[PATCH] fsverity: Explicitly require FMODE_READ to retrieve hashes
Eric Biggers
ebiggers at kernel.org
Thu Oct 22 21:15:22 UTC 2026
The comment in fsverity_ioctl_read_metadata(), which justifies not
checking for FMODE_READ, doesn't consider that the nonstandard access
mode 3 (ioctl-only) exists.
Opening an ioctl-only fd generally requires read (and write) permission.
However, there are gaps with certain LSMs: an ioctl-only fd requests
read (and write) permission via security_inode_permission, but not
security_file_open. With certain LSMs relying on the latter, such as
Landlock and AppArmor, an ioctl-only fd can be opened without the LSM
granting read (and write) permission.
Since FS_IOC_READ_VERITY_METADATA returns hashes of file contents
blocks, it should require read permission. This also applies to
FS_IOC_MEASURE_VERITY, which returns a hash for the whole file.
Meanwhile, ioctl-only fds are a rarely-used feature, not known to be
used with either ioctl.
Therefore, just disallow these ioctls on ioctl-only file descriptors,
similar to what was already done with FS_IOC_ENABLE_VERITY.
More specifically, explicitly check for FMODE_READ. This also covers
write-only fds to non-verity files which otherwise would have failed
with ENODATA. This change in error code for write-only fds should be
fine too, as these ioctls cannot be usefully used with write-only fds
anyway, but it's worth noting as another technicality.
Fixes: 4dd893d832cf ("fs-verity: implement FS_IOC_MEASURE_VERITY ioctl")
Fixes: e17fe6579de0 ("fs-verity: add FS_IOC_READ_VERITY_METADATA ioctl")
Cc: stable at vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers at kernel.org>
---
Documentation/filesystems/fsverity.rst | 3 +++
fs/verity/measure.c | 10 ++++++++++
fs/verity/read_metadata.c | 14 ++++++++++----
3 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/fsverity.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/fsverity.rst
index 22b49b295d1f9..e5d38439bf585 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/fsverity.rst
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/fsverity.rst
@@ -170,6 +170,7 @@ fatal signal), no changes are made to the file.
FS_IOC_ENABLE_VERITY can fail with the following errors:
- ``EACCES``: the process does not have write access to the file
+- ``EBADF``: the file descriptor is not open for reading
- ``EBADMSG``: the builtin signature is malformed
- ``EBUSY``: this ioctl is already running on the file
- ``EEXIST``: the file already has verity enabled
@@ -232,6 +233,7 @@ regardless of the size of the file.
FS_IOC_MEASURE_VERITY can fail with the following errors:
+- ``EBADF``: the file descriptor is not open for reading
- ``EFAULT``: the caller provided inaccessible memory
- ``ENODATA``: the file is not a verity file
- ``ENOTTY``: this type of filesystem does not implement fs-verity
@@ -310,6 +312,7 @@ blocks from disk without actually verifying the path to the root node.
FS_IOC_READ_VERITY_METADATA can fail with the following errors:
+- ``EBADF``: the file descriptor is not open for reading
- ``EFAULT``: the caller provided inaccessible memory
- ``EINTR``: the ioctl was interrupted before any data was read
- ``EINVAL``: reserved fields were set, or ``offset + length``
diff --git a/fs/verity/measure.c b/fs/verity/measure.c
index 68dfccb697720..0c75616dca011 100644
--- a/fs/verity/measure.c
+++ b/fs/verity/measure.c
@@ -31,6 +31,16 @@ int fsverity_ioctl_measure(struct file *filp, void __user *_uarg)
const struct fsverity_hash_alg *hash_alg;
struct fsverity_digest arg;
+ /*
+ * This ioctl returns a hash of the file contents, so it should require
+ * read permission. Disallow it on ioctl-only (i.e., nonstandard access
+ * mode 3) fds, which can in some cases be acquired without passing all
+ * LSM read-permission checks. Also disallow write-only fds, which can
+ * refer only to non-verity files which would fail with ENODATA anyway.
+ */
+ if (!(filp->f_mode & FMODE_READ))
+ return -EBADF;
+
vi = fsverity_get_info(inode);
if (!vi)
return -ENODATA; /* not a verity file */
diff --git a/fs/verity/read_metadata.c b/fs/verity/read_metadata.c
index b4c0892430cde..6694149f7b467 100644
--- a/fs/verity/read_metadata.c
+++ b/fs/verity/read_metadata.c
@@ -166,13 +166,19 @@ int fsverity_ioctl_read_metadata(struct file *filp, const void __user *uarg)
int length;
void __user *buf;
+ /*
+ * This ioctl returns file contents block hashes, so it should require
+ * read permission. Disallow it on ioctl-only (i.e., nonstandard access
+ * mode 3) fds, which can in some cases be acquired without passing all
+ * LSM read-permission checks. Also disallow write-only fds, which can
+ * refer only to non-verity files which would fail with ENODATA anyway.
+ */
+ if (!(filp->f_mode & FMODE_READ))
+ return -EBADF;
+
vi = fsverity_get_info(inode);
if (!vi)
return -ENODATA; /* not a verity file */
- /*
- * Note that we don't have to explicitly check that the file is open for
- * reading, since verity files can only be opened for reading.
- */
if (copy_from_user(&arg, uarg, sizeof(arg)))
return -EFAULT;
base-commit: 7be4bc52fd9e0e55dc9a2e0232b89427d2c4b614
--
2.56.0.307.g5fe7bd680c-goog
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