Re: [PATCH][next] ima: ima_modsig: Fix use-after-free bug in ima_read_modsig

From: Gustavo A. R. Silva
Date: Wed Aug 28 2019 - 14:55:52 EST




On 8/28/19 8:50 AM, Mimi Zohar wrote:
> Hi Gustavo,
>
> On Sun, 2019-08-11 at 18:55 -0500, Gustavo A. R. Silva wrote:
>> hdr is being freed and then dereferenced by accessing hdr->pkcs7_msg
>>
>> Fix this by copying the value returned by PTR_ERR(hdr->pkcs7_msg) into
>> automatic variable err for its safe use after freeing hdr.
>>
>> Addresses-Coverity-ID: 1485813 ("Read from pointer after free")
>> Fixes: 39b07096364a ("ima: Implement support for module-style appended signatures")
>> Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> This bug was reported Julia and addressed by Thiago on 8/7. If you
> would like to add your Review/Tested-by, the patch can be found in the
> linux-integrity next-queued-testing branch.
>

I'm glad this is fixed now. :)

Yeah, you can add my:

Reviewed-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks
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Gustavo