[PATCH 1/1] fanotify: check file flags passed in fanotify_init

From: Heinrich Schuchardt
Date: Thu May 01 2014 - 11:36:17 EST


Without this patch fanotify_init does not validate the value passed in
event_f_flags.

When a fanotify event is read from the fanotify file descriptor a new file
descriptor is created where file.f_flags = event_f_flags.

Internal and external open flags are stored together in field f_flags of
struct file. Hence, an application might create file descriptors with
internal flags like FMODE_EXEC, FMODE_NOCMTIME set.

With the patch the value of event_f_flags is checked. Only external open flags
are allowed. When specifying an invalid value error EINVAL is returned.

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@xxxxxx>
---
fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 18 insertions(+)

diff --git a/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c b/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c
index 4e565c8..3e456d7 100644
--- a/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c
+++ b/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c
@@ -25,6 +25,21 @@
#define FANOTIFY_DEFAULT_MAX_MARKS 8192
#define FANOTIFY_DEFAULT_MAX_LISTENERS 128

+/*
+ * All flags that may be specified in parameter event_f_flags of fanotify_init.
+ *
+ * Internal and external open flags are stored together in field f_flags of
+ * struct file. Only external open flags shall be allowed in event_f_flags.
+ * Internal flags like FMODE_EXEC shall be excluded.
+ */
+#define FANOTIFY_INIT_ALL_EVENT_F_FLAGS ( \
+ O_RDONLY | O_WRONLY | O_RDWR | \
+ O_CREAT | O_EXCL | O_NOCTTY | \
+ O_TRUNC | O_APPEND | O_NONBLOCK | \
+ __O_SYNC | O_DSYNC | FASYNC | \
+ O_DIRECT | O_LARGEFILE | O_DIRECTORY | \
+ O_NOFOLLOW | O_NOATIME | O_CLOEXEC | \
+ O_PATH | __O_TMPFILE | O_NDELAY )
extern const struct fsnotify_ops fanotify_fsnotify_ops;

static struct kmem_cache *fanotify_mark_cache __read_mostly;
@@ -669,6 +684,9 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE2(fanotify_init, unsigned int, flags, unsigned int, event_f_flags)
if (flags & ~FAN_ALL_INIT_FLAGS)
return -EINVAL;

+ if (event_f_flags & ~FANOTIFY_INIT_ALL_EVENT_F_FLAGS)
+ return -EINVAL;
+
user = get_current_user();
if (atomic_read(&user->fanotify_listeners) > FANOTIFY_DEFAULT_MAX_LISTENERS) {
free_uid(user);
--
1.9.2

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