[PATCH v3] ima: Fix NULL pointer dereference in ima_file_hash

From: KP Singh
Date: Wed Sep 16 2020 - 14:03:42 EST


From: KP Singh <kpsingh@xxxxxxxxxx>

ima_file_hash can be called when there is no iint->ima_hash available
even though the inode exists in the integrity cache. It is fairly
common for a file to not have a hash. (e.g. an mknodat, prior to the
file being closed).

Another example where this can happen (suggested by Jann Horn):

Process A does:

while(1) {
unlink("/tmp/imafoo");
fd = open("/tmp/imafoo", O_RDWR|O_CREAT|O_TRUNC, 0700);
if (fd == -1) {
perror("open");
continue;
}
write(fd, "A", 1);
close(fd);
}

and Process B does:

while (1) {
int fd = open("/tmp/imafoo", O_RDONLY);
if (fd == -1)
continue;
char *mapping = mmap(NULL, 0x1000, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC,
MAP_PRIVATE, fd, 0);
if (mapping != MAP_FAILED)
munmap(mapping, 0x1000);
close(fd);
}

Due to the race to get the iint->mutex between ima_file_hash and
process_measurement iint->ima_hash could still be NULL.

Fixes: 6beea7afcc72 ("ima: add the ability to query the cached hash of a given file")
Signed-off-by: KP Singh <kpsingh@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Florent Revest <revest@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c | 10 ++++++++++
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

Changelog:

v2 -> v3

- Updated commit description.

v1 -> v2

- Added Review Tags, attempt to get the patch on the lists somehow.

diff --git a/security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c b/security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c
index 8a91711ca79b..4c86cd4eece0 100644
--- a/security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c
+++ b/security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c
@@ -531,6 +531,16 @@ int ima_file_hash(struct file *file, char *buf, size_t buf_size)
return -EOPNOTSUPP;

mutex_lock(&iint->mutex);
+
+ /*
+ * ima_file_hash can be called when ima_collect_measurement has still
+ * not been called, we might not always have a hash.
+ */
+ if (!iint->ima_hash) {
+ mutex_unlock(&iint->mutex);
+ return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+ }
+
if (buf) {
size_t copied_size;

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2.28.0.618.gf4bc123cb7-goog