Fix 9pfs open device file security flaw
Our team found that a public QEMU's 9pfs security issue[1] also exists
in upstream kvmtool's 9pfs device. A privileged guest user can create
and access the special device file (e.g., block files) in the shared
folder, allowing the malicious user to access the host device and
acheive privilege escalation.
The virtio_p9_open function code on the 9p.c only checks file directory
attributes, but does not check special files. Special device files can
be filtered on the device through the S_IFREG and S_IFDIR flag bits.
[1] https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-2861
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240303183659.20656-1-ywsplz@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Yanwu Shen <ywsPlz@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>
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