From: Fan Wu <wufan@kernel.org>
To: linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org
Cc: paul@paul-moore.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] ipe: fix use-after-free when auditing a newly loaded policy
Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2026 20:13:48 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260923031349.1216431-2-wufan@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260923031349.1216431-1-wufan@kernel.org>
new_policy() audits the policy after ipe_new_policyfs_node() publishes it
and drops the new directory's inode lock. A concurrent delete can free
the policy while ipe_audit_policy_load() is still using it.
Audit the successful load under that lock.
Fixes: f44554b5067b ("audit,ipe: add IPE auditing support")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Assisted-by: claude-opus-5.5
Signed-off-by: Fan Wu <wufan@kernel.org>
---
security/ipe/fs.c | 8 +++-----
security/ipe/policy_fs.c | 3 +++
2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/security/ipe/fs.c b/security/ipe/fs.c
index 076c111c85c8..847a76afb93d 100644
--- a/security/ipe/fs.c
+++ b/security/ipe/fs.c
@@ -159,18 +159,16 @@ static ssize_t new_policy(struct file *f, const char __user *data,
}
rc = ipe_new_policyfs_node(p);
- if (rc)
- goto out;
out:
kfree(copy);
if (rc < 0) {
ipe_free_policy(p);
ipe_audit_policy_load(ERR_PTR(rc));
- } else {
- ipe_audit_policy_load(p);
+ return rc;
}
- return (rc < 0) ? rc : len;
+
+ return len;
}
static const struct file_operations np_fops = {
diff --git a/security/ipe/policy_fs.c b/security/ipe/policy_fs.c
index 9d92d8a14b13..a7aeb57483c6 100644
--- a/security/ipe/policy_fs.c
+++ b/security/ipe/policy_fs.c
@@ -481,6 +481,9 @@ int ipe_new_policyfs_node(struct ipe_policy *p)
inode_lock(root);
p->policyfs = policyfs;
root->i_private = p;
+ /* Only audit signed policies from userspace */
+ if (p->pkcs7)
+ ipe_audit_policy_load(p);
inode_unlock(root);
return 0;
--
2.55.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-09-23 3:13 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-23 3:13 [PATCH 0/2] ipe: fix two use-after-frees Fan Wu
2026-09-23 3:13 ` Fan Wu [this message]
2026-09-23 3:13 ` [PATCH 2/2] ipe: protect the dm-verity root hash with RCU Fan Wu
2026-09-23 3:37 ` [PATCH 0/2] ipe: fix two use-after-frees Fan Wu
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