[PATCH] Out of bounds signature access with 32 bit off_t

[Tobias Stoeckmann]

Hi,

if kmod has been configured with --disable-largefile on a 32 bit
system, off_t will be 32 bit. In that case, the parsed sig_len can
bypass a validation check (it's _unsigned_ 32 bit), allowing a
an attacker to perform out of boundary access through a malicious module.

Due to the unlikeliness of people using --disable-largefile, this is
a mere validation fix. With an explicit signed 64 bit cast, there is
no binary change for 99.9% of Linux systems out there. ;)

Attached please find a proof of concept, which will most likely result in
a segmentation fault (works fine with 64 bit off_t builds):

tobias:~$ modinfo 32sig.ko
filename:       /home/tobias/32sig.ko
Segmentation fault


Tobias
---
 libkmod/libkmod-signature.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/libkmod/libkmod-signature.c b/libkmod/libkmod-signature.c
index 5ed5973..bced8ab 100644
--- a/libkmod/libkmod-signature.c
+++ b/libkmod/libkmod-signature.c
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ bool kmod_module_signature_info(const struct kmod_file 
*file, struct kmod_signat
                        modsig->id_type >= PKEY_ID_TYPE__LAST)
                return false;
        sig_len = be32toh(get_unaligned(&modsig->sig_len));
-       if (size < (off_t)(modsig->signer_len + modsig->key_id_len + sig_len))
+       if (size < (int64_t)(modsig->signer_len + modsig->key_id_len + sig_len))
                return false;
 
        size -= modsig->key_id_len + sig_len;
-- 
2.3.0

32sig.ko
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