[PATCH] binder: restrict BINDER_NLGRP_REPORT to CAP_NET_ADMIN and fix binderfs minor leak
From: Hui Peng
Date: Sat Sep 19 2026 - 17:38:41 EST
Fix three security and resource-accounting issues in `binder_netlink.c`
and `binderfs.c`:
1. In `drivers/android/binder_netlink.c`,
`binder_nl_mcgrps[BINDER_NLGRP_REPORT]` is declared without `.flags =
GENL_MCAST_CAP_NET_ADMIN`, allowing any unprivileged local user to
subscribe to the `BINDER_NLGRP_REPORT` Generic Netlink multicast
group and monitor system-wide binder transaction error reports
(including sender/target PIDs and transaction metadata).
2. In `drivers/android/binderfs.c`, `binderfs_binder_ctl_create()`
allocates an IDA minor via `ida_alloc_max(&binderfs_minors, ...)`,
and if `d_alloc_name(root, "binder-control")` fails, jumps to `out:`
(which calls `kfree(device)`) without freeing `minor` from
`binderfs_minors`.
3. When the `binder-control` inode (`device->context.name == NULL`) is
evicted in `binderfs_evict_inode()`, `--info->device_count` is
decremented even though `binderfs_binder_ctl_create()` never
incremented `info->device_count`, underflowing `info->device_count`.
Only decrement `info->device_count` when `device->context.name` is
non-NULL.
Fixes: 63740349eba7 ("binder: introduce transaction reports via netlink")
Assisted-by: LLM
Signed-off-by: Hui Peng <benquike@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/android/binder_netlink.c | 2 +-
drivers/android/binderfs.c | 9 +++++++--
2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/android/binder_netlink.c b/drivers/android/binder_netlink.c
index 81e8432b5904..3f1a4210aa52 100644
--- a/drivers/android/binder_netlink.c
+++ b/drivers/android/binder_netlink.c
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ static const struct genl_split_ops binder_nl_ops[] = {
};
static const struct genl_multicast_group binder_nl_mcgrps[] = {
- [BINDER_NLGRP_REPORT] = { "report", },
+ [BINDER_NLGRP_REPORT] = { "report", .flags = GENL_MCAST_CAP_NET_ADMIN },
};
struct genl_family binder_nl_family __ro_after_init = {
diff --git a/drivers/android/binderfs.c b/drivers/android/binderfs.c
index 361d69f756f5..661fda3ecb59 100644
--- a/drivers/android/binderfs.c
+++ b/drivers/android/binderfs.c
@@ -258,7 +258,8 @@ static void binderfs_evict_inode(struct inode *inode)
return;
mutex_lock(&binderfs_minors_mutex);
- --info->device_count;
+ if (device->context.name)
+ --info->device_count;
ida_free(&binderfs_minors, device->miscdev.minor);
mutex_unlock(&binderfs_minors_mutex);
@@ -430,8 +431,12 @@ static int binderfs_binder_ctl_create(struct super_block *sb)
device->miscdev.minor = minor;
dentry = d_alloc_name(root, "binder-control");
- if (!dentry)
+ if (!dentry) {
+ mutex_lock(&binderfs_minors_mutex);
+ ida_free(&binderfs_minors, minor);
+ mutex_unlock(&binderfs_minors_mutex);
goto out;
+ }
inode->i_private = device;
info->control_dentry = dentry;