Re: SECURITY PROBLEM: filesystem permiossion bypass on FD already opened

[Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>]

On Fri 2009-10-23 22:44:44, Marcin Slusarz wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 10:00:47PM +0200, NiTRo wrote:
> > Hi to all,
> >     Sorry for my bad english.
> >     Just discovered this security problem on my Suse 11 (Linux xxxx
> 
> You did not.
> http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/10/23/159

Actually, no, this is something different... and old/known AFAICT.

> > 2.6.25.18-0.2-pae #1 SMP 2008-10-21 16:30:26 +0200 i686 i686 i386
> > GNU/Linux) and my Slackware 10.1.0 (Linux xxxx 2.4.29-ow1 #1 Wed Feb 2
> > 00:05:42 CET 2005 i586 unknown unknown GNU/Linux) with OpenWall patch.
> > If a FD is opened on a allowed file and then the permission is changed
> > the file is still redeable starting from the already read position to
> > the EOF.
> > 
> > This is the scenario:
> > 
> > <root> creates a file /tmp/aaaa with 666 permission an with the "test"
> > string inside it
> >         xxx:/tmp # echo test > /tmp/aaaa
> >         xxx:/tmp # chmod 666 /tmp/aaaa
> > <sb> opens this file hooking it in a shell as FD number 3
> >         sb@xxx:~> bash 3< /tmp/aaaa
> > <sb> read and prints it
> >         sb@xxx:~> read a <&3
> >         sb@xxx:~> echo $a
> >         test
> >         sb@xxx:~>
> > ...anythig as expected...
> > <root> changes the permissions on file to 600 and changes its content
> > into "test o.o I cannot believe it..."
> >         xxx:/tmp # chmod 600 /tmp/aaaa
> >         xxx:/tmp # echo "test o.o I cannot believe it..." > /tmp/aaaa
> > <sb> continue to try reading the file
> >         sb@xxx:~> read a <&3
> >         sb@xxx:~> echo $a
> >         o.o I cannot believe it...
> >         sb@test:~>
> > ... and this is not expected...


Really? I'd expect it. I have file open for reading, you wrote
something new to it, so I can read it back. What is the problem?
									Pavel
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