[Intel-gfx] [PATCH 13/13] drm: allow render capable master with DRM_AUTH ioctls

[Thomas Hellstrom]

On 5/27/19 10:17 AM, Emil Velikov wrote:
> From: Emil Velikov <emil.velikov at collabora.com>
>
> There are cases (in mesa and applications) where one would open the
> primary node without properly authenticating the client.
>
> Sometimes we don't check if the authentication succeeds, but there's
> also cases we simply forget to do it.
>
> The former was a case for Mesa where it did not not check the return
> value of drmGetMagic() [1]. That was fixed recently although, there's
> the question of older drivers or other apps that exbibit this behaviour.
>
> While omitting the call results in issues as seen in [2] and [3].
>
> In the libva case, libva itself doesn't authenticate the DRM client and
> the vaGetDisplayDRM documentation doesn't mention if the app should
> either.
>
> As of today, the official vainfo utility doesn't authenticate.
>
> To workaround issues like these, some users resort to running their apps
> under sudo. Which admittedly isn't always a good idea.
>
> Since any DRIVER_RENDER driver has sufficient isolation between clients,
> we can use that, for unauthenticated [primary node] ioctls that require
> DRM_AUTH. But only if the respective ioctl is tagged as DRM_RENDER_ALLOW.
>
> v2:
> - Rework/simplify if check (Daniel V)
> - Add examples to commit messages, elaborate. (Daniel V)
>
> v3:
> - Use single unlikely (Daniel V)
>
> v4:
> - Patch was reverted because it broke AMDGPU, apply again. The AMDGPU
> issue is fixed with earlier patch.
>
> [1] https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/blob/2bc1f5c2e70fe3b4d41f060af9859bc2a94c5b62/src/egl/drivers/dri2/platform_wayland.c#L1136
> [2] https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/libva/2016-July/004185.html
> [3] https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mesa/kmscube/issues/1
> Testcase: igt/core_unauth_vs_render
> Cc: intel-gfx at lists.freedesktop.org
> Signed-off-by: Emil Velikov <emil.velikov at collabora.com>
> Reviewed-by: Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter at ffwll.ch>
> Link: https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/msgid/20190114085408.15933-2-emil.l.velikov@gmail.com
> ---
>   drivers/gpu/drm/drm_ioctl.c | 20 ++++++++++++++++----
>   1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_ioctl.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_ioctl.c
> index 9841c0076f02..b64b022a2b29 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_ioctl.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_ioctl.c
> @@ -511,6 +511,13 @@ int drm_version(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
>   	return err;
>   }
>   
> +static inline bool
> +drm_render_driver_and_ioctl(const struct drm_device *dev, u32 flags)
> +{
> +	return drm_core_check_feature(dev, DRIVER_RENDER) &&
> +		(flags & DRM_RENDER_ALLOW);
> +}
> +
>   /**
>    * drm_ioctl_permit - Check ioctl permissions against caller
>    *
> @@ -525,14 +532,19 @@ int drm_version(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
>    */
>   int drm_ioctl_permit(u32 flags, struct drm_file *file_priv)
>   {
> +	const struct drm_device *dev = file_priv->minor->dev;
> +
>   	/* ROOT_ONLY is only for CAP_SYS_ADMIN */
>   	if (unlikely((flags & DRM_ROOT_ONLY) && !capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN)))
>   		return -EACCES;
>   
> -	/* AUTH is only for authenticated or render client */
> -	if (unlikely((flags & DRM_AUTH) && !drm_is_render_client(file_priv) &&
> -		     !file_priv->authenticated))
> -		return -EACCES;
> +	/* AUTH is only for master ... */
> +	if (unlikely((flags & DRM_AUTH) && drm_is_primary_client(file_priv))) {
> +		/* authenticated ones, or render capable on DRM_RENDER_ALLOW. */
> +		if (!file_priv->authenticated &&
> +		    !drm_render_driver_and_ioctl(dev, flags))
> +			return -EACCES;
> +	}

This breaks vmwgfx primary client authentication in the 
surface_reference ioctl, which takes different paths in case of render 
clients and primary clients, but adding an auth check in the primary 
path in the vmwgfx code should fix this.

/Thomas


>   
>   	/* MASTER is only for master or control clients */
>   	if (unlikely((flags & DRM_MASTER) &&