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9pfs: fix integer overflow issue in xattr read/write

PATCH Superseded Li Qiang 2 participants 2 messages Oct 12, 2016

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PATCH 1/1 9pfs: fix integer overflow issue in xattr read/write

From: Li Qiang <[email protected]>

In 9pfs xattr read/write function, it mix to use unsigned/signed ,32/64 bits integers. This will causes oob read/write issues. This patch fix this.

---
 hw/9pfs/9p.c | 29 +++++++++++++----------------
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
hw/9pfs/9p.c +13 -16
index e4040dc..8b50bfb 100644
@@ -1642,21 +1642,21 @@ static int v9fs_xattr_read(V9fsState *s, V9fsPDU *pdu, V9fsFidState *fidp,
 {
     ssize_t err;
     size_t offset = 7;
-    int read_count;
-    int64_t xattr_len;
+    uint64_t read_count;
+    uint64_t xattr_len;
     V9fsVirtioState *v = container_of(s, V9fsVirtioState, state);
     VirtQueueElement *elem = v->elems[pdu->idx];
 
     xattr_len = fidp->fs.xattr.len;
+    if (xattr_len < off) {
+        read_count = 0;
+        goto over_read_count;
+    }
     read_count = xattr_len - off;
     if (read_count > max_count) {
         read_count = max_count;
-    } else if (read_count < 0) {
-        /*
-         * read beyond XATTR value
-         */
-        read_count = 0;
     }
+over_read_count:
     err = pdu_marshal(pdu, offset, "d", read_count);
     if (err < 0) {
         return err;
@@ -1982,22 +1982,19 @@ static int v9fs_xattr_write(V9fsState *s, V9fsPDU *pdu, V9fsFidState *fidp,
 {
     int i, to_copy;
     ssize_t err = 0;
-    int write_count;
-    int64_t xattr_len;
+    uint64_t write_count;
+    uint64_t xattr_len;
     size_t offset = 7;
 
 
     xattr_len = fidp->fs.xattr.len;
+    if (xattr_len < off) {
+        err = -ENOSPC;
+        goto out;
+    }
     write_count = xattr_len - off;
     if (write_count > count) {
         write_count = count;
-    } else if (write_count < 0) {
-        /*
-         * write beyond XATTR value len specified in
-         * xattrcreate
-         */
-        err = -ENOSPC;
-        goto out;
     }
     err = pdu_marshal(pdu, offset, "d", write_count);
     if (err < 0) {
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Hi Li,

I agree with the idea behind this patch but I have the impression that some more work is needed. See below.

Quoted 6 lines · On Tue, 11 Oct 2016 21:29:19 -0700 Li Qiang <[email protected]> wrote:

From: Li Qiang <[email protected]>

In 9pfs xattr read/write function, it mix to use unsigned/signed ,32/64 bits integers. This will causes oob read/write issues. This patch fix this.

The root cause for OOB to happen is that the off argument is an unint64_t coming from the guest: if it exceeds xattr_len more than INT_MAX+2, then write_count will be equal to INT_MAX and pass the write_count < 0 check. The use of proper types is needed to detect that.

What about this:

The v9fs_xattr_read() and v9fs_xattr_write() are passed a guest originated
offset: they must ensure this offset does not go beyond the size of the extended attribute that was set in v9fs_xattrcreate(). Unfortunately, the current code implement these checks with unsafe calculations on 32 and 64 bit values, which may allow a malicious guest to cause OOB access anyway.

Let's fix this by comparing the offset and the xattr size, which are both uint64_t, before trying to compute the effective number of bytes to read or write.

Quoted 10 lines
---
 hw/9pfs/9p.c | 29 +++++++++++++----------------
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
hw/9pfs/9p.c +0 -0
index e4040dc..8b50bfb 100644

hw/9pfs/9p.c static int v9fs_xattr_read(V9fsState *s, V9fsPDU *pdu, V9fsFidState *fidp, · line 1646

Quoted 7 lines
hw/9pfs/9p.c +2 -2
@@ -1642,21 +1642,21 @@ static int v9fs_xattr_read(V9fsState *s, V9fsPDU *pdu, V9fsFidState *fidp,
 {
     ssize_t err;
     size_t offset = 7;
-    int read_count;
-    int64_t xattr_len;
+    uint64_t read_count;
+    uint64_t xattr_len;

I don't think xattr_len is needed. See below.

hw/9pfs/9p.c static int v9fs_xattr_read(V9fsState *s, V9fsPDU *pdu, V9fsFidState *fidp, · line 1650

Quoted 4 lines
hw/9pfs/9p.c +0 -0
     V9fsVirtioState *v = container_of(s, V9fsVirtioState, state);
     VirtQueueElement *elem = v->elems[pdu->idx];
 
     xattr_len = fidp->fs.xattr.len;

typedef struct V9fsXattr

{
    int64_t copied_len;
    int64_t len;

I believe len should be uint64_t since it comes from the size argument to setxattr() in the guest:

int setxattr(const char *path, const char *name,

             const void *value, size_t size, int flags);

and it is treated as u64 in the linux kernel client code:

int p9_client_xattrcreate(struct p9_fid *fid, const char *name,
u64 attr_size, int flags)

I guess copied_len should also be turned to uint64_t as well since its main use is to account for copied bytes. And introduce a xattrwalk_fid bool instead of setting copied_len to -1.

I suggest you fix the types in some prelimary patches and then build this patch on top.

hw/9pfs/9p.c static int v9fs_xattr_read(V9fsState *s, V9fsPDU *pdu, V9fsFidState *fidp, · line 1653

Quoted 3 lines
hw/9pfs/9p.c +3 -0
+    if (xattr_len < off) {
+        read_count = 0;
+        goto over_read_count;

goto should only be used when doing rollback on error paths, which is not the case here. Please use a regular if...else construct instead.

Quoted 15 lines
hw/9pfs/9p.c +2 -5
+    }
     read_count = xattr_len - off;
     if (read_count > max_count) {
         read_count = max_count;
-    } else if (read_count < 0) {
-        /*
-         * read beyond XATTR value
-         */
-        read_count = 0;
     }
+over_read_count:
     err = pdu_marshal(pdu, offset, "d", read_count);
     if (err < 0) {
         return err;

hw/9pfs/9p.c static int v9fs_xattr_write(V9fsState *s, V9fsPDU *pdu, V9fsFidState *fidp, · line 1986

Quoted 7 lines
hw/9pfs/9p.c +2 -2
@@ -1982,22 +1982,19 @@ static int v9fs_xattr_write(V9fsState *s, V9fsPDU *pdu, V9fsFidState *fidp,
 {
     int i, to_copy;
     ssize_t err = 0;
-    int write_count;
-    int64_t xattr_len;
+    uint64_t write_count;
+    uint64_t xattr_len;

Same remark: xattr_len not needed.

Quoted 11 lines
hw/9pfs/9p.c +4 -0
     size_t offset = 7;
 
 
     xattr_len = fidp->fs.xattr.len;
+    if (xattr_len < off) {
+        err = -ENOSPC;
+        goto out;
+    }
     write_count = xattr_len - off;
     if (write_count > count) {
         write_count = count;

hw/9pfs/9p.c static int v9fs_xattr_write(V9fsState *s, V9fsPDU *pdu, V9fsFidState *fidp, · line 2000

Quoted 10 lines
hw/9pfs/9p.c +0 -7
-    } else if (write_count < 0) {
-        /*
-         * write beyond XATTR value len specified in
-         * xattrcreate
-         */
-        err = -ENOSPC;
-        goto out;
     }
     err = pdu_marshal(pdu, offset, "d", write_count);
     if (err < 0) {

Cheers.

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Greg