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befs: Define usercopy region in befs_inode_cache slab cache
authorDavid Windsor <dave@nullcore.net>
Sun, 11 Jun 2017 02:50:32 +0000 (22:50 -0400)
committerKees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Mon, 15 Jan 2018 20:07:54 +0000 (12:07 -0800)
commit0fc256d3ad76f2552de0db781854506bb623715a
treef5ee18f470f977641fe3853c9ad011584dcf3068
parent8d2704d382a9fd14f65dcdd2a3459067162fd4e6
befs: Define usercopy region in befs_inode_cache slab cache

befs symlink pathnames, stored in struct befs_inode_info.i_data.symlink
and therefore contained in the befs_inode_cache slab cache, need to be
copied to/from userspace.

cache object allocation:
    fs/befs/linuxvfs.c:
        befs_alloc_inode(...):
            ...
            bi = kmem_cache_alloc(befs_inode_cachep, GFP_KERNEL);
            ...
            return &bi->vfs_inode;

        befs_iget(...):
            ...
            strlcpy(befs_ino->i_data.symlink, raw_inode->data.symlink,
                    BEFS_SYMLINK_LEN);
            ...
            inode->i_link = befs_ino->i_data.symlink;

example usage trace:
    readlink_copy+0x43/0x70
    vfs_readlink+0x62/0x110
    SyS_readlinkat+0x100/0x130

    fs/namei.c:
        readlink_copy(..., link):
            ...
            copy_to_user(..., link, len);

        (inlined in vfs_readlink)
        generic_readlink(dentry, ...):
            struct inode *inode = d_inode(dentry);
            const char *link = inode->i_link;
            ...
            readlink_copy(..., link);

In support of usercopy hardening, this patch defines a region in the
befs_inode_cache slab cache in which userspace copy operations are
allowed.

This region is known as the slab cache's usercopy region. Slab caches
can now check that each dynamically sized copy operation involving
cache-managed memory falls entirely within the slab's usercopy region.

This patch is modified from Brad Spengler/PaX Team's PAX_USERCOPY
whitelisting code in the last public patch of grsecurity/PaX based on my
understanding of the code. Changes or omissions from the original code are
mine and don't reflect the original grsecurity/PaX code.

Signed-off-by: David Windsor <dave@nullcore.net>
[kees: adjust commit log, provide usage trace]
Cc: Luis de Bethencourt <luisbg@kernel.org>
Cc: Salah Triki <salah.triki@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Acked-by: Luis de Bethencourt <luisbg@kernel.org>
fs/befs/linuxvfs.c