Re: [PATCH v6 5/7] fs: Expand __receive_fd() to accept existing fd

From: Kees Cook
Date: Wed Jul 08 2020 - 19:52:24 EST


On Tue, Jul 07, 2020 at 02:38:54PM +0200, Christian Brauner wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 06, 2020 at 01:17:18PM -0700, Kees Cook wrote:
> > Expand __receive_fd() with support for replace_fd() for the coming seccomp
> > "addfd" ioctl(). Add new wrapper receive_fd_replace() for the new behavior
> > and update existing wrappers to retain old behavior.
> >
> > Thanks to Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> for pointing out an
> > uninitialized variable exposure in an earlier version of this patch.
> >
> > Reviewed-by: Sargun Dhillon <sargun@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
>
> Thanks!
> (One tiny-nit below.)
> Acked-by: Christian Brauner <christian.brauner@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> > fs/file.c | 24 ++++++++++++++++++------
> > include/linux/file.h | 10 +++++++---
> > 2 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/fs/file.c b/fs/file.c
> > index 0efdcf413210..11313ff36802 100644
> > --- a/fs/file.c
> > +++ b/fs/file.c
> > @@ -937,6 +937,7 @@ int replace_fd(unsigned fd, struct file *file, unsigned flags)
> > /**
> > * __receive_fd() - Install received file into file descriptor table
> > *
> > + * @fd: fd to install into (if negative, a new fd will be allocated)
> > * @file: struct file that was received from another process
> > * @ufd: __user pointer to write new fd number to
> > * @o_flags: the O_* flags to apply to the new fd entry
> > @@ -950,7 +951,7 @@ int replace_fd(unsigned fd, struct file *file, unsigned flags)
> > *
> > * Returns newly install fd or -ve on error.
> > */
> > -int __receive_fd(struct file *file, int __user *ufd, unsigned int o_flags)
> > +int __receive_fd(int fd, struct file *file, int __user *ufd, unsigned int o_flags)
> > {
> > struct socket *sock;
> > int new_fd;
> > @@ -960,18 +961,30 @@ int __receive_fd(struct file *file, int __user *ufd, unsigned int o_flags)
> > if (error)
> > return error;
> >
> > - new_fd = get_unused_fd_flags(o_flags);
> > - if (new_fd < 0)
> > - return new_fd;
> > + if (fd < 0) {
> > + new_fd = get_unused_fd_flags(o_flags);
> > + if (new_fd < 0)
> > + return new_fd;
> > + } else
> > + new_fd = fd;
>
> This is nitpicky but coding style technically wants us to use braces
> around both branches if one of them requires them. ;)

Ah yeah, good point. Fixed. Thanks!

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Kees Cook