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SubjectRe: Repost: Missing security_mmap_file() in remap_file_pages syscall
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On 3/25/19 1:33 PM, TongZhang wrote:
> Dear Kernel Developers,
>
> We’d like to bring this up for a discussion again.
>
> Several months ago we posted an email discussing a case where remap_file_pages() has no security_mmap_file() check.
> At that time we were told that do_mmap_pgoff() will base the new VMA permission on the old one.
> But somehow we still think the check is needed, for the reason that the advisory could first do a
> mmap() which can pass SELinux check then remap using a completely different file or region of file,
> which could possibly pose a risk.

I don't see an issue there. The incoming prot value from userspace is
required to be zero (otherwise remap_file_pages returns -EINVAL), so the
prot passed to do_mmap_pgoff() is entirely computed based on the
existing vma flags. The file is likewise obtained from the existing
vma. Any flags supplied by the caller other than MAP_NONBLOCK are
ignored. MAP_SHARED is always set in the flags passed to
do_mmap_pgoff(), and the existing vma was required to have VM_SHARED set
or remap_file_pages() would have returned -EINVAL. If it spans more
than one vma, their files and flags must match. It appears that all of
the inputs relevant to selinux_mmap_file() are necessarily the same as
they would have been when creating the original vma. The same appears
to also be true for other security modules IIUC.

>
> Thanks,
> - Tong
>
> The original post is pasted below:
>
> 8<—————————————————————————————
> [1.] One line summary of the problem:
>
> Possible missing security_mmap_file() in remap_file_pages
>
> [2.] Full description of the problem/report:
>
> We noticed remap_file_pages syscall uses do_mmap_pgoff without LSM check: security_mmap_file().
>
> This system call passed user controllable parameters to do_mmap_pgoff().
>
> We think that this LSM check should be added in order to be consistent with other cases,
> for example:
> in system call mmap_pgoff(), shmat(), they all have security_mmap_file() check before calling
> do_mmap_pgoff().
>
> [3.] Keywords: LSM check
> [4.] Kernel information
> [4.1] Kernel Version: 4.14.61
>
> 8<—————————————————————————————
>
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