runtime, syscall: only search for Windows DLLs in the System32 directory

Make sure that for any DLL that Go uses itself, we only look for the
DLL in the Windows System32 directory, guarding against DLL preloading
attacks.

(Unless the Windows version is ancient and LoadLibraryEx is
unavailable, in which case the user probably has bigger security
problems anyway.)

This does not change the behavior of syscall.LoadLibrary or NewLazyDLL
if the DLL name is something unused by Go itself.

This change also intentionally does not add any new API surface. Instead,
x/sys is updated with a LoadLibraryEx function and LazyDLL.Flags in:
    https://golang.org/cl/21388

Updates #14959

Change-Id: I8d29200559cc19edf8dcf41dbdd39a389cd6aeb9
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/21140
Reviewed-by: Russ Cox <[email protected]>
Run-TryBot: Brad Fitzpatrick <[email protected]>
TryBot-Result: Gobot Gobot <[email protected]>
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/21696
Reviewed-by: Brad Fitzpatrick <[email protected]>

Author: bradfitz

src/cmd/dist/deps.go

@@ -132,10 +132,10 @@ var pkgDeps = map[string][]string{
 	// End of linear dependency definitions.
 
 	// Operating system access.
-	"syscall":                           {"L0", "internal/race", "unicode/utf16"},
+	"syscall":                           {"L0", "internal/race", "internal/syscall/windows/sysdll", "unicode/utf16"},
 	"internal/syscall/unix":             {"L0", "syscall"},
-	"internal/syscall/windows":          {"L0", "syscall"},
-	"internal/syscall/windows/registry": {"L0", "syscall", "unicode/utf16"},
+	"internal/syscall/windows":          {"L0", "syscall", "internal/syscall/windows/sysdll"},
+	"internal/syscall/windows/registry": {"L0", "syscall", "internal/syscall/windows/sysdll", "unicode/utf16"},
 	"time":          {"L0", "syscall", "internal/syscall/windows/registry"},
 	"os":            {"L1", "os", "syscall", "time", "internal/syscall/windows"},
 	"path/filepath": {"L2", "os", "syscall"},

src/go/build/deps_test.go

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ package registry
 
 import "syscall"
 
-//go:generate go run $GOROOT/src/syscall/mksyscall_windows.go -output zsyscall_windows.go syscall.go
+//go:generate go run $GOROOT/src/syscall/mksyscall_windows.go -output zsyscall_windows.go -systemdll syscall.go
 
 const (
 	_REG_OPTION_NON_VOLATILE = 0

src/internal/syscall/windows/registry/syscall.go

@@ -4,12 +4,13 @@ package registry
 
 import "unsafe"
 import "syscall"
+import "internal/syscall/windows/sysdll"
 
 var _ unsafe.Pointer
 
 var (
-	modadvapi32 = syscall.NewLazyDLL("advapi32.dll")
-	modkernel32 = syscall.NewLazyDLL("kernel32.dll")
+	modadvapi32 = syscall.NewLazyDLL(sysdll.Add("advapi32.dll"))
+	modkernel32 = syscall.NewLazyDLL(sysdll.Add("kernel32.dll"))
 
 	procRegCreateKeyExW           = modadvapi32.NewProc("RegCreateKeyExW")
 	procRegDeleteKeyW             = modadvapi32.NewProc("RegDeleteKeyW")

src/internal/syscall/windows/registry/zsyscall_windows.go

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ package windows
 
 import "syscall"
 
-//go:generate go run ../../../syscall/mksyscall_windows.go -output zsyscall_windows.go syscall_windows.go
+//go:generate go run ../../../syscall/mksyscall_windows.go -output zsyscall_windows.go -systemdll syscall_windows.go
 
 const GAA_FLAG_INCLUDE_PREFIX = 0x00000010
 

src/internal/syscall/windows/syscall_windows.go

@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+// Copyright 2016 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+// Package sysdll is an internal leaf package that records and reports
+// which Windows DLL names are used by Go itself. These DLLs are then
+// only loaded from the System32 directory. See Issue 14959.
+package sysdll
+
+// IsSystemDLL reports whether the named dll key (a base name, like
+// "foo.dll") is a system DLL which should only be loaded from the
+// Windows SYSTEM32 directory.
+//
+// Filenames are case sensitive, but that doesn't matter because
+// the case registered with Add is also the same case used with
+// LoadDLL later.
+//
+// It has no associated mutex and should only be mutated serially
+// (currently: during init), and not concurrent with DLL loading.
+var IsSystemDLL = map[string]bool{}
+
+// Add notes that dll is a system32 DLL which should only be loaded
+// from the Windows SYSTEM32 directory. It returns its argument back,
+// for ease of use in generated code.
+func Add(dll string) string {
+	IsSystemDLL[dll] = true
+	return dll
+}

src/internal/syscall/windows/sysdll/sysdll.go

@@ -4,12 +4,13 @@ package windows
 
 import "unsafe"
 import "syscall"
+import "internal/syscall/windows/sysdll"
 
 var _ unsafe.Pointer
 
 var (
-	modiphlpapi = syscall.NewLazyDLL("iphlpapi.dll")
-	modkernel32 = syscall.NewLazyDLL("kernel32.dll")
+	modiphlpapi = syscall.NewLazyDLL(sysdll.Add("iphlpapi.dll"))
+	modkernel32 = syscall.NewLazyDLL(sysdll.Add("kernel32.dll"))
 
 	procGetAdaptersAddresses = modiphlpapi.NewProc("GetAdaptersAddresses")
 	procGetComputerNameExW   = modkernel32.NewProc("GetComputerNameExW")

src/internal/syscall/windows/zsyscall_windows.go

@@ -15,3 +15,7 @@ func NumberOfProcessors() int32 {
 	stdcall1(_GetSystemInfo, uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(&info)))
 	return int32(info.dwnumberofprocessors)
 }
+
+func LoadLibraryExStatus() (useEx, haveEx, haveFlags bool) {
+	return useLoadLibraryEx, _LoadLibraryExW != nil, _AddDllDirectory != nil
+}

src/runtime/export_windows_test.go

@@ -93,8 +93,11 @@ var (
 
 	// Following syscalls are only available on some Windows PCs.
 	// We will load syscalls, if available, before using them.
+	_AddDllDirectory,
 	_AddVectoredContinueHandler,
-	_GetQueuedCompletionStatusEx stdFunction
+	_GetQueuedCompletionStatusEx,
+	_LoadLibraryExW,
+	_ stdFunction
 )
 
 type sigset struct{}
@@ -117,8 +120,10 @@ func loadOptionalSyscalls() {
 		return stdFunction(unsafe.Pointer(f))
 	}
 	if l != 0 {
+		_AddDllDirectory = findfunc("AddDllDirectory")
 		_AddVectoredContinueHandler = findfunc("AddVectoredContinueHandler")
 		_GetQueuedCompletionStatusEx = findfunc("GetQueuedCompletionStatusEx")
+		_LoadLibraryExW = findfunc("LoadLibraryExW")
 	}
 }
 
@@ -127,6 +132,11 @@ func getLoadLibrary() uintptr {
 	return uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(_LoadLibraryW))
 }
 
+//go:nosplit
+func getLoadLibraryEx() uintptr {
+	return uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(_LoadLibraryExW))
+}
+
 //go:nosplit
 func getGetProcAddress() uintptr {
 	return uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(_GetProcAddress))
@@ -161,13 +171,31 @@ const (
 // in sys_windows_386.s and sys_windows_amd64.s
 func externalthreadhandler()
 
+// When loading DLLs, we prefer to use LoadLibraryEx with
+// LOAD_LIBRARY_SEARCH_* flags, if available. LoadLibraryEx is not
+// available on old Windows, though, and the LOAD_LIBRARY_SEARCH_*
+// flags are not available on some versions of Windows without a
+// security patch.
+//
+// https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms684179(v=vs.85).aspx says:
+// "Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Vista, and Windows
+// Server 2008: The LOAD_LIBRARY_SEARCH_* flags are available on
+// systems that have KB2533623 installed. To determine whether the
+// flags are available, use GetProcAddress to get the address of the
+// AddDllDirectory, RemoveDllDirectory, or SetDefaultDllDirectories
+// function. If GetProcAddress succeeds, the LOAD_LIBRARY_SEARCH_*
+// flags can be used with LoadLibraryEx."
+var useLoadLibraryEx bool
+
 func osinit() {
 	asmstdcallAddr = unsafe.Pointer(funcPC(asmstdcall))
 
 	setBadSignalMsg()
 
 	loadOptionalSyscalls()
 
+	useLoadLibraryEx = (_LoadLibraryExW != nil && _AddDllDirectory != nil)
+
 	disableWER()
 
 	externalthreadhandlerp = funcPC(externalthreadhandler)

src/runtime/os1_windows.go

@@ -88,6 +88,41 @@ func compileCallback(fn eface, cleanstack bool) (code uintptr) {
 	return callbackasmAddr(n)
 }
 
+const _LOAD_LIBRARY_SEARCH_SYSTEM32 = 0x00000800
+
+//go:linkname syscall_loadsystemlibrary syscall.loadsystemlibrary
+//go:nosplit
+func syscall_loadsystemlibrary(filename *uint16) (handle, err uintptr) {
+	c := &getg().m.syscall
+
+	if useLoadLibraryEx {
+		c.fn = getLoadLibraryEx()
+		c.n = 3
+		args := struct {
+			lpFileName *uint16
+			hFile      uintptr // always 0
+			flags      uint32
+		}{filename, 0, _LOAD_LIBRARY_SEARCH_SYSTEM32}
+		c.args = uintptr(noescape(unsafe.Pointer(&args)))
+	} else {
+		// User is on Windows XP or something ancient.
+		// The caller wanted to only load the filename DLL
+		// from the System32 directory but that facility
+		// doesn't exist, so just load it the normal way. This
+		// is a potential security risk, but so is Windows XP.
+		c.fn = getLoadLibrary()
+		c.n = 1
+		c.args = uintptr(noescape(unsafe.Pointer(&filename)))
+	}
+
+	cgocall(asmstdcallAddr, unsafe.Pointer(c))
+	handle = c.r1
+	if handle == 0 {
+		err = c.err
+	}
+	return
+}
+
 //go:linkname syscall_loadlibrary syscall.loadlibrary
 //go:nosplit
 func syscall_loadlibrary(filename *uint16) (handle, err uintptr) {

src/runtime/syscall_windows.go

@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ package runtime_test
 import (
 	"bytes"
 	"fmt"
+	"internal/syscall/windows/sysdll"
+	"internal/testenv"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
@@ -771,3 +773,94 @@ func TestNumCPU(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("SetProcessAffinityMask didn't set newmask of 0x%x. Current mask is 0x%x.", newmask, mask)
 	}
 }
+
+// See Issue 14959
+func TestDLLPreloadMitigation(t *testing.T) {
+	if _, err := exec.LookPath("gcc"); err != nil {
+		t.Skip("skipping test: gcc is missing")
+	}
+
+	dir0, err := os.Getwd()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	defer os.Chdir(dir0)
+
+	const src = `
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <windows.h>
+
+uintptr_t cfunc() {
+   SetLastError(123);
+}
+`
+	tmpdir, err := ioutil.TempDir("", "TestDLLPreloadMitigation")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal("TempDir failed: ", err)
+	}
+	defer os.RemoveAll(tmpdir)
+
+	srcname := "nojack.c"
+	err = ioutil.WriteFile(filepath.Join(tmpdir, srcname), []byte(src), 0)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	name := "nojack.dll"
+	cmd := exec.Command("gcc", "-shared", "-s", "-Werror", "-o", name, srcname)
+	cmd.Dir = tmpdir
+	out, err := cmd.CombinedOutput()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("failed to build dll: %v - %v", err, string(out))
+	}
+	dllpath := filepath.Join(tmpdir, name)
+
+	dll := syscall.MustLoadDLL(dllpath)
+	dll.MustFindProc("cfunc")
+	dll.Release()
+
+	// Get into the directory with the DLL we'll load by base name
+	// ("nojack.dll") Think of this as the user double-clicking an
+	// installer from their Downloads directory where a browser
+	// silently downloaded some malicious DLLs.
+	os.Chdir(tmpdir)
+
+	// First before we can load a DLL from the current directory,
+	// loading it only as "nojack.dll", without an absolute path.
+	delete(sysdll.IsSystemDLL, name) // in case test was run repeatedly
+	dll, err = syscall.LoadDLL(name)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("failed to load %s by base name before sysdll registration: %v", name, err)
+	}
+	dll.Release()
+
+	// And now verify that if we register it as a system32-only
+	// DLL, the implicit loading from the current directory no
+	// longer works.
+	sysdll.IsSystemDLL[name] = true
+	dll, err = syscall.LoadDLL(name)
+	if err == nil {
+		dll.Release()
+		if wantLoadLibraryEx() {
+			t.Fatalf("Bad: insecure load of DLL by base name %q before sysdll registration: %v", name, err)
+		}
+		t.Skip("insecure load of DLL, but expected")
+	}
+}
+
+// wantLoadLibraryEx reports whether we expect LoadLibraryEx to work for tests.
+func wantLoadLibraryEx() bool {
+	return testenv.Builder() == "windows-amd64-gce" || testenv.Builder() == "windows-386-gce"
+}
+
+func TestLoadLibraryEx(t *testing.T) {
+	use, have, flags := runtime.LoadLibraryExStatus()
+	if use {
+		return // success.
+	}
+	if wantLoadLibraryEx() {
+		t.Fatalf("Expected LoadLibraryEx+flags to be available. (LoadLibraryEx=%v; flags=%v)",
+			have, flags)
+	}
+	t.Skipf("LoadLibraryEx not usable, but not expected. (LoadLibraryEx=%v; flags=%v)",
+		have, flags)
+}

src/runtime/syscall_windows_test.go

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 package syscall
 
 import (
+	"internal/syscall/windows/sysdll"
 	"sync"
 	"sync/atomic"
 	"unsafe"
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@ func Syscall9(trap, nargs, a1, a2, a3, a4, a5, a6, a7, a8, a9 uintptr) (r1, r2 u
 func Syscall12(trap, nargs, a1, a2, a3, a4, a5, a6, a7, a8, a9, a10, a11, a12 uintptr) (r1, r2 uintptr, err Errno)
 func Syscall15(trap, nargs, a1, a2, a3, a4, a5, a6, a7, a8, a9, a10, a11, a12, a13, a14, a15 uintptr) (r1, r2 uintptr, err Errno)
 func loadlibrary(filename *uint16) (handle uintptr, err Errno)
+func loadsystemlibrary(filename *uint16) (handle uintptr, err Errno)
 func getprocaddress(handle uintptr, procname *uint8) (proc uintptr, err Errno)
 
 // A DLL implements access to a single DLL.
@@ -34,13 +36,19 @@ type DLL struct {
 	Handle Handle
 }
 
-// LoadDLL loads DLL file into memory.
-func LoadDLL(name string) (dll *DLL, err error) {
+// LoadDLL loads the named DLL file into memory.
+func LoadDLL(name string) (*DLL, error) {
 	namep, err := UTF16PtrFromString(name)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	h, e := loadlibrary(namep)
+	var h uintptr
+	var e Errno
+	if sysdll.IsSystemDLL[name] {
+		h, e = loadsystemlibrary(namep)
+	} else {
+		h, e = loadlibrary(namep)
+	}
 	if e != 0 {
 		return nil, &DLLError{
 			Err:     e,