[PATCH 3/3] pipe: add proc_dopipe_max_size() to safely assign pipe_max_size

[Joe Lawrence]

pipe_max_size is assigned directly via procfs sysctl:

  static struct ctl_table fs_table[] = {
          ...
          {
                  .procname       = "pipe-max-size",
                  .data           = &pipe_max_size,
                  .maxlen         = sizeof(int),
                  .mode           = 0644,
                  .proc_handler   = &pipe_proc_fn,
                  .extra1         = &pipe_min_size,
          },
          ...

  int pipe_proc_fn(struct ctl_table *table, int write, void __user *buf,
                   size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos)
  {
          ...
          ret = proc_dointvec_minmax(table, write, buf, lenp, ppos)
          ...

and then later rounded in-place a few statements later:

          ...
          pipe_max_size = round_pipe_size(pipe_max_size);
          ...

This leaves a window of time between initial assignment and rounding
that may be visible to other threads.  (For example, one thread sets a
non-rounded value to pipe_max_size while another reads its value.)

Similar reads of pipe_max_size are potentially racey:

  pipe.c :: alloc_pipe_info()
  pipe.c :: pipe_set_size()

Add a new proc_dopipe_max_size() function that consolidates reading the
new value from the user buffer, verifying bounds, and calling
round_pipe_size() with a single assignment to pipe_max_size.

Reported-by: Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Joe Lawrence <joe.lawrence@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 fs/pipe.c                 | 16 ++--------------
 include/linux/pipe_fs_i.h |  1 +
 include/linux/sysctl.h    |  3 +++
 kernel/sysctl.c           | 43 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 4 files changed, 49 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/pipe.c b/fs/pipe.c
index 8cbc97d97753..4db3cd2d139c 100644
--- a/fs/pipe.c
+++ b/fs/pipe.c
@@ -1019,7 +1019,7 @@ static int fifo_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
  * Currently we rely on the pipe array holding a power-of-2 number
  * of pages. Returns 0 on error.
  */
-static inline unsigned int round_pipe_size(unsigned int size)
+unsigned int round_pipe_size(unsigned int size)
 {
 	unsigned long nr_pages;
 
@@ -1130,19 +1130,7 @@ static long pipe_set_size(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe, unsigned long arg)
 int pipe_proc_fn(struct ctl_table *table, int write, void __user *buf,
 		 size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos)
 {
-	unsigned int rounded_pipe_max_size;
-	int ret;
-
-	ret = proc_douintvec_minmax(table, write, buf, lenp, ppos);
-	if (ret < 0 || !write)
-		return ret;
-
-	rounded_pipe_max_size = round_pipe_size(pipe_max_size);
-	if (rounded_pipe_max_size == 0)
-		return -EINVAL;
-
-	pipe_max_size = rounded_pipe_max_size;
-	return ret;
+	return proc_dopipe_max_size(table, write, buf, lenp, ppos);
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/include/linux/pipe_fs_i.h b/include/linux/pipe_fs_i.h
index e7497c9dde7f..485cf7a7aa8f 100644
--- a/include/linux/pipe_fs_i.h
+++ b/include/linux/pipe_fs_i.h
@@ -190,5 +190,6 @@ static inline int pipe_buf_steal(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe,
 struct pipe_inode_info *get_pipe_info(struct file *file);
 
 int create_pipe_files(struct file **, int);
+unsigned int round_pipe_size(unsigned int size);
 
 #endif
diff --git a/include/linux/sysctl.h b/include/linux/sysctl.h
index 1d4dba490fb6..ba24ca72800c 100644
--- a/include/linux/sysctl.h
+++ b/include/linux/sysctl.h
@@ -50,6 +50,9 @@ extern int proc_dointvec_minmax(struct ctl_table *, int,
 extern int proc_douintvec_minmax(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
 				 void __user *buffer, size_t *lenp,
 				 loff_t *ppos);
+extern int proc_dopipe_max_size(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
+				void __user *buffer, size_t *lenp,
+				loff_t *ppos);
 extern int proc_dointvec_jiffies(struct ctl_table *, int,
 				 void __user *, size_t *, loff_t *);
 extern int proc_dointvec_userhz_jiffies(struct ctl_table *, int,
diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c
index c976719bf37a..7a2913c5546e 100644
--- a/kernel/sysctl.c
+++ b/kernel/sysctl.c
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@
 #include <linux/kexec.h>
 #include <linux/bpf.h>
 #include <linux/mount.h>
+#include <linux/pipe_fs_i.h>
 
 #include <linux/uaccess.h>
 #include <asm/processor.h>
@@ -2631,6 +2632,47 @@ int proc_douintvec_minmax(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
 				 do_proc_douintvec_minmax_conv, &param);
 }
 
+struct do_proc_dopipe_max_size_conv_param {
+	unsigned int *min;
+};
+
+static int do_proc_dopipe_max_size_conv(unsigned long *lvalp,
+					unsigned int *valp,
+					int write, void *data)
+{
+	struct do_proc_dopipe_max_size_conv_param *param = data;
+
+	if (write) {
+		unsigned int val = round_pipe_size(*lvalp);
+
+		if (val == 0)
+			return -EINVAL;
+
+		if (param->min && *param->min > val)
+			return -ERANGE;
+
+		if (*lvalp > UINT_MAX)
+			return -EINVAL;
+
+		*valp = val;
+	} else {
+		unsigned int val = *valp;
+		*lvalp = (unsigned long) val;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+int proc_dopipe_max_size(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
+			 void __user *buffer, size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos)
+{
+	struct do_proc_dopipe_max_size_conv_param param = {
+		.min = (unsigned int *) table->extra1,
+	};
+	return do_proc_douintvec(table, write, buffer, lenp, ppos,
+				 do_proc_dopipe_max_size_conv, &param);
+}
+
 static void validate_coredump_safety(void)
 {
 #ifdef CONFIG_COREDUMP
@@ -3179,6 +3221,7 @@ int proc_doulongvec_ms_jiffies_minmax(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(proc_dointvec_jiffies);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(proc_dointvec_minmax);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(proc_douintvec_minmax);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(proc_dopipe_max_size);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(proc_dointvec_userhz_jiffies);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(proc_dointvec_ms_jiffies);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(proc_dostring);
-- 
1.8.3.1