[PATCH 1/3] namei: Fix use after free in kern_path_locked

From: Stephen Brennan
Date: Wed Sep 01 2021 - 13:51:59 EST


In 0ee50b47532a ("namei: change filename_parentat() calling
conventions"), filename_parentat() was made to always call putname() on
the filename before returning, and kern_path_locked() was migrated to
this calling convention. However, kern_path_locked() uses the "last"
parameter to lookup and potentially create a new dentry. The last
parameter contains the last component of the path and points within the
filename, which was recently freed at the end of filename_parentat().
Thus, when kern_path_locked() calls __lookup_hash(), it is using the
filename after it has already been freed.

In this case, filename_parentat() is fundamentally broken due to this
use after free. So, remove it, and rename __filename_parentat to
filename_parentat, migrating all callers. Adjust kern_path_locked to put
the filename once all users are done with it.

Fixes: 0ee50b47532a ("namei: change filename_parentat() calling conventions")
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-fsdevel/YS9D4AlEsaCxLFV0@xxxxxxxxxxxxx/
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-fsdevel/YS+csMTV2tTXKg3s@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reported-by: syzbot+fb0d60a179096e8c2731@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Stephen Brennan <stephen.s.brennan@xxxxxxxxxx>
Co-authored-by: Dmitry Kadashev <dkadashev@xxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/namei.c | 47 ++++++++++++++++++++++-------------------------
1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index d049d3972695..f2af301cc79f 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -2514,9 +2514,10 @@ static int path_parentat(struct nameidata *nd, unsigned flags,
return err;
}

-static int __filename_parentat(int dfd, struct filename *name,
- unsigned int flags, struct path *parent,
- struct qstr *last, int *type)
+/* Note: this does not consume "name" */
+static int filename_parentat(int dfd, struct filename *name,
+ unsigned int flags, struct path *parent,
+ struct qstr *last, int *type)
{
int retval;
struct nameidata nd;
@@ -2538,30 +2539,24 @@ static int __filename_parentat(int dfd, struct filename *name,
return retval;
}

-static int filename_parentat(int dfd, struct filename *name,
- unsigned int flags, struct path *parent,
- struct qstr *last, int *type)
-{
- int retval = __filename_parentat(dfd, name, flags, parent, last, type);
-
- putname(name);
- return retval;
-}
-
/* does lookup, returns the object with parent locked */
struct dentry *kern_path_locked(const char *name, struct path *path)
{
+ struct filename *filename;
struct dentry *d;
struct qstr last;
int type, error;

- error = filename_parentat(AT_FDCWD, getname_kernel(name), 0, path,
- &last, &type);
- if (error)
- return ERR_PTR(error);
+ filename = getname_kernel(name);
+ error = filename_parentat(AT_FDCWD, filename, 0, path, &last, &type);
+ if (error) {
+ d = ERR_PTR(error);
+ goto out;
+ }
if (unlikely(type != LAST_NORM)) {
path_put(path);
- return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+ d = ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+ goto out;
}
inode_lock_nested(path->dentry->d_inode, I_MUTEX_PARENT);
d = __lookup_hash(&last, path->dentry, 0);
@@ -2569,6 +2564,8 @@ struct dentry *kern_path_locked(const char *name, struct path *path)
inode_unlock(path->dentry->d_inode);
path_put(path);
}
+out:
+ putname(filename);
return d;
}

@@ -3634,7 +3631,7 @@ static struct dentry *__filename_create(int dfd, struct filename *name,
*/
lookup_flags &= LOOKUP_REVAL;

- error = __filename_parentat(dfd, name, lookup_flags, path, &last, &type);
+ error = filename_parentat(dfd, name, lookup_flags, path, &last, &type);
if (error)
return ERR_PTR(error);

@@ -3996,7 +3993,7 @@ int do_rmdir(int dfd, struct filename *name)
int type;
unsigned int lookup_flags = 0;
retry:
- error = __filename_parentat(dfd, name, lookup_flags, &path, &last, &type);
+ error = filename_parentat(dfd, name, lookup_flags, &path, &last, &type);
if (error)
goto exit1;

@@ -4135,7 +4132,7 @@ int do_unlinkat(int dfd, struct filename *name)
struct inode *delegated_inode = NULL;
unsigned int lookup_flags = 0;
retry:
- error = __filename_parentat(dfd, name, lookup_flags, &path, &last, &type);
+ error = filename_parentat(dfd, name, lookup_flags, &path, &last, &type);
if (error)
goto exit1;

@@ -4683,13 +4680,13 @@ int do_renameat2(int olddfd, struct filename *from, int newdfd,
target_flags = 0;

retry:
- error = __filename_parentat(olddfd, from, lookup_flags, &old_path,
- &old_last, &old_type);
+ error = filename_parentat(olddfd, from, lookup_flags, &old_path,
+ &old_last, &old_type);
if (error)
goto put_names;

- error = __filename_parentat(newdfd, to, lookup_flags, &new_path, &new_last,
- &new_type);
+ error = filename_parentat(newdfd, to, lookup_flags, &new_path, &new_last,
+ &new_type);
if (error)
goto exit1;

--
2.30.2