Re: [PATCH v5 2/6] kexec: avoid compat_alloc_user_space

[Eric W. Biederman]

Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
>
> kimage_alloc_init() expects a __user pointer, so compat_sys_kexec_load()
> uses compat_alloc_user_space() to convert the layout and put it back
> onto the user space caller stack.
>
> Moving the user space access into the syscall handler directly actually
> makes the code simpler, as the conversion for compat mode can now be
> done on kernel memory.

Acked-by: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

>
> Co-developed-by: Eric Biederman <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Co-developed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/YPbtsU4GX6PL7%2F42@xxxxxxxxxxxxx/
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/m1y2cbzmnw.fsf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  kernel/kexec.c | 61 +++++++++++++++++++++-----------------------------
>  1 file changed, 25 insertions(+), 36 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/kernel/kexec.c b/kernel/kexec.c
> index 9c7aef8f4bb6..b5e40f069768 100644
> --- a/kernel/kexec.c
> +++ b/kernel/kexec.c
> @@ -19,26 +19,9 @@
>  
>  #include "kexec_internal.h"
>  
> -static int copy_user_segment_list(struct kimage *image,
> -				  unsigned long nr_segments,
> -				  struct kexec_segment __user *segments)
> -{
> -	int ret;
> -	size_t segment_bytes;
> -
> -	/* Read in the segments */
> -	image->nr_segments = nr_segments;
> -	segment_bytes = nr_segments * sizeof(*segments);
> -	ret = copy_from_user(image->segment, segments, segment_bytes);
> -	if (ret)
> -		ret = -EFAULT;
> -
> -	return ret;
> -}
> -
>  static int kimage_alloc_init(struct kimage **rimage, unsigned long entry,
>  			     unsigned long nr_segments,
> -			     struct kexec_segment __user *segments,
> +			     struct kexec_segment *segments,
>  			     unsigned long flags)
>  {
>  	int ret;
> @@ -58,10 +41,8 @@ static int kimage_alloc_init(struct kimage **rimage, unsigned long entry,
>  		return -ENOMEM;
>  
>  	image->start = entry;
> -
> -	ret = copy_user_segment_list(image, nr_segments, segments);
> -	if (ret)
> -		goto out_free_image;
> +	image->nr_segments = nr_segments;
> +	memcpy(image->segment, segments, nr_segments * sizeof(*segments));
>  
>  	if (kexec_on_panic) {
>  		/* Enable special crash kernel control page alloc policy. */
> @@ -104,7 +85,7 @@ static int kimage_alloc_init(struct kimage **rimage, unsigned long entry,
>  }
>  
>  static int do_kexec_load(unsigned long entry, unsigned long nr_segments,
> -		struct kexec_segment __user *segments, unsigned long flags)
> +		struct kexec_segment *segments, unsigned long flags)
>  {
>  	struct kimage **dest_image, *image;
>  	unsigned long i;
> @@ -250,7 +231,8 @@ static inline int kexec_load_check(unsigned long nr_segments,
>  SYSCALL_DEFINE4(kexec_load, unsigned long, entry, unsigned long, nr_segments,
>  		struct kexec_segment __user *, segments, unsigned long, flags)
>  {
> -	int result;
> +	struct kexec_segment *ksegments;
> +	unsigned long result;
>  
>  	result = kexec_load_check(nr_segments, flags);
>  	if (result)
> @@ -261,7 +243,12 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE4(kexec_load, unsigned long, entry, unsigned long, nr_segments,
>  		((flags & KEXEC_ARCH_MASK) != KEXEC_ARCH_DEFAULT))
>  		return -EINVAL;
>  
> -	result = do_kexec_load(entry, nr_segments, segments, flags);
> +	ksegments = memdup_user(segments, nr_segments * sizeof(ksegments[0]));
> +	if (IS_ERR(ksegments))
> +		return PTR_ERR(ksegments);
> +
> +	result = do_kexec_load(entry, nr_segments, ksegments, flags);
> +	kfree(ksegments);
>  
>  	return result;
>  }
> @@ -273,7 +260,7 @@ COMPAT_SYSCALL_DEFINE4(kexec_load, compat_ulong_t, entry,
>  		       compat_ulong_t, flags)
>  {
>  	struct compat_kexec_segment in;
> -	struct kexec_segment out, __user *ksegments;
> +	struct kexec_segment *ksegments;
>  	unsigned long i, result;
>  
>  	result = kexec_load_check(nr_segments, flags);
> @@ -286,24 +273,26 @@ COMPAT_SYSCALL_DEFINE4(kexec_load, compat_ulong_t, entry,
>  	if ((flags & KEXEC_ARCH_MASK) == KEXEC_ARCH_DEFAULT)
>  		return -EINVAL;
>  
> -	ksegments = compat_alloc_user_space(nr_segments * sizeof(out));
> +	ksegments = kmalloc_array(nr_segments, sizeof(ksegments[0]),
> +			GFP_KERNEL);
> +	if (!ksegments)
> +		return -ENOMEM;
> +
>  	for (i = 0; i < nr_segments; i++) {
>  		result = copy_from_user(&in, &segments[i], sizeof(in));
>  		if (result)
> -			return -EFAULT;
> +			goto fail;
>  
> -		out.buf   = compat_ptr(in.buf);
> -		out.bufsz = in.bufsz;
> -		out.mem   = in.mem;
> -		out.memsz = in.memsz;
> -
> -		result = copy_to_user(&ksegments[i], &out, sizeof(out));
> -		if (result)
> -			return -EFAULT;
> +		ksegments[i].buf   = compat_ptr(in.buf);
> +		ksegments[i].bufsz = in.bufsz;
> +		ksegments[i].mem   = in.mem;
> +		ksegments[i].memsz = in.memsz;
>  	}
>  
>  	result = do_kexec_load(entry, nr_segments, ksegments, flags);
>  
> +fail:
> +	kfree(ksegments);
>  	return result;
>  }
>  #endif