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Author SHA1 Message Date
Linus Torvalds bf4afc53b7 Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument
This was done entirely with mindless brute force, using

    git grep -l '\<k[vmz]*alloc_objs*(.*, GFP_KERNEL)' |
        xargs sed -i 's/\(alloc_objs*(.*\), GFP_KERNEL)/\1)/'

to convert the new alloc_obj() users that had a simple GFP_KERNEL
argument to just drop that argument.

Note that due to the extreme simplicity of the scripting, any slightly
more complex cases spread over multiple lines would not be triggered:
they definitely exist, but this covers the vast bulk of the cases, and
the resulting diff is also then easier to check automatically.

For the same reason the 'flex' versions will be done as a separate
conversion.

Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
Kees Cook 69050f8d6d treewide: Replace kmalloc with kmalloc_obj for non-scalar types
This is the result of running the Coccinelle script from
scripts/coccinelle/api/kmalloc_objs.cocci. The script is designed to
avoid scalar types (which need careful case-by-case checking), and
instead replace kmalloc-family calls that allocate struct or union
object instances:

Single allocations:	kmalloc(sizeof(TYPE), ...)
are replaced with:	kmalloc_obj(TYPE, ...)

Array allocations:	kmalloc_array(COUNT, sizeof(TYPE), ...)
are replaced with:	kmalloc_objs(TYPE, COUNT, ...)

Flex array allocations:	kmalloc(struct_size(PTR, FAM, COUNT), ...)
are replaced with:	kmalloc_flex(*PTR, FAM, COUNT, ...)

(where TYPE may also be *VAR)

The resulting allocations no longer return "void *", instead returning
"TYPE *".

Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>
2026-02-21 01:02:28 -08:00
Randy DunlapandAndrew Morton 24c776355f kernel.h: drop hex.h and update all hex.h users
Remove <linux/hex.h> from <linux/kernel.h> and update all users/callers of
hex.h interfaces to directly #include <linux/hex.h> as part of the process
of putting kernel.h on a diet.

Removing hex.h from kernel.h means that 36K C source files don't have to
pay the price of parsing hex.h for the roughly 120 C source files that
need it.

This change has been build-tested with allmodconfig on most ARCHes.  Also,
all users/callers of <linux/hex.h> in the entire source tree have been
updated if needed (if not already #included).

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20251215005206.2362276-1-rdunlap@infradead.org
Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
Reviewed-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@intel.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Cc: Yury Norov (NVIDIA) <yury.norov@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
2026-01-20 19:44:19 -08:00
Linus Torvalds 7cd122b552 Merge tag 'pull-persistency' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs
Pull persistent dentry infrastructure and conversion from Al Viro:
 "Some filesystems use a kinda-sorta controlled dentry refcount leak to
  pin dentries of created objects in dcache (and undo it when removing
  those). A reference is grabbed and not released, but it's not actually
  _stored_ anywhere.

  That works, but it's hard to follow and verify; among other things, we
  have no way to tell _which_ of the increments is intended to be an
  unpaired one. Worse, on removal we need to decide whether the
  reference had already been dropped, which can be non-trivial if that
  removal is on umount and we need to figure out if this dentry is
  pinned due to e.g. unlink() not done. Usually that is handled by using
  kill_litter_super() as ->kill_sb(), but there are open-coded special
  cases of the same (consider e.g. /proc/self).

  Things get simpler if we introduce a new dentry flag
  (DCACHE_PERSISTENT) marking those "leaked" dentries. Having it set
  claims responsibility for +1 in refcount.

  The end result this series is aiming for:

   - get these unbalanced dget() and dput() replaced with new primitives
     that would, in addition to adjusting refcount, set and clear
     persistency flag.

   - instead of having kill_litter_super() mess with removing the
     remaining "leaked" references (e.g. for all tmpfs files that hadn't
     been removed prior to umount), have the regular
     shrink_dcache_for_umount() strip DCACHE_PERSISTENT of all dentries,
     dropping the corresponding reference if it had been set. After that
     kill_litter_super() becomes an equivalent of kill_anon_super().

  Doing that in a single step is not feasible - it would affect too many
  places in too many filesystems. It has to be split into a series.

  This work has really started early in 2024; quite a few preliminary
  pieces have already gone into mainline. This chunk is finally getting
  to the meat of that stuff - infrastructure and most of the conversions
  to it.

  Some pieces are still sitting in the local branches, but the bulk of
  that stuff is here"

* tag 'pull-persistency' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs: (54 commits)
  d_make_discardable(): warn if given a non-persistent dentry
  kill securityfs_recursive_remove()
  convert securityfs
  get rid of kill_litter_super()
  convert rust_binderfs
  convert nfsctl
  convert rpc_pipefs
  convert hypfs
  hypfs: swich hypfs_create_u64() to returning int
  hypfs: switch hypfs_create_str() to returning int
  hypfs: don't pin dentries twice
  convert gadgetfs
  gadgetfs: switch to simple_remove_by_name()
  convert functionfs
  functionfs: switch to simple_remove_by_name()
  functionfs: fix the open/removal races
  functionfs: need to cancel ->reset_work in ->kill_sb()
  functionfs: don't bother with ffs->ref in ffs_data_{opened,closed}()
  functionfs: don't abuse ffs_data_closed() on fs shutdown
  convert selinuxfs
  ...
2025-12-05 14:36:21 -08:00
Linus Torvalds 1d18101a64 Merge tag 'kernel-6.19-rc1.cred' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs
Pull cred guard updates from Christian Brauner:
 "This contains substantial credential infrastructure improvements
  adding guard-based credential management that simplifies code and
  eliminates manual reference counting in many subsystems.

  Features:

   - Kernel Credential Guards

     Add with_kernel_creds() and scoped_with_kernel_creds() guards that
     allow using the kernel credentials without allocating and copying
     them. This was requested by Linus after seeing repeated
     prepare_kernel_creds() calls that duplicate the kernel credentials
     only to drop them again later.

     The new guards completely avoid the allocation and never expose the
     temporary variable to hold the kernel credentials anywhere in
     callers.

   - Generic Credential Guards

     Add scoped_with_creds() guards for the common override_creds() and
     revert_creds() pattern. This builds on earlier work that made
     override_creds()/revert_creds() completely reference count free.

   - Prepare Credential Guards

     Add prepare credential guards for the more complex pattern of
     preparing a new set of credentials and overriding the current
     credentials with them:
      - prepare_creds()
      - modify new creds
      - override_creds()
      - revert_creds()
      - put_cred()

  Cleanups:

   - Make init_cred static since it should not be directly accessed

   - Add kernel_cred() helper to properly access the kernel credentials

   - Fix scoped_class() macro that was introduced two cycles ago

   - coredump: split out do_coredump() from vfs_coredump() for cleaner
     credential handling

   - coredump: move revert_cred() before coredump_cleanup()

   - coredump: mark struct mm_struct as const

   - coredump: pass struct linux_binfmt as const

   - sev-dev: use guard for path"

* tag 'kernel-6.19-rc1.cred' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs: (36 commits)
  trace: use override credential guard
  trace: use prepare credential guard
  coredump: use override credential guard
  coredump: use prepare credential guard
  coredump: split out do_coredump() from vfs_coredump()
  coredump: mark struct mm_struct as const
  coredump: pass struct linux_binfmt as const
  coredump: move revert_cred() before coredump_cleanup()
  sev-dev: use override credential guards
  sev-dev: use prepare credential guard
  sev-dev: use guard for path
  cred: add prepare credential guard
  net/dns_resolver: use credential guards in dns_query()
  cgroup: use credential guards in cgroup_attach_permissions()
  act: use credential guards in acct_write_process()
  smb: use credential guards in cifs_get_spnego_key()
  nfs: use credential guards in nfs_idmap_get_key()
  nfs: use credential guards in nfs_local_call_write()
  nfs: use credential guards in nfs_local_call_read()
  erofs: use credential guards
  ...
2025-12-01 13:45:41 -08:00
Al Viro 7beafd51c4 convert binfmt_misc
removals are done with locked_recursive_removal(); switch creations to
simple_start_creating()/d_make_persistent()/simple_done_creating() and
take them to a helper (add_entry()), while we are at it - simpler control
flow that way.

Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2025-11-16 01:35:05 -05:00
Zilin GuanandChristian Brauner 90f601b497 binfmt_misc: restore write access before closing files opened by open_exec()
bm_register_write() opens an executable file using open_exec(), which
internally calls do_open_execat() and denies write access on the file to
avoid modification while it is being executed.

However, when an error occurs, bm_register_write() closes the file using
filp_close() directly. This does not restore the write permission, which
may cause subsequent write operations on the same file to fail.

Fix this by calling exe_file_allow_write_access() before filp_close() to
restore the write permission properly.

Fixes: e7850f4d84 ("binfmt_misc: fix possible deadlock in bm_register_write")
Signed-off-by: Zilin Guan <zilin@seu.edu.cn>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251105022923.1813587-1-zilin@seu.edu.cn
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
2025-11-05 14:00:16 +01:00
Christian Brauner ff2044cd27 binfmt_misc: use credential guards
Use credential guards for scoped credential override with automatic
restoration on scope exit.

Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251103-work-creds-guards-simple-v1-8-a3e156839e7f@kernel.org
Reviewed-by: Amir Goldstein <amir73il@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
2025-11-04 12:36:39 +01:00
Al Viro eacb58fdca binfmt_misc: switch to locked_recursive_removal()
... fixing a mount leak, strictly speaking.

Reviewed-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2025-07-02 22:36:51 -04:00
NeilBrownandChristian Brauner fa6fe07d15 VFS: rename lookup_one_len family to lookup_noperm and remove permission check
The lookup_one_len family of functions is (now) only used internally by
a filesystem on itself either
- in a context where permission checking is irrelevant such as by a
  virtual filesystem populating itself, or xfs accessing its ORPHANAGE
  or dquota accessing the quota file; or
- in a context where a permission check (MAY_EXEC on the parent) has just
  been performed such as a network filesystem finding in "silly-rename"
  file in the same directory.  This is also the context after the
  _parentat() functions where currently lookup_one_qstr_excl() is used.

So the permission check is pointless.

The name "one_len" is unhelpful in understanding the purpose of these
functions and should be changed.  Most of the callers pass the len as
"strlen()" so using a qstr and QSTR() can simplify the code.

This patch renames these functions (include lookup_positive_unlocked()
which is part of the family despite the name) to have a name based on
"lookup_noperm".  They are changed to receive a 'struct qstr' instead
of separate name and len.  In a few cases the use of QSTR() results in a
new call to strlen().

try_lookup_noperm() takes a pointer to a qstr instead of the whole
qstr.  This is consistent with d_hash_and_lookup() (which is nearly
identical) and useful for lookup_noperm_unlocked().

The new lookup_noperm_common() doesn't take a qstr yet.  That will be
tidied up in a subsequent patch.

Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neil@brown.name>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250319031545.2999807-5-neil@brown.name
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
2025-04-08 11:24:36 +02:00
Linus Torvalds fadc3ed9ce Merge tag 'execve-v6.14-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kees/linux
Pull execve updates from Kees Cook:

 - fix up /proc/pid/comm in the execveat(AT_EMPTY_PATH) case (Tycho
   Andersen, Kees Cook)

 - binfmt_misc: Fix comment typos (Christophe JAILLET)

 - move empty argv[0] warning closer to actual logic (Nir Lichtman)

 - remove legacy custom binfmt modules autoloading (Nir Lichtman)

 - Make sure set_task_comm() always NUL-terminates

 - binfmt_flat: Fix integer overflow bug on 32 bit systems (Dan
   Carpenter)

 - coredump: Do not lock when copying "comm"

 - MAINTAINERS: add auxvec.h and set myself as maintainer

* tag 'execve-v6.14-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kees/linux:
  binfmt_flat: Fix integer overflow bug on 32 bit systems
  selftests/exec: add a test for execveat()'s comm
  exec: fix up /proc/pid/comm in the execveat(AT_EMPTY_PATH) case
  exec: Make sure task->comm is always NUL-terminated
  exec: remove legacy custom binfmt modules autoloading
  exec: move warning of null argv to be next to the relevant code
  fs: binfmt: Fix a typo
  MAINTAINERS: exec: Mark Kees as maintainer
  MAINTAINERS: exec: Add auxvec.h UAPI
  coredump: Do not lock during 'comm' reporting
2025-01-20 13:27:58 -08:00
Christophe JAILLETandKees Cook b6709dcd87 fs: binfmt: Fix a typo
A 't' is missing in "binfm_misc".
Add it.

Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@wanadoo.fr>
Acked-by: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/34b8c52b67934b293a67558a9a486aea7ba08951.1730539498.git.christophe.jaillet@wanadoo.fr
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>
2024-11-29 19:35:58 -08:00
Christian Brauner 3b83203538 Revert "fs: don't block i_writecount during exec"
This reverts commit 2a010c4128.

Rui Ueyama <rui314@gmail.com> writes:

> I'm the creator and the maintainer of the mold linker
> (https://github.com/rui314/mold). Recently, we discovered that mold
> started causing process crashes in certain situations due to a change
> in the Linux kernel. Here are the details:
>
> - In general, overwriting an existing file is much faster than
> creating an empty file and writing to it on Linux, so mold attempts to
> reuse an existing executable file if it exists.
>
> - If a program is running, opening the executable file for writing
> previously failed with ETXTBSY. If that happens, mold falls back to
> creating a new file.
>
> - However, the Linux kernel recently changed the behavior so that
> writing to an executable file is now always permitted
> (https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=2a010c412853).
>
> That caused mold to write to an executable file even if there's a
> process running that file. Since changes to mmap'ed files are
> immediately visible to other processes, any processes running that
> file would almost certainly crash in a very mysterious way.
> Identifying the cause of these random crashes took us a few days.
>
> Rejecting writes to an executable file that is currently running is a
> well-known behavior, and Linux had operated that way for a very long
> time. So, I don’t believe relying on this behavior was our mistake;
> rather, I see this as a regression in the Linux kernel.

Quoting myself from commit 2a010c4128 ("fs: don't block i_writecount during exec")

> Yes, someone in userspace could potentially be relying on this. It's not
> completely out of the realm of possibility but let's find out if that's
> actually the case and not guess.

It seems we found out that someone is relying on this obscure behavior.
So revert the change.

Link: https://github.com/rui314/mold/issues/1361
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/4a2bc207-76be-4715-8e12-7fc45a76a125@leemhuis.info
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
2024-11-27 12:51:30 +01:00
Linus Torvalds 7d156879ff Merge tag 'vfs-6.11.module.description' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs
Pull vfs module description updates from Christian Brauner:
 "This contains patches to add module descriptions to all modules under
  fs/ currently lacking them"

* tag 'vfs-6.11.module.description' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs:
  openpromfs: add missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION() macro
  fs: nls: add missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION() macros
  fs: autofs: add MODULE_DESCRIPTION()
  fs: fat: add missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION() macros
  fs: binfmt: add missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION() macros
  fs: cramfs: add MODULE_DESCRIPTION()
  fs: hfs: add MODULE_DESCRIPTION()
  fs: hpfs: add MODULE_DESCRIPTION()
  qnx4: add MODULE_DESCRIPTION()
  qnx6: add MODULE_DESCRIPTION()
  fs: sysv: add MODULE_DESCRIPTION()
  fs: efs: add MODULE_DESCRIPTION()
  fs: minix: add MODULE_DESCRIPTION()
2024-07-15 11:14:59 -07:00
Christian Brauner 2a010c4128 fs: don't block i_writecount during exec
Back in 2021 we already discussed removing deny_write_access() for
executables. Back then I was hesistant because I thought that this might
cause issues in userspace. But even back then I had started taking some
notes on what could potentially depend on this and I didn't come up with
a lot so I've changed my mind and I would like to try this.

Here are some of the notes that I took:

(1) The deny_write_access() mechanism is causing really pointless issues
    such as [1]. If a thread in a thread-group opens a file writable,
    then writes some stuff, then closing the file descriptor and then
    calling execve() they can fail the execve() with ETXTBUSY because
    another thread in the thread-group could have concurrently called
    fork(). Multi-threaded libraries such as go suffer from this.

(2) There are userspace attacks that rely on overwriting the binary of a
    running process. These attacks are _mitigated_ but _not at all
    prevented_ from ocurring by the deny_write_access() mechanism.

    I'll go over some details. The clearest example of such attacks was
    the attack against runC in CVE-2019-5736 (cf. [3]).

    An attack could compromise the runC host binary from inside a
    _privileged_ runC container. The malicious binary could then be used
    to take over the host.

    (It is crucial to note that this attack is _not_ possible with
     unprivileged containers. IOW, the setup here is already insecure.)

    The attack can be made when attaching to a running container or when
    starting a container running a specially crafted image. For example,
    when runC attaches to a container the attacker can trick it into
    executing itself.

    This could be done by replacing the target binary inside the
    container with a custom binary pointing back at the runC binary
    itself. As an example, if the target binary was /bin/bash, this
    could be replaced with an executable script specifying the
    interpreter path #!/proc/self/exe.

    As such when /bin/bash is executed inside the container, instead the
    target of /proc/self/exe will be executed. That magic link will
    point to the runc binary on the host. The attacker can then proceed
    to write to the target of /proc/self/exe to try and overwrite the
    runC binary on the host.

    However, this will not succeed because of deny_write_access(). Now,
    one might think that this would prevent the attack but it doesn't.

    To overcome this, the attacker has multiple ways:
    * Open a file descriptor to /proc/self/exe using the O_PATH flag and
      then proceed to reopen the binary as O_WRONLY through
      /proc/self/fd/<nr> and try to write to it in a busy loop from a
      separate process. Ultimately it will succeed when the runC binary
      exits. After this the runC binary is compromised and can be used
      to attack other containers or the host itself.
    * Use a malicious shared library annotating a function in there with
      the constructor attribute making the malicious function run as an
      initializor. The malicious library will then open /proc/self/exe
      for creating a new entry under /proc/self/fd/<nr>. It'll then call
      exec to a) force runC to exit and b) hand the file descriptor off
      to a program that then reopens /proc/self/fd/<nr> for writing
      (which is now possible because runC has exited) and overwriting
      that binary.

    To sum up: the deny_write_access() mechanism doesn't prevent such
    attacks in insecure setups. It just makes them minimally harder.
    That's all.

    The only way back then to prevent this is to create a temporary copy
    of the calling binary itself when it starts or attaches to
    containers. So what I did back then for LXC (and Aleksa for runC)
    was to create an anonymous, in-memory file using the memfd_create()
    system call and to copy itself into the temporary in-memory file,
    which is then sealed to prevent further modifications. This sealed,
    in-memory file copy is then executed instead of the original on-disk
    binary.

    Any compromising write operations from a privileged container to the
    host binary will then write to the temporary in-memory binary and
    not to the host binary on-disk, preserving the integrity of the host
    binary. Also as the temporary, in-memory binary is sealed, writes to
    this will also fail.

    The point is that deny_write_access() is uselss to prevent these
    attacks.

(3) Denying write access to an inode because it's currently used in an
    exec path could easily be done on an LSM level. It might need an
    additional hook but that should be about it.

(4) The MAP_DENYWRITE flag for mmap() has been deprecated a long time
    ago so while we do protect the main executable the bigger portion of
    the things you'd think need protecting such as the shared libraries
    aren't. IOW, we let anyone happily overwrite shared libraries.

(5) We removed all remaining uses of VM_DENYWRITE in [2]. That means:
    (5.1) We removed the legacy uselib() protection for preventing
          overwriting of shared libraries. Nobody cared in 3 years.
    (5.2) We allow write access to the elf interpreter after exec
          completed treating it on a par with shared libraries.

Yes, someone in userspace could potentially be relying on this. It's not
completely out of the realm of possibility but let's find out if that's
actually the case and not guess.

Link: https://github.com/golang/go/issues/22315 [1]
Link: 49624efa65 ("Merge tag 'denywrite-for-5.15' of git://github.com/davidhildenbrand/linux") [2]
Link: https://unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/breaking-docker-via-runc-explaining-cve-2019-5736 [3]
Link: https://lwn.net/Articles/866493
Link: https://github.com/golang/go/issues/22220
Link: https://github.com/golang/go/blob/5bf8c0cf09ee5c7e5a37ab90afcce154ab716a97/src/cmd/go/internal/work/buildid.go#L724
Link: https://github.com/golang/go/blob/5bf8c0cf09ee5c7e5a37ab90afcce154ab716a97/src/cmd/go/internal/work/exec.go#L1493
Link: https://github.com/golang/go/blob/5bf8c0cf09ee5c7e5a37ab90afcce154ab716a97/src/cmd/go/internal/script/cmds.go#L457
Link: https://github.com/golang/go/blob/5bf8c0cf09ee5c7e5a37ab90afcce154ab716a97/src/cmd/go/internal/test/test.go#L1557
Link: https://github.com/golang/go/blob/5bf8c0cf09ee5c7e5a37ab90afcce154ab716a97/src/os/exec/lp_linux_test.go#L61
Link: https://github.com/buildkite/agent/pull/2736
Link: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/114554
Link: https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8068370
Link: https://github.com/dotnet/runtime/issues/58964
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240531-vfs-i_writecount-v1-1-a17bea7ee36b@kernel.org
Reviewed-by: Josef Bacik <josef@toxicpanda.com>
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
2024-06-03 15:52:10 +02:00
Jeff JohnsonandChristian Brauner 2c2a3f622e fs: binfmt: add missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION() macros
Fix the 'make W=1' warnings:
WARNING: modpost: missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION() in fs/binfmt_misc.o
WARNING: modpost: missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION() in fs/binfmt_script.o

Signed-off-by: Jeff Johnson <quic_jjohnson@quicinc.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240527-md-fs-binfmt-v1-1-f9dc1745cb67@quicinc.com
Acked-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
2024-05-28 12:06:51 +02:00
Linus Torvalds d82c0a37d4 Merge tag 'execve-v6.7-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kees/linux
Pull execve updates from Kees Cook:

 - Support non-BSS ELF segments with zero filesz

   Eric Biederman and I refactored ELF segment loading to handle the
   case where a segment has a smaller filesz than memsz. Traditionally
   linkers only did this for .bss and it was always the last segment. As
   a result, the kernel only handled this case when it was the last
   segment. We've had two recent cases where linkers were trying to use
   these kinds of segments for other reasons, and the were in the middle
   of the segment list. There was no good reason for the kernel not to
   support this, and the refactor actually ends up making things more
   readable too.

 - Enable namespaced binfmt_misc

   Christian Brauner has made it possible to use binfmt_misc with mount
   namespaces. This means some traditionally root-only interfaces (for
   adding/removing formats) are now more exposed (but believed to be
   safe).

 - Remove struct tag 'dynamic' from ELF UAPI

   Alejandro Colomar noticed that the ELF UAPI has been polluting the
   struct namespace with an unused and overly generic tag named
   "dynamic" for no discernible reason for many many years. After
   double-checking various distro source repositories, it has been
   removed.

 - Clean up binfmt_elf_fdpic debug output (Greg Ungerer)

* tag 'execve-v6.7-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kees/linux:
  binfmt_misc: enable sandboxed mounts
  binfmt_misc: cleanup on filesystem umount
  binfmt_elf_fdpic: clean up debug warnings
  mm: Remove unused vm_brk()
  binfmt_elf: Only report padzero() errors when PROT_WRITE
  binfmt_elf: Use elf_load() for library
  binfmt_elf: Use elf_load() for interpreter
  binfmt_elf: elf_bss no longer used by load_elf_binary()
  binfmt_elf: Support segments with 0 filesz and misaligned starts
  elf, uapi: Remove struct tag 'dynamic'
2023-10-30 19:28:19 -10:00
Jeff LaytonandChristian Brauner 16a9496523 fs: convert core infrastructure to new timestamp accessors
Convert the core vfs code to use the new timestamp accessor functions.

Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20231004185239.80830-2-jlayton@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
2023-10-18 13:26:15 +02:00
Christian BraunerandKees Cook 21ca59b365 binfmt_misc: enable sandboxed mounts
Enable unprivileged sandboxes to create their own binfmt_misc mounts.
This is based on Laurent's work in [1] but has been significantly
reworked to fix various issues we identified in earlier versions.

While binfmt_misc can currently only be mounted in the initial user
namespace, binary types registered in this binfmt_misc instance are
available to all sandboxes (Either by having them installed in the
sandbox or by registering the binary type with the F flag causing the
interpreter to be opened right away). So binfmt_misc binary types are
already delegated to sandboxes implicitly.

However, while a sandbox has access to all registered binary types in
binfmt_misc a sandbox cannot currently register its own binary types
in binfmt_misc. This has prevented various use-cases some of which were
already outlined in [1] but we have a range of issues associated with
this (cf. [3]-[5] below which are just a small sample).

Extend binfmt_misc to be mountable in non-initial user namespaces.
Similar to other filesystem such as nfsd, mqueue, and sunrpc we use
keyed superblock management. The key determines whether we need to
create a new superblock or can reuse an already existing one. We use the
user namespace of the mount as key. This means a new binfmt_misc
superblock is created once per user namespace creation. Subsequent
mounts of binfmt_misc in the same user namespace will mount the same
binfmt_misc instance. We explicitly do not create a new binfmt_misc
superblock on every binfmt_misc mount as the semantics for
load_misc_binary() line up with the keying model. This also allows us to
retrieve the relevant binfmt_misc instance based on the caller's user
namespace which can be done in a simple (bounded to 32 levels) loop.

Similar to the current binfmt_misc semantics allowing access to the
binary types in the initial binfmt_misc instance we do allow sandboxes
access to their parent's binfmt_misc mounts if they do not have created
a separate binfmt_misc instance.

Overall, this will unblock the use-cases mentioned below and in general
will also allow to support and harden execution of another
architecture's binaries in tight sandboxes. For instance, using the
unshare binary it possible to start a chroot of another architecture and
configure the binfmt_misc interpreter without being root to run the
binaries in this chroot and without requiring the host to modify its
binary type handlers.

Henning had already posted a few experiments in the cover letter at [1].
But here's an additional example where an unprivileged container
registers qemu-user-static binary handlers for various binary types in
its separate binfmt_misc mount and is then seamlessly able to start
containers with a different architecture without affecting the host:

root    [lxc monitor] /var/snap/lxd/common/lxd/containers f1
1000000  \_ /sbin/init
1000000      \_ /lib/systemd/systemd-journald
1000000      \_ /lib/systemd/systemd-udevd
1000100      \_ /lib/systemd/systemd-networkd
1000101      \_ /lib/systemd/systemd-resolved
1000000      \_ /usr/sbin/cron -f
1000103      \_ /usr/bin/dbus-daemon --system --address=systemd: --nofork --nopidfile --systemd-activation --syslog-only
1000000      \_ /usr/bin/python3 /usr/bin/networkd-dispatcher --run-startup-triggers
1000104      \_ /usr/sbin/rsyslogd -n -iNONE
1000000      \_ /lib/systemd/systemd-logind
1000000      \_ /sbin/agetty -o -p -- \u --noclear --keep-baud console 115200,38400,9600 vt220
1000107      \_ dnsmasq --conf-file=/dev/null -u lxc-dnsmasq --strict-order --bind-interfaces --pid-file=/run/lxc/dnsmasq.pid --liste
1000000      \_ [lxc monitor] /var/lib/lxc f1-s390x
1100000          \_ /usr/bin/qemu-s390x-static /sbin/init
1100000              \_ /usr/bin/qemu-s390x-static /lib/systemd/systemd-journald
1100000              \_ /usr/bin/qemu-s390x-static /usr/sbin/cron -f
1100103              \_ /usr/bin/qemu-s390x-static /usr/bin/dbus-daemon --system --address=systemd: --nofork --nopidfile --systemd-ac
1100000              \_ /usr/bin/qemu-s390x-static /usr/bin/python3 /usr/bin/networkd-dispatcher --run-startup-triggers
1100104              \_ /usr/bin/qemu-s390x-static /usr/sbin/rsyslogd -n -iNONE
1100000              \_ /usr/bin/qemu-s390x-static /lib/systemd/systemd-logind
1100000              \_ /usr/bin/qemu-s390x-static /sbin/agetty -o -p -- \u --noclear --keep-baud console 115200,38400,9600 vt220
1100000              \_ /usr/bin/qemu-s390x-static /sbin/agetty -o -p -- \u --noclear --keep-baud pts/0 115200,38400,9600 vt220
1100000              \_ /usr/bin/qemu-s390x-static /sbin/agetty -o -p -- \u --noclear --keep-baud pts/1 115200,38400,9600 vt220
1100000              \_ /usr/bin/qemu-s390x-static /sbin/agetty -o -p -- \u --noclear --keep-baud pts/2 115200,38400,9600 vt220
1100000              \_ /usr/bin/qemu-s390x-static /sbin/agetty -o -p -- \u --noclear --keep-baud pts/3 115200,38400,9600 vt220
1100000              \_ /usr/bin/qemu-s390x-static /lib/systemd/systemd-udevd

[1]: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20191216091220.465626-1-laurent@vivier.eu
[2]: https://discuss.linuxcontainers.org/t/binfmt-misc-permission-denied
[3]: https://discuss.linuxcontainers.org/t/lxd-binfmt-support-for-qemu-static-interpreters
[4]: https://discuss.linuxcontainers.org/t/3-1-0-binfmt-support-service-in-unprivileged-guest-requires-write-access-on-hosts-proc-sys-fs-binfmt-misc
[5]: https://discuss.linuxcontainers.org/t/qemu-user-static-not-working-4-11

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20191216091220.465626-2-laurent@vivier.eu (origin)
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20211028103114.2849140-2-brauner@kernel.org (v1)
Cc: Sargun Dhillon <sargun@sargun.me>
Cc: Serge Hallyn <serge@hallyn.com>
Cc: Jann Horn <jannh@google.com>
Cc: Henning Schild <henning.schild@siemens.com>
Cc: Andrei Vagin <avagin@gmail.com>
Cc: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Cc: Laurent Vivier <laurent@vivier.eu>
Cc: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Laurent Vivier <laurent@vivier.eu>
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <christian.brauner@ubuntu.com>
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
---
/* v2 */
- Serge Hallyn <serge@hallyn.com>:
  - Use GFP_KERNEL_ACCOUNT for userspace triggered allocations when a
    new binary type handler is registered.
- Christian Brauner <christian.brauner@ubuntu.com>:
  - Switch authorship to me. I refused to do that earlier even though
    Laurent said I should do so because I think it's genuinely bad form.
    But by now I have changed so many things that it'd be unfair to
    blame Laurent for any potential bugs in here.
  - Add more comments that explain what's going on.
  - Rename functions while changing them to better reflect what they are
    doing to make the code easier to understand.
  - In the first version when a specific binary type handler was removed
    either through a write to the entry's file or all binary type
    handlers were removed by a write to the binfmt_misc mount's status
    file all cleanup work happened during inode eviction.
    That includes removal of the relevant entries from entry list. While
    that works fine I disliked that model after thinking about it for a
    bit. Because it means that there was a window were someone has
    already removed a or all binary handlers but they could still be
    safely reached from load_misc_binary() when it has managed to take
    the read_lock() on the entries list while inode eviction was already
    happening. Again, that perfectly benign but it's cleaner to remove
    the binary handler from the list immediately meaning that ones the
    write to then entry's file or the binfmt_misc status file returns
    the binary type cannot be executed anymore. That gives stronger
    guarantees to the user.
2023-10-11 08:46:01 -07:00
Christian BraunerandKees Cook 1c5976ef0f binfmt_misc: cleanup on filesystem umount
Currently, registering a new binary type pins the binfmt_misc
filesystem. Specifically, this means that as long as there is at least
one binary type registered the binfmt_misc filesystem survives all
umounts, i.e. the superblock is not destroyed. Meaning that a umount
followed by another mount will end up with the same superblock and the
same binary type handlers. This is a behavior we tend to discourage for
any new filesystems (apart from a few special filesystems such as e.g.
configfs or debugfs). A umount operation without the filesystem being
pinned - by e.g. someone holding a file descriptor to an open file -
should usually result in the destruction of the superblock and all
associated resources. This makes introspection easier and leads to
clearly defined, simple and clean semantics. An administrator can rely
on the fact that a umount will guarantee a clean slate making it
possible to reinitialize a filesystem. Right now all binary types would
need to be explicitly deleted before that can happen.

This allows us to remove the heavy-handed calls to simple_pin_fs() and
simple_release_fs() when creating and deleting binary types. This in
turn allows us to replace the current brittle pinning mechanism abusing
dget() which has caused a range of bugs judging from prior fixes in [2]
and [3]. The additional dget() in load_misc_binary() pins the dentry but
only does so for the sake to prevent ->evict_inode() from freeing the
node when a user removes the binary type and kill_node() is run. Which
would mean ->interpreter and ->interp_file would be freed causing a UAF.

This isn't really nicely documented nor is it very clean because it
relies on simple_pin_fs() pinning the filesystem as long as at least one
binary type exists. Otherwise it would cause load_misc_binary() to hold
on to a dentry belonging to a superblock that has been shutdown.
Replace that implicit pinning with a clean and simple per-node refcount
and get rid of the ugly dget() pinning. A similar mechanism exists for
e.g. binderfs (cf. [4]). All the cleanup work can now be done in
->evict_inode().

In a follow-up patch we will make it possible to use binfmt_misc in
sandboxes. We will use the cleaner semantics where a umount for the
filesystem will cause the superblock and all resources to be
deallocated. In preparation for this apply the same semantics to the
initial binfmt_misc mount. Note, that this is a user-visible change and
as such a uapi change but one that we can reasonably risk. We've
discussed this in earlier versions of this patchset (cf. [1]).

The main user and provider of binfmt_misc is systemd. Systemd provides
binfmt_misc via autofs since it is configurable as a kernel module and
is used by a few exotic packages and users. As such a binfmt_misc mount
is triggered when /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc is accessed and is only
provided on demand. Other autofs on demand filesystems include EFI ESP
which systemd umounts if the mountpoint stays idle for a certain amount
of time. This doesn't apply to the binfmt_misc autofs mount which isn't
touched once it is mounted meaning this change can't accidently wipe
binary type handlers without someone having explicitly unmounted
binfmt_misc. After speaking to systemd folks they don't expect this
change to affect them.

In line with our general policy, if we see a regression for systemd or
other users with this change we will switch back to the old behavior for
the initial binfmt_misc mount and have binary types pin the filesystem
again. But while we touch this code let's take the chance and let's
improve on the status quo.

[1]: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20191216091220.465626-2-laurent@vivier.eu
[2]: commit 43a4f26190 ("exec: binfmt_misc: fix race between load_misc_binary() and kill_node()"
[3]: commit 83f918274e ("exec: binfmt_misc: shift filp_close(interp_file) from kill_node() to bm_evict_inode()")
[4]: commit f0fe2c0f05 ("binder: prevent UAF for binderfs devices II")

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20211028103114.2849140-1-brauner@kernel.org (v1)
Cc: Sargun Dhillon <sargun@sargun.me>
Cc: Serge Hallyn <serge@hallyn.com>
Cc: Jann Horn <jannh@google.com>
Cc: Henning Schild <henning.schild@siemens.com>
Cc: Andrei Vagin <avagin@gmail.com>
Cc: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Cc: Laurent Vivier <laurent@vivier.eu>
Cc: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org
Acked-by: Serge Hallyn <serge@hallyn.com>
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <christian.brauner@ubuntu.com>
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
---
/* v2 */
- Christian Brauner <christian.brauner@ubuntu.com>:
  - Add more comments that explain what's going on.
  - Rename functions while changing them to better reflect what they are
    doing to make the code easier to understand.
  - In the first version when a specific binary type handler was removed
    either through a write to the entry's file or all binary type
    handlers were removed by a write to the binfmt_misc mount's status
    file all cleanup work happened during inode eviction.
    That includes removal of the relevant entries from entry list. While
    that works fine I disliked that model after thinking about it for a
    bit. Because it means that there was a window were someone has
    already removed a or all binary handlers but they could still be
    safely reached from load_misc_binary() when it has managed to take
    the read_lock() on the entries list while inode eviction was already
    happening. Again, that perfectly benign but it's cleaner to remove
    the binary handler from the list immediately meaning that ones the
    write to then entry's file or the binfmt_misc status file returns
    the binary type cannot be executed anymore. That gives stronger
    guarantees to the user.
2023-10-11 08:46:01 -07:00
Jeff LaytonandChristian Brauner 2276e5ba85 fs: convert to ctime accessor functions
In later patches, we're going to change how the inode's ctime field is
used. Switch to using accessor functions instead of raw accesses of
inode->i_ctime.

Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org>
Message-Id: <20230705190309.579783-23-jlayton@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
2023-07-13 10:28:04 +02:00
Liu ShixinandKees Cook 6a46bf5588 binfmt_misc: fix shift-out-of-bounds in check_special_flags
UBSAN reported a shift-out-of-bounds warning:

 left shift of 1 by 31 places cannot be represented in type 'int'
 Call Trace:
  <TASK>
  __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:88 [inline]
  dump_stack_lvl+0x8d/0xcf lib/dump_stack.c:106
  ubsan_epilogue+0xa/0x44 lib/ubsan.c:151
  __ubsan_handle_shift_out_of_bounds+0x1e7/0x208 lib/ubsan.c:322
  check_special_flags fs/binfmt_misc.c:241 [inline]
  create_entry fs/binfmt_misc.c:456 [inline]
  bm_register_write+0x9d3/0xa20 fs/binfmt_misc.c:654
  vfs_write+0x11e/0x580 fs/read_write.c:582
  ksys_write+0xcf/0x120 fs/read_write.c:637
  do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline]
  do_syscall_64+0x34/0x80 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80
  entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd
 RIP: 0033:0x4194e1

Since the type of Node's flags is unsigned long, we should define these
macros with same type too.

Signed-off-by: Liu Shixin <liushixin2@huawei.com>
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20221102025123.1117184-1-liushixin2@huawei.com
2022-12-02 13:57:04 -08:00
Domenico AndreoliandLinus Torvalds b42bc9a3c5 Fix regression due to "fs: move binfmt_misc sysctl to its own file"
Commit 3ba442d533 ("fs: move binfmt_misc sysctl to its own file") did
not go unnoticed, binfmt-support stopped to work on my Debian system
since v5.17-rc2 (did not check with -rc1).

The existance of the /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc is a precondition for
attempting to mount the binfmt_misc fs, which in turn triggers the
autoload of the binfmt_misc module.  Without it, no module is loaded and
no binfmt is available at boot.

Building as built-in or manually loading the module and mounting the fs
works fine, it's therefore only a matter of interaction with user-space.
I could try to improve the Debian systemd configuration but I can't say
anything about the other distributions.

This patch restores a working system right after boot.

Fixes: 3ba442d533 ("fs: move binfmt_misc sysctl to its own file")
Signed-off-by: Domenico Andreoli <domenico.andreoli@linux.com>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Tong Zhang <ztong0001@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2022-02-09 09:50:02 -08:00
Tong ZhangandLinus Torvalds e7f1e8834b binfmt_misc: fix crash when load/unload module
We should unregister the table upon module unload otherwise something
horrible will happen when we load binfmt_misc module again.  Also note
that we should keep value returned by register_sysctl_mount_point() and
release it later, otherwise it will leak.

Also, per Christian's comment, to fully restore the old behavior that
won't break userspace the check(binfmt_misc_header) should be
eliminated.

To reproduce:
  modprobe binfmt_misc
  modprobe -r binfmt_misc
  modprobe binfmt_misc
  modprobe -r binfmt_misc
  modprobe binfmt_misc

resulting in

  modprobe: can't load module binfmt_misc (kernel/fs/binfmt_misc.ko): Cannot allocate memory

and an unhappy kernel:

  binfmt_misc: Failed to create fs/binfmt_misc sysctl mount point
  binfmt_misc: Failed to create fs/binfmt_misc sysctl mount point
  BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: fffffbfff8004802
  Call Trace:
    init_misc_binfmt+0x2d/0x1000 [binfmt_misc]

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20220124181812.1869535-2-ztong0001@gmail.com
Fixes: 3ba442d533 ("fs: move binfmt_misc sysctl to its own file")
Signed-off-by: Tong Zhang <ztong0001@gmail.com>
Co-developed-by: Christian Brauner<brauner@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@kernel.org>
Cc: Eric Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com>
Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Cc: Iurii Zaikin <yzaikin@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2022-01-30 09:56:58 +02:00
Luis ChamberlainandLinus Torvalds 3ba442d533 fs: move binfmt_misc sysctl to its own file
kernel/sysctl.c is a kitchen sink where everyone leaves their dirty
dishes, this makes it very difficult to maintain.

To help with this maintenance let's start by moving sysctls to places
where they actually belong.  The proc sysctl maintainers do not want to
know what sysctl knobs you wish to add for your own piece of code, we
just care about the core logic.

This moves the binfmt_misc sysctl to its own file to help remove clutter
from kernel/sysctl.c.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20211124231435.1445213-5-mcgrof@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@kernel.org>
Cc: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Cc: Amir Goldstein <amir73il@gmail.com>
Cc: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Antti Palosaari <crope@iki.fi>
Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
Cc: Benjamin LaHaise <bcrl@kvack.org>
Cc: Clemens Ladisch <clemens@ladisch.de>
Cc: David Airlie <airlied@linux.ie>
Cc: Douglas Gilbert <dgilbert@interlog.com>
Cc: Eric Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Cc: Iurii Zaikin <yzaikin@google.com>
Cc: James E.J. Bottomley <jejb@linux.ibm.com>
Cc: Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@intel.com>
Cc: Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
Cc: Joel Becker <jlbec@evilplan.org>
Cc: John Ogness <john.ogness@linutronix.de>
Cc: Joonas Lahtinen <joonas.lahtinen@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Joseph Qi <joseph.qi@linux.alibaba.com>
Cc: Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@inria.fr>
Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Cc: Lukas Middendorf <kernel@tuxforce.de>
Cc: Mark Fasheh <mark@fasheh.com>
Cc: Martin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@oracle.com>
Cc: Paul Turner <pjt@google.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
Cc: Phillip Potter <phil@philpotter.co.uk>
Cc: Qing Wang <wangqing@vivo.com>
Cc: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@kernel.org>
Cc: Rodrigo Vivi <rodrigo.vivi@intel.com>
Cc: Sebastian Reichel <sre@kernel.org>
Cc: Sergey Senozhatsky <senozhatsky@chromium.org>
Cc: Stephen Kitt <steve@sk2.org>
Cc: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Cc: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com>
Cc: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@I-love.SAKURA.ne.jp>
Cc: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
Cc: Xiaoming Ni <nixiaoming@huawei.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2022-01-22 08:33:35 +02:00