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From: ebiederm@xmission.com (Eric W. Biederman)
To: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>,
	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>, Jann Horn <jannh@google.com>,
	Greg Ungerer <gerg@linux-m68k.org>, Rob Landley <rob@landley.net>,
	Bernd Edlinger <bernd.edlinger@hotmail.de>,
	linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, Al Viro <viro@ZenIV.linux.org.uk>,
	Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
	Casey Schaufler <casey@schaufler-ca.com>,
	linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org,
	James Morris <jmorris@namei.org>,
	"Serge E. Hallyn" <serge@hallyn.com>,
	Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] exec: Add a per bprm->file version of per_clear
Date: Fri, 29 May 2020 22:23:58 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87k10unm0h.fsf@x220.int.ebiederm.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <202005291403.BCDBFA7D1@keescook> (Kees Cook's message of "Fri, 29 May 2020 14:06:33 -0700")

Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> writes:

> On Fri, May 29, 2020 at 11:46:40AM -0500, Eric W. Biederman wrote:
>> 
>> There is a small bug in the code that recomputes parts of bprm->cred
>> for every bprm->file.  The code never recomputes the part of
>> clear_dangerous_personality_flags it is responsible for.
>> 
>> Which means that in practice if someone creates a sgid script
>> the interpreter will not be able to use any of:
>> 	READ_IMPLIES_EXEC
>> 	ADDR_NO_RANDOMIZE
>> 	ADDR_COMPAT_LAYOUT
>> 	MMAP_PAGE_ZERO.
>> 
>> This accentially clearing of personality flags probably does
>> not matter in practice because no one has complained
>> but it does make the code more difficult to understand.
>> 
>> Further remaining bug compatible prevents the recomputation from being
>> removed and replaced by simply computing bprm->cred once from the
>> final bprm->file.
>> 
>> Making this change removes the last behavior difference between
>> computing bprm->creds from the final file and recomputing
>> bprm->cred several times.  Which allows this behavior change
>> to be justified for it's own reasons, and for any but hunts
>> looking into why the behavior changed to wind up here instead
>> of in the code that will follow that computes bprm->cred
>> from the final bprm->file.
>> 
>> This small logic bug appears to have existed since the code
>> started clearing dangerous personality bits.
>> 
>> History Tree: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tglx/history.git
>> Fixes: 1bb0fa189c6a ("[PATCH] NX: clean up legacy binary support")
>> Signed-off-by: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com>
>
> Yup, this looks good. Pointless nit because it's removed in the next
> patch, but pf_per_clear is following the same behavioral pattern as
> active_secureexec, it could be named active_per_clear, but since this
> already been bikeshed in v1, it's fine! :)

That plus it is very much true that active_ isn't a particularly good
prefix.  pf_ for per_file seems slightly better.

The only time I can imagine this patch seeing the light of day is if
someone happens to discover that this fixes a bug for them and just this
patch is backported.  At which point pf_per_clear pairs with
cap_elevated.  So I don't think it hurts.

*Shrug*

The next patch is my long term solution to the mess.

> Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
>
> I wish we had more robust execve tests. :(

I think you have more skill at writing automated tests than I do.  So
feel free to write some.

Eric

  reply	other threads:[~2020-05-30  3:28 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 149+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-05-05 19:39 exec: Promised cleanups after introducing exec_update_mutex Eric W. Biederman
2020-05-05 19:41 ` [PATCH 1/7] binfmt: Move install_exec_creds after setup_new_exec to match binfmt_elf Eric W. Biederman
2020-05-05 20:45   ` Kees Cook
2020-05-06 12:42   ` Greg Ungerer
2020-05-06 12:56     ` Eric W. Biederman
2020-05-05 19:41 ` [PATCH 2/7] exec: Make unlocking exec_update_mutex explict Eric W. Biederman
2020-05-05 20:46   ` Kees Cook
2020-05-05 19:42 ` [PATCH 3/7] exec: Rename the flag called_exec_mmap point_of_no_return Eric W. Biederman
2020-05-05 20:49   ` Kees Cook
2020-05-05 19:43 ` [PATCH 4/7] exec: Merge install_exec_creds into setup_new_exec Eric W. Biederman
2020-05-05 20:50   ` Kees Cook
2020-05-05 19:44 ` [PATCH 5/7] exec: In setup_new_exec cache current in the local variable me Eric W. Biederman
2020-05-05 20:51   ` Kees Cook
2020-05-05 19:45 ` [PATCH 6/7] exec: Move most of setup_new_exec into flush_old_exec Eric W. Biederman
2020-05-05 21:29   ` Kees Cook
2020-05-06 14:57     ` Eric W. Biederman
2020-05-06 15:30       ` Kees Cook
2020-05-07 19:51         ` Eric W. Biederman
2020-05-07 21:51     ` Eric W. Biederman
2020-05-08  5:50       ` Kees Cook
2020-05-05 19:46 ` [PATCH 7/7] exec: Rename flush_old_exec begin_new_exec Eric W. Biederman
2020-05-05 21:30   ` Kees Cook
2020-05-06 12:41 ` exec: Promised cleanups after introducing exec_update_mutex Greg Ungerer
2020-05-08 18:43 ` [PATCH 0/6] exec: Trivial cleanups for exec Eric W. Biederman
2020-05-08 18:44   ` [PATCH 1/6] exec: Move the comment from above de_thread to above unshare_sighand Eric W. Biederman
2020-05-09  5:02     ` Kees Cook
2020-05-08 18:44   ` [PATCH 2/6] exec: Fix spelling of search_binary_handler in a comment Eric W. Biederman
2020-05-09  5:03     ` Kees Cook
2020-05-08 18:45   ` [PATCH 3/6] exec: Stop open coding mutex_lock_killable of cred_guard_mutex Eric W. Biederman
2020-05-09  5:08     ` Kees Cook
2020-05-09 19:18     ` Linus Torvalds
2020-05-09 19:57       ` Eric W. Biederman
2020-05-10 20:33       ` Kees Cook
2020-05-08 18:45   ` [PATCH 4/6] exec: Run sync_mm_rss before taking exec_update_mutex Eric W. Biederman
2020-05-09  5:15     ` Kees Cook
2020-05-09 14:17       ` Eric W. Biederman
2020-05-08 18:47   ` [PATCH 5/6] exec: Move handling of the point of no return to the top level Eric W. Biederman
2020-05-09  5:31     ` Kees Cook
2020-05-09 13:39       ` Eric W. Biederman
2020-05-08 18:48   ` [PATCH 6/6] exec: Set the point of no return sooner Eric W. Biederman
2020-05-09  5:33     ` Kees Cook
2020-05-09 19:40   ` [PATCH 0/5] exec: Control flow simplifications Eric W. Biederman
2020-05-09 19:40     ` [PATCH 1/5] exec: Call cap_bprm_set_creds directly from prepare_binprm Eric W. Biederman
2020-05-09 20:04       ` Linus Torvalds
2020-05-09 19:41     ` [PATCH 2/5] exec: Directly call security_bprm_set_creds from __do_execve_file Eric W. Biederman
2020-05-09 20:07       ` Linus Torvalds
2020-05-09 20:12         ` Eric W. Biederman
2020-05-09 20:19           ` Linus Torvalds
2020-05-11  3:15       ` Kees Cook
2020-05-11 16:52         ` Eric W. Biederman
2020-05-11 21:18           ` Kees Cook
2020-05-09 19:41     ` [PATCH 3/5] exec: Remove recursion from search_binary_handler Eric W. Biederman
2020-05-09 20:16       ` Linus Torvalds
2020-05-10  4:22       ` Tetsuo Handa
2020-05-10 19:38         ` Linus Torvalds
2020-05-11 14:33           ` Eric W. Biederman
2020-05-11 19:10             ` Rob Landley
2020-05-13 21:59               ` Eric W. Biederman
2020-05-14 18:46                 ` Rob Landley
2020-05-11 21:55             ` Kees Cook
2020-05-12 18:42               ` Eric W. Biederman
2020-05-12 19:25                 ` Kees Cook
2020-05-12 20:31                   ` Eric W. Biederman
2020-05-12 23:08                     ` Kees Cook
2020-05-12 23:47                       ` Kees Cook
2020-05-12 23:51                         ` Kees Cook
2020-05-14 14:56                           ` Eric W. Biederman
2020-05-14 16:56                             ` Casey Schaufler
2020-05-14 17:02                               ` Eric W. Biederman
2020-05-13  0:20                 ` Linus Torvalds
2020-05-13  2:39                   ` Rob Landley
2020-05-13 19:51                     ` Linus Torvalds
2020-05-14 16:49                   ` Eric W. Biederman
2020-05-09 19:42     ` [PATCH 4/5] exec: Allow load_misc_binary to call prepare_binfmt unconditionally Eric W. Biederman
2020-05-11 22:09       ` Kees Cook
2020-05-09 19:42     ` [PATCH 5/5] exec: Move the call of prepare_binprm into search_binary_handler Eric W. Biederman
2020-05-11 22:24       ` Kees Cook
2020-05-19  0:29     ` [PATCH v2 0/8] exec: Control flow simplifications Eric W. Biederman
2020-05-19  0:29       ` [PATCH v2 1/8] exec: Teach prepare_exec_creds how exec treats uids & gids Eric W. Biederman
2020-05-19 18:03         ` Kees Cook
2020-05-19 18:28           ` Linus Torvalds
2020-05-19 18:57             ` Eric W. Biederman
2020-05-19  0:30       ` [PATCH v2 2/8] exec: Factor security_bprm_creds_for_exec out of security_bprm_set_creds Eric W. Biederman
2020-05-19 15:34         ` Casey Schaufler
2020-05-19 18:10         ` Kees Cook
2020-05-19 21:28           ` James Morris
2020-05-19  0:31       ` [PATCH v2 3/8] exec: Convert security_bprm_set_creds into security_bprm_repopulate_creds Eric W. Biederman
2020-05-19 18:21         ` Kees Cook
2020-05-19 19:03           ` Eric W. Biederman
2020-05-19 19:14             ` Kees Cook
2020-05-20 20:22               ` Eric W. Biederman
2020-05-20 20:53                 ` Kees Cook
2020-05-19 21:52         ` James Morris
2020-05-20 12:40           ` Eric W. Biederman
2020-05-19  0:31       ` [PATCH v2 4/8] exec: Allow load_misc_binary to call prepare_binfmt unconditionally Eric W. Biederman
2020-05-19 18:27         ` Kees Cook
2020-05-19 19:08           ` Eric W. Biederman
2020-05-19 19:17             ` Kees Cook
2020-05-19  0:32       ` [PATCH v2 5/8] exec: Move the call of prepare_binprm into search_binary_handler Eric W. Biederman
2020-05-19 18:27         ` Kees Cook
2020-05-19 21:30         ` James Morris
2020-05-19  0:33       ` [PATCH v2 6/8] exec/binfmt_script: Don't modify bprm->buf and then return -ENOEXEC Eric W. Biederman
2020-05-19 19:08         ` Kees Cook
2020-05-19 19:19           ` Eric W. Biederman
2020-05-19  0:33       ` [PATCH v2 7/8] exec: Generic execfd support Eric W. Biederman
2020-05-19 19:46         ` Kees Cook
2020-05-19 19:54           ` Linus Torvalds
2020-05-19 20:20             ` Eric W. Biederman
2020-05-19 21:59         ` Rob Landley
2020-05-20 16:05           ` Eric W. Biederman
2020-05-21 22:50             ` Rob Landley
2020-05-22  3:28               ` Eric W. Biederman
2020-05-22  4:51                 ` Rob Landley
2020-05-22 13:35                   ` Eric W. Biederman
2020-05-19  0:34       ` [PATCH v2 8/8] exec: Remove recursion from search_binary_handler Eric W. Biederman
2020-05-19 20:37         ` Kees Cook
2020-05-19  1:25       ` [PATCH v2 0/8] exec: Control flow simplifications Linus Torvalds
2020-05-19 21:55       ` Kees Cook
2020-05-20 13:02         ` Eric W. Biederman
2020-05-20 22:12       ` Eric W. Biederman
2020-05-20 23:43         ` Kees Cook
2020-05-21 11:53           ` Eric W. Biederman
2020-05-28 15:38       ` [PATCH 0/11] exec: cred calculation simplifications Eric W. Biederman
2020-05-28 15:41         ` [PATCH 01/11] exec: Reduce bprm->per_clear to a single bit Eric W. Biederman
2020-05-28 19:04           ` Linus Torvalds
2020-05-28 19:17             ` Eric W. Biederman
2020-05-28 15:42         ` [PATCH 02/11] exec: Introduce active_per_clear the per file version of per_clear Eric W. Biederman
2020-05-28 19:05           ` Linus Torvalds
2020-05-28 15:42         ` [PATCH 03/11] exec: Compute file based creds only once Eric W. Biederman
2020-05-28 15:43         ` [PATCH 04/11] exec: Move uid/gid handling from creds_from_file into bprm_fill_uid Eric W. Biederman
2020-05-28 15:44         ` Eric W. Biederman
2020-05-28 15:44         ` [PATCH 05/11] exec: In bprm_fill_uid use CAP_SETGID to see if a gid change is safe Eric W. Biederman
2020-05-28 15:48         ` [PATCH 06/11] exec: Don't set secureexec when the uid or gid changes are abandoned Eric W. Biederman
2020-05-28 15:48         ` [PATCH 07/11] exec: Set saved, fs, and effective ids together in bprm_fill_uid Eric W. Biederman
2020-05-28 15:49         ` [PATCH 08/11] exec: In bprm_fill_uid remove unnecessary no new privs check Eric W. Biederman
2020-05-28 15:49         ` [PATCH 09/11] exec: In bprm_fill_uid only set per_clear when honoring suid or sgid Eric W. Biederman
2020-05-28 19:08           ` Linus Torvalds
2020-05-28 19:21             ` Eric W. Biederman
2020-05-28 15:50         ` [PATCH 10/11] exec: In bprm_fill_uid set secureexec at same time as per_clear Eric W. Biederman
2020-05-28 15:50         ` [PATCH 11/11] exec: Remove the label after_setid from bprm_fill_uid Eric W. Biederman
2020-05-29 16:45         ` [PATCH 0/2] exec: Remove the computation of bprm->cred Eric W. Biederman
2020-05-29 16:46           ` [PATCH 1/2] exec: Add a per bprm->file version of per_clear Eric W. Biederman
2020-05-29 21:06             ` Kees Cook
2020-05-30  3:23               ` Eric W. Biederman [this message]
2020-05-30  5:14                 ` Kees Cook
2020-05-29 16:47           ` [PATCH 2/2] exec: Compute file based creds only once Eric W. Biederman
2020-05-29 21:24             ` Kees Cook
2020-05-30  3:28               ` Eric W. Biederman
2020-05-30  5:18                 ` Kees Cook

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