[PATCH 2/4] selinux: require a class's permission values to cover its permission count
From: Bryam Vargas via B4 Relay
Date: Fri Jul 31 2026 - 14:02:29 EST
From: Bryam Vargas <hexlabsecurity@xxxxxxxxx>
security_get_permissions() sizes an array by the class's permissions.nprim
and fills it at value - 1, from the inherited common's permission table and
then the class's own. A value no permission defines leaves a NULL that
sel_make_perm_files() passes to d_alloc_name(), an oops inside
sel_write_load() that strands selinux_state.policy_mutex and leaves every
later load in uninterruptible sleep; two permissions sharing a value
overwrite the first kstrdup(). Bounding each value by nprim catches
neither, and neither would a count: the symbol table is keyed on the
permission name, so duplicates pass.
Track the values each permission table claims and require them to cover
exactly what its count declares, rejecting a count no value can reach.
Conforming policies are unaffected.
Fixes: 55fcf09b3fe4 ("selinux: add support for querying object classes and permissions from the running policy")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Bryam Vargas <hexlabsecurity@xxxxxxxxx>
---
security/selinux/ss/policydb.c | 51 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
1 file changed, 46 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/security/selinux/ss/policydb.c b/security/selinux/ss/policydb.c
index 69777e885ae7..d358200817bd 100644
--- a/security/selinux/ss/policydb.c
+++ b/security/selinux/ss/policydb.c
@@ -1154,7 +1154,18 @@ int str_read(char **strp, gfp_t flags, struct policy_file *fp, u32 len)
return 0;
}
-static int perm_read(struct policydb *p, struct symtab *s, struct policy_file *fp)
+/*
+ * Bitmap of the permission values a symtab has claimed. Values are 1-based
+ * and bounded by SEL_VEC_MAX, the width of an access vector, so the whole set
+ * fits in a u32 and the callers reject an nprim past that width.
+ */
+static u32 perm_claimed_mask(u32 nprim)
+{
+ return nprim ? U32_MAX >> (SEL_VEC_MAX - nprim) : 0;
+}
+
+static int perm_read(struct policydb *p, struct symtab *s,
+ struct policy_file *fp, u32 *claimed)
{
char *key = NULL;
struct perm_datum *perdatum;
@@ -1178,6 +1189,10 @@ static int perm_read(struct policydb *p, struct symtab *s, struct policy_file *f
/* indexes an nprim-sized array in security_get_permissions() */
if (perdatum->value > s->nprim)
goto bad;
+ /* two permissions cannot share one slot of that array */
+ if (*claimed & (1U << (perdatum->value - 1)))
+ goto bad;
+ *claimed |= 1U << (perdatum->value - 1);
rc = str_read(&key, GFP_KERNEL, fp, len);
if (rc)
@@ -1198,7 +1213,7 @@ static int common_read(struct policydb *p, struct symtab *s, struct policy_file
char *key = NULL;
struct common_datum *comdatum;
__le32 buf[4];
- u32 i, len, nel;
+ u32 i, len, nel, claimed = 0;
int rc;
comdatum = kzalloc_obj(*comdatum);
@@ -1225,17 +1240,28 @@ static int common_read(struct policydb *p, struct symtab *s, struct policy_file
if (rc)
goto bad;
comdatum->permissions.nprim = le32_to_cpu(buf[2]);
+ /* no permission value can reach a slot past SEL_VEC_MAX */
+ rc = -EINVAL;
+ if (comdatum->permissions.nprim > SEL_VEC_MAX)
+ goto bad;
rc = str_read(&key, GFP_KERNEL, fp, len);
if (rc)
goto bad;
for (i = 0; i < nel; i++) {
- rc = perm_read(p, &comdatum->permissions, fp);
+ rc = perm_read(p, &comdatum->permissions, fp, &claimed);
if (rc)
goto bad;
}
+ rc = -EINVAL;
+ if (claimed != perm_claimed_mask(comdatum->permissions.nprim)) {
+ pr_err("SELinux: common %s does not define every permission it declares\n",
+ key);
+ goto bad;
+ }
+
hash_eval(&comdatum->permissions.table, "common_permissions", key);
rc = symtab_insert(s, key, comdatum);
@@ -1369,7 +1395,7 @@ static int class_read(struct policydb *p, struct symtab *s, struct policy_file *
char *key = NULL;
struct class_datum *cladatum;
__le32 buf[6];
- u32 i, len, len2, ncons, nel, val;
+ u32 i, len, len2, ncons, nel, val, claimed = 0, inherited = 0;
int rc;
cladatum = kzalloc_obj(*cladatum);
@@ -1402,6 +1428,10 @@ static int class_read(struct policydb *p, struct symtab *s, struct policy_file *
if (rc)
goto bad;
cladatum->permissions.nprim = le32_to_cpu(buf[3]);
+ /* no permission value can reach a slot past SEL_VEC_MAX */
+ rc = -EINVAL;
+ if (cladatum->permissions.nprim > SEL_VEC_MAX)
+ goto bad;
ncons = le32_to_cpu(buf[5]);
@@ -1436,11 +1466,22 @@ static int class_read(struct policydb *p, struct symtab *s, struct policy_file *
}
}
for (i = 0; i < nel; i++) {
- rc = perm_read(p, &cladatum->permissions, fp);
+ rc = perm_read(p, &cladatum->permissions, fp, &claimed);
if (rc)
goto bad;
}
+ /* the class's own permissions must claim the slots the common leaves */
+ if (cladatum->comdatum)
+ inherited = cladatum->comdatum->permissions.nprim;
+ rc = -EINVAL;
+ if (claimed != (perm_claimed_mask(cladatum->permissions.nprim) &
+ ~perm_claimed_mask(inherited))) {
+ pr_err("SELinux: class %s does not define every permission it declares\n",
+ key);
+ goto bad;
+ }
+
hash_eval(&cladatum->permissions.table, "class_permissions", key);
rc = read_cons_helper(p, &cladatum->constraints, ncons, 0, fp);
--
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