From 5e722b217ad3cf41f5504db80a68062df82b5242 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ondrej Mosnacek Date: Fri, 7 May 2021 13:57:19 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] serial: core: fix suspicious security_locked_down() call The commit that added this check did so in a very strange way - first security_locked_down() is called, its value stored into retval, and if it's nonzero, then an additional check is made for (change_irq || change_port), and if this is true, the function returns. However, if the goto exit branch is not taken, the code keeps the retval value and continues executing the function. Then, depending on whether uport->ops->verify_port is set, the retval value may or may not be reset to zero and eventually the error value from security_locked_down() may abort the function a few lines below. I will go out on a limb and assume that this isn't the intended behavior and that an error value from security_locked_down() was supposed to abort the function only in case (change_irq || change_port) is true. Note that security_locked_down() should be called last in any series of checks, since the SELinux implementation of this hook will do a check against the policy and generate an audit record in case of denial. If the operation was to carry on after calling security_locked_down(), then the SELinux denial record would be bogus. See commit 59438b46471a ("security,lockdown,selinux: implement SELinux lockdown") for how SELinux implements this hook. Fixes: 794edf30ee6c ("lockdown: Lock down TIOCSSERIAL") Acked-by: Kees Cook Signed-off-by: Ondrej Mosnacek Cc: stable Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210507115719.140799-1-omosnace@redhat.com Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- drivers/tty/serial/serial_core.c | 8 +++++--- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/serial_core.c b/drivers/tty/serial/serial_core.c index 87f7127..18ff85a 100644 --- a/drivers/tty/serial/serial_core.c +++ b/drivers/tty/serial/serial_core.c @@ -863,9 +863,11 @@ static int uart_set_info(struct tty_struct *tty, struct tty_port *port, goto check_and_exit; } - retval = security_locked_down(LOCKDOWN_TIOCSSERIAL); - if (retval && (change_irq || change_port)) - goto exit; + if (change_irq || change_port) { + retval = security_locked_down(LOCKDOWN_TIOCSSERIAL); + if (retval) + goto exit; + } /* * Ask the low level driver to verify the settings. -- 2.7.4