Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 22/28] 9pfs: local: chmod: don't follow symlinks

[Stefan Hajnoczi]

On Sun, Feb 26, 2017 at 11:44:28PM +0100, Greg Kurz wrote:
> The local_chmod() callback is vulnerable to symlink attacks because it
> calls:
> 
> (1) chmod() which follows symbolic links for all path elements
> (2) local_set_xattr()->setxattr() which follows symbolic links for all
>     path elements
> (3) local_set_mapped_file_attr() which calls in turn local_fopen() and
>     mkdir(), both functions following symbolic links for all path
>     elements but the rightmost one
> 
> We would need fchmodat() to implement AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW to fix (1). This
> isn't the case on linux unfortunately: the kernel doesn't even have a flags
> argument to the syscall :-\ It is impossible to fix it in userspace in
> a race-free manner. This patch hence converts local_chmod() to rely on
> open_nofollow() and fchmod(). This fixes the vulnerability but introduces
> a limitation: the target file must readable and/or writable for the call
> to openat() to succeed.
> 
> It introduces a local_set_xattrat() replacement to local_set_xattr()
> based on fsetxattrat() to fix (2), and a local_set_mapped_file_attrat()
> replacement to local_set_mapped_file_attr() based on local_fopenat()
> and mkdirat() to fix (3). No effort is made to factor out code because
> both local_set_xattr() and local_set_mapped_file_attr() will be dropped
> when all users have been converted to use the "at" versions.
> 
> This partly fixes CVE-2016-9602.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Greg Kurz <address@hidden>
> ---
> v2: - use openat_dir()
>     - updated the changelog and added a comment for fchmod()
> ---
>  hw/9pfs/9p-local.c |  178 
> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
>  1 file changed, 167 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

Reviewed-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <address@hidden>

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