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Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] fs: Harden against open(..., O_CREAT, 02777) in a setgid directory

Started byJeff Layton <jlayton@redhat.com>
First post2017-01-31 12:50 +0100
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  Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] fs: Harden against open(..., O_CREAT, 02777) in  a setgid directory Jeff Layton <jlayton@redhat.com> - 2017-01-31 12:50 +0100
    Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] fs: Harden against open(..., O_CREAT, 02777) in a  setgid directory Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net> - 2017-01-31 18:10 +0100

#1570638 — Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] fs: Harden against open(..., O_CREAT, 02777) in a setgid directory

FromJeff Layton <jlayton@redhat.com>
Date2017-01-31 12:50 +0100
SubjectRe: [PATCH v2 2/2] fs: Harden against open(..., O_CREAT, 02777) in a setgid directory
Message-ID<t5F6F-bX-9@gated-at.bofh.it>
On Fri, 2017-01-27 at 18:49 -0800, Andy Lutomirski wrote:
> Currently, if you open("foo", O_WRONLY | O_CREAT | ..., 02777) in a
> directory that is setgid and owned by a different gid than current's
> fsgid, you end up with an SGID executable that is owned by the
> directory's GID.  This is a Bad Thing (tm).  Exploiting this is
> nontrivial because most ways of creating a new file create an empty
> file and empty executables aren't particularly interesting, but this
> is nevertheless quite dangerous.
> 
> Harden against this type of attack by detecting this particular
> corner case (unprivileged program creates SGID executable inode in
> SGID directory owned by a different GID) and clearing the new
> inode's SGID bit.
> 
> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>
> ---
>  fs/inode.c | 24 +++++++++++++++++++++---
>  1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/inode.c b/fs/inode.c
> index 0e1e141b094c..f6acb9232263 100644
> --- a/fs/inode.c
> +++ b/fs/inode.c
> @@ -2025,12 +2025,30 @@ void inode_init_owner(struct inode *inode, const struct inode *dir,
>  			umode_t mode)
>  {
>  	inode->i_uid = current_fsuid();
> +	inode->i_gid = current_fsgid();
> +
>  	if (dir && dir->i_mode & S_ISGID) {

I'm surprised the compiler doesn't complain about ambiguous order of ops
in the above if statement. Might be nice to add some parenthesis there
since you're in here, just for clarity.

> +		bool changing_gid = !gid_eq(inode->i_gid, dir->i_gid);
> +
>  		inode->i_gid = dir->i_gid;
> -		if (S_ISDIR(mode))
> +
> +		if (S_ISDIR(mode)) {
>  			mode |= S_ISGID;
> -	} else
> -		inode->i_gid = current_fsgid();
> +		} else if (((mode & (S_ISGID | S_IXGRP)) == (S_ISGID | S_IXGRP))
> +			   && S_ISREG(mode) && changing_gid
> +			   && !capable(CAP_FSETID)) {
> +			/*
> +			 * Whoa there!  An unprivileged program just
> +			 * tried to create a new executable with SGID
> +			 * set in a directory with SGID set that belongs
> +			 * to a different group.  Don't let this program
> +			 * create a SGID executable that ends up owned
> +			 * by the wrong group.
> +			 */
> +			mode &= ~S_ISGID;
> +		}
> +	}
> +
>  	inode->i_mode = mode;
>  }
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL(inode_init_owner);

It's hard to picture any applications that would rely on the legacy
behavior, but if they come out of the woodwork, we could always add a
"make my kernel unsafe" command-line or compile time switch to bring it
back.

I think this is reasonable thing to do, but Michael K. is correct that
we should document the behavior changes in the relevant manpages.

Reviewed-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@redhat.com>

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#1570901 — Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] fs: Harden against open(..., O_CREAT, 02777) in a setgid directory

FromAndy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net>
Date2017-01-31 18:10 +0100
SubjectRe: [PATCH v2 2/2] fs: Harden against open(..., O_CREAT, 02777) in a setgid directory
Message-ID<t5K6l-3lE-3@gated-at.bofh.it>
In reply to#1570638
On Tue, Jan 31, 2017 at 3:43 AM, Jeff Layton <jlayton@redhat.com> wrote:
> On Fri, 2017-01-27 at 18:49 -0800, Andy Lutomirski wrote:
>> Currently, if you open("foo", O_WRONLY | O_CREAT | ..., 02777) in a
>> directory that is setgid and owned by a different gid than current's
>> fsgid, you end up with an SGID executable that is owned by the
>> directory's GID.  This is a Bad Thing (tm).  Exploiting this is
>> nontrivial because most ways of creating a new file create an empty
>> file and empty executables aren't particularly interesting, but this
>> is nevertheless quite dangerous.
>>
>> Harden against this type of attack by detecting this particular
>> corner case (unprivileged program creates SGID executable inode in
>> SGID directory owned by a different GID) and clearing the new
>> inode's SGID bit.
>>
>> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
>> Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>
>> ---
>>  fs/inode.c | 24 +++++++++++++++++++++---
>>  1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/fs/inode.c b/fs/inode.c
>> index 0e1e141b094c..f6acb9232263 100644
>> --- a/fs/inode.c
>> +++ b/fs/inode.c
>> @@ -2025,12 +2025,30 @@ void inode_init_owner(struct inode *inode, const struct inode *dir,
>>                       umode_t mode)
>>  {
>>       inode->i_uid = current_fsuid();
>> +     inode->i_gid = current_fsgid();
>> +
>>       if (dir && dir->i_mode & S_ISGID) {
>
> I'm surprised the compiler doesn't complain about ambiguous order of ops
> in the above if statement. Might be nice to add some parenthesis there
> since you're in here, just for clarity.

I'll keep that in mind if I do further cleanups here.

>
>> +             bool changing_gid = !gid_eq(inode->i_gid, dir->i_gid);
>> +
>>               inode->i_gid = dir->i_gid;
>> -             if (S_ISDIR(mode))
>> +
>> +             if (S_ISDIR(mode)) {
>>                       mode |= S_ISGID;
>> -     } else
>> -             inode->i_gid = current_fsgid();
>> +             } else if (((mode & (S_ISGID | S_IXGRP)) == (S_ISGID | S_IXGRP))
>> +                        && S_ISREG(mode) && changing_gid
>> +                        && !capable(CAP_FSETID)) {
>> +                     /*
>> +                      * Whoa there!  An unprivileged program just
>> +                      * tried to create a new executable with SGID
>> +                      * set in a directory with SGID set that belongs
>> +                      * to a different group.  Don't let this program
>> +                      * create a SGID executable that ends up owned
>> +                      * by the wrong group.
>> +                      */
>> +                     mode &= ~S_ISGID;
>> +             }
>> +     }
>> +
>>       inode->i_mode = mode;
>>  }
>>  EXPORT_SYMBOL(inode_init_owner);
>
> It's hard to picture any applications that would rely on the legacy
> behavior, but if they come out of the woodwork, we could always add a
> "make my kernel unsafe" command-line or compile time switch to bring it
> back.

I'm having trouble thinking of any legitimate use.  Sure, some package
manager or untar-like tool could create a setgid file like this, but
as soon as it tries to write to the file, unless it exploits a
different bug, the setgid bit would be cleared.

--Andy

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