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Bug 1905208 - CVE-2020-35513 kernel: fix nfsd failure to clear umask after processing an open or create [rhel-7]
Summary: CVE-2020-35513 kernel: fix nfsd failure to clear umask after processing an op...
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Classification: Red Hat
Component: kernel
Version: 7.9
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
low
low
Target Milestone: rc
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Assignee: J. Bruce Fields
QA Contact: Murphy Zhou
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: 1903303 1911634 1911635 1911636 (view as bug list)
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Blocks: 1904388 CVE-2020-35513 1911634
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Reported: 2020-12-07 18:14 UTC by J. Bruce Fields
Modified: 2024-03-25 17:26 UTC (History)
8 users (show)

Fixed In Version: kernel-3.10.0-1160.14.1.el7
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Last Closed: 2021-02-02 12:00:57 UTC
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Red Hat Bugzilla 1903303 1 None None None 2021-01-20 06:05:38 UTC
Red Hat Knowledge Base (Solution) 6543951 0 None None None 2022-05-04 21:00:11 UTC

Description J. Bruce Fields 2020-12-07 18:14:00 UTC 
A new attribute was added to NFSv4.2 allowing clients to pass create mode and umask separately when creating new objects.  The server implemented tihs by setting the process umask before calling into the vfs to create the object.  Unfortunately, the server forgot to clear the umask afterwards.  The effect is that a later RPC processed by the same server thread could set the wrong permissions on a newly-created object.

The incorrect permissions will always be more restrictive than necessary, which may limit security impact.  Also, I don't think we've seen reports of users running into this.  Still, it seems like a pretty bad bug, affecting RHEL since 7.4.

Fixed by b5396f6101cb "nfsd: fix incorrect umasks", which backports easily.
Comment 3 J. Bruce Fields 2020-12-08 18:04:25 UTC 
*** Bug 1903303 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 4 J. Bruce Fields 2020-12-08 18:11:32 UTC 
(In reply to J. Bruce Fields from comment #0)
> Also, I don't think we've seen reports of
> users running into this.

I take that back, see bug 1903303.

To reproduce this you need client processes using a mixture of different umasks, I wonder how frequent that is in typical environments.  You also need a mixture of 4.2 and non-4.2 clients.  I think we'll be seeing more of this as people upgrade.  So this should be backported to z-stream.
Comment 5 Rik Theys 2020-12-08 20:47:16 UTC 
Hi,

(In reply to J. Bruce Fields from comment #10 of bug 1903303)
> > That could explain why I couldn't trigger it on another server. The 4.2
> > traffic setting the umask must be hitting the server at the right time to
> > trigger this?
> 
> Right.  A non-NFSv4.2 create may end up applying the umask of a previous
> NFSv4.2 create.

If that's really what is happening, it's strange that the resulting umask getting applied is always removing access for the owner of the file. That's a _very_ unlikely umask to be using, no?
In my case, the resulting permissions were 0. I really doubt any of our users is using a umask that removes their own permissions and is generating enough traffic to trigger this so easily. Or am I missing something?

So while it seems plausible it's this bug, I'm not 100% convinced.

In our environment, users access their home directory over NFS so having a mixture of umasks is not that unlikely. We have clients running CentOS 7, 8 and Fedora, so different NFS versions.


Regards,
Rik
Comment 7 J. Bruce Fields 2020-12-09 15:13:40 UTC 
(In reply to Rik Theys from comment #5)
> (In reply to J. Bruce Fields from comment #10 of bug 1903303)
> > Right.  A non-NFSv4.2 create may end up applying the umask of a previous
> > NFSv4.2 create.
> 
> If that's really what is happening, it's strange that the resulting umask
> getting applied is always removing access for the owner of the file. That's
> a _very_ unlikely umask to be using, no?

Traditionally (before the new NFSv4.2 feature), the client applies the umask before it sends the OPEN or CREATE.  With this bug, the server is applying a *second* umask, masking out additional bits.

> In our environment, users access their home directory over NFS so having a
> mixture of umasks is not that unlikely. We have clients running CentOS 7, 8
> and Fedora, so different NFS versions.

Thanks for the additional background.
Comment 11 Augusto Caringi 2020-12-21 21:05:08 UTC 
Patch(es) committed on kernel-3.10.0-1160.14.1.el7
Comment 18 Alex 2021-01-24 11:44:13 UTC 
*** Bug 1911634 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 19 Alex 2021-01-24 11:46:42 UTC 
*** Bug 1911635 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 20 Alex 2021-01-24 11:47:59 UTC 
*** Bug 1911636 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 24 errata-xmlrpc 2021-02-02 12:00:57 UTC 
Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory (Moderate: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update), and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:0336
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