[PATCH 4.5 047/238] libnvdimm: Fix security issue with DSM IOCTL.

From: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Date: Sun Apr 10 2016 - 14:38:19 EST


4.5-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Jerry Hoemann <jerry.hoemann@xxxxxxx>

commit 07accfa9d1a8bac8262f6d24a94a54d2d1f35149 upstream.

Code attempts to prevent certain IOCTL DSM from being called
when device is opened read only. This security feature can
be trivially overcome by changing the size portion of the
ioctl_command which isn't used.

Check only the _IOC_NR (i.e. the command).

Signed-off-by: Jerry Hoemann <jerry.hoemann@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

---
drivers/nvdimm/bus.c | 8 ++++----
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

--- a/drivers/nvdimm/bus.c
+++ b/drivers/nvdimm/bus.c
@@ -513,10 +513,10 @@ static int __nd_ioctl(struct nvdimm_bus

/* fail write commands (when read-only) */
if (read_only)
- switch (ioctl_cmd) {
- case ND_IOCTL_VENDOR:
- case ND_IOCTL_SET_CONFIG_DATA:
- case ND_IOCTL_ARS_START:
+ switch (cmd) {
+ case ND_CMD_VENDOR:
+ case ND_CMD_SET_CONFIG_DATA:
+ case ND_CMD_ARS_START:
dev_dbg(&nvdimm_bus->dev, "'%s' command while read-only.\n",
nvdimm ? nvdimm_cmd_name(cmd)
: nvdimm_bus_cmd_name(cmd));