[PATCH] nptl: Zero-extend arguments to SETXID syscalls [BZ #26248]

H.J. Lu hjl.tools@gmail.com
Thu Jul 16 21:42:43 GMT 2020


On Thu, Jul 16, 2020 at 12:45 PM Aurelien Jarno <aurelien@aurel32.net> wrote:
>
> On 2020-07-16 05:46, H.J. Lu via Libc-alpha wrote:
> > On Thu, Jul 16, 2020 at 5:03 AM Florian Weimer <fweimer@redhat.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > * H. J. Lu via Libc-alpha:
> > >
> > > > nptl has
> > > >
> > > > /* Opcodes and data types for communication with the signal handler to
> > > >    change user/group IDs.  */
> > > > struct xid_command
> > > > {
> > > >   int syscall_no;
> > > >   long int id[3];
> > > >   volatile int cntr;
> > > >   volatile int error;
> > > > };
> > > >
> > > >  /* This must be last, otherwise the current thread might not have
> > > >      permissions to send SIGSETXID syscall to the other threads.  */
> > > >   result = INTERNAL_SYSCALL_NCS (cmdp->syscall_no, 3,
> > > >                                  cmdp->id[0], cmdp->id[1], cmdp->id[2]);
> > > >
> > > > But the second argument of setgroups syscal is a pointer:
> > > >
> > > >        int setgroups(size_t size, const gid_t *list);
> > > >
> > > > But on x32, pointers passed to syscall must have pointer type so that they
> > > > will be zero-extended.
> > > >
> > > > Add <setxid-internal.h> to define INTERNAL_SETXID_SYSCALL_NCS and use it,
> > > > instead of INTERNAL_SYSCALL_NCS, for SETXID syscalls.  X32 override it
> > > > with pointer type for setgroups.  A testcase is added and setgroups
> > > > returned with EFAULT when running as root without the fix.
> > >
> > > Isn't it sufficient to change the type of id to unsigned long int[3]?
> > > The UID arguments are unsigned on the kernel side, so no sign extension
> > > is required.
> > >
> >
> > It works.  Here is the updated patch.  OK for master?
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > --
> > H.J.
>
> > From 2af9e56c2306dc9d80a4476fa5b154a26a935557 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> > From: "H.J. Lu" <hjl.tools@gmail.com>
> > Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2020 03:37:10 -0700
> > Subject: [PATCH] nptl: Zero-extend arguments to SETXID syscalls [BZ #26248]
> >
> > nptl has
> >
> > /* Opcodes and data types for communication with the signal handler to
> >    change user/group IDs.  */
> > struct xid_command
> > {
> >   int syscall_no;
> >   long int id[3];
> >   volatile int cntr;
> >   volatile int error;
> > };
> >
> >  /* This must be last, otherwise the current thread might not have
> >      permissions to send SIGSETXID syscall to the other threads.  */
> >   result = INTERNAL_SYSCALL_NCS (cmdp->syscall_no, 3,
> >                                  cmdp->id[0], cmdp->id[1], cmdp->id[2]);
> >
> > But the second argument of setgroups syscal is a pointer:
> >
> >        int setgroups(size_t size, const gid_t *list);
> >
> > But on x32, pointers passed to syscall must have pointer type so that they
> > will be zero-extended.  Since the XID arguments are unsigned on the kernel
> > side, so no sign extension is required.  Change xid_command to
> >
> > struct xid_command
> > {
> >   int syscall_no;
> >   unsigned long int id[3];
> >   volatile int cntr;
> >   volatile int error;
> > };
> >
> > so that all arguments zero-extended.  A testcase is added for x32 and
> > setgroups returned with EFAULT when running as root without the fix.
> > ---
> >  nptl/descr.h                                  |  8 ++-
> >  sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/x32/Makefile   |  4 ++
> >  .../sysv/linux/x86_64/x32/tst-setgroups.c     | 67 +++++++++++++++++++
> >  3 files changed, 78 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >  create mode 100644 sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/x32/tst-setgroups.c
> >
> > diff --git a/nptl/descr.h b/nptl/descr.h
> > index 6a509b6725..e98fe4084d 100644
> > --- a/nptl/descr.h
> > +++ b/nptl/descr.h
> > @@ -95,7 +95,13 @@ struct pthread_unwind_buf
> >  struct xid_command
> >  {
> >    int syscall_no;
> > -  long int id[3];
> > +  /* Enforce zero-extension for the pointer argument in
> > +
> > +     int setgroups(size_t size, const gid_t *list);
> > +
> > +     Since the XID arguments are unsigned on the kernel side, so no sign
> > +     extension is required.  */
> > +  unsigned long int id[3];
> >    volatile int cntr;
> >    volatile int error; /* -1: no call yet, 0: success seen, >0: error seen.  */
> >  };
> > diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/x32/Makefile b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/x32/Makefile
> > index 16b768d8ba..1a6c984f96 100644
> > --- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/x32/Makefile
> > +++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/x32/Makefile
> > @@ -5,6 +5,10 @@ ifeq ($(subdir),misc)
> >  sysdep_routines += arch_prctl
> >  endif
> >
> > +ifeq ($(subdir),nptl)
> > +xtests += tst-setgroups
> > +endif
> > +
> >  ifeq ($(subdir),conform)
> >  # For bugs 16437 and 21279.
> >  conformtest-xfail-conds += x86_64-x32-linux
> > diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/x32/tst-setgroups.c b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/x32/tst-setgroups.c
> > new file mode 100644
> > index 0000000000..9895443278
> > --- /dev/null
> > +++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/x32/tst-setgroups.c
> > @@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
> > +/* Basic test for setgroups
> > +   Copyright (C) 2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
> > +   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
> > +
> > +   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
> > +   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
> > +   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
> > +   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
> > +
> > +   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
> > +   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
> > +   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
> > +   Lesser General Public License for more details.
> > +
> > +   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
> > +   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
> > +   <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
> > +
> > +#include <stdlib.h>
> > +#include <limits.h>
> > +#include <grp.h>
> > +#include <errno.h>
> > +#include <error.h>
> > +#include <support/xthread.h>
> > +#include <support/support.h>
> > +#include <support/test-driver.h>
> > +#include <support/xunistd.h>
> > +
> > +static void *
> > +start_routine (void *args)
> > +{
> > +  return NULL;
> > +}
> > +
> > +static int
> > +do_test (void)
> > +{
> > +  int size;
> > +  /* NB: Stack address is at 0xfffXXXXX.  */
> > +  gid_t list[NGROUPS_MAX];
> > +  int status = EXIT_SUCCESS;
> > +
> > +  pthread_t thread = xpthread_create (NULL, start_routine, NULL);
> > +
> > +  size = getgroups (sizeof (list) / sizeof (list[0]), list);
> > +  if (size < 0)
> > +    {
> > +      status = EXIT_FAILURE;
> > +      error (0, errno, "getgroups failed");
> > +    }
> > +  if (setgroups (size, list) < 0)
> > +    {
>
> I guess the idea of using getgroups and setgroups comes from my initial
> reproducer in the bug report. But you can actually do simpler by
> skipping the getgroups and calling setgroups with a fixed single group.
> It correctly handles the case where the list of supplementary groups
> returned by getgroups is empty.
>

This test is simple enough.

Carlos, I'd like to get it fixed in 2.32.

Thanks.

-- 
H.J.


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