write(struct file * file, const char __user * buf,
>>         void *page;
>>         int rv;
>>
>> +       /* A task may only write when it was the opener. */
>> +       if (file->f_cred != current_real_cred())
>> +               return -EPERM;
>
> With this, if a task forks, the child will then still be able to open
> its parent's /proc/$pid/attr/current and trick the parent into writing
> to that, right? Is that acceptable? If not, the ->open handler should
> probably also check for "current->thread_pid == proc_pid(inode)", or
> something like that?

Currently exec always allocates a new cred.  So you can only ``trick''
another process that was forked from you.  I don't think it counts as
tricking or any kind of danger if you are simply confusing yourself.

Eric
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diff --git a/fs/proc/base.c b/fs/proc/base.c
index 3851bfcdba56..58bbf334265b 100644
--- a/fs/proc/base.c
+++ b/fs/proc/base.c
@@ -2703,6 +2703,10 @@  static ssize_t proc_pid_attr_write(struct file * file, const char __user * buf,
 	void *page;
 	int rv;
 
+	/* A task may only write when it was the opener. */
+	if (file->f_cred != current_real_cred())
+		return -EPERM;
+
 	rcu_read_lock();
 	task = pid_task(proc_pid(inode), PIDTYPE_PID);
 	if (!task) {