Re: [PATCH v2 04/10] ovl: make ioctl() safe

[Miklos Szeredi]

On Tue, Dec 8, 2020 at 12:15 PM Amir Goldstein <amir73il@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Dec 7, 2020 at 6:36 PM Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > ovl_ioctl_set_flags() does a capability check using flags, but then the
> > real ioctl double-fetches flags and uses potentially different value.
> >
> > The "Check the capability before cred override" comment misleading: user
> > can skip this check by presenting benign flags first and then overwriting
> > them to non-benign flags.
> >
> > Just remove the cred override for now, hoping this doesn't cause a
> > regression.
> >
> > The proper solution is to create a new setxflags i_op (patches are in the
> > works).
> >
> > Xfstests don't show a regression.
> >
> > Reported-by: Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Looks reasonable
>
> Reviewed-by: Amir Goldstein <amir73il@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> > ---
> >  fs/overlayfs/file.c | 75 ++-------------------------------------------
> >  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 72 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/file.c b/fs/overlayfs/file.c
> > index efccb7c1f9bc..3cd1590f2030 100644
> > --- a/fs/overlayfs/file.c
> > +++ b/fs/overlayfs/file.c
> > @@ -541,46 +541,26 @@ static long ovl_real_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd,
> >                            unsigned long arg)
> >  {
> >         struct fd real;
> > -       const struct cred *old_cred;
> >         long ret;
> >
> >         ret = ovl_real_fdget(file, &real);
> >         if (ret)
> >                 return ret;
> >
> > -       old_cred = ovl_override_creds(file_inode(file)->i_sb);
> >         ret = security_file_ioctl(real.file, cmd, arg);
> >         if (!ret)
> >                 ret = vfs_ioctl(real.file, cmd, arg);
> > -       revert_creds(old_cred);
> >
> >         fdput(real);
> >
> >         return ret;
> >  }
> >
>
>
> I wonder if we shouldn't leave a comment behind to explain
> that no override is intentional.

Comment added.

> I also wonder if "Permission model" sections shouldn't be saying
> something about ioctl() (current task checks only)? or we just treat
> this is a breakage of the permission model that needs to be fixed?

This is a breakage of the permission model.  But I don't think this is
a serious breakage, or one that actually matters.

Not sure which is better: adding exceptions to the model or applying
the model in situations where it's unnecessary.  I'd rather go with
the latter, but clearly in this case that was the wrong decision.

Thanks,
Miklos