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

Carlos O'Donell carlos@redhat.com
Fri Jul 17 02:14:25 GMT 2020


On 7/16/20 5:42 PM, H.J. Lu wrote:
> 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.

Please point me at the final version you want reviewed and I'll do that
first thing tomorrow morning.

-- 
Cheers,
Carlos.



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