ext4: fix function prototype mismatch for ext4_feat_ktype
authorKees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Wed, 4 Jan 2023 21:09:12 +0000 (13:09 -0800)
committerTheodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>
Sun, 19 Feb 2023 05:09:59 +0000 (00:09 -0500)
commitd99a55a94a0db8eda4a336a6f21730b844b8d2d2
treef122c524fec8ab0e2d47b69ac817299bed368dd3
parent7fc51f923ea6b1c6f304789965414149eaedb358
ext4: fix function prototype mismatch for ext4_feat_ktype

With clang's kernel control flow integrity (kCFI, CONFIG_CFI_CLANG),
indirect call targets are validated against the expected function
pointer prototype to make sure the call target is valid to help mitigate
ROP attacks. If they are not identical, there is a failure at run time,
which manifests as either a kernel panic or thread getting killed.

ext4_feat_ktype was setting the "release" handler to "kfree", which
doesn't have a matching function prototype. Add a simple wrapper
with the correct prototype.

This was found as a result of Clang's new -Wcast-function-type-strict
flag, which is more sensitive than the simpler -Wcast-function-type,
which only checks for type width mismatches.

Note that this code is only reached when ext4 is a loadable module and
it is being unloaded:

 CFI failure at kobject_put+0xbb/0x1b0 (target: kfree+0x0/0x180; expected type: 0x7c4aa698)
 ...
 RIP: 0010:kobject_put+0xbb/0x1b0
 ...
 Call Trace:
  <TASK>
  ext4_exit_sysfs+0x14/0x60 [ext4]
  cleanup_module+0x67/0xedb [ext4]

Fixes: b99fee58a20a ("ext4: create ext4_feat kobject dynamically")
Cc: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>
Cc: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@kernel.org>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Build-tested-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavoars@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavoars@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230103234616.never.915-kees@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Reviewed-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@google.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230104210908.gonna.388-kees@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>
fs/ext4/sysfs.c