____call_usermodehelper() now erases any credentials set by the
subprocess_inf::init() function. The problem is that:
commit 17f60a7da150fdd0cfb9756f86a262daa72c835f
Author: Eric Paris <[email protected]>
Date: Fri Apr 1 17:07:50 2011 -0400
capabilites: allow the application of capability limits to usermode
helpers
creates and commits new credentials with prepare_kernel_cred() after the call
to the init() function. This wipes all keyrings after umh_keys_init() is
called.
The best way to deal with this is to put the init() call just prior to the
commit_creds() call, and pass the cred pointer to init(). That means that
umh_keys_init() and suchlike can modify the credentials _before_ they are
published and potentially in use by the rest of the system.
This prevents request_key() from working as it is prevented from passing the
session keyring it set up with the authorisation token to /sbin/request-key,
and so the latter can't assume the authority to instantiate the key. This
causes the in-kernel DNS resolver to fail with ENOKEY unconditionally.
Signed-off-by: David Howells <[email protected]>
Acked-by: Eric Paris <[email protected]>
Tested-by: Jeff Layton <[email protected]>
---
fs/exec.c | 2 +-
include/linux/kmod.h | 20 ++++++++++++--------
kernel/kmod.c | 20 +++++++++++---------
security/keys/request_key.c | 3 +--
4 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/exec.c b/fs/exec.c
index 97e0d52..6075a1e 100644
--- a/fs/exec.c
+++ b/fs/exec.c
@@ -1996,7 +1996,7 @@ static void wait_for_dump_helpers(struct file *file)
* is a special value that we use to trap recursive
* core dumps
*/
-static int umh_pipe_setup(struct subprocess_info *info)
+static int umh_pipe_setup(struct subprocess_info *info, struct cred *new)
{
struct file *rp, *wp;
struct fdtable *fdt;
diff --git a/include/linux/kmod.h b/include/linux/kmod.h
index d4a5c84..87e18a9 100644
--- a/include/linux/kmod.h
+++ b/include/linux/kmod.h
@@ -46,7 +46,9 @@ static inline int request_module_nowait(const char *name,
...) { return -ENOSYS;
struct key;
+struct cred;
struct file;
+struct subprocess_info;
enum umh_wait {
UMH_NO_WAIT = -1, /* don't wait at all */
@@ -54,6 +56,9 @@ enum umh_wait {
UMH_WAIT_PROC = 1, /* wait for the process to complete */
};
+typedef int (*umh_init_func_t)(struct subprocess_info *info, struct cred *new);
+typedef void (*umh_cleanup_func_t)(struct subprocess_info *info);
+
struct subprocess_info {
struct work_struct work;
struct completion *complete;
@@ -62,8 +67,8 @@ struct subprocess_info {
char **envp;
enum umh_wait wait;
int retval;
- int (*init)(struct subprocess_info *info);
- void (*cleanup)(struct subprocess_info *info);
+ umh_init_func_t init;
+ umh_cleanup_func_t cleanup;
void *data;
};
@@ -73,9 +78,9 @@ struct subprocess_info *call_usermodehelper_setup(char *path,
char **argv,
/* Set various pieces of state into the subprocess_info structure */
void call_usermodehelper_setfns(struct subprocess_info *info,
- int (*init)(struct subprocess_info *info),
- void (*cleanup)(struct subprocess_info *info),
- void *data);
+ umh_init_func_t init,
+ umh_cleanup_func_t cleanup,
+ void *data);
/* Actually execute the sub-process */
int call_usermodehelper_exec(struct subprocess_info *info, enum umh_wait wait);
@@ -86,9 +91,8 @@ void call_usermodehelper_freeinfo(struct subprocess_info
*info);
static inline int
call_usermodehelper_fns(char *path, char **argv, char **envp,
- enum umh_wait wait,
- int (*init)(struct subprocess_info *info),
- void (*cleanup)(struct subprocess_info *), void *data)
+ enum umh_wait wait, umh_init_func_t init,
+ umh_cleanup_func_t cleanup, void *data)
{
struct subprocess_info *info;
gfp_t gfp_mask = (wait == UMH_NO_WAIT) ? GFP_ATOMIC : GFP_KERNEL;
diff --git a/kernel/kmod.c b/kernel/kmod.c
index ad6a81c..1188e8e 100644
--- a/kernel/kmod.c
+++ b/kernel/kmod.c
@@ -156,12 +156,6 @@ static int ____call_usermodehelper(void *data)
*/
set_user_nice(current, 0);
- if (sub_info->init) {
- retval = sub_info->init(sub_info);
- if (retval)
- goto fail;
- }
-
retval = -ENOMEM;
new = prepare_kernel_cred(current);
if (!new)
@@ -173,6 +167,14 @@ static int ____call_usermodehelper(void *data)
new->cap_inheritable);
spin_unlock(&umh_sysctl_lock);
+ if (sub_info->init) {
+ retval = sub_info->init(sub_info, new);
+ if (retval) {
+ abort_creds(new);
+ goto fail;
+ }
+ }
+
commit_creds(new);
retval = kernel_execve(sub_info->path,
@@ -388,9 +390,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(call_usermodehelper_setup);
* context in which call_usermodehelper_exec is called.
*/
void call_usermodehelper_setfns(struct subprocess_info *info,
- int (*init)(struct subprocess_info *info),
- void (*cleanup)(struct subprocess_info *info),
- void *data)
+ umh_init_func_t init,
+ umh_cleanup_func_t cleanup,
+ void *data)
{
info->cleanup = cleanup;
info->init = init;
diff --git a/security/keys/request_key.c b/security/keys/request_key.c
index d31862e..8e319a4 100644
--- a/security/keys/request_key.c
+++ b/security/keys/request_key.c
@@ -71,9 +71,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(complete_request_key);
* This is called in context of freshly forked kthread before kernel_execve(),
* so we can simply install the desired session_keyring at this point.
*/
-static int umh_keys_init(struct subprocess_info *info)
+static int umh_keys_init(struct subprocess_info *info, struct cred *cred)
{
- struct cred *cred = (struct cred*)current_cred();
struct key *keyring = info->data;
return install_session_keyring_to_cred(cred, keyring);
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