Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] rust_binder: avoid reading the written value in offsets array

["Liam R. Howlett" <Liam.Howlett@oracle.com>]

* Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com> [260218 06:53]:
> When sending a transaction, its offsets array is first copied into the
> target proc's vma, and then the values are read back from there. This is
> normally fine because the vma is a read-only mapping, so the target
> process cannot change the value under us.
> 
> However, if the target process somehow gains the ability to write to its
> own vma, it could change the offset before it's read back, causing the
> kernel to misinterpret what the sender meant. If the sender happens to
> send a payload with a specific shape, this could in the worst case lead
> to the receiver being able to privilege escalate into the sender.
> 
> The intent is that gaining the ability to change the read-only vma of
> your own process should not be exploitable, so remove this TOCTOU read
> even though it's unexploitable without another Binder bug.
> 
> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
> Fixes: eafedbc7c050 ("rust_binder: add Rust Binder driver")
> Reported-by: Jann Horn <jannh@google.com>
> Reviewed-by: Jann Horn <jannh@google.com>
> Signed-off-by: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com>

Acked-by: Liam R. Howlett <Liam.Howlett@oracle.com>

> ---
>  drivers/android/binder/thread.rs | 17 ++++++-----------
>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/android/binder/thread.rs b/drivers/android/binder/thread.rs
> index 1f1709a6a77abc1c865cc9387e7ba7493448c71d..a81910f4cedf9bf485bf1cf954b95aee6c122cfd 100644
> --- a/drivers/android/binder/thread.rs
> +++ b/drivers/android/binder/thread.rs
> @@ -1016,12 +1016,9 @@ pub(crate) fn copy_transaction_data(
>  
>          // Copy offsets if there are any.
>          if offsets_size > 0 {
> -            {
> -                let mut reader =
> -                    UserSlice::new(UserPtr::from_addr(trd_data_ptr.offsets as _), offsets_size)
> -                        .reader();
> -                alloc.copy_into(&mut reader, aligned_data_size, offsets_size)?;
> -            }
> +            let mut offsets_reader =
> +                UserSlice::new(UserPtr::from_addr(trd_data_ptr.offsets as _), offsets_size)
> +                    .reader();
>  
>              let offsets_start = aligned_data_size;
>              let offsets_end = aligned_data_size + offsets_size;
> @@ -1042,11 +1039,9 @@ pub(crate) fn copy_transaction_data(
>                  .step_by(size_of::<u64>())
>                  .enumerate()
>              {
> -                let offset: usize = view
> -                    .alloc
> -                    .read::<u64>(index_offset)?
> -                    .try_into()
> -                    .map_err(|_| EINVAL)?;
> +                let offset = offsets_reader.read::<u64>()?;
> +                view.alloc.write(index_offset, &offset)?;
> +                let offset: usize = offset.try_into().map_err(|_| EINVAL)?;
>  
>                  if offset < end_of_previous_object || !is_aligned(offset, size_of::<u32>()) {
>                      pr_warn!("Got transaction with invalid offset.");
> 
> -- 
> 2.53.0.310.g728cabbaf7-goog
>