Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2015 19:19:31 +0100 From: Mateusz Guzik <mjguzik@gmail.com> To: Konstantin Belousov <kostikbel@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org, jenkins-admin@freebsd.org, Mateusz Guzik <mjg@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] fork: assign refed credentials earlier Message-ID: <20150321181931.GA14650@dft-labs.eu> In-Reply-To: <20150321141832.GH2379@kib.kiev.ua> References: <20150320122125.GP2379@kib.kiev.ua> <1426899640-6599-1-git-send-email-mjguzik@gmail.com> <1426899640-6599-2-git-send-email-mjguzik@gmail.com> <20150321015151.GF2379@kib.kiev.ua> <20150321015722.GC27736@dft-labs.eu> <20150321141832.GH2379@kib.kiev.ua>
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On Sat, Mar 21, 2015 at 04:18:32PM +0200, Konstantin Belousov wrote: > On Sat, Mar 21, 2015 at 02:57:22AM +0100, Mateusz Guzik wrote: > > On Sat, Mar 21, 2015 at 03:51:51AM +0200, Konstantin Belousov wrote: > > > On Sat, Mar 21, 2015 at 02:00:38AM +0100, Mateusz Guzik wrote: > > > > From: Mateusz Guzik <mjg@freebsd.org> > > > > > > > > Prior to this change the kernel would take p1's credentials and assign > > > > them tempororarily to p2. But p1 could change credentials at that time > > > > and in effect give us a use-after-free. > > > In which way could it change the credentials ? The assigned credentials > > > are taken from td_ucred, which, I thought, are guaranteed to be stable > > > for the duration of a syscall. > > > > > > > It takes thread's credential in do_fork. But initial copy is taken > > unlocked from struct proc. > > > > Relevant part of the diff: > > > > @@ -870,7 +867,7 @@ fork1(struct thread *td, int flags, int pages, struct proc **procp, > > > > * XXX: This is ugly; when we copy resource usage, we need to bump > > > > * per-cred resource counters. > > > > */ > > > > - proc_set_cred(newproc, p1->p_ucred); > > > > + proc_set_cred(newproc, crhold(td->td_ucred)); > > > > > > I do not understand your note, nor I see the chunk above in the patches > you send. Below is the citation from the patch 1: > > @@ -410,9 +410,6 @@ do_fork(struct thread *td, int flags, struct proc *p2, > +struct thread *td2, > bzero(&p2->p_startzero, > __rangeof(struct proc, p_startzero, p_endzero)); > > - crhold(td->td_ucred); > - proc_set_cred(p2, td->td_ucred); > - fork1 does: proc_set_cred(newproc, p1->p_ucred); p1 is unlocked, so whatever memory p1->p_ucred points to may already be freed. /* * Initialize resource accounting for the child process. */ error = racct_proc_fork(p1, newproc); if (error != 0) { error = EAGAIN; goto fail1; } racct_proc_fork -> racct_add_locked results in accessing such now-possibly-freed credentials. do_fork which properly assigns credentials (from a stable source (td_ucred) + grabs a reference) is called later. The patch in question moves aforementioned assignent earlier to replace unsafe one with p1->p_ucred. -- Mateusz Guzik <mjguzik gmail.com>
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