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<title>block: fail SCSI passthrough ioctls on partition devices</title>
<updated>2012-02-11T14:40:55+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Paolo Bonzini</name>
<email>pbonzini@redhat.com</email>
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<published>2012-01-17T04:07:02+00:00</published>
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commit 0bfc96cb77224736dfa35c3c555d37b3646ef35e upstream.

[ Changes with respect to 3.3: return -ENOTTY from scsi_verify_blk_ioctl
  and -ENOIOCTLCMD from sd_compat_ioctl. ]

Linux allows executing the SG_IO ioctl on a partition or LVM volume, and
will pass the command to the underlying block device.  This is
well-known, but it is also a large security problem when (via Unix
permissions, ACLs, SELinux or a combination thereof) a program or user
needs to be granted access only to part of the disk.

This patch lets partitions forward a small set of harmless ioctls;
others are logged with printk so that we can see which ioctls are
actually sent.  In my tests only CDROM_GET_CAPABILITY actually occurred.
Of course it was being sent to a (partition on a) hard disk, so it would
have failed with ENOTTY and the patch isn't changing anything in
practice.  Still, I'm treating it specially to avoid spamming the logs.

In principle, this restriction should include programs running with
CAP_SYS_RAWIO.  If for example I let a program access /dev/sda2 and
/dev/sdb, it still should not be able to read/write outside the
boundaries of /dev/sda2 independent of the capabilities.  However, for
now programs with CAP_SYS_RAWIO will still be allowed to send the
ioctls.  Their actions will still be logged.

This patch does not affect the non-libata IDE driver.  That driver
however already tests for bd != bd-&gt;bd_contains before issuing some
ioctl; it could be restricted further to forbid these ioctls even for
programs running with CAP_SYS_ADMIN/CAP_SYS_RAWIO.

Cc: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Jens Axboe &lt;axboe@kernel.dk&gt;
Cc: James Bottomley &lt;JBottomley@parallels.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini &lt;pbonzini@redhat.com&gt;
[ Make it also print the command name when warning - Linus ]
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
[bwh: Backport to 2.6.32 - ENOIOCTLCMD does not get converted to
 ENOTTY, so we must return ENOTTY directly]
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings &lt;ben@decadent.org.uk&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;

Signed-off-by: Willy Tarreau &lt;w@1wt.eu&gt;
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commit 0bfc96cb77224736dfa35c3c555d37b3646ef35e upstream.

[ Changes with respect to 3.3: return -ENOTTY from scsi_verify_blk_ioctl
  and -ENOIOCTLCMD from sd_compat_ioctl. ]

Linux allows executing the SG_IO ioctl on a partition or LVM volume, and
will pass the command to the underlying block device.  This is
well-known, but it is also a large security problem when (via Unix
permissions, ACLs, SELinux or a combination thereof) a program or user
needs to be granted access only to part of the disk.

This patch lets partitions forward a small set of harmless ioctls;
others are logged with printk so that we can see which ioctls are
actually sent.  In my tests only CDROM_GET_CAPABILITY actually occurred.
Of course it was being sent to a (partition on a) hard disk, so it would
have failed with ENOTTY and the patch isn't changing anything in
practice.  Still, I'm treating it specially to avoid spamming the logs.

In principle, this restriction should include programs running with
CAP_SYS_RAWIO.  If for example I let a program access /dev/sda2 and
/dev/sdb, it still should not be able to read/write outside the
boundaries of /dev/sda2 independent of the capabilities.  However, for
now programs with CAP_SYS_RAWIO will still be allowed to send the
ioctls.  Their actions will still be logged.

This patch does not affect the non-libata IDE driver.  That driver
however already tests for bd != bd-&gt;bd_contains before issuing some
ioctl; it could be restricted further to forbid these ioctls even for
programs running with CAP_SYS_ADMIN/CAP_SYS_RAWIO.

Cc: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Jens Axboe &lt;axboe@kernel.dk&gt;
Cc: James Bottomley &lt;JBottomley@parallels.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini &lt;pbonzini@redhat.com&gt;
[ Make it also print the command name when warning - Linus ]
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
[bwh: Backport to 2.6.32 - ENOIOCTLCMD does not get converted to
 ENOTTY, so we must return ENOTTY directly]
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings &lt;ben@decadent.org.uk&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;

Signed-off-by: Willy Tarreau &lt;w@1wt.eu&gt;
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<entry>
<title>block: add and use scsi_blk_cmd_ioctl</title>
<updated>2012-02-11T14:40:54+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Paolo Bonzini</name>
<email>pbonzini@redhat.com</email>
</author>
<published>2012-01-12T15:01:27+00:00</published>
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commit 577ebb374c78314ac4617242f509e2f5e7156649 upstream.

Introduce a wrapper around scsi_cmd_ioctl that takes a block device.

The function will then be enhanced to detect partition block devices
and, in that case, subject the ioctls to whitelisting.

Cc: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Jens Axboe &lt;axboe@kernel.dk&gt;
Cc: James Bottomley &lt;JBottomley@parallels.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini &lt;pbonzini@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@suse.de&gt;
[bwh: Backport to 2.6.32 - adjust context]
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings &lt;ben@decadent.org.uk&gt;
[wt: slightly changed the interface to match 2.6.27's scsi_cmd_ioctl()
     which still needs the file pointer but has no mode parameter].

Signed-off-by: Willy Tarreau &lt;w@1wt.eu&gt;
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commit 577ebb374c78314ac4617242f509e2f5e7156649 upstream.

Introduce a wrapper around scsi_cmd_ioctl that takes a block device.

The function will then be enhanced to detect partition block devices
and, in that case, subject the ioctls to whitelisting.

Cc: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Jens Axboe &lt;axboe@kernel.dk&gt;
Cc: James Bottomley &lt;JBottomley@parallels.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini &lt;pbonzini@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@suse.de&gt;
[bwh: Backport to 2.6.32 - adjust context]
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings &lt;ben@decadent.org.uk&gt;
[wt: slightly changed the interface to match 2.6.27's scsi_cmd_ioctl()
     which still needs the file pointer but has no mode parameter].

Signed-off-by: Willy Tarreau &lt;w@1wt.eu&gt;
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<entry>
<title>Enforce a minimum SG_IO timeout</title>
<updated>2008-12-13T23:29:14+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2008-12-05T22:49:18+00:00</published>
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commit f2f1fa78a155524b849edf359e42a3001ea652c0 upstream.

There's no point in having too short SG_IO timeouts, since if the
command does end up timing out, we'll end up through the reset sequence
that is several seconds long in order to abort the command that timed
out.

As a result, shorter timeouts than a few seconds simply do not make
sense, as the recovery would be longer than the timeout itself.

Add a BLK_MIN_SG_TIMEOUT to match the existign BLK_DEFAULT_SG_TIMEOUT.

Suggested-by: Alan Cox &lt;alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk&gt;
Acked-by: Tejun Heo &lt;tj@kernel.org&gt;
Acked-by: Jens Axboe &lt;jens.axboe@oracle.com&gt;
Cc: Jeff Garzik &lt;jeff@garzik.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@suse.de&gt;

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commit f2f1fa78a155524b849edf359e42a3001ea652c0 upstream.

There's no point in having too short SG_IO timeouts, since if the
command does end up timing out, we'll end up through the reset sequence
that is several seconds long in order to abort the command that timed
out.

As a result, shorter timeouts than a few seconds simply do not make
sense, as the recovery would be longer than the timeout itself.

Add a BLK_MIN_SG_TIMEOUT to match the existign BLK_DEFAULT_SG_TIMEOUT.

Suggested-by: Alan Cox &lt;alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk&gt;
Acked-by: Tejun Heo &lt;tj@kernel.org&gt;
Acked-by: Jens Axboe &lt;jens.axboe@oracle.com&gt;
Cc: Jeff Garzik &lt;jeff@garzik.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@suse.de&gt;

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<entry>
<title>block: disable sysfs parts of the disk command filter</title>
<updated>2008-09-11T12:20:23+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Jens Axboe</name>
<email>jens.axboe@oracle.com</email>
</author>
<published>2008-09-11T12:20:23+00:00</published>
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We still have life time issues with the sysfs command filter kobject,
so disable it for 2.6.27 release. We can revisit this and make it work
properly for 2.6.28, for 2.6.27 release it's too risky.

Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe &lt;jens.axboe@oracle.com&gt;
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We still have life time issues with the sysfs command filter kobject,
so disable it for 2.6.27 release. We can revisit this and make it work
properly for 2.6.28, for 2.6.27 release it's too risky.

Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe &lt;jens.axboe@oracle.com&gt;
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<entry>
<title>block: remove blk_queue_tag_depth() and blk_queue_tag_queue()</title>
<updated>2008-08-27T07:50:20+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Jens Axboe</name>
<email>jens.axboe@oracle.com</email>
</author>
<published>2008-08-26T07:03:17+00:00</published>
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They are unused and -&gt;busy doesn't exist anymore.

Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe &lt;jens.axboe@oracle.com&gt;
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They are unused and -&gt;busy doesn't exist anymore.

Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe &lt;jens.axboe@oracle.com&gt;
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<entry>
<title>block: rename blk_scsi_cmd_filter to blk_cmd_filter</title>
<updated>2008-08-27T07:50:19+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>FUJITA Tomonori</name>
<email>fujita.tomonori@lab.ntt.co.jp</email>
</author>
<published>2008-07-26T09:03:25+00:00</published>
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Technically, the cmd_filter would be applied to other protocols though
it's unlikely to happen. Putting SCSI stuff to request_queue is kinda
layer violation. So let's rename it.

Signed-off-by: FUJITA Tomonori &lt;fujita.tomonori@lab.ntt.co.jp&gt;
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe &lt;jens.axboe@oracle.com&gt;
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Technically, the cmd_filter would be applied to other protocols though
it's unlikely to happen. Putting SCSI stuff to request_queue is kinda
layer violation. So let's rename it.

Signed-off-by: FUJITA Tomonori &lt;fujita.tomonori@lab.ntt.co.jp&gt;
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe &lt;jens.axboe@oracle.com&gt;
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<entry>
<title>block: move cmdfilter from gendisk to request_queue</title>
<updated>2008-08-27T07:50:19+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>FUJITA Tomonori</name>
<email>fujita.tomonori@lab.ntt.co.jp</email>
</author>
<published>2008-08-16T05:10:05+00:00</published>
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cmd_filter works only for the block layer SG_IO with SCSI block
devices. It breaks scsi/sg.c, bsg, and the block layer SG_IO with SCSI
character devices (such as st). We hit a kernel crash with them.

The problem is that cmd_filter code accesses to gendisk (having struct
blk_scsi_cmd_filter) via inode-&gt;i_bdev-&gt;bd_disk. It works for only
SCSI block device files. With character device files, inode-&gt;i_bdev
leads you to struct cdev. inode-&gt;i_bdev-&gt;bd_disk-&gt;blk_scsi_cmd_filter
isn't safe.

SCSI ULDs don't expose gendisk; they keep it private. bsg needs to be
independent on any protocols. We shouldn't change ULDs to expose their
gendisk.

This patch moves struct blk_scsi_cmd_filter from gendisk to
request_queue, a common object, which eveyone can access to.

The user interface doesn't change; users can change the filters via
/sys/block/. gendisk has a pointer to request_queue so the cmd_filter
code accesses to struct blk_scsi_cmd_filter.

Signed-off-by: FUJITA Tomonori &lt;fujita.tomonori@lab.ntt.co.jp&gt;
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe &lt;jens.axboe@oracle.com&gt;
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cmd_filter works only for the block layer SG_IO with SCSI block
devices. It breaks scsi/sg.c, bsg, and the block layer SG_IO with SCSI
character devices (such as st). We hit a kernel crash with them.

The problem is that cmd_filter code accesses to gendisk (having struct
blk_scsi_cmd_filter) via inode-&gt;i_bdev-&gt;bd_disk. It works for only
SCSI block device files. With character device files, inode-&gt;i_bdev
leads you to struct cdev. inode-&gt;i_bdev-&gt;bd_disk-&gt;blk_scsi_cmd_filter
isn't safe.

SCSI ULDs don't expose gendisk; they keep it private. bsg needs to be
independent on any protocols. We shouldn't change ULDs to expose their
gendisk.

This patch moves struct blk_scsi_cmd_filter from gendisk to
request_queue, a common object, which eveyone can access to.

The user interface doesn't change; users can change the filters via
/sys/block/. gendisk has a pointer to request_queue so the cmd_filter
code accesses to struct blk_scsi_cmd_filter.

Signed-off-by: FUJITA Tomonori &lt;fujita.tomonori@lab.ntt.co.jp&gt;
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe &lt;jens.axboe@oracle.com&gt;
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<entry>
<title>block: add a blk_plug_device_unlocked() that grabs the queue lock</title>
<updated>2008-08-01T18:31:32+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Jens Axboe</name>
<email>jens.axboe@oracle.com</email>
</author>
<published>2008-08-01T18:31:32+00:00</published>
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blk_plug_device() must be called with the queue lock held, so callers
often just grab and release the lock for that purpose. Add a helper
that does just that.

Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe &lt;jens.axboe@oracle.com&gt;
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blk_plug_device() must be called with the queue lock held, so callers
often just grab and release the lock for that purpose. Add a helper
that does just that.

Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe &lt;jens.axboe@oracle.com&gt;
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<entry>
<title>block: Trivial fix for blk_integrity_rq()</title>
<updated>2008-07-16T21:51:41+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Martin K. Petersen</name>
<email>martin.petersen@oracle.com</email>
</author>
<published>2008-07-16T20:09:06+00:00</published>
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Fail integrity check gracefully when request does not have a bio
attached (BLOCK_PC).

Signed-off-by: Martin K. Petersen &lt;martin.petersen@oracle.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
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Fail integrity check gracefully when request does not have a bio
attached (BLOCK_PC).

Signed-off-by: Martin K. Petersen &lt;martin.petersen@oracle.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bart/ide-2.6</title>
<updated>2008-07-15T18:15:36+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2008-07-15T18:15:36+00:00</published>
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* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bart/ide-2.6: (80 commits)
  ide-floppy: fix unfortunate function naming
  ide-tape: unify idetape_create_read/write_cmd
  ide: add ide_pc_intr() helper
  ide-{floppy,scsi}: read Status Register before stopping DMA engine
  ide-scsi: add more debugging to idescsi_pc_intr()
  ide-scsi: use pc-&gt;callback
  ide-floppy: add more debugging to idefloppy_pc_intr()
  ide-tape: always log debug info in idetape_pc_intr() if debugging is enabled
  ide-tape: add ide_tape_io_buffers() helper
  ide-tape: factor out DSC handling from idetape_pc_intr()
  ide-{floppy,tape}: move checking of -&gt;failed_pc to -&gt;callback
  ide: add ide_issue_pc() helper
  ide: add PC_FLAG_DRQ_INTERRUPT pc flag
  ide-scsi: move idescsi_map_sg() call out from idescsi_issue_pc()
  ide: add ide_transfer_pc() helper
  ide-scsi: set drive-&gt;scsi flag for devices handled by the driver
  ide-{cd,floppy,tape}: remove checking for drive-&gt;scsi
  ide: add PC_FLAG_ZIP_DRIVE pc flag
  ide-tape: factor out waiting for good ireason from idetape_transfer_pc()
  ide-tape: set PC_FLAG_DMA_IN_PROGRESS flag in idetape_transfer_pc()
  ...
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* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bart/ide-2.6: (80 commits)
  ide-floppy: fix unfortunate function naming
  ide-tape: unify idetape_create_read/write_cmd
  ide: add ide_pc_intr() helper
  ide-{floppy,scsi}: read Status Register before stopping DMA engine
  ide-scsi: add more debugging to idescsi_pc_intr()
  ide-scsi: use pc-&gt;callback
  ide-floppy: add more debugging to idefloppy_pc_intr()
  ide-tape: always log debug info in idetape_pc_intr() if debugging is enabled
  ide-tape: add ide_tape_io_buffers() helper
  ide-tape: factor out DSC handling from idetape_pc_intr()
  ide-{floppy,tape}: move checking of -&gt;failed_pc to -&gt;callback
  ide: add ide_issue_pc() helper
  ide: add PC_FLAG_DRQ_INTERRUPT pc flag
  ide-scsi: move idescsi_map_sg() call out from idescsi_issue_pc()
  ide: add ide_transfer_pc() helper
  ide-scsi: set drive-&gt;scsi flag for devices handled by the driver
  ide-{cd,floppy,tape}: remove checking for drive-&gt;scsi
  ide: add PC_FLAG_ZIP_DRIVE pc flag
  ide-tape: factor out waiting for good ireason from idetape_transfer_pc()
  ide-tape: set PC_FLAG_DMA_IN_PROGRESS flag in idetape_transfer_pc()
  ...
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