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From: Daniel Colascione <dancol@google.com>
To: dancol@google.com, timmurray@google.com, nosh@google.com,
	nnk@google.com, lokeshgidra@google.com,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-api@vger.kernel.org,
	selinux@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v2 6/6] Add a new sysctl for limiting userfaultfd to user mode faults
Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2020 14:55:47 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20200211225547.235083-7-dancol@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20200211225547.235083-1-dancol@google.com>

Add a new sysctl knob unprivileged_userfaultfd_user_mode_only.
This sysctl can be set to either zero or one. When zero (the default)
the system lets all users call userfaultfd with or without
UFFD_USER_MODE_ONLY, modulo other access controls. When
unprivileged_userfaultfd_user_mode_only is set to one, users without
CAP_SYS_PTRACE must pass UFFD_USER_MODE_ONLY to userfaultfd or the API
will fail with EPERM. This facility allows administrators to reduce
the likelihood that an attacker with access to userfaultfd can delay
faulting kernel code to widen timing windows for other exploits.

Signed-off-by: Daniel Colascione <dancol@google.com>
---
 Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/vm.rst | 13 +++++++++++++
 fs/userfaultfd.c                        | 11 ++++++++++-
 include/linux/userfaultfd_k.h           |  1 +
 kernel/sysctl.c                         |  9 +++++++++
 4 files changed, 33 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/vm.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/vm.rst
index 64aeee1009ca..1f416aff68b9 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/vm.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/vm.rst
@@ -847,6 +847,19 @@ privileged users (with SYS_CAP_PTRACE capability).
 
 The default value is 1.
 
+unprivileged_userfaultfd_user_mode_only
+========================================
+
+This flag controls whether unprivileged users can use the userfaultfd
+system calls to handle page faults in kernel mode.  If set to zero,
+userfaultfd works with or without UFFD_USER_MODE_ONLY, modulo
+unprivileged_userfaultfd above.  If set to one, users without
+SYS_CAP_PTRACE must pass UFFD_USER_MODE_ONLY in order for userfaultfd
+to succeed.  Prohibiting use of userfaultfd for handling faults from
+kernel mode may make certain vulnerabilities more difficult
+to exploit.
+
+The default value is 0.
 
 user_reserve_kbytes
 ===================
diff --git a/fs/userfaultfd.c b/fs/userfaultfd.c
index 47825a804d63..d39bdf177f8c 100644
--- a/fs/userfaultfd.c
+++ b/fs/userfaultfd.c
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 #include <linux/hugetlb.h>
 
 int sysctl_unprivileged_userfaultfd __read_mostly = 1;
+int sysctl_unprivileged_userfaultfd_user_mode_only __read_mostly = 0;
 
 static struct kmem_cache *userfaultfd_ctx_cachep __read_mostly;
 
@@ -1951,8 +1952,16 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE1(userfaultfd, int, flags)
 	static const int uffd_flags = UFFD_USER_MODE_ONLY;
 	struct userfaultfd_ctx *ctx;
 	int fd;
+	bool need_cap_check = false;
 
-	if (!sysctl_unprivileged_userfaultfd && !capable(CAP_SYS_PTRACE))
+	if (!sysctl_unprivileged_userfaultfd)
+		need_cap_check = true;
+
+	if (sysctl_unprivileged_userfaultfd_user_mode_only &&
+	    (flags & UFFD_USER_MODE_ONLY) == 0)
+		need_cap_check = true;
+
+	if (need_cap_check && !capable(CAP_SYS_PTRACE))
 		return -EPERM;
 
 	BUG_ON(!current->mm);
diff --git a/include/linux/userfaultfd_k.h b/include/linux/userfaultfd_k.h
index 549c8b0cca52..efe14abb2dc8 100644
--- a/include/linux/userfaultfd_k.h
+++ b/include/linux/userfaultfd_k.h
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 #define UFFD_FLAGS_SET (EFD_SHARED_FCNTL_FLAGS)
 
 extern int sysctl_unprivileged_userfaultfd;
+extern int sysctl_unprivileged_userfaultfd_user_mode_only;
 
 extern const struct file_operations userfaultfd_fops;
 
diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c
index d396aaaf19a3..0650063c3741 100644
--- a/kernel/sysctl.c
+++ b/kernel/sysctl.c
@@ -1740,6 +1740,15 @@ static struct ctl_table vm_table[] = {
 		.extra1		= SYSCTL_ZERO,
 		.extra2		= SYSCTL_ONE,
 	},
+	{
+		.procname	= "unprivileged_userfaultfd_user_mode_only",
+		.data		= &sysctl_unprivileged_userfaultfd_user_mode_only,
+		.maxlen		= sizeof(sysctl_unprivileged_userfaultfd_user_mode_only),
+		.mode		= 0644,
+		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec_minmax,
+		.extra1		= SYSCTL_ZERO,
+		.extra2		= SYSCTL_ONE,
+	},
 #endif
 	{ }
 };
-- 
2.25.0.225.g125e21ebc7-goog


  parent reply	other threads:[~2020-02-11 22:56 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 80+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-02-11 22:55 [PATCH v2 0/6] Harden userfaultfd Daniel Colascione
2020-02-11 22:55 ` [PATCH v2 1/6] Add a new flags-accepting interface for anonymous inodes Daniel Colascione
2020-02-12 16:37   ` Stephen Smalley
2020-02-12 17:23     ` Daniel Colascione
2020-02-11 22:55 ` [PATCH v2 2/6] Add a concept of a "secure" anonymous file Daniel Colascione
2020-02-12 16:49   ` Stephen Smalley
2020-02-14 22:13   ` kbuild test robot
2020-02-11 22:55 ` [PATCH v2 3/6] Teach SELinux about a new userfaultfd class Daniel Colascione
2020-02-12 17:05   ` Stephen Smalley
2020-02-12 17:19     ` Daniel Colascione
2020-02-12 18:04       ` Stephen Smalley
2020-02-12 18:59         ` Stephen Smalley
2020-02-12 19:04           ` Daniel Colascione
2020-02-12 19:11             ` Stephen Smalley
2020-02-12 19:13               ` Daniel Colascione
2020-02-12 19:17               ` Stephen Smalley
2020-02-11 22:55 ` [PATCH v2 4/6] Wire UFFD up to SELinux Daniel Colascione
2020-02-11 22:55 ` [PATCH v2 5/6] Let userfaultfd opt out of handling kernel-mode faults Daniel Colascione
2020-02-11 22:55 ` Daniel Colascione [this message]
2020-02-11 23:13 ` [PATCH v2 0/6] Harden userfaultfd Casey Schaufler
2020-02-11 23:27   ` Daniel Colascione
2020-02-12 16:09     ` Stephen Smalley
2020-02-21 17:56     ` James Morris
2020-02-12  7:50 ` Kees Cook
2020-02-12 16:54   ` Jann Horn
2020-02-12 17:14     ` Peter Xu
2020-02-12 19:41       ` Andrea Arcangeli
2020-02-12 20:04         ` Daniel Colascione
2020-02-12 23:41           ` Andrea Arcangeli
2020-02-12 17:12   ` Daniel Colascione
2020-02-14  3:26 ` [PATCH 0/3] SELinux support for anonymous inodes and UFFD Daniel Colascione
2020-02-14  3:26   ` [PATCH 1/3] Add a new LSM-supporting anonymous inode interface Daniel Colascione
2020-02-14  3:26   ` [PATCH 2/3] Teach SELinux about anonymous inodes Daniel Colascione
2020-02-14 16:39     ` Stephen Smalley
2020-02-14 17:21       ` Daniel Colascione
2020-02-14 18:02         ` Stephen Smalley
2020-02-14 18:08           ` Stephen Smalley
2020-02-14 20:24             ` Stephen Smalley
2020-02-14  3:26   ` [PATCH 3/3] Wire UFFD up to SELinux Daniel Colascione
2020-03-25 23:02   ` [PATCH v2 0/3] SELinux support for anonymous inodes and UFFD Daniel Colascione
2020-03-25 23:02   ` [PATCH v2 1/3] Add a new LSM-supporting anonymous inode interface Daniel Colascione
2020-03-26 13:53     ` Stephen Smalley
2020-03-25 23:02   ` [PATCH v2 2/3] Teach SELinux about anonymous inodes Daniel Colascione
2020-03-26 13:58     ` Stephen Smalley
2020-03-26 17:59       ` Daniel Colascione
2020-03-26 17:37     ` Stephen Smalley
2020-03-25 23:02   ` [PATCH v2 3/3] Wire UFFD up to SELinux Daniel Colascione
2020-03-25 23:49     ` Casey Schaufler
2020-03-26 18:14   ` [PATCH v3 0/3] SELinux support for anonymous inodes and UFFD Daniel Colascione
2020-03-26 18:14     ` [PATCH v3 1/3] Add a new LSM-supporting anonymous inode interface Daniel Colascione
2020-03-26 19:00       ` Stephen Smalley
2020-03-26 18:14     ` [PATCH v3 2/3] Teach SELinux about anonymous inodes Daniel Colascione
2020-03-26 19:02       ` Stephen Smalley
2020-03-26 18:14     ` [PATCH v3 3/3] Wire UFFD up to SELinux Daniel Colascione
2020-03-26 20:06     ` [PATCH v4 0/3] SELinux support for anonymous inodes and UFFD Daniel Colascione
2020-03-26 20:06       ` [PATCH v4 1/3] Add a new LSM-supporting anonymous inode interface Daniel Colascione
2020-03-27 13:40         ` Stephen Smalley
2020-03-26 20:06       ` [PATCH v4 2/3] Teach SELinux about anonymous inodes Daniel Colascione
2020-03-27 13:41         ` Stephen Smalley
2020-03-26 20:06       ` [PATCH v4 3/3] Wire UFFD up to SELinux Daniel Colascione
2020-04-01 21:39       ` [PATCH v5 0/3] SELinux support for anonymous inodes and UFFD Daniel Colascione
2020-04-01 21:39         ` [PATCH v5 1/3] Add a new LSM-supporting anonymous inode interface Daniel Colascione
2020-05-07 16:02           ` James Morris
2020-08-04 21:22           ` Eric Biggers
2020-04-01 21:39         ` [PATCH v5 2/3] Teach SELinux about anonymous inodes Daniel Colascione
2020-04-01 21:39         ` [PATCH v5 3/3] Wire UFFD up to SELinux Daniel Colascione
2020-08-04 21:16           ` Eric Biggers
2020-04-13 13:29         ` [PATCH v5 0/3] SELinux support for anonymous inodes and UFFD Daniel Colascione
2020-04-22 16:55           ` James Morris
2020-04-22 17:12             ` Casey Schaufler
2020-04-23 22:24               ` Casey Schaufler
2020-04-27 16:18                 ` Casey Schaufler
2020-04-27 16:48                   ` Stephen Smalley
2020-04-27 17:12                     ` Casey Schaufler
2020-04-29 17:02                     ` Stephen Smalley
2020-04-27 17:15             ` Casey Schaufler
2020-04-27 19:40               ` Stephen Smalley
2020-06-04  3:56         ` James Morris
2020-06-04 18:51           ` Stephen Smalley
2020-06-04 19:24             ` Lokesh Gidra

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