[PATCH 3.13.y-ckt 94/97] ppp: ensure file->private_data can't be overridden

Kamal Mostafa kamal at canonical.com
Mon Apr 4 23:26:58 UTC 2016


3.13.11-ckt38 -stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Guillaume Nault <g.nault at alphalink.fr>

commit e8e56ffd9d2973398b60ece1f1bebb8d67b4d032 upstream.

Locking ppp_mutex must be done before dereferencing file->private_data,
otherwise it could be modified before ppp_unattached_ioctl() takes the
lock. This could lead ppp_unattached_ioctl() to override ->private_data,
thus leaking reference to the ppp_file previously pointed to.

v2: lock all ppp_ioctl() instead of just checking private_data in
    ppp_unattached_ioctl(), to avoid ambiguous behaviour.

Fixes: f3ff8a4d80e8 ("ppp: push BKL down into the driver")
Signed-off-by: Guillaume Nault <g.nault at alphalink.fr>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem at davemloft.net>
Signed-off-by: Kamal Mostafa <kamal at canonical.com>
---
 drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c | 31 +++++++++++++++++--------------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c b/drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c
index 14a8d29..bf45a0c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c
@@ -568,7 +568,7 @@ static int get_filter(void __user *arg, struct sock_filter **p)
 
 static long ppp_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 {
-	struct ppp_file *pf = file->private_data;
+	struct ppp_file *pf;
 	struct ppp *ppp;
 	int err = -EFAULT, val, val2, i;
 	struct ppp_idle idle;
@@ -578,9 +578,14 @@ static long ppp_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 	void __user *argp = (void __user *)arg;
 	int __user *p = argp;
 
-	if (!pf)
-		return ppp_unattached_ioctl(current->nsproxy->net_ns,
-					pf, file, cmd, arg);
+	mutex_lock(&ppp_mutex);
+
+	pf = file->private_data;
+	if (!pf) {
+		err = ppp_unattached_ioctl(current->nsproxy->net_ns,
+					   pf, file, cmd, arg);
+		goto out;
+	}
 
 	if (cmd == PPPIOCDETACH) {
 		/*
@@ -595,7 +600,6 @@ static long ppp_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 		 * this fd and reopening /dev/ppp.
 		 */
 		err = -EINVAL;
-		mutex_lock(&ppp_mutex);
 		if (pf->kind == INTERFACE) {
 			ppp = PF_TO_PPP(pf);
 			if (file == ppp->owner)
@@ -607,15 +611,13 @@ static long ppp_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 		} else
 			pr_warn("PPPIOCDETACH file->f_count=%ld\n",
 				atomic_long_read(&file->f_count));
-		mutex_unlock(&ppp_mutex);
-		return err;
+		goto out;
 	}
 
 	if (pf->kind == CHANNEL) {
 		struct channel *pch;
 		struct ppp_channel *chan;
 
-		mutex_lock(&ppp_mutex);
 		pch = PF_TO_CHANNEL(pf);
 
 		switch (cmd) {
@@ -637,17 +639,16 @@ static long ppp_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 				err = chan->ops->ioctl(chan, cmd, arg);
 			up_read(&pch->chan_sem);
 		}
-		mutex_unlock(&ppp_mutex);
-		return err;
+		goto out;
 	}
 
 	if (pf->kind != INTERFACE) {
 		/* can't happen */
 		pr_err("PPP: not interface or channel??\n");
-		return -EINVAL;
+		err = -EINVAL;
+		goto out;
 	}
 
-	mutex_lock(&ppp_mutex);
 	ppp = PF_TO_PPP(pf);
 	switch (cmd) {
 	case PPPIOCSMRU:
@@ -794,7 +795,10 @@ static long ppp_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 	default:
 		err = -ENOTTY;
 	}
+
+out:
 	mutex_unlock(&ppp_mutex);
+
 	return err;
 }
 
@@ -807,7 +811,6 @@ static int ppp_unattached_ioctl(struct net *net, struct ppp_file *pf,
 	struct ppp_net *pn;
 	int __user *p = (int __user *)arg;
 
-	mutex_lock(&ppp_mutex);
 	switch (cmd) {
 	case PPPIOCNEWUNIT:
 		/* Create a new ppp unit */
@@ -858,7 +861,7 @@ static int ppp_unattached_ioctl(struct net *net, struct ppp_file *pf,
 	default:
 		err = -ENOTTY;
 	}
-	mutex_unlock(&ppp_mutex);
+
 	return err;
 }
 
-- 
2.7.4





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