From: Milan Broz Add DM_SECURE_DATA_FLAG which userspace can use to ensure that all buffers allocated for dm-ioctl are wiped immediately after use. The user buffer is wiped as well (we do not want to keep and return sensitive data back to userspace if the flag is set). Wiping is useful for cryptsetup to ensure that the key is present in memory only in defined places and only for the time needed. (For crypt, key can be present in table during load or table status, wait and message commands). Signed-off-by: Milan Broz Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon --- drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c | 10 ++++++++++ drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++-- include/linux/dm-ioctl.h | 12 +++++++++--- 2 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) Index: linux-2.6.38/drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.38.orig/drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c +++ linux-2.6.38/drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c @@ -1504,6 +1504,7 @@ static int check_version(unsigned int cm static int copy_params(struct dm_ioctl __user *user, struct dm_ioctl **param) { struct dm_ioctl tmp, *dmi; + int secure_data; if (copy_from_user(&tmp, user, sizeof(tmp) - sizeof(tmp.data))) return -EFAULT; @@ -1511,17 +1512,28 @@ static int copy_params(struct dm_ioctl _ if (tmp.data_size < (sizeof(tmp) - sizeof(tmp.data))) return -EINVAL; + secure_data = tmp.flags & DM_SECURE_DATA_FLAG; + dmi = vmalloc(tmp.data_size); - if (!dmi) + if (!dmi) { + if (secure_data && clear_user(user, tmp.data_size)) + return -EFAULT; return -ENOMEM; + } if (copy_from_user(dmi, user, tmp.data_size)) goto bad; + /* Wipe the user buffer so we do not return it to userspace */ + if (secure_data && clear_user(user, tmp.data_size)) + goto bad; + *param = dmi; return 0; bad: + if (secure_data) + memset(dmi, 0, tmp.data_size); vfree(dmi); return -EFAULT; } @@ -1531,6 +1543,7 @@ static int validate_params(uint cmd, str /* Always clear this flag */ param->flags &= ~DM_BUFFER_FULL_FLAG; param->flags &= ~DM_UEVENT_GENERATED_FLAG; + param->flags &= ~DM_SECURE_DATA_FLAG; /* Ignores parameters */ if (cmd == DM_REMOVE_ALL_CMD || @@ -1558,6 +1571,7 @@ static int validate_params(uint cmd, str static int ctl_ioctl(uint command, struct dm_ioctl __user *user) { int r = 0; + int wipe_buffer; unsigned int cmd; struct dm_ioctl *uninitialized_var(param); ioctl_fn fn = NULL; @@ -1602,13 +1616,15 @@ static int ctl_ioctl(uint command, struc * Copy the parameters into kernel space. */ r = copy_params(user, ¶m); - input_param_size = param->data_size; current->flags &= ~PF_MEMALLOC; if (r) return r; + input_param_size = param->data_size; + wipe_buffer = param->flags & DM_SECURE_DATA_FLAG; + r = validate_params(cmd, param); if (r) goto out; @@ -1623,6 +1639,9 @@ static int ctl_ioctl(uint command, struc r = -EFAULT; out: + if (wipe_buffer) + memset(param, 0, input_param_size); + vfree(param); return r; } Index: linux-2.6.38/include/linux/dm-ioctl.h =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.38.orig/include/linux/dm-ioctl.h +++ linux-2.6.38/include/linux/dm-ioctl.h @@ -267,9 +267,9 @@ enum { #define DM_DEV_SET_GEOMETRY _IOWR(DM_IOCTL, DM_DEV_SET_GEOMETRY_CMD, struct dm_ioctl) #define DM_VERSION_MAJOR 4 -#define DM_VERSION_MINOR 19 -#define DM_VERSION_PATCHLEVEL 1 -#define DM_VERSION_EXTRA "-ioctl (2011-01-07)" +#define DM_VERSION_MINOR 20 +#define DM_VERSION_PATCHLEVEL 0 +#define DM_VERSION_EXTRA "-ioctl (2011-02-02)" /* Status bits */ #define DM_READONLY_FLAG (1 << 0) /* In/Out */ @@ -328,4 +328,10 @@ enum { */ #define DM_UUID_FLAG (1 << 14) /* In */ +/* + * If set, all buffers are wiped after use. Use when sending + * or requesting sensitive data such as an encryption key. + */ +#define DM_SECURE_DATA_FLAG (1 << 15) /* In */ + #endif /* _LINUX_DM_IOCTL_H */