[PATCH] general protection fault in sock_has_perm

[Mark Salyzyn]

On 01/18/2018 02:36 PM, Paul Moore wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 18, 2018 at 4:58 PM, Mark Salyzyn <salyzyn at android.com> wrote:
>> general protection fault: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP KASAN
>> CPU: 1 PID: 14233 Comm: syz-executor2 Not tainted 4.4.112-g5f6325b #28
>> . . .
>> [<ffffffff81b6a19d>] selinux_socket_setsockopt+0x4d/0x80 security/selinux/hooks.c:4338
>> [<ffffffff81b4873d>] security_socket_setsockopt+0x7d/0xb0 security/security.c:1257
>> [<ffffffff82df1ac8>] SYSC_setsockopt net/socket.c:1757 [inline]
>> [<ffffffff82df1ac8>] SyS_setsockopt+0xe8/0x250 net/socket.c:1746
>> [<ffffffff83776499>] entry_SYSCALL_64_fastpath+0x16/0x92
>> Code: c2 42 9b b6 81 be 01 00 00 00 48 c7 c7 a0 cb 2b 84 e8
>> f7 2f 6d ff 49 8d 7d 10 48 b8 00 00 00 00 00 fc ff df 48 89
>> fa 48 c1 ea 03 <0f> b6 04 02 84 c0 74 08 3c 03 0f 8e 83 01 00
>> 00 41 8b 75 10 31
>> RIP  [<ffffffff81b69b7e>] sock_has_perm+0x1fe/0x3e0 security/selinux/hooks.c:4069
>> RSP <ffff8800b5957ce0>
>> ---[ end trace 7b5aaf788fef6174 ]---
>>
>> In the absence of commit a4298e4522d6 ("net: add SOCK_RCU_FREE socket
>> flag") and all the associated infrastructure changes to take advantage
>> of a RCU grace period before freeing, there is a heightened
>> possibility that a security check is performed while an ill-timed
>> setsockopt call races in from user space.  It then is prudent to null
>> check sk_security, and if the case, reject the permissions.
>>
>> This adjustment is orthogonal to infrastructure improvements that may
>> nullify the needed check, but should be added as good code hygiene.
> I'm skeptical that this is the full solution for systems that lack the
> SOCK_RCU_FREE protection.  Is this really limited to just
> setsockopt()?
Maybe overstepped in my analysis and assumptions?

This is a result of a fuzzer hitting an android 4.4 KASAN kernel. We (so 
far) have _not_ seen this with an android 4.9 KASAN kernel (which has 
the SOCK_RCU_FREE adjustments). There is no standalone duplication or 
PoC _except_ via the fuzzer. The rest of the statements stands based on 
this tidbit (statements of general good code hygiene, not 100% sure 
SOCK_RCU_FREE usage is completely covered, KISS solution etc).

To be honest, yes, this may be a layer in the onion (swat this NULL 
check does not by itself solve the _problem_), I'd prefer kernel 
continuing on in a rational manner rather than panic ... and I have a 
gut feeling this could be a gratuitous NULL check if all the bugs in the 
network layer have been solved <that may be sarcasm, I can not tell>. 
Programming to solve a problem with one's gut is not a good practice, 
but hygiene is. This is 10 characters, and an estimated 1.2ns of added 
hygiene.

No, I do not think this is limited to setsockopt, but would be willing 
to believe a multithreaded attack of any socket functions or ioctl would 
drop down to the check with sock_has_perm at possibly the wrong time in 
socket teardown.

Sincerely -- Mark Salyzyn


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