Re: [PATCH] swapfile: fix memory corruption via malformed swapfile

[Kees Cook]

On Mon, Oct 31, 2016 at 2:32 PM, Jann Horn <jann@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> When root activates a swap partition whose header has the wrong endianness,
> nr_badpages elements of badpages are swabbed before nr_badpages has been
> checked, leading to a buffer overrun of up to 8GB.
>
> This normally is not a security issue because it can only be exploited by
> root (more specifically, a process with CAP_SYS_ADMIN or the ability to
> modify a swap file/partition), and such a process can already e.g. modify
> swapped-out memory of any other userspace process on the system.
>
> Testcase for reproducing the bug (must be run as root, should crash your
> kernel):
> =================
> #include <stdlib.h>
> #include <unistd.h>
> #include <sys/swap.h>
> #include <limits.h>
> #include <err.h>
> #include <string.h>
> #include <stdio.h>
>
> #define PAGE_SIZE 4096
> #define __u32 unsigned int
>
>
> // from include/linux/swap.h
> union swap_header {
>   struct {
>     char reserved[PAGE_SIZE - 10];
>     char magic[10];     /* SWAP-SPACE or SWAPSPACE2 */
>   } magic;
>   struct {
>     char    bootbits[1024]; /* Space for disklabel etc. */
>     __u32   version;
>     __u32   last_page;
>     __u32   nr_badpages;
>     unsigned char sws_uuid[16];
>     unsigned char sws_volume[16];
>     __u32   padding[117];
>     __u32   badpages[1];
>   } info;
> };
>
> int main(void) {
>   char file[] = "/tmp/swapfile.XXXXXX";
>   int file_fd = mkstemp(file);
>   if (file_fd == -1)
>     err(1, "mkstemp");
>   if (ftruncate(file_fd, PAGE_SIZE))
>     err(1, "ftruncate");
>   union swap_header swap_header = {
>     .info = {
>       .version = __builtin_bswap32(1),
>       .nr_badpages = __builtin_bswap32(INT_MAX)
>     }
>   };
>   memcpy(swap_header.magic.magic, "SWAPSPACE2", 10);
>   if (write(file_fd, &swap_header, sizeof(swap_header)) !=
>       sizeof(swap_header))
>     err(1, "write");
>
>   // not because the attack needs it, just in case you forgot to
>   // sync yourself before crashing your machine
>   sync();
>
>   // now die
>   if (swapon(file, 0))
>     err(1, "swapon");
>   puts("huh, we survived");
>   if (swapoff(file))
>     err(1, "swapoff");
>   unlink(file);
> }
> =================
>
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Signed-off-by: Jann Horn <jann@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  mm/swapfile.c | 2 ++
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/mm/swapfile.c b/mm/swapfile.c
> index 2210de290b54..f30438970cd1 100644
> --- a/mm/swapfile.c
> +++ b/mm/swapfile.c
> @@ -2224,6 +2224,8 @@ static unsigned long read_swap_header(struct swap_info_struct *p,
>                 swab32s(&swap_header->info.version);
>                 swab32s(&swap_header->info.last_page);
>                 swab32s(&swap_header->info.nr_badpages);
> +               if (swap_header->info.nr_badpages > MAX_SWAP_BADPAGES)
> +                       return 0;
>                 for (i = 0; i < swap_header->info.nr_badpages; i++)
>                         swab32s(&swap_header->info.badpages[i]);
>         }
> --
> 2.1.4
>

Eww. Nice find. :) At least it's only init_ns CAP_SYS_ADMIN. :P

Acked-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

-Kees

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Kees Cook
Nexus Security