[PATCH 04/12] module: Factor out elf_validity_cache_secstrings

From: Matthew Maurer
Date: Tue Oct 15 2024 - 19:18:04 EST


Factor out the validation of section names.

There are two behavioral changes:

1. Previously, we did not validate non-SHF_ALLOC sections.
This may have once been safe, as find_sec skips non-SHF_ALLOC
sections, but find_any_sec, which will be used to load BTF if that is
enabled, ignores the SHF_ALLOC flag. Since there's no need to support
invalid section names, validate all of them, not just SHF_ALLOC
sections.
2. Section names were validated *after* accessing them for the purposes
of detecting ".modinfo" and ".gnu.linkonce.this_module". They are now
checked prior to the access, which could avoid bad accesses with
malformed modules.

Signed-off-by: Matthew Maurer <mmaurer@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/module/main.c | 106 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------
1 file changed, 69 insertions(+), 37 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/module/main.c b/kernel/module/main.c
index 467e35f0232a..473f1fb25de2 100644
--- a/kernel/module/main.c
+++ b/kernel/module/main.c
@@ -1822,6 +1822,71 @@ static int elf_validity_cache_sechdrs(struct load_info *info)
return 0;
}

+/**
+ * elf_validity_cache_secstrings() - Caches section names if valid
+ * @info: Load info to cache section names from. Must have valid sechdrs.
+ *
+ * Specifically checks:
+ *
+ * * Section name table index is inbounds of section headers
+ * * Section name table is not empty
+ * * Section name table is NUL terminated
+ * * All section name offsets are inbounds of the section
+ *
+ * Then updates @info with a &load_info->secstrings pointer if valid.
+ *
+ * Return: %0 if valid, negative error code if validation failed.
+ */
+static int elf_validity_cache_secstrings(struct load_info *info)
+{
+ Elf_Shdr *strhdr, *shdr;
+ char *secstrings;
+ int i;
+
+ /*
+ * Verify if the section name table index is valid.
+ */
+ if (info->hdr->e_shstrndx == SHN_UNDEF
+ || info->hdr->e_shstrndx >= info->hdr->e_shnum) {
+ pr_err("Invalid ELF section name index: %d || e_shstrndx (%d) >= e_shnum (%d)\n",
+ info->hdr->e_shstrndx, info->hdr->e_shstrndx,
+ info->hdr->e_shnum);
+ return -ENOEXEC;
+ }
+
+ strhdr = &info->sechdrs[info->hdr->e_shstrndx];
+
+ /*
+ * The section name table must be NUL-terminated, as required
+ * by the spec. This makes strcmp and pr_* calls that access
+ * strings in the section safe.
+ */
+ secstrings = (void *)info->hdr + strhdr->sh_offset;
+ if (strhdr->sh_size == 0) {
+ pr_err("empty section name table\n");
+ return -ENOEXEC;
+ }
+ if (secstrings[strhdr->sh_size - 1] != '\0') {
+ pr_err("ELF Spec violation: section name table isn't null terminated\n");
+ return -ENOEXEC;
+ }
+
+ for (i = 0; i < info->hdr->e_shnum; i++) {
+ shdr = &info->sechdrs[i];
+ /* SHT_NULL means sh_name has an undefined value */
+ if (shdr->sh_type == SHT_NULL)
+ continue;
+ if (shdr->sh_name >= strhdr->sh_size) {
+ pr_err("Invalid ELF section name in module (section %u type %u)\n",
+ i, shdr->sh_type);
+ return -ENOEXEC;
+ }
+ }
+
+ info->secstrings = secstrings;
+ return 0;
+}
+
/*
* Check userspace passed ELF module against our expectations, and cache
* useful variables for further processing as we go.
@@ -1845,7 +1910,7 @@ static int elf_validity_cache_sechdrs(struct load_info *info)
static int elf_validity_cache_copy(struct load_info *info, int flags)
{
unsigned int i;
- Elf_Shdr *shdr, *strhdr;
+ Elf_Shdr *shdr;
int err;
unsigned int num_mod_secs = 0, mod_idx;
unsigned int num_info_secs = 0, info_idx;
@@ -1854,34 +1919,9 @@ static int elf_validity_cache_copy(struct load_info *info, int flags)
err = elf_validity_cache_sechdrs(info);
if (err < 0)
return err;
-
- /*
- * Verify if the section name table index is valid.
- */
- if (info->hdr->e_shstrndx == SHN_UNDEF
- || info->hdr->e_shstrndx >= info->hdr->e_shnum) {
- pr_err("Invalid ELF section name index: %d || e_shstrndx (%d) >= e_shnum (%d)\n",
- info->hdr->e_shstrndx, info->hdr->e_shstrndx,
- info->hdr->e_shnum);
- goto no_exec;
- }
-
- strhdr = &info->sechdrs[info->hdr->e_shstrndx];
-
- /*
- * The section name table must be NUL-terminated, as required
- * by the spec. This makes strcmp and pr_* calls that access
- * strings in the section safe.
- */
- info->secstrings = (void *)info->hdr + strhdr->sh_offset;
- if (strhdr->sh_size == 0) {
- pr_err("empty section name table\n");
- goto no_exec;
- }
- if (info->secstrings[strhdr->sh_size - 1] != '\0') {
- pr_err("ELF Spec violation: section name table isn't null terminated\n");
- goto no_exec;
- }
+ err = elf_validity_cache_secstrings(info);
+ if (err < 0)
+ return err;

for (i = 1; i < info->hdr->e_shnum; i++) {
shdr = &info->sechdrs[i];
@@ -1910,14 +1950,6 @@ static int elf_validity_cache_copy(struct load_info *info, int flags)
num_info_secs++;
info_idx = i;
}
-
- if (shdr->sh_flags & SHF_ALLOC) {
- if (shdr->sh_name >= strhdr->sh_size) {
- pr_err("Invalid ELF section name in module (section %u type %u)\n",
- i, shdr->sh_type);
- return -ENOEXEC;
- }
- }
break;
}
}
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2.47.0.rc1.288.g06298d1525-goog