On Tue, Feb 28, 2017 at 9:35 AM, Stephen Smalley <s...@tycho.nsa.gov> wrote:
> commit 79bcf325e6b32b3c ("prlimit,security,selinux: add a security hook
> for prlimit") introduced a security hook for prlimit() and implemented it
> for SELinux. However, if prlimit() is called with NULL arguments for both
> the new limit and the old limit, then the hook is called with 0 for the
> read/write flags, since the prlimit() will neither read nor write the
> process' limits. This would in turn lead to calling avc_has_perm() with 0
> for the requested permissions, which triggers a BUG_ON() in
> avc_has_perm_noaudit() since the kernel should never be invoking
> avc_has_perm() with no permissions. Fix this in the SELinux hook by
> returning immediately if the flags are 0. Arguably prlimit64() itself
> ought to return immediately if both old_rlim and new_rlim are NULL since
> it is effectively a no-op in that case.
>
> Reported by the lkp-robot based on trinity testing.
>
> Signed-off-by: Stephen Smalley <s...@tycho.nsa.gov>
> ---
> security/selinux/hooks.c | 2 ++
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
James,
I was going to merge this patch but upon closer inspection it appears
that you never sent 79bcf325e6b32b3c to Linux, it is sitting in your
next-queue branch. What is the plan for your next-queue branch, are
you going to merge it into your next branch after the merge window
closes? If so, feel free to add my ack.
Acked-by: Paul Moore <p...@paul-moore.com>
> diff --git a/security/selinux/hooks.c b/security/selinux/hooks.c
> index 4a80bd8..af1ff15 100644
> --- a/security/selinux/hooks.c
> +++ b/security/selinux/hooks.c
> @@ -3922,6 +3922,8 @@ int selinux_task_prlimit(const struct cred *cred, const
> struct cred *tcred,
> {
> u32 av = 0;
>
> + if (!flags)
> + return 0;
> if (flags & LSM_PRLIMIT_WRITE)
> av |= PROCESS__SETRLIMIT;
> if (flags & LSM_PRLIMIT_READ)
> --
> 2.7.4
>
--
paul moore
www.paul-moore.com
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