[tip:core/urgent] lib/syscall: Clear return values when no stack

From: tip-bot for Kees Cook
Date: Fri Mar 24 2017 - 02:53:00 EST


Commit-ID: 854fbd6e5f60fe99e8e3a569865409fca378f143
Gitweb: http://git.kernel.org/tip/854fbd6e5f60fe99e8e3a569865409fca378f143
Author: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Thu, 23 Mar 2017 15:46:16 -0700
Committer: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
CommitDate: Fri, 24 Mar 2017 07:43:35 +0100

lib/syscall: Clear return values when no stack

Commit:

aa1f1a639621 ("lib/syscall: Pin the task stack in collect_syscall()")

... added logic to handle a process stack not existing, but left sp and pc
uninitialized, which can be later reported via /proc/$pid/syscall for zombie
processes, potentially exposing kernel memory to userspace.

Zombie /proc/$pid/syscall before:
-1 0xffffffff9a060100 0xffff92f42d6ad900

Zombie /proc/$pid/syscall after:
-1 0x0 0x0

Reported-by: Robert ÅwiÄcki <robert@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Brian Gerst <brgerst@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx # v4.9+
Fixes: aa1f1a639621 ("lib/syscall: Pin the task stack in collect_syscall()")
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20170323224616.GA92694@beast
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
lib/syscall.c | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/lib/syscall.c b/lib/syscall.c
index 17d5ff5..2c6cd1b 100644
--- a/lib/syscall.c
+++ b/lib/syscall.c
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ static int collect_syscall(struct task_struct *target, long *callno,

if (!try_get_task_stack(target)) {
/* Task has no stack, so the task isn't in a syscall. */
+ *sp = *pc = 0;
*callno = -1;
return 0;
}