FreeBSD Security Advisory: FreeBSD-SA-98:02.mmap
FreeBSD Security Officer
security-officer at FreeBSD.ORG
Thu Mar 12 11:47:46 PST 1998
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FreeBSD-SA-98:02 Security Advisory
FreeBSD, Inc.
Topic: security compromise via mmap
Category: core
Module: kernel
Announced: 1998-03-12
Affects: FreeBSD 2.2.*, FreeBSD-stable and FreeBSD-current
before 1998/03/11 suffer from this problem.
Corrected: FreeBSD-current as of 1998/03/11
FreeBSD-stable as of 1998/03/11
FreeBSD only: no (also other 4.4BSD based systems may be affected)
Patches: ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/CERT/patches/SA-98:02/
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IMPORTANT MESSAGE: The FreeBSD advisory archive has moved from
ftp://freebsd.org/pub/CERT to ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/CERT
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I. Background
The 4.4BSD VM system allows files to be "memory mapped", which
causes the specified contents of a file to be made available
to a process via its address space. Manipulations of that file
can then be performed simply by manipulating memory, rather
than using filesystem I/O calls. This technique is used to
simplify code, speed up access to files, and provide interprocess
communication.
II. Problem Description
Due to a 4.4BSD VM system problem, it is possible to memory-map
a read-only descriptor to a character device in read-write
mode.
III. Impact
The hole can be used by members of group kmem to gain superuser
privileges. It also allows the superuser to lower the system
securelevel.
IV. Workaround
No workaround is known.
V. Solution
Apply one of the following patches, rebuild your kernel,
install it and reboot your system.
The patches below can be found on
ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/CERT/patches/SA-98:02/
Patch for 3.0-current systems:
Index: vm_mmap.c
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RCS file: /home/cvsup/freebsd/CVS/src/sys/vm/vm_mmap.c,v
retrieving revision 1.74
diff -u -r1.74 vm_mmap.c
--- vm_mmap.c 1998/03/07 21:37:01 1.74
+++ vm_mmap.c 1998/03/10 21:51:30
@@ -162,6 +162,7 @@
vm_prot_t prot, maxprot;
void *handle;
int flags, error;
+ int disablexworkaround;
off_t pos;
addr = (vm_offset_t) uap->addr;
@@ -252,6 +253,26 @@
pos = 0;
} else {
/*
+ * cdevs does not provide private mappings of any kind.
+ */
+ /*
+ * However, for XIG X server to continue to work,
+ * we should allow the superuser to do it anyway.
+ * We only allow it at securelevel < 1.
+ * (Because the XIG X server writes directly to video
+ * memory via /dev/mem, it should never work at any
+ * other securelevel.
+ * XXX this will have to go
+ */
+ if (securelevel >= 1)
+ disablexworkaround = 1;
+ else
+ disablexworkaround = suser(p->p_ucred,
+ &p->p_acflag);
+ if (vp->v_type == VCHR && disablexworkaround &&
+ (flags & (MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_COPY)))
+ return (EINVAL);
+ /*
* Ensure that file and memory protections are
* compatible. Note that we only worry about
* writability if mapping is shared; in this case,
@@ -265,12 +286,20 @@
maxprot |= VM_PROT_READ;
else if (prot & PROT_READ)
return (EACCES);
- if (flags & MAP_SHARED) {
- if (fp->f_flag & FWRITE)
- maxprot |= VM_PROT_WRITE;
- else if (prot & PROT_WRITE)
- return (EACCES);
- } else
+ /*
+ * If we are sharing potential changes (either via
+ * MAP_SHARED or via the implicit sharing of character
+ * device mappings), and we are trying to get write
+ * permission although we opened it without asking
+ * for it, bail out. Check for superuser, only if
+ * we're at securelevel < 1, to allow the XIG X server
+ * to continue to work.
+ */
+ if (((flags & MAP_SHARED) != 0 ||
+ (vp->v_type == VCHR && disablexworkaround)) &&
+ (fp->f_flag & FWRITE) == 0 && (prot & PROT_WRITE) != 0)
+ return (EACCES);
+ else
maxprot |= VM_PROT_WRITE;
handle = (void *)vp;
}
Patch for 2.2 systems:
Index: vm_mmap.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /home/cvsup/freebsd/CVS/src/sys/vm/vm_mmap.c,v
retrieving revision 1.53.2.2
diff -u -r1.53.2.2 vm_mmap.c
--- vm_mmap.c 1997/03/25 04:54:29 1.53.2.2
+++ vm_mmap.c 1998/03/10 21:50:46
@@ -157,6 +157,9 @@
vm_prot_t prot, maxprot;
caddr_t handle;
int flags, error;
+ int disablexworkaround;
+
+ addr = (vm_offset_t) uap->addr;
prot = uap->prot & VM_PROT_ALL;
flags = uap->flags;
@@ -230,6 +233,26 @@
flags |= MAP_ANON;
} else {
/*
+ * cdevs does not provide private mappings of any kind.
+ */
+ /*
+ * However, for XIG X server to continue to work,
+ * we should allow the superuser to do it anyway.
+ * We only allow it at securelevel < 1.
+ * (Because the XIG X server writes directly to video
+ * memory via /dev/mem, it should never work at any
+ * other securelevel.
+ * XXX this will have to go
+ */
+ if (securelevel >= 1)
+ disablexworkaround = 1;
+ else
+ disablexworkaround = suser(p->p_ucred,
+ &p->p_acflag);
+ if (vp->v_type == VCHR && disablexworkaround &&
+ (flags & (MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_COPY)))
+ return (EINVAL);
+ /*
* Ensure that file and memory protections are
* compatible. Note that we only worry about
* writability if mapping is shared; in this case,
@@ -243,12 +266,20 @@
maxprot |= VM_PROT_READ;
else if (prot & PROT_READ)
return (EACCES);
- if (flags & MAP_SHARED) {
- if (fp->f_flag & FWRITE)
- maxprot |= VM_PROT_WRITE;
- else if (prot & PROT_WRITE)
- return (EACCES);
- } else
+ /*
+ * If we are sharing potential changes (either via
+ * MAP_SHARED or via the implicit sharing of character
+ * device mappings), and we are trying to get write
+ * permission although we opened it without asking
+ * for it, bail out. Check for superuser, only if
+ * we're at securelevel < 1, to allow the XIG X server
+ * to continue to work.
+ */
+ if (((flags & MAP_SHARED) != 0 ||
+ (vp->v_type == VCHR && disablexworkaround)) &&
+ (fp->f_flag & FWRITE) == 0 && (prot & PROT_WRITE) != 0)
+ return (EACCES);
+ else
maxprot |= VM_PROT_WRITE;
handle = (caddr_t) vp;
}
VI. Thanks
This advisory is based on the OpenBSD Security Advisory, dated
February 20 2, 1998. Thanks to "Thomas H. Ptacek" <tqbf at enteract.com>
for allowing this.
Thanks to "Cy Schubert" <cschuber at uumail.gov.bc.ca> for porting the
OpenBSD patch to FreeBSD.
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FreeBSD, Inc.
Web Site: http://www.freebsd.org/
Confidential contacts: security-officer at freebsd.org
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Notice: Any patches in this document may not apply cleanly due to
modifications caused by digital signature or mailer software.
Please reference the URL listed at the top of this document
for original copies of all patches if necessary.
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