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Date:      Wed, 20 Jun 2012 07:43:43 GMT
From:      Jukka Ukkonen <jau@iki.fi>
To:        freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   kern/169260: libkvm to use O_CLOEXEC to avoid file descriptor leaks in threaded code
Message-ID:  <201206200743.q5K7hh55093972@red.freebsd.org>
Resent-Message-ID: <201206200750.q5K7o9cd021878@freefall.freebsd.org>

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>Number:         169260
>Category:       kern
>Synopsis:       libkvm to use O_CLOEXEC to avoid file descriptor leaks in threaded code
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Wed Jun 20 07:50:09 UTC 2012
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Jukka Ukkonen
>Release:        FreeBSD 9.0-STABLE
>Organization:
-----
>Environment:
FreeBSD sleipnir 9.0-STABLE FreeBSD 9.0-STABLE #0: Tue Jun 19 22:26:46 EEST 2012     root@sleipnir:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/Sleipnir  amd64
>Description:
In libkvm files have been opened using a call sequence...

xxxfd = open (...);

fcntl (xxxfd, F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC);

In threaded code this could lead to the newly opened fd leaking to a child
program, if another thread happened to call exec() during the short time window
between open() and fcntl().
Now that there is O_CLOEXEC available, there is an atomic alternative...

xxxfd = open (..., O_CLOEXEC);

>How-To-Repeat:
See full description.
>Fix:
Apply the attached patch.


Patch attached with submission follows:

--- lib/libkvm/kvm.c.orig	2012-06-17 17:48:21.000000000 +0300
+++ lib/libkvm/kvm.c	2012-06-17 17:55:25.000000000 +0300
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@
 	if (mf == 0)
 		mf = _PATH_MEM;
 
-	if ((kd->pmfd = open(mf, flag, 0)) < 0) {
+	if ((kd->pmfd = open(mf, (flag | O_CLOEXEC), 0)) < 0) {
 		_kvm_syserr(kd, kd->program, "%s", mf);
 		goto failed;
 	}
@@ -179,10 +179,7 @@
 		_kvm_syserr(kd, kd->program, "empty file");
 		goto failed;
 	}
-	if (fcntl(kd->pmfd, F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC) < 0) {
-		_kvm_syserr(kd, kd->program, "%s", mf);
-		goto failed;
-	}
+
 	if (S_ISCHR(st.st_mode)) {
 		/*
 		 * If this is a character special device, then check that
@@ -191,17 +188,16 @@
 		 * case you're working with a live kernel.)
 		 */
 		if (strcmp(mf, _PATH_DEVNULL) == 0) {
-			kd->vmfd = open(_PATH_DEVNULL, O_RDONLY);
+			kd->vmfd = open(_PATH_DEVNULL,
+					(O_RDONLY | O_CLOEXEC));
 			return (kd);
 		} else if (strcmp(mf, _PATH_MEM) == 0) {
-			if ((kd->vmfd = open(_PATH_KMEM, flag)) < 0) {
-				_kvm_syserr(kd, kd->program, "%s", _PATH_KMEM);
-				goto failed;
-			}
-			if (fcntl(kd->vmfd, F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC) < 0) {
+			if ((kd->vmfd = open(_PATH_KMEM, 
+					     (flag | O_CLOEXEC))) < 0) {
 				_kvm_syserr(kd, kd->program, "%s", _PATH_KMEM);
 				goto failed;
 			}
+
 			return (kd);
 		}
 	}
@@ -210,14 +206,11 @@
 	 * Initialize the virtual address translation machinery,
 	 * but first setup the namelist fd.
 	 */
-	if ((kd->nlfd = open(uf, O_RDONLY, 0)) < 0) {
-		_kvm_syserr(kd, kd->program, "%s", uf);
-		goto failed;
-	}
-	if (fcntl(kd->nlfd, F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC) < 0) {
+	if ((kd->nlfd = open(uf, (O_RDONLY | O_CLOEXEC), 0)) < 0) {
 		_kvm_syserr(kd, kd->program, "%s", uf);
 		goto failed;
 	}
+
 	if (strncmp(mf, _PATH_FWMEM, strlen(_PATH_FWMEM)) == 0)
 		kd->rawdump = 1;
 	if (_kvm_initvtop(kd) < 0)


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