[PATCH] Fix sysctl unregistration oops (CVE-2005-2709)

You could open the /proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/<if>/<whatever> file, then
wait for interface to go away, try to grab as much memory as possible in
hope to hit the (kfreed) ctl_table.  Then fill it with pointers to your
function.  Then do read from file you've opened and if you are lucky,
you'll get it called as ->proc_handler() in kernel mode.

So this is at least an Oops and possibly more.  It does depend on an
interface going away though, so less of a security risk than it would
otherwise be.

Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>

1 files changed, 107 insertions, 29 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c
index c4f35f96884d..9990e10192e8 100644
--- a/kernel/sysctl.c
+++ b/kernel/sysctl.c
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ struct file_operations proc_sys_file_operations = {
 
 extern struct proc_dir_entry *proc_sys_root;
 
-static void register_proc_table(ctl_table *, struct proc_dir_entry *);
+static void register_proc_table(ctl_table *, struct proc_dir_entry *, void *);
 static void unregister_proc_table(ctl_table *, struct proc_dir_entry *);
 #endif
 
@@ -992,10 +992,51 @@ static ctl_table dev_table[] = {
 
 extern void init_irq_proc (void);
 
+static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(sysctl_lock);
+
+/* called under sysctl_lock */
+static int use_table(struct ctl_table_header *p)
+{
+        if (unlikely(p->unregistering))
+                return 0;
+        p->used++;
+        return 1;
+}
+
+/* called under sysctl_lock */
+static void unuse_table(struct ctl_table_header *p)
+{
+        if (!--p->used)
+                if (unlikely(p->unregistering))
+                        complete(p->unregistering);
+}
+
+/* called under sysctl_lock, will reacquire if has to wait */
+static void start_unregistering(struct ctl_table_header *p)
+{
+        /*
+         * if p->used is 0, nobody will ever touch that entry again;
+         * we'll eliminate all paths to it before dropping sysctl_lock
+         */
+        if (unlikely(p->used)) {
+                struct completion wait;
+                init_completion(&wait);
+                p->unregistering = &wait;
+                spin_unlock(&sysctl_lock);
+                wait_for_completion(&wait);
+                spin_lock(&sysctl_lock);
+        }
+        /*
+         * do not remove from the list until nobody holds it; walking the
+         * list in do_sysctl() relies on that.
+         */
+        list_del_init(&p->ctl_entry);
+}
+
 void __init sysctl_init(void)
 {
 #ifdef CONFIG_PROC_FS
-        register_proc_table(root_table, proc_sys_root);
+        register_proc_table(root_table, proc_sys_root, &root_table_header);
         init_irq_proc();
 #endif
 }
@@ -1004,6 +1045,7 @@ int do_sysctl(int __user *name, int nlen, void __user *oldval, size_t __user *ol
                void __user *newval, size_t newlen)
 {
         struct list_head *tmp;
+        int error = -ENOTDIR;
 
         if (nlen <= 0 || nlen >= CTL_MAXNAME)
                 return -ENOTDIR;
@@ -1012,20 +1054,30 @@ int do_sysctl(int __user *name, int nlen, void __user *oldval, size_t __user *ol
                 if (!oldlenp || get_user(old_len, oldlenp))
                         return -EFAULT;
         }
+        spin_lock(&sysctl_lock);
         tmp = &root_table_header.ctl_entry;
         do {
                 struct ctl_table_header *head =
                         list_entry(tmp, struct ctl_table_header, ctl_entry);
                 void *context = NULL;
-                int error = parse_table(name, nlen, oldval, oldlenp, 
+
+                if (!use_table(head))
+                        continue;
+
+                spin_unlock(&sysctl_lock);
+
+                error = parse_table(name, nlen, oldval, oldlenp, 
                                         newval, newlen, head->ctl_table,
                                         &context);
                 kfree(context);
+
+                spin_lock(&sysctl_lock);
+                unuse_table(head);
                 if (error != -ENOTDIR)
-                        return error;
-                tmp = tmp->next;
-        } while (tmp != &root_table_header.ctl_entry);
-        return -ENOTDIR;
+                        break;
+        } while ((tmp = tmp->next) != &root_table_header.ctl_entry);
+        spin_unlock(&sysctl_lock);
+        return error;
 }
 
 asmlinkage long sys_sysctl(struct __sysctl_args __user *args)
@@ -1236,12 +1288,16 @@ struct ctl_table_header *register_sysctl_table(ctl_table * table,
                 return NULL;
         tmp->ctl_table = table;
         INIT_LIST_HEAD(&tmp->ctl_entry);
+        tmp->used = 0;
+        tmp->unregistering = NULL;
+        spin_lock(&sysctl_lock);
         if (insert_at_head)
                 list_add(&tmp->ctl_entry, &root_table_header.ctl_entry);
         else
                 list_add_tail(&tmp->ctl_entry, &root_table_header.ctl_entry);
+        spin_unlock(&sysctl_lock);
 #ifdef CONFIG_PROC_FS
-        register_proc_table(table, proc_sys_root);
+        register_proc_table(table, proc_sys_root, tmp);
 #endif
         return tmp;
 }
@@ -1255,10 +1311,13 @@ struct ctl_table_header *register_sysctl_table(ctl_table * table,
  */
 void unregister_sysctl_table(struct ctl_table_header * header)
 {
-        list_del(&header->ctl_entry);
+        might_sleep();
+        spin_lock(&sysctl_lock);
+        start_unregistering(header);
 #ifdef CONFIG_PROC_FS
         unregister_proc_table(header->ctl_table, proc_sys_root);
 #endif
+        spin_unlock(&sysctl_lock);
         kfree(header);
 }
 
@@ -1269,7 +1328,7 @@ void unregister_sysctl_table(struct ctl_table_header * header)
 #ifdef CONFIG_PROC_FS
 
 /* Scan the sysctl entries in table and add them all into /proc */
-static void register_proc_table(ctl_table * table, struct proc_dir_entry *root)
+static void register_proc_table(ctl_table * table, struct proc_dir_entry *root, void *set)
 {
         struct proc_dir_entry *de;
         int len;
@@ -1305,13 +1364,14 @@ static void register_proc_table(ctl_table * table, struct proc_dir_entry *root)
                         de = create_proc_entry(table->procname, mode, root);
                         if (!de)
                                 continue;
+                        de->set = set;
                         de->data = (void *) table;
                         if (table->proc_handler)
                                 de->proc_fops = &proc_sys_file_operations;
                 }
                 table->de = de;
                 if (de->mode & S_IFDIR)
-                        register_proc_table(table->child, de);
+                        register_proc_table(table->child, de, set);
         }
 }
 
@@ -1336,6 +1396,13 @@ static void unregister_proc_table(ctl_table * table, struct proc_dir_entry *root
                                 continue;
                 }
 
+                /*
+                 * In any case, mark the entry as goner; we'll keep it
+                 * around if it's busy, but we'll know to do nothing with
+                 * its fields.  We are under sysctl_lock here.
+                 */
+                de->data = NULL;
+
                 /* Don't unregister proc entries that are still being used.. */
                 if (atomic_read(&de->count))
                         continue;
@@ -1349,27 +1416,38 @@ static ssize_t do_rw_proc(int write, struct file * file, char __user * buf,
                           size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
 {
         int op;
-        struct proc_dir_entry *de;
+        struct proc_dir_entry *de = PDE(file->f_dentry->d_inode);
         struct ctl_table *table;
         size_t res;
-        ssize_t error;
-        
-        de = PDE(file->f_dentry->d_inode);
-        if (!de || !de->data)
-                return -ENOTDIR;
-        table = (struct ctl_table *) de->data;
-        if (!table || !table->proc_handler)
-                return -ENOTDIR;
-        op = (write ? 002 : 004);
-        if (ctl_perm(table, op))
-                return -EPERM;
+        ssize_t error = -ENOTDIR;
         
-        res = count;
-
-        error = (*table->proc_handler) (table, write, file, buf, &res, ppos);
-        if (error)
-                return error;
-        return res;
+        spin_lock(&sysctl_lock);
+        if (de && de->data && use_table(de->set)) {
+                /*
+                 * at that point we know that sysctl was not unregistered
+                 * and won't be until we finish
+                 */
+                spin_unlock(&sysctl_lock);
+                table = (struct ctl_table *) de->data;
+                if (!table || !table->proc_handler)
+                        goto out;
+                error = -EPERM;
+                op = (write ? 002 : 004);
+                if (ctl_perm(table, op))
+                        goto out;
+                
+                /* careful: calling conventions are nasty here */
+                res = count;
+                error = (*table->proc_handler)(table, write, file,
+                                                buf, &res, ppos);
+                if (!error)
+                        error = res;
+        out:
+                spin_lock(&sysctl_lock);
+                unuse_table(de->set);
+        }
+        spin_unlock(&sysctl_lock);
+        return error;
 }
 
 static int proc_opensys(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)