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KEYS/DNS: Fix ____call_usermodehelper() to not lose the session keyring
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____call_usermodehelper() now erases any credentials set by the
subprocess_inf::init() function.  The problem is that commit
17f60a7 ("capabilites: allow the application of capability limits
to usermode helpers") creates and commits new credentials with
prepare_kernel_cred() after the call to the init() function.  This wipes
all keyrings after umh_keys_init() is called.

The best way to deal with this is to put the init() call just prior to
the commit_creds() call, and pass the cred pointer to init().  That
means that umh_keys_init() and suchlike can modify the credentials
_before_ they are published and potentially in use by the rest of the
system.

This prevents request_key() from working as it is prevented from passing
the session keyring it set up with the authorisation token to
/sbin/request-key, and so the latter can't assume the authority to
instantiate the key.  This causes the in-kernel DNS resolver to fail
with ENOKEY unconditionally.

Signed-off-by: David Howells <[email protected]>
Acked-by: Eric Paris <[email protected]>
Tested-by: Jeff Layton <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <[email protected]>
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dhowells authored and torvalds committed Jun 17, 2011
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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion fs/exec.c
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Expand Up @@ -1996,7 +1996,7 @@ static void wait_for_dump_helpers(struct file *file)
* is a special value that we use to trap recursive
* core dumps
*/
static int umh_pipe_setup(struct subprocess_info *info)
static int umh_pipe_setup(struct subprocess_info *info, struct cred *new)
{
struct file *rp, *wp;
struct fdtable *fdt;
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8 changes: 4 additions & 4 deletions include/linux/kmod.h
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Expand Up @@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ static inline int request_module_nowait(const char *name, ...) { return -ENOSYS;
#endif


struct key;
struct cred;
struct file;

enum umh_wait {
Expand All @@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ struct subprocess_info {
char **envp;
enum umh_wait wait;
int retval;
int (*init)(struct subprocess_info *info);
int (*init)(struct subprocess_info *info, struct cred *new);
void (*cleanup)(struct subprocess_info *info);
void *data;
};
Expand All @@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ struct subprocess_info *call_usermodehelper_setup(char *path, char **argv,

/* Set various pieces of state into the subprocess_info structure */
void call_usermodehelper_setfns(struct subprocess_info *info,
int (*init)(struct subprocess_info *info),
int (*init)(struct subprocess_info *info, struct cred *new),
void (*cleanup)(struct subprocess_info *info),
void *data);

Expand All @@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ void call_usermodehelper_freeinfo(struct subprocess_info *info);
static inline int
call_usermodehelper_fns(char *path, char **argv, char **envp,
enum umh_wait wait,
int (*init)(struct subprocess_info *info),
int (*init)(struct subprocess_info *info, struct cred *new),
void (*cleanup)(struct subprocess_info *), void *data)
{
struct subprocess_info *info;
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16 changes: 9 additions & 7 deletions kernel/kmod.c
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Expand Up @@ -156,12 +156,6 @@ static int ____call_usermodehelper(void *data)
*/
set_user_nice(current, 0);

if (sub_info->init) {
retval = sub_info->init(sub_info);
if (retval)
goto fail;
}

retval = -ENOMEM;
new = prepare_kernel_cred(current);
if (!new)
Expand All @@ -173,6 +167,14 @@ static int ____call_usermodehelper(void *data)
new->cap_inheritable);
spin_unlock(&umh_sysctl_lock);

if (sub_info->init) {
retval = sub_info->init(sub_info, new);
if (retval) {
abort_creds(new);
goto fail;
}
}

commit_creds(new);

retval = kernel_execve(sub_info->path,
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -388,7 +390,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(call_usermodehelper_setup);
* context in which call_usermodehelper_exec is called.
*/
void call_usermodehelper_setfns(struct subprocess_info *info,
int (*init)(struct subprocess_info *info),
int (*init)(struct subprocess_info *info, struct cred *new),
void (*cleanup)(struct subprocess_info *info),
void *data)
{
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3 changes: 1 addition & 2 deletions security/keys/request_key.c
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Expand Up @@ -71,9 +71,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(complete_request_key);
* This is called in context of freshly forked kthread before kernel_execve(),
* so we can simply install the desired session_keyring at this point.
*/
static int umh_keys_init(struct subprocess_info *info)
static int umh_keys_init(struct subprocess_info *info, struct cred *cred)
{
struct cred *cred = (struct cred*)current_cred();
struct key *keyring = info->data;

return install_session_keyring_to_cred(cred, keyring);
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