From 87409eedc543d288cdd49c2174f7d61eca7b8db5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Dominik Maier Date: Sun, 25 Oct 2026 21:07:40 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] loop: check for read-write open mode on LOOP_SET_STATUS in lo_compat_ioctl() lo_ioctl() checks for (mode & BLK_OPEN_WRITE) || capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN) before allowing LOOP_SET_STATUS or LOOP_SET_STATUS64, but not lo_compat_ioctl(), the handler used by 32-bit user space on 64-bit kernels. As a result, on 64-bit kernels with CONFIG_COMPAT=y, a 32-bit unprivileged user-space process holding a read-only (O_RDONLY) file descriptor to an active /dev/loopN device can issue a compat LOOP_SET_STATUS ioctl to modify lo_offset, clear lo_sizelimit to 0 (exposing backing-file data past the configured limit), or alter lo_flags. Enforce the same (mode & BLK_OPEN_WRITE) || capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN) check on LOOP_SET_STATUS in lo_compat_ioctl(). Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Assisted-by: ARTIST LLM Signed-off-by: Dominik Maier Reviewed-by: Bart Van Assche bvanassche@acm.org Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20261025200740.2064379-1-dmnk@google.com Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe --- drivers/block/loop.c | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/block/loop.c b/drivers/block/loop.c index aabaaacdb4fa..a3325ceab484 100644 --- a/drivers/block/loop.c +++ b/drivers/block/loop.c @@ -1604,8 +1604,10 @@ static int lo_compat_ioctl(struct block_device *bdev, blk_mode_t mode, switch(cmd) { case LOOP_SET_STATUS: - err = loop_set_status_compat(lo, - (const struct compat_loop_info __user *)arg); + err = -EPERM; + if ((mode & BLK_OPEN_WRITE) || capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN)) + err = loop_set_status_compat(lo, + (const struct compat_loop_info __user *)arg); break; case LOOP_GET_STATUS: err = loop_get_status_compat(lo,