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  Re: [PATCH v2] NFS: Avoid cross-structure casting Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> - 2017-04-12 21:00 +0200
    Re: [PATCH v2] NFS: Avoid cross-structure casting Trond Myklebust <trondmy@primarydata.com> - 2017-04-20 20:10 +0200

#1622484 — Re: [PATCH v2] NFS: Avoid cross-structure casting

On Wed, Apr 5, 2017 at 8:29 AM, Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> wrote:
> When the call to nfs_devname() fails, the error path attempts to retain
> the error via the mnt variable, but this requires a cast across very
> different types (char * to struct vfsmount *), which the upcoming
> structure layout randomization plugin flags as being potentially
> dangerous in the face of randomization. This is a false positive, but
> what this code actually wants to do is retain the error value, so this
> patch explicitly sets it, instead of using what seems to be an
> unexpected cast.
>
> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>

If I can get an Acked-by on this, I could push it via the gcc-plugin tree.

Thanks!

-Kees

> ---
> v2: duh, use ERR_CAST. thanks neilb!
> ---
>  fs/nfs/namespace.c | 5 +++--
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/nfs/namespace.c b/fs/nfs/namespace.c
> index 786f17580582..8ca5d147124d 100644
> --- a/fs/nfs/namespace.c
> +++ b/fs/nfs/namespace.c
> @@ -259,9 +259,10 @@ struct vfsmount *nfs_do_submount(struct dentry *dentry, struct nfs_fh *fh,
>         if (page == NULL)
>                 goto out;
>         devname = nfs_devname(dentry, page, PAGE_SIZE);
> -       mnt = (struct vfsmount *)devname;
> -       if (IS_ERR(devname))
> +       if (IS_ERR(devname)) {
> +               mnt = ERR_CAST(devname);
>                 goto free_page;
> +       }
>         mnt = nfs_do_clone_mount(NFS_SB(dentry->d_sb), devname, &mountdata);
>  free_page:
>         free_page((unsigned long)page);
> --
> 2.7.4
>
>
> --
> Kees Cook
> Pixel Security



-- 
Kees Cook
Pixel Security

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On Wed, 2017-04-12 at 11:59 -0700, Kees Cook wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 5, 2017 at 8:29 AM, Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
> wrote:
> > When the call to nfs_devname() fails, the error path attempts to
> > retain
> > the error via the mnt variable, but this requires a cast across
> > very
> > different types (char * to struct vfsmount *), which the upcoming
> > structure layout randomization plugin flags as being potentially
> > dangerous in the face of randomization. This is a false positive,
> > but
> > what this code actually wants to do is retain the error value, so
> > this
> > patch explicitly sets it, instead of using what seems to be an
> > unexpected cast.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
> 
> If I can get an Acked-by on this, I could push it via the gcc-plugin
> tree.
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> -Kees
> 
> > ---
> > v2: duh, use ERR_CAST. thanks neilb!
> > ---
> >  fs/nfs/namespace.c | 5 +++--
> >  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/fs/nfs/namespace.c b/fs/nfs/namespace.c
> > index 786f17580582..8ca5d147124d 100644
> > --- a/fs/nfs/namespace.c
> > +++ b/fs/nfs/namespace.c
> > @@ -259,9 +259,10 @@ struct vfsmount *nfs_do_submount(struct dentry
> > *dentry, struct nfs_fh *fh,
> >         if (page == NULL)
> >                 goto out;
> >         devname = nfs_devname(dentry, page, PAGE_SIZE);
> > -       mnt = (struct vfsmount *)devname;
> > -       if (IS_ERR(devname))
> > +       if (IS_ERR(devname)) {
> > +               mnt = ERR_CAST(devname);
> >                 goto free_page;
> > +       }
> >         mnt = nfs_do_clone_mount(NFS_SB(dentry->d_sb), devname,
> > &mountdata);
> >  free_page:
> >         free_page((unsigned long)page);
> > --
> > 2.7.4
> > 
> > 
> > --
> > Kees Cook
> > Pixel Security
> 

Acked-by: Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@primarydata.com>

-- 
Trond Myklebust
Linux NFS client maintainer, PrimaryData
trond.myklebust@primarydata.com

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