On Tue, 2013-10-08 at 17:49 -0700, Joe Perches wrote:
> On Wed, 2013-10-09 at 11:15 +1100, Ryan Mallon wrote:
> > Some setuid binaries will allow reading of files which have read
> > permission by the real user id. This is problematic with files which
> > use %pK because the file access permission is checked at open() time,
> > but the kptr_restrict setting is checked at read() time. If a setuid
> > binary opens a %pK file as an unprivileged user, and then elevates
> > permissions before reading the file, then kernel pointer values may be
> > leaked.
>
> I think it should explicitly test 0.
Also, Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt should be updated too.
Here's a suggested patch:
---
Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt | 14 ++++++++------
lib/vsprintf.c | 38 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------
2 files changed, 34 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
index 9d4c1d1..eac53d5 100644
--- a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
+++ b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
@@ -290,13 +290,15 @@ Default value is "/sbin/hotplug".
kptr_restrict:
This toggle indicates whether restrictions are placed on
-exposing kernel addresses via /proc and other interfaces. When
-kptr_restrict is set to (0), there are no restrictions. When
-kptr_restrict is set to (1), the default, kernel pointers
+exposing kernel addresses via /proc and other interfaces.
+
+When kptr_restrict is set to (0), there are no restrictions.
+When kptr_restrict is set to (1), the default, kernel pointers
printed using the %pK format specifier will be replaced with 0's
-unless the user has CAP_SYSLOG. When kptr_restrict is set to
-(2), kernel pointers printed using %pK will be replaced with 0's
-regardless of privileges.
+unless the user has CAP_SYSLOG and effective user and group ids
+are equal to the real ids.
+When kptr_restrict is set to (2), kernel pointers printed using
+%pK will be replaced with 0's regardless of privileges.
==============================================================
diff --git a/lib/vsprintf.c b/lib/vsprintf.c
index 26559bd..986fdbe 100644
--- a/lib/vsprintf.c
+++ b/lib/vsprintf.c
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
#include <linux/uaccess.h>
#include <linux/ioport.h>
#include <linux/dcache.h>
+#include <linux/cred.h>
#include <net/addrconf.h>
#include <asm/page.h> /* for PAGE_SIZE */
@@ -1302,20 +1303,33 @@ char *pointer(const char *fmt, char *buf, char *end,
void *ptr,
return buf;
}
case 'K':
- /*
- * %pK cannot be used in IRQ context because its test
- * for CAP_SYSLOG would be meaningless.
- */
- if (kptr_restrict && (in_irq() || in_serving_softirq() ||
- in_nmi())) {
- if (spec.field_width == -1)
- spec.field_width = default_width;
- return string(buf, end, "pK-error", spec);
+ switch (kptr_restrict) {
+ case 0: /* None */
+ break;
+ case 1: { /* Restricted (the default) */
+ const struct cred *cred;
+
+ if (in_irq() || in_serving_softirq() || in_nmi()) {
+ /*
+ * This cannot be used in IRQ context because
+ * the test for CAP_SYSLOG would be meaningless
+ */
+ if (spec.field_width == -1)
+ spec.field_width = default_width;
+ return string(buf, end, "pK-error", spec);
+ }
+ cred = current_cred();
+ if (!has_capability_noaudit(current, CAP_SYSLOG) ||
+ !uid_eq(cred->euid, cred->uid) ||
+ !gid_eq(cred->egid, cred->gid))
+ ptr = NULL;
+ break;
}
- if (!((kptr_restrict == 0) ||
- (kptr_restrict == 1 &&
- has_capability_noaudit(current, CAP_SYSLOG))))
+ case 2: /* Forbidden - Always 0 */
+ default:
ptr = NULL;
+ break;
+ }
break;
case 'N':
switch (fmt[1]) {
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