[PATCH v2 04/19] elf: Add all malloc tunable to unsecvars

Siddhesh Poyarekar siddhesh@sourceware.org
Wed Oct 18 13:04:48 GMT 2023



On 2023-10-17 09:05, Adhemerval Zanella wrote:
> Some environment variables allow alteration of allocator behavior
> across setuid boundaries, where a setuid program may ignore the
> tunable, but its non-setuid child can read it and adjust the memory
> allocator behavior accordingly.
> 
> Most library behavior tunings is limited to the current process and does
> not bleed in scope; so it is unclear how pratical this misfeature is.
> If behavior change across privilege boundaries is desirable, it would be
> better done with a wrapper program around the non-setuid child that sets
> these envvars, instead of using the setuid process as the messenger.
> 
> The patch as fixes tst-env-setuid, where it fail if any unsecvars is
> set.  It also adds a dynamic test, although it requires
> --enable-hardcoded-path-in-tests so kernel correctly sets the setuid
> bit (using the loader command directly would require to set the
> setuid bit on the loader itself, which is not a usual deployment).
> 
> Co-authored-by: Siddhesh Poyarekar <siddhesh@sourceware.org>

Likewise, I'll leave this for someone else since I am a co-author.

Thanks,
Sid

> 
> Checked on x86_64-linux-gnu.
> ---
>   elf/Makefile                |   8 +--
>   elf/tst-env-setuid-static.c |   1 +
>   elf/tst-env-setuid.c        | 128 +++++++++++++++++++++---------------
>   sysdeps/generic/unsecvars.h |   7 ++
>   4 files changed, 86 insertions(+), 58 deletions(-)
>   create mode 100644 elf/tst-env-setuid-static.c
> 
> diff --git a/elf/Makefile b/elf/Makefile
> index c824f7dab7..f1cd6e13fa 100644
> --- a/elf/Makefile
> +++ b/elf/Makefile
> @@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ tests-static-normal := \
>     tst-array5-static \
>     tst-dl-iter-static \
>     tst-dst-static \
> -  tst-env-setuid \
> +  tst-env-setuid-static \
>     tst-getauxval-static \
>     tst-linkall-static \
>     tst-single_threaded-pthread-static \
> @@ -305,6 +305,7 @@ tests := \
>     tst-array5 \
>     tst-auxv \
>     tst-dl-hash \
> +  tst-env-setuid \
>     tst-leaks1 \
>     tst-stringtable \
>     tst-tls9 \
> @@ -2467,9 +2468,6 @@ $(objpfx)tst-nodelete-dlclose: $(objpfx)tst-nodelete-dlclose-dso.so
>   $(objpfx)tst-nodelete-dlclose.out: $(objpfx)tst-nodelete-dlclose-dso.so \
>   				   $(objpfx)tst-nodelete-dlclose-plugin.so
>   
> -tst-env-setuid-ENV = MALLOC_CHECK_=2 MALLOC_MMAP_THRESHOLD_=4096 \
> -		     LD_HWCAP_MASK=0x1
> -
>   $(objpfx)tst-debug1.out: $(objpfx)tst-debug1mod1.so
>   
>   $(objpfx)tst-debug1mod1.so: $(objpfx)testobj1.so
> @@ -3021,3 +3019,5 @@ LDFLAGS-tst-dlclose-lazy-mod1.so = -Wl,-z,lazy,--no-as-needed
>   $(objpfx)tst-dlclose-lazy-mod1.so: $(objpfx)tst-dlclose-lazy-mod2.so
>   $(objpfx)tst-dlclose-lazy.out: \
>     $(objpfx)tst-dlclose-lazy-mod1.so $(objpfx)tst-dlclose-lazy-mod2.so
> +
> +tst-env-setuid-ARGS = -- $(host-test-program-cmd)
> diff --git a/elf/tst-env-setuid-static.c b/elf/tst-env-setuid-static.c
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000000..0d88ae88b9
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/elf/tst-env-setuid-static.c
> @@ -0,0 +1 @@
> +#include "tst-env-setuid.c"
> diff --git a/elf/tst-env-setuid.c b/elf/tst-env-setuid.c
> index 032ab44be2..ba295a6a14 100644
> --- a/elf/tst-env-setuid.c
> +++ b/elf/tst-env-setuid.c
> @@ -15,18 +15,14 @@
>      License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
>      <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
>   
> -/* Verify that tunables correctly filter out unsafe environment variables like
> -   MALLOC_CHECK_ and MALLOC_MMAP_THRESHOLD_ but also retain
> -   MALLOC_MMAP_THRESHOLD_ in an unprivileged child.  */
> +/* Verify that correctly filter out unsafe environment variables defined
> +   in unsecvars.h.  */
>   
> -#include <errno.h>
> -#include <fcntl.h>
> -#include <stdlib.h>
> -#include <stdint.h>
> +#include <array_length.h>
> +#include <gnu/lib-names.h>
>   #include <stdio.h>
> +#include <stdlib.h>
>   #include <string.h>
> -#include <sys/stat.h>
> -#include <sys/wait.h>
>   #include <unistd.h>
>   
>   #include <support/check.h>
> @@ -36,61 +32,72 @@
>   
>   static char SETGID_CHILD[] = "setgid-child";
>   
> -#ifndef test_child
> -static int
> -test_child (void)
> -{
> -  if (getenv ("MALLOC_CHECK_") != NULL)
> -    {
> -      printf ("MALLOC_CHECK_ is still set\n");
> -      return 1;
> -    }
> -
> -  if (getenv ("MALLOC_MMAP_THRESHOLD_") == NULL)
> -    {
> -      printf ("MALLOC_MMAP_THRESHOLD_ lost\n");
> -      return 1;
> -    }
> +#define FILTERED_VALUE   "some-filtered-value"
> +#define UNFILTERED_VALUE "some-unfiltered-value"
>   
> -  if (getenv ("LD_HWCAP_MASK") != NULL)
> -    {
> -      printf ("LD_HWCAP_MASK still set\n");
> -      return 1;
> -    }
> +struct envvar_t
> +{
> +  const char *env;
> +  const char *value;
> +};
>   
> -  return 0;
> -}
> -#endif
> +/* That is not an extensible list of all filtered out environment
> +   variables.  */
> +static const struct envvar_t filtered_envvars[] =
> +{
> +  { "GLIBC_TUNABLES",          FILTERED_VALUE },
> +  { "LD_AUDIT",                FILTERED_VALUE },
> +  { "LD_HWCAP_MASK",           FILTERED_VALUE },
> +  { "LD_LIBRARY_PATH",         FILTERED_VALUE },
> +  { "LD_PRELOAD",              FILTERED_VALUE },
> +  { "LD_PROFILE",              FILTERED_VALUE },
> +  { "MALLOC_ARENA_MAX",        FILTERED_VALUE },
> +  { "MALLOC_PERTURB_",         FILTERED_VALUE },
> +  { "MALLOC_TRACE",            FILTERED_VALUE },
> +  { "MALLOC_TRIM_THRESHOLD_",  FILTERED_VALUE },
> +  { "RES_OPTIONS",             FILTERED_VALUE },
> +};
> +
> +static const struct envvar_t unfiltered_envvars[] =
> +{
> +  { "LD_BIND_NOW",             "0" },
> +  { "LD_BIND_NOT",             "1" },
> +  /* Non longer supported option.  */
> +  { "LD_ASSUME_KERNEL",        UNFILTERED_VALUE },
> +};
>   
> -#ifndef test_parent
>   static int
> -test_parent (void)
> +test_child (void)
>   {
> -  if (getenv ("MALLOC_CHECK_") == NULL)
> -    {
> -      printf ("MALLOC_CHECK_ lost\n");
> -      return 1;
> -    }
> +  int ret = 0;
>   
> -  if (getenv ("MALLOC_MMAP_THRESHOLD_") == NULL)
> +  for (const struct envvar_t *e = filtered_envvars;
> +       e != array_end (filtered_envvars);
> +       e++)
>       {
> -      printf ("MALLOC_MMAP_THRESHOLD_ lost\n");
> -      return 1;
> +      const char *env = getenv (e->env);
> +      ret |= env != NULL;
>       }
>   
> -  if (getenv ("LD_HWCAP_MASK") == NULL)
> +  for (const struct envvar_t *e = unfiltered_envvars;
> +       e != array_end (unfiltered_envvars);
> +       e++)
>       {
> -      printf ("LD_HWCAP_MASK lost\n");
> -      return 1;
> +      const char *env = getenv (e->env);
> +      ret |= !(env != NULL && strcmp (env, e->value) == 0);
>       }
>   
> -  return 0;
> +  return ret;
>   }
> -#endif
>   
>   static int
>   do_test (int argc, char **argv)
>   {
> +  /* For dynamic loader, the test requires --enable-hardcoded-path-in-tests so
> +     the kernel sets the AT_SECURE on process initialization.  */
> +  if (argc >= 2 && strstr (argv[1], LD_SO) != 0)
> +    FAIL_UNSUPPORTED ("dynamic test requires --enable-hardcoded-path-in-tests");
> +
>     /* Setgid child process.  */
>     if (argc == 2 && strcmp (argv[1], SETGID_CHILD) == 0)
>       {
> @@ -104,20 +111,33 @@ do_test (int argc, char **argv)
>         if (ret != 0)
>   	exit (1);
>   
> -      exit (EXIT_SUCCESS);
> +      /* Special return code to make sure that the child executed all the way
> +	 through.  */
> +      exit (42);
>       }
>     else
>       {
> -      if (test_parent () != 0)
> -	exit (1);
> +      for (const struct envvar_t *e = filtered_envvars;
> +	   e != array_end (filtered_envvars);
> +	   e++)
> +	setenv (e->env, e->value, 1);
> +
> +      for (const struct envvar_t *e = unfiltered_envvars;
> +	   e != array_end (unfiltered_envvars);
> +	   e++)
> +	setenv (e->env, e->value, 1);
>   
>         int status = support_capture_subprogram_self_sgid (SETGID_CHILD);
>   
>         if (WEXITSTATUS (status) == EXIT_UNSUPPORTED)
> -	return EXIT_UNSUPPORTED;
> -
> -      if (!WIFEXITED (status))
> -	FAIL_EXIT1 ("Unexpected exit status %d from child process\n", status);
> +	exit (EXIT_UNSUPPORTED);
> +
> +      if (WEXITSTATUS (status) != 42)
> +	{
> +	  printf ("    child failed with status %d\n",
> +		  WEXITSTATUS (status));
> +	  support_record_failure ();
> +	}
>   
>         return 0;
>       }
> diff --git a/sysdeps/generic/unsecvars.h b/sysdeps/generic/unsecvars.h
> index 81397fb90b..f7ebed60e5 100644
> --- a/sysdeps/generic/unsecvars.h
> +++ b/sysdeps/generic/unsecvars.h
> @@ -18,7 +18,14 @@
>     "LD_SHOW_AUXV\0"							      \
>     "LOCALDOMAIN\0"							      \
>     "LOCPATH\0"								      \
> +  "MALLOC_ARENA_MAX\0"							      \
> +  "MALLOC_ARENA_TEST\0"							      \
> +  "MALLOC_MMAP_MAX_\0"							      \
> +  "MALLOC_MMAP_THRESHOLD_\0"						      \
> +  "MALLOC_PERTURB_\0"							      \
> +  "MALLOC_TOP_PAD_\0"							      \
>     "MALLOC_TRACE\0"							      \
> +  "MALLOC_TRIM_THRESHOLD_\0"						      \
>     "NIS_PATH\0"								      \
>     "NLSPATH\0"								      \
>     "RESOLV_HOST_CONF\0"							      \


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