[PATCH 1/2] ima: Free IMA measurement buffer on error

IMA allocates kernel virtual memory to carry forward the measurement
list, from the current kernel to the next kernel on kexec system call,
in ima_add_kexec_buffer() function.  In error code paths this memory
is not freed resulting in memory leak.

Free the memory allocated for the IMA measurement list in
the error code paths in ima_add_kexec_buffer() function.

Signed-off-by: Lakshmi Ramasubramanian <redacted>
Suggested-by: Tyler Hicks <redacted>
Fixes: 7b8589cc29e7 ("ima: on soft reboot, save the measurement list")
---
 security/integrity/ima/ima_kexec.c | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/security/integrity/ima/ima_kexec.c b/security/integrity/ima/ima_kexec.c
index 121de3e04af2..212145008a01 100644
--- a/security/integrity/ima/ima_kexec.c
+++ b/security/integrity/ima/ima_kexec.c

@@ -119,12 +119,14 @@ void ima_add_kexec_buffer(struct kimage *image)
 	ret = kexec_add_buffer(&kbuf);
 	if (ret) {
 		pr_err("Error passing over kexec measurement buffer.\n");
+		vfree(kexec_buffer);
 		return;
 	}
 
 	ret = arch_ima_add_kexec_buffer(image, kbuf.mem, kexec_segment_size);
 	if (ret) {
 		pr_err("Error passing over kexec measurement buffer.\n");
+		vfree(kexec_buffer);
 		return;
 	}
 

-- 
2.30.0

IMA allocates kernel virtual memory to carry forward the measurement
list, from the current kernel to the next kernel on kexec system call,
in ima_add_kexec_buffer() function.  This buffer is not freed before
completing the kexec system call resulting in memory leak.

Add ima_buffer field in "struct kimage" to store the virtual address
of the buffer allocated for the IMA measurement list.
Free the memory allocated for the IMA measurement list in
kimage_file_post_load_cleanup() function.

Signed-off-by: Lakshmi Ramasubramanian <redacted>
Suggested-by: Tyler Hicks <redacted>
Fixes: 7b8589cc29e7 ("ima: on soft reboot, save the measurement list")
---
 include/linux/kexec.h              | 5 +++++
 kernel/kexec_file.c                | 5 +++++
 security/integrity/ima/ima_kexec.c | 2 ++
 3 files changed, 12 insertions(+)

diff --git a/include/linux/kexec.h b/include/linux/kexec.h
index 9e93bef52968..5f61389f5f36 100644
--- a/include/linux/kexec.h
+++ b/include/linux/kexec.h

@@ -300,6 +300,11 @@ struct kimage {
 	/* Information for loading purgatory */
 	struct purgatory_info purgatory_info;
 #endif
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_IMA_KEXEC
+	/* Virtual address of IMA measurement buffer for kexec syscall */
+	void *ima_buffer;
+#endif
 };
 
 /* kexec interface functions */

diff --git a/kernel/kexec_file.c b/kernel/kexec_file.c
index b02086d70492..5c3447cf7ad5 100644
--- a/kernel/kexec_file.c
+++ b/kernel/kexec_file.c

@@ -166,6 +166,11 @@ void kimage_file_post_load_cleanup(struct kimage *image)
 	vfree(pi->sechdrs);
 	pi->sechdrs = NULL;
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_IMA_KEXEC
+	vfree(image->ima_buffer);
+	image->ima_buffer = NULL;
+#endif /* CONFIG_IMA_KEXEC */
+
 	/* See if architecture has anything to cleanup post load */
 	arch_kimage_file_post_load_cleanup(image);
 

diff --git a/security/integrity/ima/ima_kexec.c b/security/integrity/ima/ima_kexec.c
index 212145008a01..8eadd0674629 100644
--- a/security/integrity/ima/ima_kexec.c
+++ b/security/integrity/ima/ima_kexec.c

@@ -130,6 +130,8 @@ void ima_add_kexec_buffer(struct kimage *image)
 		return;
 	}
 
+	image->ima_buffer = kexec_buffer;
+
 	pr_debug("kexec measurement buffer for the loaded kernel at 0x%lx.\n",
 		 kbuf.mem);
 }

-- 
2.30.0

On 2021-01-21 09:30:02, Lakshmi Ramasubramanian wrote:

IMA allocates kernel virtual memory to carry forward the measurement
list, from the current kernel to the next kernel on kexec system call,
in ima_add_kexec_buffer() function.  In error code paths this memory
is not freed resulting in memory leak.

Free the memory allocated for the IMA measurement list in
the error code paths in ima_add_kexec_buffer() function.

Signed-off-by: Lakshmi Ramasubramanian <redacted>
Suggested-by: Tyler Hicks <redacted>
Fixes: 7b8589cc29e7 ("ima: on soft reboot, save the measurement list")

Reviewed-by: Tyler Hicks <redacted>

Tyler

On 2021-01-21 09:30:03, Lakshmi Ramasubramanian wrote:

IMA allocates kernel virtual memory to carry forward the measurement
list, from the current kernel to the next kernel on kexec system call,
in ima_add_kexec_buffer() function.  This buffer is not freed before
completing the kexec system call resulting in memory leak.

Add ima_buffer field in "struct kimage" to store the virtual address
of the buffer allocated for the IMA measurement list.
Free the memory allocated for the IMA measurement list in
kimage_file_post_load_cleanup() function.

Signed-off-by: Lakshmi Ramasubramanian <redacted>
Suggested-by: Tyler Hicks <redacted>
Fixes: 7b8589cc29e7 ("ima: on soft reboot, save the measurement list")

Reviewed-by: Tyler Hicks <redacted>

Tyler

Hi Lakshmi,

Lakshmi Ramasubramanian [off-list ref] writes:

This is a good catch.

 
 	ret = arch_ima_add_kexec_buffer(image, kbuf.mem, kexec_segment_size);
 	if (ret) {
 		pr_err("Error passing over kexec measurement buffer.\n");
+		vfree(kexec_buffer);
 		return;
 	}

But this would cause problems, because the buffer is still there in the
kimage and would cause kimage_load_segment() to access invalid memory.

There's no function to undo a kexec_add_buffer() to avoid this problem,
so I'd suggest just accepting the leak in this case. Fortunately, the
current implementations of arch_ima_add_kexec_buffer() are very simple
and cannot fail, so this is a theoretical problem.

-- 
Thiago Jung Bauermann
IBM Linux Technology Center

Lakshmi Ramasubramanian [off-list ref] writes:

IMA allocates kernel virtual memory to carry forward the measurement
list, from the current kernel to the next kernel on kexec system call,
in ima_add_kexec_buffer() function.  This buffer is not freed before
completing the kexec system call resulting in memory leak.

Add ima_buffer field in "struct kimage" to store the virtual address
of the buffer allocated for the IMA measurement list.
Free the memory allocated for the IMA measurement list in
kimage_file_post_load_cleanup() function.

Signed-off-by: Lakshmi Ramasubramanian <redacted>
Suggested-by: Tyler Hicks <redacted>
Fixes: 7b8589cc29e7 ("ima: on soft reboot, save the measurement list")

Good catch.

Reviewed-by: Thiago Jung Bauermann <redacted>

-- 
Thiago Jung Bauermann
IBM Linux Technology Center

On 1/22/21 2:31 PM, Thiago Jung Bauermann wrote:

Lakshmi Ramasubramanian [off-list ref] writes:

quoted

IMA allocates kernel virtual memory to carry forward the measurement
list, from the current kernel to the next kernel on kexec system call,
in ima_add_kexec_buffer() function.  This buffer is not freed before
completing the kexec system call resulting in memory leak.

Add ima_buffer field in "struct kimage" to store the virtual address
of the buffer allocated for the IMA measurement list.
Free the memory allocated for the IMA measurement list in
kimage_file_post_load_cleanup() function.

Signed-off-by: Lakshmi Ramasubramanian <redacted>
Suggested-by: Tyler Hicks <redacted>
Fixes: 7b8589cc29e7 ("ima: on soft reboot, save the measurement list")

Good catch.

Reviewed-by: Thiago Jung Bauermann <redacted>

Thanks Thiago.

  -lakshmi

On 1/22/21 2:30 PM, Thiago Jung Bauermann wrote:

Hi Lakshmi,

Lakshmi Ramasubramanian [off-list ref] writes:

quoted

IMA allocates kernel virtual memory to carry forward the measurement
list, from the current kernel to the next kernel on kexec system call,
in ima_add_kexec_buffer() function.  In error code paths this memory
is not freed resulting in memory leak.

Free the memory allocated for the IMA measurement list in
the error code paths in ima_add_kexec_buffer() function.

Signed-off-by: Lakshmi Ramasubramanian <redacted>
Suggested-by: Tyler Hicks <redacted>
Fixes: 7b8589cc29e7 ("ima: on soft reboot, save the measurement list")
---
  security/integrity/ima/ima_kexec.c | 2 ++
  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/security/integrity/ima/ima_kexec.c b/security/integrity/ima/ima_kexec.c
index 121de3e04af2..212145008a01 100644
--- a/security/integrity/ima/ima_kexec.c
+++ b/security/integrity/ima/ima_kexec.c

@@ -119,12 +119,14 @@ void ima_add_kexec_buffer(struct kimage *image)
  	ret = kexec_add_buffer(&kbuf);
  	if (ret) {
  		pr_err("Error passing over kexec measurement buffer.\n");
+		vfree(kexec_buffer);
  		return;
  	}

This is a good catch.

Thanks.

quoted

  
  	ret = arch_ima_add_kexec_buffer(image, kbuf.mem, kexec_segment_size);
  	if (ret) {
  		pr_err("Error passing over kexec measurement buffer.\n");
+		vfree(kexec_buffer);
  		return;
  	}

But this would cause problems, because the buffer is still there in the
kimage and would cause kimage_load_segment() to access invalid memory.

There's no function to undo a kexec_add_buffer() to avoid this problem,
so I'd suggest just accepting the leak in this case. Fortunately, the
current implementations of arch_ima_add_kexec_buffer() are very simple
and cannot fail, so this is a theoretical problem.

Agreed. I'll post a new patch with the above change removed.

thanks,
  -lakshmi