@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ static int sg_version_num = 30534; /* 2 digits for each component */
#include <linux/blktrace_api.h>
#include <linux/mutex.h>
#include <linux/ratelimit.h>
+#include <linux/cred.h> /* for sg_check_file_access() */
#include "scsi.h"
#include <scsi/scsi_dbg.h>
@@ -216,6 +217,33 @@ static void sg_put_dev(Sg_device *sdp);
#define SZ_SG_IOVEC sizeof(sg_iovec_t)
#define SZ_SG_REQ_INFO sizeof(sg_req_info_t)
+/*
+ * The SCSI interfaces that use read() and write() as an asynchronous variant of
+ * ioctl(..., SG_IO, ...) are fundamentally unsafe, since there are lots of ways
+ * to trigger read() and write() calls from various contexts with elevated
+ * privileges. This can lead to kernel memory corruption (e.g. if these
+ * interfaces are called through splice()) and privilege escalation inside
+ * userspace (e.g. if a process with access to such a device passes a file
+ * descriptor to a SUID binary as stdin/stdout/stderr).
+ *
+ * This function provides protection for the legacy API by restricting the
+ * calling context.
+ */
+static int sg_check_file_access(struct file *filp, const char *caller)
+{
+ if (filp->f_cred != current->real_cred) {
+ pr_err_once("%s: process %d (%s) changed security contexts after opening file descriptor, this is not allowed.\n",
+ caller, task_tgid_vnr(current), current->comm);
+ return -EPERM;
+ }
+ if (unlikely(segment_eq(get_fs(), KERNEL_DS))) {
+ pr_err_once("%s: process %d (%s) called from kernel context, this is not allowed.\n",
+ caller, task_tgid_vnr(current), current->comm);
+ return -EACCES;
+ }
+ return 0;
+}
+
static int sg_allow_access(struct file *filp, unsigned char *cmd)
{
struct sg_fd *sfp = filp->private_data;
@@ -383,6 +411,14 @@ sg_read(struct file *filp, char __user *buf, size_t count, loff_t * ppos)
struct sg_header *old_hdr = NULL;
int retval = 0;
+ /*
+ * This could cause a response to be stranded. Close the associated
+ * file descriptor to free up any resources being held.
+ */
+ retval = sg_check_file_access(filp, __func__);
+ if (retval)
+ return retval;
+
if ((!(sfp = (Sg_fd *) filp->private_data)) || (!(sdp = sfp->parentdp)))
return -ENXIO;
SCSI_LOG_TIMEOUT(3, printk("sg_read: %s, count=%d\n",
@@ -568,9 +604,11 @@ sg_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *buf, size_t count, loff_t * ppos)
struct sg_header old_hdr;
sg_io_hdr_t *hp;
unsigned char cmnd[MAX_COMMAND_SIZE];
+ int retval;
- if (unlikely(segment_eq(get_fs(), KERNEL_DS)))
- return -EINVAL;
+ retval = sg_check_file_access(filp, __func__);
+ if (retval)
+ return retval;
if ((!(sfp = (Sg_fd *) filp->private_data)) || (!(sdp = sfp->parentdp)))
return -ENXIO;