[PATCH v10 1/2] elf: Allow architectures to parse properties on the main executable

[Will Deacon]

On Mon, Mar 07, 2022 at 04:00:15PM -0800, Kees Cook wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 28, 2022 at 01:06:05PM +0000, Mark Brown wrote:
> > Currently the ELF code only attempts to parse properties on the image
> > that will start execution, either the interpreter or for statically linked
> > executables the main executable. The expectation is that any property
> > handling for the main executable will be done by the interpreter. This is
> > a bit inconsistent since we do map the executable and is causing problems
> > for the arm64 BTI support when used in conjunction with systemd's use of
> > seccomp to implement MemoryDenyWriteExecute which stops the dynamic linker
> > adjusting the permissions of executable segments.
> > 
> > Allow architectures to handle properties for both the dynamic linker and
> > main executable, adjusting arch_parse_elf_properties() to have a new
> > flag is_interp flag as with arch_elf_adjust_prot() and calling it for
> > both the main executable and any intepreter.
> > 
> > The user of this code, arm64, is adapted to ensure that there is no
> > functional change.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Mark Brown <broonie at kernel.org>
> > Tested-by: Jeremy Linton <jeremy.linton at arm.com>
> > Reviewed-by: Dave Martin <Dave.Martin at arm.com>
> > Reviewed-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas at arm.com>
> > ---
> >  arch/arm64/include/asm/elf.h |  3 ++-
> >  fs/binfmt_elf.c              | 32 +++++++++++++++++++++++---------
> >  include/linux/elf.h          |  4 +++-
> >  3 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/elf.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/elf.h
> > index 97932fbf973d..5cc002376abe 100644
> > --- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/elf.h
> > +++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/elf.h
> > @@ -259,6 +259,7 @@ struct arch_elf_state {
> >  
> >  static inline int arch_parse_elf_property(u32 type, const void *data,
> >  					  size_t datasz, bool compat,
> > +					  bool has_interp, bool is_interp,
> >  					  struct arch_elf_state *arch)
> 
> Adding more and more args to a functions like this gives me the sense
> that some kind of argument structure is needed.
> 
> Once I get enough unit testing written in here, I'm hoping to refactor
> a bunch of this. To the future! :)
> 
> > @@ -828,6 +832,7 @@ static int load_elf_binary(struct linux_binprm *bprm)
> >  	unsigned long error;
> >  	struct elf_phdr *elf_ppnt, *elf_phdata, *interp_elf_phdata = NULL;
> >  	struct elf_phdr *elf_property_phdata = NULL;
> > +	struct elf_phdr *interp_elf_property_phdata = NULL;
> >  	unsigned long elf_bss, elf_brk;
> >  	int bss_prot = 0;
> >  	int retval, i;
> > @@ -865,6 +870,9 @@ static int load_elf_binary(struct linux_binprm *bprm)
> >  	for (i = 0; i < elf_ex->e_phnum; i++, elf_ppnt++) {
> >  		char *elf_interpreter;
> >  
> > +		if (interpreter && elf_property_phdata)
> > +			break;
> > +
> 
> This is not okay. This introduces a memory resource leak for malicious
> ELF files with multiple INTERP headers.
> 
> >  		if (elf_ppnt->p_type == PT_GNU_PROPERTY) {
> >  			elf_property_phdata = elf_ppnt;
> >  			continue;
> > @@ -919,7 +927,7 @@ static int load_elf_binary(struct linux_binprm *bprm)
> >  		if (retval < 0)
> >  			goto out_free_dentry;
> >  
> > -		break;
> > +		continue;
> 
> Because of this.
> 
> As a fix, I'd expect the PT_INTERP test to be updated:
> 
>                 if (interpreter || elf_ppnt->p_type != PT_INTERP)
>                         continue;

Thanks, Kees. I'll drop this branch from -next until it's been resolved.

Will