Re: [PATCH] x86/mtrr: only administrator can read the configurations.

From: Kees Cook
Date: Mon Nov 11 2019 - 12:56:22 EST


[this wasn't being discussed on a list... CCing lkml]

On Fri, Nov 08, 2019 at 10:33:07PM +0100, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 08, 2019 at 01:22:50PM -0800, Kees Cook wrote:
> > The correct pattern for these kinds of things is to do the checks at
> > open time, yes. (Which is why I perked up at this patch when I noticed
> > it.)
>
> I would move it there but...
>
> > Well, I'm not entirely sure what the issue here is. I saw the patch also
> > changed the DAC permissions to 0600, so wouldn't that alone fix things?
> > But the capable checks moved around... is there an "unprivileged" use of
> > this file any more? If so, why keep at capable() checks and just use
> > DAC?
>
> ... yes, that would be even better because it would kill all the checks,
> so less code.
>
> How's that?

Some recap from being accidentally offlist:

- this patch should check capabilities at open time (or retain the
checks on the opener's permissions for later checks).

- changing the DAC permissions might break something that expects to
read mtrr when not uid 0.

- if we leave the DAC permissions alone and just move the capable check
to the opener, we should get the intent of the original patch. (i.e.
check against CAP_SYS_ADMIN not just the wider uid 0.)

- *this may still break things* if userspace expects to be able to
read other parts of the file as non-uid-0 and non-CAP_SYS_ADMIN.
If *that* is the case, then we need to censor the contents using
the opener's permissions (as done in other /proc cases).

I think the most cautious way forward is something like
51d7b120418e ("/proc/iomem: only expose physical resource addresses to
privileged users"). Untested (and should likely be expanded to know
about read vs write for lockdown interaction):


diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mtrr/if.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mtrr/if.c
index 4d36dcc1cf87..7ccc3e290338 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mtrr/if.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mtrr/if.c
@@ -34,6 +34,11 @@ const char *mtrr_attrib_to_str(int x)

#ifdef CONFIG_PROC_FS

+static bool has_mtrr_privs(struct file *file)
+{
+ return file_ns_capable(file, &init_user_ns, CAP_SYS_ADMIN);
+}
+
static int
mtrr_file_add(unsigned long base, unsigned long size,
unsigned int type, bool increment, struct file *file, int page)
@@ -101,7 +106,7 @@ mtrr_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf, size_t len, loff_t * ppos)
int length;
size_t linelen;

- if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
+ if (!has_mtrr_privs(file))
return -EPERM;

memset(line, 0, LINE_SIZE);
@@ -226,7 +231,7 @@ mtrr_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long __arg)
#ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT
case MTRRIOC32_ADD_ENTRY:
#endif
- if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
+ if (!has_mtrr_privs(file))
return -EPERM;
err =
mtrr_file_add(sentry.base, sentry.size, sentry.type, true,
@@ -236,7 +241,7 @@ mtrr_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long __arg)
#ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT
case MTRRIOC32_SET_ENTRY:
#endif
- if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
+ if (!has_mtrr_privs(file))
return -EPERM;
err = mtrr_add(sentry.base, sentry.size, sentry.type, false);
break;
@@ -244,7 +249,7 @@ mtrr_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long __arg)
#ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT
case MTRRIOC32_DEL_ENTRY:
#endif
- if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
+ if (!has_mtrr_privs(file))
return -EPERM;
err = mtrr_file_del(sentry.base, sentry.size, file, 0);
break;
@@ -252,7 +257,7 @@ mtrr_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long __arg)
#ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT
case MTRRIOC32_KILL_ENTRY:
#endif
- if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
+ if (!has_mtrr_privs(file))
return -EPERM;
err = mtrr_del(-1, sentry.base, sentry.size);
break;
@@ -279,7 +284,7 @@ mtrr_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long __arg)
#ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT
case MTRRIOC32_ADD_PAGE_ENTRY:
#endif
- if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
+ if (!has_mtrr_privs(file))
return -EPERM;
err =
mtrr_file_add(sentry.base, sentry.size, sentry.type, true,
@@ -289,7 +294,7 @@ mtrr_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long __arg)
#ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT
case MTRRIOC32_SET_PAGE_ENTRY:
#endif
- if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
+ if (!has_mtrr_privs(file))
return -EPERM;
err =
mtrr_add_page(sentry.base, sentry.size, sentry.type, false);
@@ -298,7 +303,7 @@ mtrr_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long __arg)
#ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT
case MTRRIOC32_DEL_PAGE_ENTRY:
#endif
- if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
+ if (!has_mtrr_privs(file))
return -EPERM;
err = mtrr_file_del(sentry.base, sentry.size, file, 1);
break;
@@ -306,7 +311,7 @@ mtrr_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long __arg)
#ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT
case MTRRIOC32_KILL_PAGE_ENTRY:
#endif
- if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
+ if (!has_mtrr_privs(file))
return -EPERM;
err = mtrr_del_page(-1, sentry.base, sentry.size);
break;
@@ -401,6 +406,7 @@ static int mtrr_seq_show(struct seq_file *seq, void *offset)
int i, max;
mtrr_type type;
unsigned long base, size;
+ int usage;

max = num_var_ranges;
for (i = 0; i < max; i++) {
@@ -409,6 +415,15 @@ static int mtrr_seq_show(struct seq_file *seq, void *offset)
mtrr_usage_table[i] = 0;
continue;
}
+ usage = mtrr_usage_table[i];
+ type_str = mtrr_attrib_to_str(type);
+
+ if (!has_mtrr_privs(seq->file)) {
+ base = 0;
+ size = 0;
+ usage = 0;
+ type_str = "?";
+ }
if (size < (0x100000 >> PAGE_SHIFT)) {
/* less than 1MB */
factor = 'K';
@@ -420,8 +435,7 @@ static int mtrr_seq_show(struct seq_file *seq, void *offset)
/* Base can be > 32bit */
seq_printf(seq, "reg%02i: base=0x%06lx000 (%5luMB), size=%5lu%cB, count=%d: %s\n",
i, base, base >> (20 - PAGE_SHIFT),
- size, factor,
- mtrr_usage_table[i], mtrr_attrib_to_str(type));
+ size, factor, usage, type_str);
}
return 0;
}


If we want to risk breaking stuff, here is the "just check capable at open time" patch:

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mtrr/if.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mtrr/if.c
index 4d36dcc1cf87..a65e5c6686d0 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mtrr/if.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mtrr/if.c
@@ -101,9 +101,6 @@ mtrr_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf, size_t len, loff_t * ppos)
int length;
size_t linelen;

- if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
- return -EPERM;
-
memset(line, 0, LINE_SIZE);

len = min_t(size_t, len, LINE_SIZE - 1);
@@ -226,8 +223,6 @@ mtrr_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long __arg)
#ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT
case MTRRIOC32_ADD_ENTRY:
#endif
- if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
- return -EPERM;
err =
mtrr_file_add(sentry.base, sentry.size, sentry.type, true,
file, 0);
@@ -236,24 +231,18 @@ mtrr_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long __arg)
#ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT
case MTRRIOC32_SET_ENTRY:
#endif
- if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
- return -EPERM;
err = mtrr_add(sentry.base, sentry.size, sentry.type, false);
break;
case MTRRIOC_DEL_ENTRY:
#ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT
case MTRRIOC32_DEL_ENTRY:
#endif
- if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
- return -EPERM;
err = mtrr_file_del(sentry.base, sentry.size, file, 0);
break;
case MTRRIOC_KILL_ENTRY:
#ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT
case MTRRIOC32_KILL_ENTRY:
#endif
- if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
- return -EPERM;
err = mtrr_del(-1, sentry.base, sentry.size);
break;
case MTRRIOC_GET_ENTRY:
@@ -279,8 +268,6 @@ mtrr_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long __arg)
#ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT
case MTRRIOC32_ADD_PAGE_ENTRY:
#endif
- if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
- return -EPERM;
err =
mtrr_file_add(sentry.base, sentry.size, sentry.type, true,
file, 1);
@@ -289,8 +276,6 @@ mtrr_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long __arg)
#ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT
case MTRRIOC32_SET_PAGE_ENTRY:
#endif
- if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
- return -EPERM;
err =
mtrr_add_page(sentry.base, sentry.size, sentry.type, false);
break;
@@ -298,16 +283,12 @@ mtrr_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long __arg)
#ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT
case MTRRIOC32_DEL_PAGE_ENTRY:
#endif
- if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
- return -EPERM;
err = mtrr_file_del(sentry.base, sentry.size, file, 1);
break;
case MTRRIOC_KILL_PAGE_ENTRY:
#ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT
case MTRRIOC32_KILL_PAGE_ENTRY:
#endif
- if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
- return -EPERM;
err = mtrr_del_page(-1, sentry.base, sentry.size);
break;
case MTRRIOC_GET_PAGE_ENTRY:
@@ -381,6 +362,9 @@ static int mtrr_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
return -EIO;
if (!mtrr_if->get)
return -ENXIO;
+ if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
+ return -EPERM;
+
return single_open(file, mtrr_seq_show, NULL);
}



Thoughts?

-Kees

>
> ---
> From: Zhang Xiaoxu <zhangxiaoxu5@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Tue, 5 Nov 2019 15:17:14 +0800
> Subject: [PATCH] x86/mtrr: Restrict MTRR ranges dumping and ioctl()
>
> /proc/mtrr dumps the physical memory ranges of the variable range MTRRs
> along with their respective sizes and caching attributes. Since that
> file is world-readable, it presents a small information leak about the
> physical address ranges of a system which should be blocked.
>
> Make that file root-only and get rid of all the capability checks as
> they're not needed anymore.
>
> [ bp: rewrite commit message. ]
>
> Suggested-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Zhang Xiaoxu <zhangxiaoxu5@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Tyler Hicks <tyhicks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: x86-ml <x86@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: zhangxiaoxu@xxxxxxxxxx
> Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20191105071714.27376-1-zhangxiaoxu5@xxxxxxxxxx
> ---
> arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mtrr/if.c | 18 +-----------------
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 17 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mtrr/if.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mtrr/if.c
> index 4d36dcc1cf87..7ff865f2b150 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mtrr/if.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mtrr/if.c
> @@ -226,8 +226,6 @@ mtrr_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long __arg)
> #ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT
> case MTRRIOC32_ADD_ENTRY:
> #endif
> - if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
> - return -EPERM;
> err =
> mtrr_file_add(sentry.base, sentry.size, sentry.type, true,
> file, 0);
> @@ -236,24 +234,18 @@ mtrr_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long __arg)
> #ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT
> case MTRRIOC32_SET_ENTRY:
> #endif
> - if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
> - return -EPERM;
> err = mtrr_add(sentry.base, sentry.size, sentry.type, false);
> break;
> case MTRRIOC_DEL_ENTRY:
> #ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT
> case MTRRIOC32_DEL_ENTRY:
> #endif
> - if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
> - return -EPERM;
> err = mtrr_file_del(sentry.base, sentry.size, file, 0);
> break;
> case MTRRIOC_KILL_ENTRY:
> #ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT
> case MTRRIOC32_KILL_ENTRY:
> #endif
> - if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
> - return -EPERM;
> err = mtrr_del(-1, sentry.base, sentry.size);
> break;
> case MTRRIOC_GET_ENTRY:
> @@ -279,8 +271,6 @@ mtrr_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long __arg)
> #ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT
> case MTRRIOC32_ADD_PAGE_ENTRY:
> #endif
> - if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
> - return -EPERM;
> err =
> mtrr_file_add(sentry.base, sentry.size, sentry.type, true,
> file, 1);
> @@ -289,8 +279,6 @@ mtrr_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long __arg)
> #ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT
> case MTRRIOC32_SET_PAGE_ENTRY:
> #endif
> - if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
> - return -EPERM;
> err =
> mtrr_add_page(sentry.base, sentry.size, sentry.type, false);
> break;
> @@ -298,16 +286,12 @@ mtrr_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long __arg)
> #ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT
> case MTRRIOC32_DEL_PAGE_ENTRY:
> #endif
> - if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
> - return -EPERM;
> err = mtrr_file_del(sentry.base, sentry.size, file, 1);
> break;
> case MTRRIOC_KILL_PAGE_ENTRY:
> #ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT
> case MTRRIOC32_KILL_PAGE_ENTRY:
> #endif
> - if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
> - return -EPERM;
> err = mtrr_del_page(-1, sentry.base, sentry.size);
> break;
> case MTRRIOC_GET_PAGE_ENTRY:
> @@ -436,7 +420,7 @@ static int __init mtrr_if_init(void)
> (!cpu_has(c, X86_FEATURE_CENTAUR_MCR)))
> return -ENODEV;
>
> - proc_create("mtrr", S_IWUSR | S_IRUGO, NULL, &mtrr_fops);
> + proc_create("mtrr", 0600, NULL, &mtrr_fops);
> return 0;
> }
> arch_initcall(mtrr_if_init);
> --
> 2.21.0
>
> --
> Regards/Gruss,
> Boris.
>
> https://people.kernel.org/tglx/notes-about-netiquette

--
Kees Cook