CVE-2017-17807 (published 2017-12-20T23:29Z)

The KEYS subsystem in the Linux kernel before 4.14.6 omitted an access-control check when adding a key to the current task\'s "default request-key keyring" via the request_key() system call, allowing a local user to use a sequence of crafted system calls to add keys to a keyring with only Search permission (not Write permission) to that keyring, related to construct_get_dest_keyring() in security/keys/request_key.c.

Severity: LOW
CVSS v2 base score: 2.1 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
CVSS v3 base score: 3.3, LOW (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)

Weakness information:
cwe_id: CWE-862
cwe_name: Missing Authorization
description: The product does not perform an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action.
extended_description: 
            Assuming a user with a given identity, authorization is the process of determining whether that user can access a given resource, based on the user's privileges and any permissions or other access-control specifications that apply to the resource.
            When access control checks are not applied, users are able to access data or perform actions that they should not be allowed to perform. This can lead to a wide range of problems, including information exposures, denial of service, and arbitrary code execution.
         
         

Fix information:
repo_url: https://github.com/torvalds/linux
commit_details: repo_url: https://github.com/torvalds/linux
author: Eric Biggers
author_date: 2017-12-08 15:13:27+00:00
msg: KEYS: add missing permission check for request_key() destination

When the request_key() syscall is not passed a destination keyring, it
links the requested key (if constructed) into the "default" request-key
keyring.  This should require Write permission to the keyring.  However,
there is actually no permission check.

This can be abused to add keys to any keyring to which only Search
permission is granted.  This is because Search permission allows joining
the keyring.  keyctl_set_reqkey_keyring(KEY_REQKEY_DEFL_SESSION_KEYRING)
then will set the default request-key keyring to the session keyring.
Then, request_key() can be used to add keys to the keyring.

Both negatively and positively instantiated keys can be added using this
method.  Adding negative keys is trivial.  Adding a positive key is a
bit trickier.  It requires that either /sbin/request-key positively
instantiates the key, or that another thread adds the key to the process
keyring at just the right time, such that request_key() misses it
initially but then finds it in construct_alloc_key().

Fix this bug by checking for Write permission to the keyring in
construct_get_dest_keyring() when the default keyring is being used.

We don't do the permission check for non-default keyrings because that
was already done by the earlier call to lookup_user_key().  Also,
request_key_and_link() is currently passed a 'struct key *' rather than
a key_ref_t, so the "possessed" bit is unavailable.

We also don't do the permission check for the "requestor keyring", to
continue to support the use case described by commit 8bbf4976b59f
("KEYS: Alter use of key instantiation link-to-keyring argument") where
/sbin/request-key recursively calls request_key() to add keys to the
original requestor's destination keyring.  (I don't know of any users
who actually do that, though...)

Fixes: 3e30148c3d52 ("[PATCH] Keys: Make request-key create an authorisation key")
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>	# v2.6.13+
Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@google.com>
Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
repository: repo_url: https://github.com/torvalds/linux
repo_name: torvalds/linux
description: Linux kernel source tree
repo_language: C
owner: torvalds
file_changes: filename: request_key.c
change_type: ModificationType.MODIFY
diff: @@ -251,11 +251,12 @@ static int construct_key(struct key *key, const void *callout_info,
  * The keyring selected is returned with an extra reference upon it which the
  * caller must release.
  */
-static void construct_get_dest_keyring(struct key **_dest_keyring)
+static int construct_get_dest_keyring(struct key **_dest_keyring)
 {
 	struct request_key_auth *rka;
 	const struct cred *cred = current_cred();
 	struct key *dest_keyring = *_dest_keyring, *authkey;
+	int ret;
 
 	kenter("%p", dest_keyring);
 
@@ -264,6 +265,8 @@ static void construct_get_dest_keyring(struct key **_dest_keyring)
 		/* the caller supplied one */
 		key_get(dest_keyring);
 	} else {
+		bool do_perm_check = true;
+
 		/* use a default keyring; falling through the cases until we
 		 * find one that we actually have */
 		switch (cred->jit_keyring) {
@@ -278,8 +281,10 @@ static void construct_get_dest_keyring(struct key **_dest_keyring)
 					dest_keyring =
 						key_get(rka->dest_keyring);
 				up_read(&authkey->sem);
-				if (dest_keyring)
+				if (dest_keyring) {
+					do_perm_check = false;
 					break;
+				}
 			}
 
 		case KEY_REQKEY_DEFL_THREAD_KEYRING:
@@ -314,11 +319,29 @@ static void construct_get_dest_keyring(struct key **_dest_keyring)
 		default:
 			BUG();
 		}
+
+		/*
+		 * Require Write permission on the keyring.  This is essential
+		 * because the default keyring may be the session keyring, and
+		 * joining a keyring only requires Search permission.
+		 *
+		 * However, this check is skipped for the "requestor keyring" so
+		 * that /sbin/request-key can itself use request_key() to add
+		 * keys to the original requestor's destination keyring.
+		 */
+		if (dest_keyring && do_perm_check) {
+			ret = key_permission(make_key_ref(dest_keyring, 1),
+					     KEY_NEED_WRITE);
+			if (ret) {
+				key_put(dest_keyring);
+				return ret;
+			}
+		}
 	}
 
 	*_dest_keyring = dest_keyring;
 	kleave(" [dk %d]", key_serial(dest_keyring));
-	return;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -444,11 +467,15 @@ static struct key *construct_key_and_link(struct keyring_search_context *ctx,
 	if (ctx->index_key.type == &key_type_keyring)
 		return ERR_PTR(-EPERM);
 
-	user = key_user_lookup(current_fsuid());
-	if (!user)
-		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+	ret = construct_get_dest_keyring(&dest_keyring);
+	if (ret)
+		goto error;
 
-	construct_get_dest_keyring(&dest_keyring);
+	user = key_user_lookup(current_fsuid());
+	if (!user) {
+		ret = -ENOMEM;
+		goto error_put_dest_keyring;
+	}
 
 	ret = construct_alloc_key(ctx, dest_keyring, flags, user, &key);
 	key_user_put(user);
@@ -463,7 +490,7 @@ static struct key *construct_key_and_link(struct keyring_search_context *ctx,
 	} else if (ret == -EINPROGRESS) {
 		ret = 0;
 	} else {
-		goto couldnt_alloc_key;
+		goto error_put_dest_keyring;
 	}
 
 	key_put(dest_keyring);
@@ -473,8 +500,9 @@ static struct key *construct_key_and_link(struct keyring_search_context *ctx,
 construction_failed:
 	key_negate_and_link(key, key_negative_timeout, NULL, NULL);
 	key_put(key);
-couldnt_alloc_key:
+error_put_dest_keyring:
 	key_put(dest_keyring);
+error:
 	kleave(" = %d", ret);
 	return ERR_PTR(ret);
 }

programming_language: C