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authorNorbert Szetei <norbert@doyensec.com>2026-08-22 14:29:00 +0200
committerMickaël Salaün <mic@digikod.net>2026-09-07 12:01:47 +0200
commit2c6dc792538260a8087ac5b22c31b3b8e47c85d6 (patch)
treea3aefce1abcb0094ae90e3c3e3aae950f7433caa
parentdf2908090cda368b01ff43709f51890076c56157 (diff)
landlock: Fix use-after-free of the source's parent directory
current_check_refer_path() reads old_dentry->d_parent without holding a reference nor a lock on it, and then dereferences it in collect_domain_accesses() and in the audit record. A reference on a child does not pin its parent: __d_move() reassigns dentry->d_parent and drops the reference the child held on its former parent. hook_path_rename() is not affected because the rename path calls lock_rename() before the hook, so the source cannot be reparented under it. hook_path_link() has no such protection: filename_linkat() holds a reference on the source dentry but neither locks nor references its parent, so a concurrent rename(2) can reparent the source while security_path_link() runs, and the former parent can then be removed and freed while the hook walks it. A process can trigger this after entering a Landlock domain that handles at least one filesystem access right. The process can then race a linkat(2) loop against rename(2) and rmdir(2): BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in collect_domain_accesses+0x278/0x290 Read of size 4 at addr ffff888160bd53f4 by task llrepro2/549 collect_domain_accesses+0x278/0x290 current_check_refer_path+0x952/0x1120 security_path_link+0x1be/0x320 filename_linkat+0x342/0x6d0 __x64_sys_linkat+0xfa/0x150 Freed by task 562: kmem_cache_free+0x139/0x4c0 i_callback+0x4b/0x80 rcu_core+0x7dc/0x10a0 Take a reference on the dentry selected as the source parent, using dget() for the common-mount-root case and dget_parent() otherwise. Release it after the hierarchy walk and synchronous audit logging. Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Fixes: b91c3e4ea756 ("landlock: Add support for file reparenting with LANDLOCK_ACCESS_FS_REFER") Signed-off-by: Norbert Szetei <norbert@doyensec.com> Reviewed-by: Günther Noack <gnoack3000@gmail.com> Tested-by: Günther Noack <gnoack3000@gmail.com> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/E9CDD9E6-E960-4DE2-B1AC-5667D52ABB3E@doyensec.com [mic: Clarify the caller, reachability, and reference handling] Signed-off-by: Mickaël Salaün <mic@digikod.net>
-rw-r--r--security/landlock/fs.c18
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/security/landlock/fs.c b/security/landlock/fs.c
index 30aa6ce13590..330a1871bf94 100644
--- a/security/landlock/fs.c
+++ b/security/landlock/fs.c
@@ -1298,11 +1298,12 @@ static int current_check_refer_path(struct dentry *const old_dentry,
/*
* old_dentry may be the root of the common mount point and
* !IS_ROOT(old_dentry) at the same time (e.g. with open_tree() and
- * OPEN_TREE_CLONE). We do not need to call dget(old_parent) because
- * we keep a reference to old_dentry.
+ * OPEN_TREE_CLONE). Pin the dentry used as old_parent in either case.
+ * Otherwise, dget_parent() safely fetches and pins the current parent
+ * against a concurrent rename(2).
*/
- old_parent = (old_dentry == mnt_dir.dentry) ? old_dentry :
- old_dentry->d_parent;
+ old_parent = (old_dentry == mnt_dir.dentry) ? dget(old_dentry) :
+ dget_parent(old_dentry);
/* new_dir->dentry is equal to new_dentry->d_parent */
allow_parent1 = collect_domain_accesses(subject->domain, mnt_dir.dentry,
@@ -1311,8 +1312,10 @@ static int current_check_refer_path(struct dentry *const old_dentry,
allow_parent2 = collect_domain_accesses(subject->domain, mnt_dir.dentry,
new_dir->dentry,
&layer_masks_parent2);
- if (allow_parent1 && allow_parent2)
+ if (allow_parent1 && allow_parent2) {
+ dput(old_parent);
return 0;
+ }
/*
* To be able to compare source and destination domain access rights,
@@ -1324,8 +1327,10 @@ static int current_check_refer_path(struct dentry *const old_dentry,
subject->domain, &mnt_dir, access_request_parent1,
&layer_masks_parent1, &request1, old_dentry,
access_request_parent2, &layer_masks_parent2, &request2,
- exchange ? new_dentry : NULL))
+ exchange ? new_dentry : NULL)) {
+ dput(old_parent);
return 0;
+ }
if (request1.access) {
request1.audit.u.path.dentry = old_parent;
@@ -1335,6 +1340,7 @@ static int current_check_refer_path(struct dentry *const old_dentry,
request2.audit.u.path.dentry = new_dir->dentry;
landlock_log_denial(subject, &request2);
}
+ dput(old_parent);
/*
* This prioritizes EACCES over EXDEV for all actions, including