[PATCH] [120/275] CRED: Fix BUG() upon security_cred_alloc_blank() failure

[Andi Kleen]

2.6.35-longterm review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

------------------
From: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

commit 2edeaa34a6e3f2c43b667f6c4f7b27944b811695 upstream.

In cred_alloc_blank() since 2.6.32, abort_creds(new) is called with
new->security == NULL and new->magic == 0 when security_cred_alloc_blank()
returns an error.  As a result, BUG() will be triggered if SELinux is enabled
or CONFIG_DEBUG_CREDENTIALS=y.

If CONFIG_DEBUG_CREDENTIALS=y, BUG() is called from __invalid_creds() because
cred->magic == 0.  Failing that, BUG() is called from selinux_cred_free()
because selinux_cred_free() is not expecting cred->security == NULL.  This does
not affect smack_cred_free(), tomoyo_cred_free() or apparmor_cred_free().

Fix these bugs by

(1) Set new->magic before calling security_cred_alloc_blank().

(2) Handle null cred->security in creds_are_invalid() and selinux_cred_free().

Signed-off-by: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

---
 kernel/cred.c            |   12 ++++++++----
 security/selinux/hooks.c |    6 +++++-
 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

Index: linux-2.6.35.y/kernel/cred.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.35.y.orig/kernel/cred.c	2011-03-29 22:51:20.320203225 -0700
+++ linux-2.6.35.y/kernel/cred.c	2011-03-29 23:54:51.139693889 -0700
@@ -256,13 +256,13 @@
 #endif
 
 	atomic_set(&new->usage, 1);
+#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_CREDENTIALS
+	new->magic = CRED_MAGIC;
+#endif
 
 	if (security_cred_alloc_blank(new, GFP_KERNEL) < 0)
 		goto error;
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_CREDENTIALS
-	new->magic = CRED_MAGIC;
-#endif
 	return new;
 
 error:
@@ -754,7 +754,11 @@
 	if (cred->magic != CRED_MAGIC)
 		return true;
 #ifdef CONFIG_SECURITY_SELINUX
-	if (selinux_is_enabled()) {
+	/*
+	 * cred->security == NULL if security_cred_alloc_blank() or
+	 * security_prepare_creds() returned an error.
+	 */
+	if (selinux_is_enabled() && cred->security) {
 		if ((unsigned long) cred->security < PAGE_SIZE)
 			return true;
 		if ((*(u32 *)cred->security & 0xffffff00) ==
Index: linux-2.6.35.y/security/selinux/hooks.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.35.y.orig/security/selinux/hooks.c	2011-03-29 23:02:59.725307200 -0700
+++ linux-2.6.35.y/security/selinux/hooks.c	2011-03-29 23:03:00.712281944 -0700
@@ -3234,7 +3234,11 @@
 {
 	struct task_security_struct *tsec = cred->security;
 
-	BUG_ON((unsigned long) cred->security < PAGE_SIZE);
+	/*
+	 * cred->security == NULL if security_cred_alloc_blank() or
+	 * security_prepare_creds() returned an error.
+	 */
+	BUG_ON(cred->security && (unsigned long) cred->security < PAGE_SIZE);
 	cred->security = (void *) 0x7UL;
 	kfree(tsec);
 }
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