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* [PATCH v3] f2fs: fix to avoid accessing xattr across the boundary
@ 2019-04-09  8:53 Randall Huang
  2019-04-09 10:22 ` Chao Yu
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Randall Huang @ 2019-04-09  8:53 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: jaegeuk, yuchao0, linux-f2fs-devel, linux-kernel; +Cc: huangrandall

When we traverse xattr entries via __find_xattr(),
if the raw filesystem content is faked or any hardware failure occurs,
out-of-bound error can be detected by KASAN.
Fix the issue by introducing boundary check.

[   38.402878] c7   1827 BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in f2fs_getxattr+0x518/0x68c
[   38.402891] c7   1827 Read of size 4 at addr ffffffc0b6fb35dc by task
[   38.402935] c7   1827 Call trace:
[   38.402952] c7   1827 [<ffffff900809003c>] dump_backtrace+0x0/0x6bc
[   38.402966] c7   1827 [<ffffff9008090030>] show_stack+0x20/0x2c
[   38.402981] c7   1827 [<ffffff900871ab10>] dump_stack+0xfc/0x140
[   38.402995] c7   1827 [<ffffff9008325c40>] print_address_description+0x80/0x2d8
[   38.403009] c7   1827 [<ffffff900832629c>] kasan_report_error+0x198/0x1fc
[   38.403022] c7   1827 [<ffffff9008326104>] kasan_report_error+0x0/0x1fc
[   38.403037] c7   1827 [<ffffff9008325000>] __asan_load4+0x1b0/0x1b8
[   38.403051] c7   1827 [<ffffff90085fcc44>] f2fs_getxattr+0x518/0x68c
[   38.403066] c7   1827 [<ffffff90085fc508>] f2fs_xattr_generic_get+0xb0/0xd0
[   38.403080] c7   1827 [<ffffff9008395708>] __vfs_getxattr+0x1f4/0x1fc
[   38.403096] c7   1827 [<ffffff9008621bd0>] inode_doinit_with_dentry+0x360/0x938
[   38.403109] c7   1827 [<ffffff900862d6cc>] selinux_d_instantiate+0x2c/0x38
[   38.403123] c7   1827 [<ffffff900861b018>] security_d_instantiate+0x68/0x98
[   38.403136] c7   1827 [<ffffff9008377db8>] d_splice_alias+0x58/0x348
[   38.403149] c7   1827 [<ffffff900858d16c>] f2fs_lookup+0x608/0x774
[   38.403163] c7   1827 [<ffffff900835eacc>] lookup_slow+0x1e0/0x2cc
[   38.403177] c7   1827 [<ffffff9008367fe0>] walk_component+0x160/0x520
[   38.403190] c7   1827 [<ffffff9008369ef4>] path_lookupat+0x110/0x2b4
[   38.403203] c7   1827 [<ffffff900835dd38>] filename_lookup+0x1d8/0x3a8
[   38.403216] c7   1827 [<ffffff900835eeb0>] user_path_at_empty+0x54/0x68
[   38.403229] c7   1827 [<ffffff9008395f44>] SyS_getxattr+0xb4/0x18c
[   38.403241] c7   1827 [<ffffff9008084200>] el0_svc_naked+0x34/0x38

Bug: 126558260

Signed-off-by: Randall Huang <huangrandall@google.com>
---
v2:
* return EFAULT if OOB error is detected

v3:
* fix typo in setxattr()
---
 fs/f2fs/xattr.c | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 27 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/f2fs/xattr.c b/fs/f2fs/xattr.c
index 848a785abe25..381f14b02a78 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/xattr.c
@@ -202,12 +202,17 @@ static inline const struct xattr_handler *f2fs_xattr_handler(int index)
 	return handler;
 }
 
-static struct f2fs_xattr_entry *__find_xattr(void *base_addr, int index,
-					size_t len, const char *name)
+static struct f2fs_xattr_entry *__find_xattr(void *base_addr,
+				unsigned int max_size, int index,
+				size_t len, const char *name)
 {
 	struct f2fs_xattr_entry *entry;
+	void *max_addr = base_addr + ENTRY_SIZE(XATTR_ENTRY(base_addr)) +
+				max_size - 1;
 
 	list_for_each_xattr(entry, base_addr) {
+		if ((void *)entry + sizeof(__u32) > max_addr)
+			return NULL;
 		if (entry->e_name_index != index)
 			continue;
 		if (entry->e_name_len != len)
@@ -301,6 +306,7 @@ static int lookup_all_xattrs(struct inode *inode, struct page *ipage,
 	nid_t xnid = F2FS_I(inode)->i_xattr_nid;
 	unsigned int size = xnid ? VALID_XATTR_BLOCK_SIZE : 0;
 	unsigned int inline_size = inline_xattr_size(inode);
+	unsigned int max_size = inline_size + size + XATTR_PADDING_SIZE;
 	int err = 0;
 
 	if (!size && !inline_size)
@@ -323,6 +329,7 @@ static int lookup_all_xattrs(struct inode *inode, struct page *ipage,
 			*base_size = inline_size;
 			goto check;
 		}
+		max_size -= inline_size;
 	}
 
 	/* read from xattr node block */
@@ -330,6 +337,8 @@ static int lookup_all_xattrs(struct inode *inode, struct page *ipage,
 		err = read_xattr_block(inode, txattr_addr);
 		if (err)
 			goto out;
+
+		max_size -= size;
 	}
 
 	if (last_addr)
@@ -337,7 +346,12 @@ static int lookup_all_xattrs(struct inode *inode, struct page *ipage,
 	else
 		cur_addr = txattr_addr;
 
-	*xe = __find_xattr(cur_addr, index, len, name);
+	*xe = __find_xattr(cur_addr, max_size, index, len, name);
+	if (!*xe) {
+		err = -EFAULT;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
 check:
 	if (IS_XATTR_LAST_ENTRY(*xe)) {
 		err = -ENODATA;
@@ -585,6 +599,11 @@ static int __f2fs_setxattr(struct inode *inode, int index,
 	int found, newsize;
 	size_t len;
 	__u32 new_hsize;
+	nid_t xnid = F2FS_I(inode)->i_xattr_nid;
+	unsigned int xattr_nid_size = xnid ? VALID_XATTR_BLOCK_SIZE : 0;
+	unsigned int inline_size = inline_xattr_size(inode);
+	unsigned int max_size = inline_size + xattr_nid_size +
+				 XATTR_PADDING_SIZE;
 	int error = 0;
 
 	if (name == NULL)
@@ -606,7 +625,11 @@ static int __f2fs_setxattr(struct inode *inode, int index,
 		return error;
 
 	/* find entry with wanted name. */
-	here = __find_xattr(base_addr, index, len, name);
+	here = __find_xattr(base_addr, max_size, index, len, name);
+	if (!here) {
+		error = -EFAULT;
+		goto exit;
+	}
 
 	found = IS_XATTR_LAST_ENTRY(here) ? 0 : 1;
 
-- 
2.21.0.392.gf8f6787159e-goog


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* Re: [PATCH v3] f2fs: fix to avoid accessing xattr across the boundary
  2019-04-09  8:53 [PATCH v3] f2fs: fix to avoid accessing xattr across the boundary Randall Huang
@ 2019-04-09 10:22 ` Chao Yu
  2019-04-10  9:27   ` Randall Huang
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Chao Yu @ 2019-04-09 10:22 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Randall Huang, jaegeuk, linux-f2fs-devel, linux-kernel

On 2019/4/9 16:53, Randall Huang wrote:
> When we traverse xattr entries via __find_xattr(),
> if the raw filesystem content is faked or any hardware failure occurs,
> out-of-bound error can be detected by KASAN.
> Fix the issue by introducing boundary check.
> 
> [   38.402878] c7   1827 BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in f2fs_getxattr+0x518/0x68c
> [   38.402891] c7   1827 Read of size 4 at addr ffffffc0b6fb35dc by task
> [   38.402935] c7   1827 Call trace:
> [   38.402952] c7   1827 [<ffffff900809003c>] dump_backtrace+0x0/0x6bc
> [   38.402966] c7   1827 [<ffffff9008090030>] show_stack+0x20/0x2c
> [   38.402981] c7   1827 [<ffffff900871ab10>] dump_stack+0xfc/0x140
> [   38.402995] c7   1827 [<ffffff9008325c40>] print_address_description+0x80/0x2d8
> [   38.403009] c7   1827 [<ffffff900832629c>] kasan_report_error+0x198/0x1fc
> [   38.403022] c7   1827 [<ffffff9008326104>] kasan_report_error+0x0/0x1fc
> [   38.403037] c7   1827 [<ffffff9008325000>] __asan_load4+0x1b0/0x1b8
> [   38.403051] c7   1827 [<ffffff90085fcc44>] f2fs_getxattr+0x518/0x68c
> [   38.403066] c7   1827 [<ffffff90085fc508>] f2fs_xattr_generic_get+0xb0/0xd0
> [   38.403080] c7   1827 [<ffffff9008395708>] __vfs_getxattr+0x1f4/0x1fc
> [   38.403096] c7   1827 [<ffffff9008621bd0>] inode_doinit_with_dentry+0x360/0x938
> [   38.403109] c7   1827 [<ffffff900862d6cc>] selinux_d_instantiate+0x2c/0x38
> [   38.403123] c7   1827 [<ffffff900861b018>] security_d_instantiate+0x68/0x98
> [   38.403136] c7   1827 [<ffffff9008377db8>] d_splice_alias+0x58/0x348
> [   38.403149] c7   1827 [<ffffff900858d16c>] f2fs_lookup+0x608/0x774
> [   38.403163] c7   1827 [<ffffff900835eacc>] lookup_slow+0x1e0/0x2cc
> [   38.403177] c7   1827 [<ffffff9008367fe0>] walk_component+0x160/0x520
> [   38.403190] c7   1827 [<ffffff9008369ef4>] path_lookupat+0x110/0x2b4
> [   38.403203] c7   1827 [<ffffff900835dd38>] filename_lookup+0x1d8/0x3a8
> [   38.403216] c7   1827 [<ffffff900835eeb0>] user_path_at_empty+0x54/0x68
> [   38.403229] c7   1827 [<ffffff9008395f44>] SyS_getxattr+0xb4/0x18c
> [   38.403241] c7   1827 [<ffffff9008084200>] el0_svc_naked+0x34/0x38
> 
> Bug: 126558260
> 
> Signed-off-by: Randall Huang <huangrandall@google.com>
> ---
> v2:
> * return EFAULT if OOB error is detected
> 
> v3:
> * fix typo in setxattr()
> ---
>  fs/f2fs/xattr.c | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
>  1 file changed, 27 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/f2fs/xattr.c b/fs/f2fs/xattr.c
> index 848a785abe25..381f14b02a78 100644
> --- a/fs/f2fs/xattr.c
> +++ b/fs/f2fs/xattr.c
> @@ -202,12 +202,17 @@ static inline const struct xattr_handler *f2fs_xattr_handler(int index)
>  	return handler;
>  }
>  
> -static struct f2fs_xattr_entry *__find_xattr(void *base_addr, int index,
> -					size_t len, const char *name)
> +static struct f2fs_xattr_entry *__find_xattr(void *base_addr,
> +				unsigned int max_size, int index,
> +				size_t len, const char *name)
>  {
>  	struct f2fs_xattr_entry *entry;
> +	void *max_addr = base_addr + ENTRY_SIZE(XATTR_ENTRY(base_addr)) +
> +				max_size - 1;

Hi Randall,

I think this is not right, I enable noinline_xattr mount option, and add
printk to see the status here, it shows

__find_xattr, base_addr:ffff8e709ba92000, max_addr:ffff8e709baa131f, max_size:4

ffff8e709baa131f - ffff8e709ba92000 = F31F

>  
>  	list_for_each_xattr(entry, base_addr) {
> +		if ((void *)entry + sizeof(__u32) > max_addr)
> +			return NULL;
>  		if (entry->e_name_index != index)
>  			continue;
>  		if (entry->e_name_len != len)
> @@ -301,6 +306,7 @@ static int lookup_all_xattrs(struct inode *inode, struct page *ipage,
>  	nid_t xnid = F2FS_I(inode)->i_xattr_nid;
>  	unsigned int size = xnid ? VALID_XATTR_BLOCK_SIZE : 0;
>  	unsigned int inline_size = inline_xattr_size(inode);
> +	unsigned int max_size = inline_size + size + XATTR_PADDING_SIZE;
>  	int err = 0;
>  
>  	if (!size && !inline_size)
> @@ -323,6 +329,7 @@ static int lookup_all_xattrs(struct inode *inode, struct page *ipage,
>  			*base_size = inline_size;
>  			goto check;
>  		}
> +		max_size -= inline_size;

The cur_addr pointer may point to middle of inline xattr space due to below code? we
should consider such case here.

if (last_addr)
	cur_addr = XATTR_HDR(last_addr) - 1;

>  	}
>  
>  	/* read from xattr node block */
> @@ -330,6 +337,8 @@ static int lookup_all_xattrs(struct inode *inode, struct page *ipage,
>  		err = read_xattr_block(inode, txattr_addr);
>  		if (err)
>  			goto out;
> +
> +		max_size -= size;

We should not shrink max_size after loading xattr block's data.

Thanks,

>  	}
>  
>  	if (last_addr)
> @@ -337,7 +346,12 @@ static int lookup_all_xattrs(struct inode *inode, struct page *ipage,
>  	else
>  		cur_addr = txattr_addr;
>  
> -	*xe = __find_xattr(cur_addr, index, len, name);
> +	*xe = __find_xattr(cur_addr, max_size, index, len, name);
> +	if (!*xe) {
> +		err = -EFAULT;
> +		goto out;
> +	}
> +
>  check:
>  	if (IS_XATTR_LAST_ENTRY(*xe)) {
>  		err = -ENODATA;
> @@ -585,6 +599,11 @@ static int __f2fs_setxattr(struct inode *inode, int index,
>  	int found, newsize;
>  	size_t len;
>  	__u32 new_hsize;
> +	nid_t xnid = F2FS_I(inode)->i_xattr_nid;
> +	unsigned int xattr_nid_size = xnid ? VALID_XATTR_BLOCK_SIZE : 0;
> +	unsigned int inline_size = inline_xattr_size(inode);
> +	unsigned int max_size = inline_size + xattr_nid_size +
> +				 XATTR_PADDING_SIZE;
>  	int error = 0;
>  
>  	if (name == NULL)
> @@ -606,7 +625,11 @@ static int __f2fs_setxattr(struct inode *inode, int index,
>  		return error;
>  
>  	/* find entry with wanted name. */
> -	here = __find_xattr(base_addr, index, len, name);
> +	here = __find_xattr(base_addr, max_size, index, len, name);
> +	if (!here) {
> +		error = -EFAULT;
> +		goto exit;
> +	}
>  
>  	found = IS_XATTR_LAST_ENTRY(here) ? 0 : 1;
>  
> 

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* Re: [PATCH v3] f2fs: fix to avoid accessing xattr across the boundary
  2019-04-09 10:22 ` Chao Yu
@ 2019-04-10  9:27   ` Randall Huang
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Randall Huang @ 2019-04-10  9:27 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Chao Yu, jaegeuk, linux-f2fs-devel, linux-kernel; +Cc: huangrandall

On Tue, Apr 09, 2019 at 06:22:55PM +0800, Chao Yu wrote:
> On 2019/4/9 16:53, Randall Huang wrote:
> > When we traverse xattr entries via __find_xattr(),
> > if the raw filesystem content is faked or any hardware failure occurs,
> > out-of-bound error can be detected by KASAN.
> > Fix the issue by introducing boundary check.
> > 
> > [   38.402878] c7   1827 BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in f2fs_getxattr+0x518/0x68c
> > [   38.402891] c7   1827 Read of size 4 at addr ffffffc0b6fb35dc by task
> > [   38.402935] c7   1827 Call trace:
> > [   38.402952] c7   1827 [<ffffff900809003c>] dump_backtrace+0x0/0x6bc
> > [   38.402966] c7   1827 [<ffffff9008090030>] show_stack+0x20/0x2c
> > [   38.402981] c7   1827 [<ffffff900871ab10>] dump_stack+0xfc/0x140
> > [   38.402995] c7   1827 [<ffffff9008325c40>] print_address_description+0x80/0x2d8
> > [   38.403009] c7   1827 [<ffffff900832629c>] kasan_report_error+0x198/0x1fc
> > [   38.403022] c7   1827 [<ffffff9008326104>] kasan_report_error+0x0/0x1fc
> > [   38.403037] c7   1827 [<ffffff9008325000>] __asan_load4+0x1b0/0x1b8
> > [   38.403051] c7   1827 [<ffffff90085fcc44>] f2fs_getxattr+0x518/0x68c
> > [   38.403066] c7   1827 [<ffffff90085fc508>] f2fs_xattr_generic_get+0xb0/0xd0
> > [   38.403080] c7   1827 [<ffffff9008395708>] __vfs_getxattr+0x1f4/0x1fc
> > [   38.403096] c7   1827 [<ffffff9008621bd0>] inode_doinit_with_dentry+0x360/0x938
> > [   38.403109] c7   1827 [<ffffff900862d6cc>] selinux_d_instantiate+0x2c/0x38
> > [   38.403123] c7   1827 [<ffffff900861b018>] security_d_instantiate+0x68/0x98
> > [   38.403136] c7   1827 [<ffffff9008377db8>] d_splice_alias+0x58/0x348
> > [   38.403149] c7   1827 [<ffffff900858d16c>] f2fs_lookup+0x608/0x774
> > [   38.403163] c7   1827 [<ffffff900835eacc>] lookup_slow+0x1e0/0x2cc
> > [   38.403177] c7   1827 [<ffffff9008367fe0>] walk_component+0x160/0x520
> > [   38.403190] c7   1827 [<ffffff9008369ef4>] path_lookupat+0x110/0x2b4
> > [   38.403203] c7   1827 [<ffffff900835dd38>] filename_lookup+0x1d8/0x3a8
> > [   38.403216] c7   1827 [<ffffff900835eeb0>] user_path_at_empty+0x54/0x68
> > [   38.403229] c7   1827 [<ffffff9008395f44>] SyS_getxattr+0xb4/0x18c
> > [   38.403241] c7   1827 [<ffffff9008084200>] el0_svc_naked+0x34/0x38
> > 
> > Bug: 126558260
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Randall Huang <huangrandall@google.com>
> > ---
> > v2:
> > * return EFAULT if OOB error is detected
> > 
> > v3:
> > * fix typo in setxattr()
> > ---
> >  fs/f2fs/xattr.c | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
> >  1 file changed, 27 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/fs/f2fs/xattr.c b/fs/f2fs/xattr.c
> > index 848a785abe25..381f14b02a78 100644
> > --- a/fs/f2fs/xattr.c
> > +++ b/fs/f2fs/xattr.c
> > @@ -202,12 +202,17 @@ static inline const struct xattr_handler *f2fs_xattr_handler(int index)
> >  	return handler;
> >  }
> >  
> > -static struct f2fs_xattr_entry *__find_xattr(void *base_addr, int index,
> > -					size_t len, const char *name)
> > +static struct f2fs_xattr_entry *__find_xattr(void *base_addr,
> > +				unsigned int max_size, int index,
> > +				size_t len, const char *name)
> >  {
> >  	struct f2fs_xattr_entry *entry;
> > +	void *max_addr = base_addr + ENTRY_SIZE(XATTR_ENTRY(base_addr)) +
> > +				max_size - 1;
> 
> Hi Randall,
> 
> I think this is not right, I enable noinline_xattr mount option, and add
> printk to see the status here, it shows
> 
> __find_xattr, base_addr:ffff8e709ba92000, max_addr:ffff8e709baa131f, max_size:4
> 
> ffff8e709baa131f - ffff8e709ba92000 = F31F
> 
I would like to try another way.
The key is the pointer of entry should never run over the boundary of txattr
allocated in lookup_all_xattrs().

I will send v4.

> >  
> >  	list_for_each_xattr(entry, base_addr) {
> > +		if ((void *)entry + sizeof(__u32) > max_addr)
> > +			return NULL;
> >  		if (entry->e_name_index != index)
> >  			continue;
> >  		if (entry->e_name_len != len)
> > @@ -301,6 +306,7 @@ static int lookup_all_xattrs(struct inode *inode, struct page *ipage,
> >  	nid_t xnid = F2FS_I(inode)->i_xattr_nid;
> >  	unsigned int size = xnid ? VALID_XATTR_BLOCK_SIZE : 0;
> >  	unsigned int inline_size = inline_xattr_size(inode);
> > +	unsigned int max_size = inline_size + size + XATTR_PADDING_SIZE;
> >  	int err = 0;
> >  
> >  	if (!size && !inline_size)
> > @@ -323,6 +329,7 @@ static int lookup_all_xattrs(struct inode *inode, struct page *ipage,
> >  			*base_size = inline_size;
> >  			goto check;
> >  		}
> > +		max_size -= inline_size;
> 
> The cur_addr pointer may point to middle of inline xattr space due to below code? we
> should consider such case here.
> 
> if (last_addr)
> 	cur_addr = XATTR_HDR(last_addr) - 1;
> 
> >  	}
> >  
> >  	/* read from xattr node block */
> > @@ -330,6 +337,8 @@ static int lookup_all_xattrs(struct inode *inode, struct page *ipage,
> >  		err = read_xattr_block(inode, txattr_addr);
> >  		if (err)
> >  			goto out;
> > +
> > +		max_size -= size;
> 
> We should not shrink max_size after loading xattr block's data.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> >  	}
> >  
> >  	if (last_addr)
> > @@ -337,7 +346,12 @@ static int lookup_all_xattrs(struct inode *inode, struct page *ipage,
> >  	else
> >  		cur_addr = txattr_addr;
> >  
> > -	*xe = __find_xattr(cur_addr, index, len, name);
> > +	*xe = __find_xattr(cur_addr, max_size, index, len, name);
> > +	if (!*xe) {
> > +		err = -EFAULT;
> > +		goto out;
> > +	}
> > +
> >  check:
> >  	if (IS_XATTR_LAST_ENTRY(*xe)) {
> >  		err = -ENODATA;
> > @@ -585,6 +599,11 @@ static int __f2fs_setxattr(struct inode *inode, int index,
> >  	int found, newsize;
> >  	size_t len;
> >  	__u32 new_hsize;
> > +	nid_t xnid = F2FS_I(inode)->i_xattr_nid;
> > +	unsigned int xattr_nid_size = xnid ? VALID_XATTR_BLOCK_SIZE : 0;
> > +	unsigned int inline_size = inline_xattr_size(inode);
> > +	unsigned int max_size = inline_size + xattr_nid_size +
> > +				 XATTR_PADDING_SIZE;
> >  	int error = 0;
> >  
> >  	if (name == NULL)
> > @@ -606,7 +625,11 @@ static int __f2fs_setxattr(struct inode *inode, int index,
> >  		return error;
> >  
> >  	/* find entry with wanted name. */
> > -	here = __find_xattr(base_addr, index, len, name);
> > +	here = __find_xattr(base_addr, max_size, index, len, name);
> > +	if (!here) {
> > +		error = -EFAULT;
> > +		goto exit;
> > +	}
> >  
> >  	found = IS_XATTR_LAST_ENTRY(here) ? 0 : 1;
> >  
> > 

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