2018-02-28 01:37:28

by Danilo Krummrich

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Subject: [PATCH v3 1/2] fs/sysctl: fix potential page fault while unregistering sysctl table

proc_sys_link_fill_cache() does not take currently unregistering
sysctl tables into account, which might result into a page fault in
sysctl_follow_link() - add a check to fix it.

This bug has been present since v3.4.

Fixes: 0e47c99d7fe25 ("sysctl: Replace root_list with links between sysctl_table_sets")
Cc: [email protected]
Acked-by: Kees Cook <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Danilo Krummrich <[email protected]>
---
v2: removed empty line between between sysctl_head_grab and IS_ERR
v3: extend commit message, add tags and cc stable
---
fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c | 3 +++
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c b/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
index c5cbbdff3c3d..82ac5f682b73 100644
--- a/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
+++ b/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
@@ -707,7 +707,10 @@ static bool proc_sys_link_fill_cache(struct file *file,
struct ctl_table *table)
{
bool ret = true;
+
head = sysctl_head_grab(head);
+ if (IS_ERR(head))
+ return false;

if (S_ISLNK(table->mode)) {
/* It is not an error if we can not follow the link ignore it */
--
2.14.1



2018-02-28 01:36:57

by Danilo Krummrich

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Subject: [PATCH v3 2/2] fs/sysctl: remove redundant link check in proc_sys_link_fill_cache()

proc_sys_link_fill_cache() does not need to check whether we're
called for a link - it's already done by scan().

Acked-by: Kees Cook <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Danilo Krummrich <[email protected]>
---
v2: removed 'err' as it's only used for sysctl_follow_link()
v3: add ack
---
fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c | 9 +++------
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c b/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
index 82ac5f682b73..d36ef667c0a8 100644
--- a/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
+++ b/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
@@ -712,12 +712,9 @@ static bool proc_sys_link_fill_cache(struct file *file,
if (IS_ERR(head))
return false;

- if (S_ISLNK(table->mode)) {
- /* It is not an error if we can not follow the link ignore it */
- int err = sysctl_follow_link(&head, &table);
- if (err)
- goto out;
- }
+ /* It is not an error if we can not follow the link ignore it */
+ if (sysctl_follow_link(&head, &table))
+ goto out;

ret = proc_sys_fill_cache(file, ctx, head, table);
out:
--
2.14.1