Re: [PATCH v3] cred: Propagate security_prepare_creds() error code

[Eric Biggers <ebiggers@kernel.org>]

On Wed, Jun 08, 2022 at 10:09:42AM -0500, Frederick Lawler wrote:
> diff --git a/fs/aio.c b/fs/aio.c
> index 3c249b938632..5abbe88c3ca7 100644
> --- a/fs/aio.c
> +++ b/fs/aio.c
> @@ -1620,6 +1620,8 @@ static void aio_fsync_work(struct work_struct *work)
>  static int aio_fsync(struct fsync_iocb *req, const struct iocb *iocb,
>  		     bool datasync)
>  {
> +	int err;
> +
>  	if (unlikely(iocb->aio_buf || iocb->aio_offset || iocb->aio_nbytes ||
>  			iocb->aio_rw_flags))
>  		return -EINVAL;
> @@ -1628,8 +1630,11 @@ static int aio_fsync(struct fsync_iocb *req, const struct iocb *iocb,
>  		return -EINVAL;
>  
>  	req->creds = prepare_creds();
> -	if (!req->creds)
> -		return -ENOMEM;
> +	if (IS_ERR(req->creds)) {
> +		err = PTR_ERR(req->creds);
> +		req->creds = NULL;
> +		return err;
> +	}

This part is a little ugly.  How about doing:

	creds = prepare_creds();
	if (IS_ERR(creds))
		return PTR_ERR(creds);
	req->creds = creds;

> diff --git a/fs/exec.c b/fs/exec.c
> index 0989fb8472a1..02624783e40e 100644
> --- a/fs/exec.c
> +++ b/fs/exec.c
> @@ -1468,15 +1468,19 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(finalize_exec);
>   */
>  static int prepare_bprm_creds(struct linux_binprm *bprm)
>  {
> +	int err = -ERESTARTNOINTR;
>  	if (mutex_lock_interruptible(&current->signal->cred_guard_mutex))
> -		return -ERESTARTNOINTR;
> +		return err;
>  
>  	bprm->cred = prepare_exec_creds();
> -	if (likely(bprm->cred))
> -		return 0;
> +	if (IS_ERR(bprm->cred)) {
> +		err = PTR_ERR(bprm->cred);
> +		bprm->cred = NULL;
> +		mutex_unlock(&current->signal->cred_guard_mutex);
> +		return err;
> +	}
>  
> -	mutex_unlock(&current->signal->cred_guard_mutex);
> -	return -ENOMEM;
> +	return 0;
>  }

Similarly:

static int prepare_bprm_creds(struct linux_binprm *bprm)
{
	struct cred *cred;

	if (mutex_lock_interruptible(&current->signal->cred_guard_mutex))
		return -ERESTARTNOINTR;

	cred = prepare_exec_creds();
	if (IS_ERR(cred)) {
		mutex_unlock(&current->signal->cred_guard_mutex);
		return PTR_ERR(cred);
	}
	bprm->cred = cred;
	return 0;
}

> diff --git a/kernel/nsproxy.c b/kernel/nsproxy.c
> index eec72ca962e2..6cf75aa83b6c 100644
> --- a/kernel/nsproxy.c
> +++ b/kernel/nsproxy.c
> @@ -311,6 +311,7 @@ static void put_nsset(struct nsset *nsset)
>  
>  static int prepare_nsset(unsigned flags, struct nsset *nsset)
>  {
> +	int err = -ENOMEM;
>  	struct task_struct *me = current;
>  
>  	nsset->nsproxy = create_new_namespaces(0, me, current_user_ns(), me->fs);
> @@ -324,6 +325,12 @@ static int prepare_nsset(unsigned flags, struct nsset *nsset)
>  	if (!nsset->cred)
>  		goto out;
>  
> +	if (IS_ERR(nsset->cred)) {
> +		err = PTR_ERR(nsset->cred);
> +		nsset->cred = NULL;
> +		goto out;
> +	}

Why is the NULL check above being kept?

Also, drivers/crypto/ccp/sev-dev.c needs to be updated.

- Eric