[PATCH v3 1/2] um: Do not set unsecure permission for temporary file

[MickaÃl SalaÃn]

Remove the insecure 0777 mode for temporary file to prohibit other users
to change the executable mapped code.

An attacker could gain access to the mapped file descriptor from the
temporary file (before it is unlinked) in a read-only mode but it should
not be accessible in write mode to avoid arbitrary code execution.

To not change the hostfs behavior, the temporary file creation
permission now depend on the current umask(2) and the implementation of
mkstemp(3).

Signed-off-by: MickaÃl SalaÃn <mic@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jeff Dike <jdike@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Richard Weinberger <richard@xxxxxx>
Cc: Tristan Schmelcher <tschmelcher@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 arch/um/os-Linux/mem.c | 6 ------
 1 file changed, 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/um/os-Linux/mem.c b/arch/um/os-Linux/mem.c
index 897e9ad..840d573 100644
--- a/arch/um/os-Linux/mem.c
+++ b/arch/um/os-Linux/mem.c
@@ -142,12 +142,6 @@ static int __init create_tmp_file(unsigned long long len)
 	if (fd < 0)
 		exit(1);
 
-	err = fchmod(fd, 0777);
-	if (err < 0) {
-		perror("fchmod");
-		exit(1);
-	}
-
 	/*
 	 * Seek to len - 1 because writing a character there will
 	 * increase the file size by one byte, to the desired length.
-- 
2.6.2

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