Re: [PATCH] Smack: user access check bounds

From: Casey Schaufler
Date: Wed Jun 20 2012 - 18:01:59 EST


On 6/18/2012 7:01 PM, Casey Schaufler wrote:
> From: Casey Schaufler <casey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [PATCH] Smack: user access check bounds
>
> Some of the bounds checking used on the /smack/access
> interface was lost when support for long labels was
> added. No kernel access checks are affected, however
> this is a case where /smack/access could be used
> incorrectly and fail to detect the error. This patch
> reintroduces the original checks.
>
> Targeted for git://git.gitorious.org/smack-next/kernel.git
>
> Signed-off-by: Casey Schaufler <casey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Applied to git://git.gitorious.org/smack-next/kernel.git

>
> ---
>
> security/smack/smackfs.c | 26 ++++++++++++--------------
> 1 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/security/smack/smackfs.c b/security/smack/smackfs.c
> index 2152965..29b760d 100644
> --- a/security/smack/smackfs.c
> +++ b/security/smack/smackfs.c
> @@ -215,28 +215,27 @@ static int smk_set_access(struct smack_rule *srp, struct list_head *rule_list,
> * @access: access string
> * @rule: Smack rule
> * @import: if non-zero, import labels
> + * @len: label length limit
> *
> * Returns 0 on success, -1 on failure
> */
> static int smk_fill_rule(const char *subject, const char *object,
> const char *access, struct smack_rule *rule,
> - int import)
> + int import, int len)
> {
> - int rc = -1;
> - int done;
> const char *cp;
> struct smack_known *skp;
>
> if (import) {
> - rule->smk_subject = smk_import(subject, 0);
> + rule->smk_subject = smk_import(subject, len);
> if (rule->smk_subject == NULL)
> return -1;
>
> - rule->smk_object = smk_import(object, 0);
> + rule->smk_object = smk_import(object, len);
> if (rule->smk_object == NULL)
> return -1;
> } else {
> - cp = smk_parse_smack(subject, 0);
> + cp = smk_parse_smack(subject, len);
> if (cp == NULL)
> return -1;
> skp = smk_find_entry(cp);
> @@ -245,7 +244,7 @@ static int smk_fill_rule(const char *subject, const char *object,
> return -1;
> rule->smk_subject = skp->smk_known;
>
> - cp = smk_parse_smack(object, 0);
> + cp = smk_parse_smack(object, len);
> if (cp == NULL)
> return -1;
> skp = smk_find_entry(cp);
> @@ -257,7 +256,7 @@ static int smk_fill_rule(const char *subject, const char *object,
>
> rule->smk_access = 0;
>
> - for (cp = access, done = 0; *cp && !done; cp++) {
> + for (cp = access; *cp != '\0'; cp++) {
> switch (*cp) {
> case '-':
> break;
> @@ -282,13 +281,11 @@ static int smk_fill_rule(const char *subject, const char *object,
> rule->smk_access |= MAY_TRANSMUTE;
> break;
> default:
> - done = 1;
> - break;
> + return 0;
> }
> }
> - rc = 0;
>
> - return rc;
> + return 0;
> }
>
> /**
> @@ -304,7 +301,8 @@ static int smk_parse_rule(const char *data, struct smack_rule *rule, int import)
> int rc;
>
> rc = smk_fill_rule(data, data + SMK_LABELLEN,
> - data + SMK_LABELLEN + SMK_LABELLEN, rule, import);
> + data + SMK_LABELLEN + SMK_LABELLEN, rule, import,
> + SMK_LABELLEN);
> return rc;
> }
>
> @@ -340,7 +338,7 @@ static int smk_parse_long_rule(const char *data, struct smack_rule *rule,
> goto free_out_o;
>
> if (sscanf(data, "%s %s %s", subject, object, access) == 3)
> - rc = smk_fill_rule(subject, object, access, rule, import);
> + rc = smk_fill_rule(subject, object, access, rule, import, 0);
>
> kfree(access);
> free_out_o:
>
>
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