sys: don't hold uts_sem while accessing userspace memory

Holding uts_sem as a writer while accessing userspace memory allows a
namespace admin to stall all processes that attempt to take uts_sem.
Instead, move data through stack buffers and don't access userspace memory
while uts_sem is held.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2")
Signed-off-by: Jann Horn <jannh@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com>

1 files changed, 45 insertions, 50 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/sys.c b/kernel/sys.c
index 38509dc1f77b..69b9a37ecf0d 100644
--- a/kernel/sys.c
+++ b/kernel/sys.c
@@ -1237,18 +1237,19 @@ static int override_release(char __user *release, size_t len)
 
 SYSCALL_DEFINE1(newuname, struct new_utsname __user *, name)
 {
-	int errno = 0;
+	struct new_utsname tmp;
 
 	down_read(&uts_sem);
-	if (copy_to_user(name, utsname(), sizeof *name))
-		errno = -EFAULT;
+	memcpy(&tmp, utsname(), sizeof(tmp));
 	up_read(&uts_sem);
+	if (copy_to_user(name, &tmp, sizeof(tmp)))
+		return -EFAULT;
 
-	if (!errno && override_release(name->release, sizeof(name->release)))
-		errno = -EFAULT;
-	if (!errno && override_architecture(name))
-		errno = -EFAULT;
-	return errno;
+	if (override_release(name->release, sizeof(name->release)))
+		return -EFAULT;
+	if (override_architecture(name))
+		return -EFAULT;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 #ifdef __ARCH_WANT_SYS_OLD_UNAME
@@ -1257,55 +1258,46 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE1(newuname, struct new_utsname __user *, name)
  */
 SYSCALL_DEFINE1(uname, struct old_utsname __user *, name)
 {
-	int error = 0;
+	struct old_utsname tmp;
 
 	if (!name)
 		return -EFAULT;
 
 	down_read(&uts_sem);
-	if (copy_to_user(name, utsname(), sizeof(*name)))
-		error = -EFAULT;
+	memcpy(&tmp, utsname(), sizeof(tmp));
 	up_read(&uts_sem);
+	if (copy_to_user(name, &tmp, sizeof(tmp)))
+		return -EFAULT;
 
-	if (!error && override_release(name->release, sizeof(name->release)))
-		error = -EFAULT;
-	if (!error && override_architecture(name))
-		error = -EFAULT;
-	return error;
+	if (override_release(name->release, sizeof(name->release)))
+		return -EFAULT;
+	if (override_architecture(name))
+		return -EFAULT;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 SYSCALL_DEFINE1(olduname, struct oldold_utsname __user *, name)
 {
-	int error;
+	struct oldold_utsname tmp = {};
 
 	if (!name)
 		return -EFAULT;
-	if (!access_ok(VERIFY_WRITE, name, sizeof(struct oldold_utsname)))
-		return -EFAULT;
 
 	down_read(&uts_sem);
-	error = __copy_to_user(&name->sysname, &utsname()->sysname,
-			       __OLD_UTS_LEN);
-	error |= __put_user(0, name->sysname + __OLD_UTS_LEN);
-	error |= __copy_to_user(&name->nodename, &utsname()->nodename,
-				__OLD_UTS_LEN);
-	error |= __put_user(0, name->nodename + __OLD_UTS_LEN);
-	error |= __copy_to_user(&name->release, &utsname()->release,
-				__OLD_UTS_LEN);
-	error |= __put_user(0, name->release + __OLD_UTS_LEN);
-	error |= __copy_to_user(&name->version, &utsname()->version,
-				__OLD_UTS_LEN);
-	error |= __put_user(0, name->version + __OLD_UTS_LEN);
-	error |= __copy_to_user(&name->machine, &utsname()->machine,
-				__OLD_UTS_LEN);
-	error |= __put_user(0, name->machine + __OLD_UTS_LEN);
+	memcpy(&tmp.sysname, &utsname()->sysname, __OLD_UTS_LEN);
+	memcpy(&tmp.nodename, &utsname()->nodename, __OLD_UTS_LEN);
+	memcpy(&tmp.release, &utsname()->release, __OLD_UTS_LEN);
+	memcpy(&tmp.version, &utsname()->version, __OLD_UTS_LEN);
+	memcpy(&tmp.machine, &utsname()->machine, __OLD_UTS_LEN);
 	up_read(&uts_sem);
+	if (copy_to_user(name, &tmp, sizeof(tmp)))
+		return -EFAULT;
 
-	if (!error && override_architecture(name))
-		error = -EFAULT;
-	if (!error && override_release(name->release, sizeof(name->release)))
-		error = -EFAULT;
-	return error ? -EFAULT : 0;
+	if (override_architecture(name))
+		return -EFAULT;
+	if (override_release(name->release, sizeof(name->release)))
+		return -EFAULT;
+	return 0;
 }
 #endif
 
@@ -1319,17 +1311,18 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE2(sethostname, char __user *, name, int, len)
 
 	if (len < 0 || len > __NEW_UTS_LEN)
 		return -EINVAL;
-	down_write(&uts_sem);
 	errno = -EFAULT;
 	if (!copy_from_user(tmp, name, len)) {
-		struct new_utsname *u = utsname();
+		struct new_utsname *u;
 
+		down_write(&uts_sem);
+		u = utsname();
 		memcpy(u->nodename, tmp, len);
 		memset(u->nodename + len, 0, sizeof(u->nodename) - len);
 		errno = 0;
 		uts_proc_notify(UTS_PROC_HOSTNAME);
+		up_write(&uts_sem);
 	}
-	up_write(&uts_sem);
 	return errno;
 }
 
@@ -1337,8 +1330,9 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE2(sethostname, char __user *, name, int, len)
 
 SYSCALL_DEFINE2(gethostname, char __user *, name, int, len)
 {
-	int i, errno;
+	int i;
 	struct new_utsname *u;
+	char tmp[__NEW_UTS_LEN + 1];
 
 	if (len < 0)
 		return -EINVAL;
@@ -1347,11 +1341,11 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE2(gethostname, char __user *, name, int, len)
 	i = 1 + strlen(u->nodename);
 	if (i > len)
 		i = len;
-	errno = 0;
-	if (copy_to_user(name, u->nodename, i))
-		errno = -EFAULT;
+	memcpy(tmp, u->nodename, i);
 	up_read(&uts_sem);
-	return errno;
+	if (copy_to_user(name, tmp, i))
+		return -EFAULT;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 #endif
@@ -1370,17 +1364,18 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE2(setdomainname, char __user *, name, int, len)
 	if (len < 0 || len > __NEW_UTS_LEN)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	down_write(&uts_sem);
 	errno = -EFAULT;
 	if (!copy_from_user(tmp, name, len)) {
-		struct new_utsname *u = utsname();
+		struct new_utsname *u;
 
+		down_write(&uts_sem);
+		u = utsname();
 		memcpy(u->domainname, tmp, len);
 		memset(u->domainname + len, 0, sizeof(u->domainname) - len);
 		errno = 0;
 		uts_proc_notify(UTS_PROC_DOMAINNAME);
+		up_write(&uts_sem);
 	}
-	up_write(&uts_sem);
 	return errno;
 }