exec: Set file unwritable before LSM check

The LSM check should happen after the file has been confirmed to be
unchanging. Without this, we could have a race between the Time of Check
(the call to security_kernel_read_file() which could read the file and
make access policy decisions) and the Time of Use (starting with
kernel_read_file()'s reading of the file contents). In theory, file
contents could change between the two.

Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Reviewed-by: Mimi Zohar <zohar@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: James Morris <james.morris@microsoft.com>

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/fs/exec.c b/fs/exec.c
index 7eb8d21bcab9..a919a827d181 100644
--- a/fs/exec.c
+++ b/fs/exec.c
@@ -895,13 +895,13 @@ int kernel_read_file(struct file *file, void **buf, loff_t *size,
         if (!S_ISREG(file_inode(file)->i_mode) || max_size < 0)
                 return -EINVAL;
 
-        ret = security_kernel_read_file(file, id);
+        ret = deny_write_access(file);
         if (ret)
                 return ret;
 
-        ret = deny_write_access(file);
+        ret = security_kernel_read_file(file, id);
         if (ret)
-                return ret;
+                goto out;
 
         i_size = i_size_read(file_inode(file));
         if (max_size > 0 && i_size > max_size) {