Re: [Linux-kernel-mentees] [PATCH v3] ptrace: Prevent kernel-infoleak in ptrace_get_syscall_info()

From: Dmitry V. Levin
Date: Sat Aug 01 2020 - 12:08:25 EST


On Sat, Aug 01, 2020 at 11:20:44AM -0400, Peilin Ye wrote:
> ptrace_get_syscall_info() is potentially copying uninitialized stack
> memory to userspace, since the compiler may leave a 3-byte hole near the
> beginning of `info`. Fix it by adding a padding field to `struct
> ptrace_syscall_info`.
>
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Fixes: 201766a20e30 ("ptrace: add PTRACE_GET_SYSCALL_INFO request")
> Suggested-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Peilin Ye <yepeilin.cs@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Change in v3:
> - Remove unnecessary `__aligned__` attribute. (Suggested by
> Dmitry V. Levin <ldv@xxxxxxxxxxxx>)
>
> Change in v2:
> - Add a padding field to `struct ptrace_syscall_info`, instead of
> doing memset() on `info`. (Suggested by Dmitry V. Levin
> <ldv@xxxxxxxxxxxx>)
>
> Reference: https://lwn.net/Articles/417989/
>
> $ # before:
> $ pahole -C "ptrace_syscall_info" kernel/ptrace.o
> struct ptrace_syscall_info {
> __u8 op; /* 0 1 */
>
> /* XXX 3 bytes hole, try to pack */
>
> __u32 arch __attribute__((__aligned__(4))); /* 4 4 */
> __u64 instruction_pointer; /* 8 8 */
> __u64 stack_pointer; /* 16 8 */
> union {
> struct {
> __u64 nr; /* 24 8 */
> __u64 args[6]; /* 32 48 */
> } entry; /* 24 56 */
> struct {
> __s64 rval; /* 24 8 */
> __u8 is_error; /* 32 1 */
> } exit; /* 24 16 */
> struct {
> __u64 nr; /* 24 8 */
> __u64 args[6]; /* 32 48 */
> /* --- cacheline 1 boundary (64 bytes) was 16 bytes ago --- */
> __u32 ret_data; /* 80 4 */
> } seccomp; /* 24 64 */
> }; /* 24 64 */
>
> /* size: 88, cachelines: 2, members: 5 */
> /* sum members: 85, holes: 1, sum holes: 3 */
> /* forced alignments: 1, forced holes: 1, sum forced holes: 3 */
> /* last cacheline: 24 bytes */
> } __attribute__((__aligned__(8)));
> $
> $ # after:
> $ pahole -C "ptrace_syscall_info" kernel/ptrace.o
> struct ptrace_syscall_info {
> __u8 op; /* 0 1 */
> __u8 pad[3]; /* 1 3 */
> __u32 arch; /* 4 4 */
> __u64 instruction_pointer; /* 8 8 */
> __u64 stack_pointer; /* 16 8 */
> union {
> struct {
> __u64 nr; /* 24 8 */
> __u64 args[6]; /* 32 48 */
> } entry; /* 24 56 */
> struct {
> __s64 rval; /* 24 8 */
> __u8 is_error; /* 32 1 */
> } exit; /* 24 16 */
> struct {
> __u64 nr; /* 24 8 */
> __u64 args[6]; /* 32 48 */
> /* --- cacheline 1 boundary (64 bytes) was 16 bytes ago --- */
> __u32 ret_data; /* 80 4 */
> } seccomp; /* 24 64 */
> }; /* 24 64 */
>
> /* size: 88, cachelines: 2, members: 6 */
> /* last cacheline: 24 bytes */
> };
> $ _
>
> include/uapi/linux/ptrace.h | 3 ++-
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/ptrace.h b/include/uapi/linux/ptrace.h
> index a71b6e3b03eb..83ee45fa634b 100644
> --- a/include/uapi/linux/ptrace.h
> +++ b/include/uapi/linux/ptrace.h
> @@ -81,7 +81,8 @@ struct seccomp_metadata {
>
> struct ptrace_syscall_info {
> __u8 op; /* PTRACE_SYSCALL_INFO_* */
> - __u32 arch __attribute__((__aligned__(sizeof(__u32))));
> + __u8 pad[3];
> + __u32 arch;
> __u64 instruction_pointer;
> __u64 stack_pointer;
> union {

Reviewed-by: Dmitry V. Levin <ldv@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks,


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