[PATCH v3 06/12] cachefiles: add consistency check for copen/cread

Jingbo Xu jefflexu at linux.alibaba.com
Mon May 27 23:33:11 AEST 2024



On 5/24/24 10:28 AM, Baokun Li wrote:
> Hi Jingbo,
> 
> Thanks for the review!
> 
> On 2024/5/23 22:28, Jingbo Xu wrote:
>>
>> On 5/22/24 7:43 PM, libaokun at huaweicloud.com wrote:
>>> From: Baokun Li <libaokun1 at huawei.com>
>>>
>>> This prevents malicious processes from completing random copen/cread
>>> requests and crashing the system. Added checks are listed below:
>>>
>>>    * Generic, copen can only complete open requests, and cread can only
>>>      complete read requests.
>>>    * For copen, ondemand_id must not be 0, because this indicates
>>> that the
>>>      request has not been read by the daemon.
>>>    * For cread, the object corresponding to fd and req should be the
>>> same.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Baokun Li <libaokun1 at huawei.com>
>>> Acked-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton at kernel.org>
>>> ---
>>>   fs/cachefiles/ondemand.c | 27 ++++++++++++++++++++-------
>>>   1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/fs/cachefiles/ondemand.c b/fs/cachefiles/ondemand.c
>>> index bb94ef6a6f61..898fab68332b 100644
>>> --- a/fs/cachefiles/ondemand.c
>>> +++ b/fs/cachefiles/ondemand.c
>>> @@ -82,12 +82,12 @@ static loff_t
>>> cachefiles_ondemand_fd_llseek(struct file *filp, loff_t pos,
>>>   }
>>>     static long cachefiles_ondemand_fd_ioctl(struct file *filp,
>>> unsigned int ioctl,
>>> -                     unsigned long arg)
>>> +                     unsigned long id)
>>>   {
>>>       struct cachefiles_object *object = filp->private_data;
>>>       struct cachefiles_cache *cache = object->volume->cache;
>>>       struct cachefiles_req *req;
>>> -    unsigned long id;
>>> +    XA_STATE(xas, &cache->reqs, id);
>>>         if (ioctl != CACHEFILES_IOC_READ_COMPLETE)
>>>           return -EINVAL;
>>> @@ -95,10 +95,15 @@ static long cachefiles_ondemand_fd_ioctl(struct
>>> file *filp, unsigned int ioctl,
>>>       if (!test_bit(CACHEFILES_ONDEMAND_MODE, &cache->flags))
>>>           return -EOPNOTSUPP;
>>>   -    id = arg;
>>> -    req = xa_erase(&cache->reqs, id);
>>> -    if (!req)
>>> +    xa_lock(&cache->reqs);
>>> +    req = xas_load(&xas);
>>> +    if (!req || req->msg.opcode != CACHEFILES_OP_READ ||
>>> +        req->object != object) {
>>> +        xa_unlock(&cache->reqs);
>>>           return -EINVAL;
>>> +    }
>>> +    xas_store(&xas, NULL);
>>> +    xa_unlock(&cache->reqs);
>>>         trace_cachefiles_ondemand_cread(object, id);
>>>       complete(&req->done);
>>> @@ -126,6 +131,7 @@ int cachefiles_ondemand_copen(struct
>>> cachefiles_cache *cache, char *args)
>>>       unsigned long id;
>>>       long size;
>>>       int ret;
>>> +    XA_STATE(xas, &cache->reqs, 0);
>>>         if (!test_bit(CACHEFILES_ONDEMAND_MODE, &cache->flags))
>>>           return -EOPNOTSUPP;
>>> @@ -149,9 +155,16 @@ int cachefiles_ondemand_copen(struct
>>> cachefiles_cache *cache, char *args)
>>>       if (ret)
>>>           return ret;
>>>   -    req = xa_erase(&cache->reqs, id);
>>> -    if (!req)
>>> +    xa_lock(&cache->reqs);
>>> +    xas.xa_index = id;
>>> +    req = xas_load(&xas);
>>> +    if (!req || req->msg.opcode != CACHEFILES_OP_OPEN ||
>>> +        !req->object->ondemand->ondemand_id) {
>> For a valid opened object, I think ondemand_id shall > 0.  When the
>> copen is for the object which is in the reopening state, ondemand_id can
>> be CACHEFILES_ONDEMAND_ID_CLOSED (actually -1)?
> If ondemand_id is -1, there are two scenarios:
>  * This could be a restore/reopen request that has not yet get_fd;
>  * The request is being processed by the daemon but its anonymous
>     fd has been closed.
> 
> In the first case, there is no argument for not allowing copen.
> In the latter case, however, the closing of an anonymous fd may
> not be malicious, so if a copen delete request fails, the OPEN
> request will not be processed until RESTORE lets it be processed
> by the daemon again. However, RESTORE is not a frequent operation,
> so if only one anonymous fd is accidentally closed, this may result
> in a hung.
> 
> So in later patches, we ensure that fd is valid (i.e. ondemand_id > 0)
> when setting the object to OPEN state and do not prevent it
> from removing the request here.
> 
> If ondemand_id is 0, then it can be confirmed that the req has not
> been initialised, so the copen must be malicious at this point, so it
> is not allowed to complete the request. This is an instantaneous
> state, and the request can be processed normally after the daemon
> has read it properly. So there won't be any side effects here.
> 

case 1 is literally illegal, while case 2 is permissible but has no way
to be distinguished from case 1.  As the patch itself is only
best-effort, so it LGTM.

Reviewed-by: Jingbo Xu <jefflexu at linux.alibaba.com>


-- 
Thanks,
Jingbo


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