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SubjectRe: [PATCH] Add PR_{GET,SET}_NO_NEW_PRIVS to prevent execve from granting privs
On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 9:58 PM, Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 6:12 PM, Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net> wrote:
>> With this set, a lot of dangerous operations (chroot, unshare, etc)
>> become a lot less dangerous because there is no possibility of
>> subverting privileged binaries.
>>
>> This patch completely breaks apparmor.  Someone who understands (and
>> uses) apparmor should fix it or at least give me a hint.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net>
>> [....]
>> diff --git a/security/apparmor/domain.c b/security/apparmor/domain.c
>> index c1e18ba..7f480b7 100644
>> --- a/security/apparmor/domain.c
>> +++ b/security/apparmor/domain.c
>> @@ -360,6 +360,9 @@ int apparmor_bprm_set_creds(struct linux_binprm *bprm)
>>        if (bprm->cred_prepared)
>>                return 0;
>>
>> +       /* XXX: someone who understands apparmor needs to fix this. */
>> +       BUG_ON(bprm->unsafe & LSM_UNSAFE_NO_NEW_PRIVS);
>> +
>>        cxt = bprm->cred->security;
>>        BUG_ON(!cxt);
>>
>
> Since apparmor_bprm_set_creds() calls cap_bprm_set_creds() already[1],
> I think AppArmor needs no changes at all, but John will know better.
> :)

I think that AppArmor determines what a program is allowed to do by
looking at the path of the executable. We don't want newly-executed
programs to gain permissions because they're a different executable
when we're in no_new_privs mode, so (if I'm right) something different
needs to happen.

--Andy
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