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fs/nsfs.c: fix ioctl support of compat processes

PATCH In review Dmitry V. Levin 3 participants 5 messages Jul 24, 2020 – Sep 7, 2020

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PATCH 1/1 fs/nsfs.c: fix ioctl support of compat processes

According to Documentation/driver-api/ioctl.rst, in order to support 32-bit user space running on a 64-bit kernel, each subsystem or driver that implements an ioctl callback handler must also implement the corresponding compat_ioctl handler. The compat_ptr_ioctl() helper can be used in place of a custom compat_ioctl file operation for drivers that only take arguments that are pointers to compatible data structures.

In case of NS_* ioctls only NS_GET_OWNER_UID accepts an argument, and this argument is a pointer to uid_t type, which is universally defined to __kernel_uid32_t.

This change fixes compat strace --pidns-translation.

Note: when backporting this patch to stable kernels, commit "compat_ioctl: add compat_ptr_ioctl()" is needed as well.

Fixes 6786741dbf99 ("nsfs: add ioctl to get an owning user namespace for ns file descriptor")
---
 fs/nsfs.c | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
fs/nsfs.c +1 -0
index 800c1d0eb0d0..a00236bffa2c 100644
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ static long ns_ioctl(struct file *filp, unsigned int ioctl,
 static const struct file_operations ns_file_operations = {
 	.llseek		= no_llseek,
 	.unlocked_ioctl = ns_ioctl,
+	.compat_ioctl	= compat_ptr_ioctl,
 };
 
 static char *ns_dname(struct dentry *dentry, char *buffer, int buflen)
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Quoted 9 lines · Dmitry V. Levin

According to Documentation/driver-api/ioctl.rst, in order to support 32-bit user space running on a 64-bit kernel, each subsystem or driver that implements an ioctl callback handler must also implement the corresponding compat_ioctl handler. The compat_ptr_ioctl() helper can be used in place of a custom compat_ioctl file operation for drivers that only take arguments that are pointers to compatible data structures.

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In case of NS_* ioctls only NS_GET_OWNER_UID accepts an argument, and this argument is a pointer to uid_t type, which is universally defined to __kernel_uid32_t.

This is potentially dangerous to rely on, as there are two parts that are mismatched:

- user space does not see the kernel's uid_t definition, but has its own, which may be either the 16-bit or the 32-bit type. 32-bit uid_t was introduced with linux-2.3.39 in back in 2000. glibc was already using 32-bit uid_t at the time in user space, but uclibc only changed in 2003, and others may have been even later.

- the ioctl command number is defined (incorrectly) as if there was no argument, so if there is any user space that happens to be built with a 16-bit uid_t, this does not get caught.

Arnd

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Fixes 6786741dbf99 ("nsfs: add ioctl to get an owning user namespace for ns file descriptor")
---
 fs/nsfs.c | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
fs/nsfs.c +1 -0
index 800c1d0eb0d0..a00236bffa2c 100644
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ static long ns_ioctl(struct file *filp, unsigned int ioctl,
 static const struct file_operations ns_file_operations = {
        .llseek         = no_llseek,
        .unlocked_ioctl = ns_ioctl,
+       .compat_ioctl   = compat_ptr_ioctl,
 };
 
 static char *ns_dname(struct dentry *dentry, char *buffer, int buflen)
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Quoted 23 lines · Arnd Bergmann
Quoted 9 lines · Dmitry V. Levin

According to Documentation/driver-api/ioctl.rst, in order to support 32-bit user space running on a 64-bit kernel, each subsystem or driver that implements an ioctl callback handler must also implement the corresponding compat_ioctl handler. The compat_ptr_ioctl() helper can be used in place of a custom compat_ioctl file operation for drivers that only take arguments that are pointers to compatible data structures.

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In case of NS_* ioctls only NS_GET_OWNER_UID accepts an argument, and this argument is a pointer to uid_t type, which is universally defined to __kernel_uid32_t.

This is potentially dangerous to rely on, as there are two parts that are mismatched:

- user space does not see the kernel's uid_t definition, but has its own, which may be either the 16-bit or the 32-bit type. 32-bit uid_t was introduced with linux-2.3.39 in back in 2000. glibc was already using 32-bit uid_t at the time in user space, but uclibc only changed in 2003, and others may have been even later.

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- the ioctl command number is defined (incorrectly) as if there was no argument, so if there is any user space that happens to be built with a 16-bit uid_t, this does not get caught.

Note that NS_GET_OWNER_UID is provided on 32-bit architectures, too, so this 16-bit vs 32-bit uid_t issue was exposed to userspace long time ago when NS_GET_OWNER_UID was introduced, and making NS_GET_OWNER_UID available for compat processes won't make any difference, as the mismatch is not between native and compat types, but rather between 16-bit and 32-bit uid_t types.

I agree it would be correct to define NS_GET_OWNER_UID as _IOR(NSIO, 0x4, uid_t) instead of _IO(NSIO, 0x4), but nobody Cc'ed me on this topic when NS_GET_OWNER_UID was discussed, and that ship has long sailed.

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This change fixes compat strace --pidns-translation.

Note: when backporting this patch to stable kernels, commit "compat_ioctl: add compat_ptr_ioctl()" is needed as well.

Fixes 6786741dbf99 ("nsfs: add ioctl to get an owning user namespace for ns file descriptor")
---
 fs/nsfs.c | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
fs/nsfs.c +1 -0
index 800c1d0eb0d0..a00236bffa2c 100644
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ static long ns_ioctl(struct file *filp, unsigned int ioctl,
 static const struct file_operations ns_file_operations = {
        .llseek         = no_llseek,
        .unlocked_ioctl = ns_ioctl,
+       .compat_ioctl   = compat_ptr_ioctl,
 };
 
 static char *ns_dname(struct dentry *dentry, char *buffer, int buflen)
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Michael,

As the original author of NS_GET_OWNER_UID can you take a look at this?

Quoted 64 lines · Dmitry V. Levin
Quoted 23 lines · Arnd Bergmann
Quoted 9 lines · Dmitry V. Levin

According to Documentation/driver-api/ioctl.rst, in order to support 32-bit user space running on a 64-bit kernel, each subsystem or driver that implements an ioctl callback handler must also implement the corresponding compat_ioctl handler. The compat_ptr_ioctl() helper can be used in place of a custom compat_ioctl file operation for drivers that only take arguments that are pointers to compatible data structures.

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In case of NS_* ioctls only NS_GET_OWNER_UID accepts an argument, and this argument is a pointer to uid_t type, which is universally defined to __kernel_uid32_t.

This is potentially dangerous to rely on, as there are two parts that are mismatched:

- user space does not see the kernel's uid_t definition, but has its own, which may be either the 16-bit or the 32-bit type. 32-bit uid_t was introduced with linux-2.3.39 in back in 2000. glibc was already using 32-bit uid_t at the time in user space, but uclibc only changed in 2003, and others may have been even later.

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- the ioctl command number is defined (incorrectly) as if there was no argument, so if there is any user space that happens to be built with a 16-bit uid_t, this does not get caught.

Note that NS_GET_OWNER_UID is provided on 32-bit architectures, too, so this 16-bit vs 32-bit uid_t issue was exposed to userspace long time ago when NS_GET_OWNER_UID was introduced, and making NS_GET_OWNER_UID available for compat processes won't make any difference, as the mismatch is not between native and compat types, but rather between 16-bit and 32-bit uid_t types.

I agree it would be correct to define NS_GET_OWNER_UID as _IOR(NSIO, 0x4, uid_t) instead of _IO(NSIO, 0x4), but nobody Cc'ed me on this topic when NS_GET_OWNER_UID was discussed, and that ship has long sailed.

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This change fixes compat strace --pidns-translation.

Note: when backporting this patch to stable kernels, commit "compat_ioctl: add compat_ptr_ioctl()" is needed as well.

Fixes 6786741dbf99 ("nsfs: add ioctl to get an owning user namespace for ns file descriptor")
---
 fs/nsfs.c | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
fs/nsfs.c +1 -0
index 800c1d0eb0d0..a00236bffa2c 100644
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ static long ns_ioctl(struct file *filp, unsigned int ioctl,
 static const struct file_operations ns_file_operations = {
        .llseek         = no_llseek,
        .unlocked_ioctl = ns_ioctl,
+       .compat_ioctl   = compat_ptr_ioctl,
 };
 
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fs/nsfs.c static long ns_ioctl(struct file *filp, unsigned int ioctl, · line 27

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fs/nsfs.c +0 -0
 static char *ns_dname(struct dentry *dentry, char *buffer, int buflen)

Thank you,
Eric

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Hi,

Quoted 3 lines · Eric W. Biederman

Michael,

As the original author of NS_GET_OWNER_UID can you take a look at this?

This is a gentle reminder that my patch hasn't been applied, the problem reported by Ákos Uzonyi hasn't been fixed, and the example in ioctl_ns(2) manual page doesn't work when e.g. it's compiled with -m32 on a 64-bit kernel.

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Quoted 64 lines · Dmitry V. Levin
Quoted 23 lines · Arnd Bergmann
Quoted 9 lines · Dmitry V. Levin

According to Documentation/driver-api/ioctl.rst, in order to support 32-bit user space running on a 64-bit kernel, each subsystem or driver that implements an ioctl callback handler must also implement the corresponding compat_ioctl handler. The compat_ptr_ioctl() helper can be used in place of a custom compat_ioctl file operation for drivers that only take arguments that are pointers to compatible data structures.

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In case of NS_* ioctls only NS_GET_OWNER_UID accepts an argument, and this argument is a pointer to uid_t type, which is universally defined to __kernel_uid32_t.

This is potentially dangerous to rely on, as there are two parts that are mismatched:

- user space does not see the kernel's uid_t definition, but has its own, which may be either the 16-bit or the 32-bit type. 32-bit uid_t was introduced with linux-2.3.39 in back in 2000. glibc was already using 32-bit uid_t at the time in user space, but uclibc only changed in 2003, and others may have been even later.

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- the ioctl command number is defined (incorrectly) as if there was no argument, so if there is any user space that happens to be built with a 16-bit uid_t, this does not get caught.

Note that NS_GET_OWNER_UID is provided on 32-bit architectures, too, so this 16-bit vs 32-bit uid_t issue was exposed to userspace long time ago when NS_GET_OWNER_UID was introduced, and making NS_GET_OWNER_UID available for compat processes won't make any difference, as the mismatch is not between native and compat types, but rather between 16-bit and 32-bit uid_t types.

I agree it would be correct to define NS_GET_OWNER_UID as _IOR(NSIO, 0x4, uid_t) instead of _IO(NSIO, 0x4), but nobody Cc'ed me on this topic when NS_GET_OWNER_UID was discussed, and that ship has long sailed.

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This change fixes compat strace --pidns-translation.

Note: when backporting this patch to stable kernels, commit "compat_ioctl: add compat_ptr_ioctl()" is needed as well.

Fixes 6786741dbf99 ("nsfs: add ioctl to get an owning user namespace for ns file descriptor")
---
 fs/nsfs.c | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
fs/nsfs.c +1 -0
index 800c1d0eb0d0..a00236bffa2c 100644
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ static long ns_ioctl(struct file *filp, unsigned int ioctl,
 static const struct file_operations ns_file_operations = {
        .llseek         = no_llseek,
        .unlocked_ioctl = ns_ioctl,
+       .compat_ioctl   = compat_ptr_ioctl,
 };
 
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fs/nsfs.c static long ns_ioctl(struct file *filp, unsigned int ioctl, · line 27

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fs/nsfs.c +0 -0
 static char *ns_dname(struct dentry *dentry, char *buffer, int buflen)

Thank you,
Eric

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