Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Tue, 18 Feb 2014 05:53:39 +0100 | From | "Serge E. Hallyn" <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 2/3] capabilities: add a secure bit to allow changing a task exe link |
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Quoting Andrey Vagin (avagin@openvz.org): > When we restore a task we need to restore its exe link from userspace to > the values the task had at checkpoint time. > > Currently this operations required the global CAP_SYS_RESOURCE, which is > always absent in a non-root user namespace. > > So this patch introduces a new security bit which: > * can be set only if a task has the global CAP_SYS_RESOURCE > * inherited by child processes > * is saved when a task moves in another userns > * allows to change a task exe link even if a task doesn't have CAP_SYS_RESOURCE
I'm late to this party anyway, but fwiw I don't like this use of securebits. It also seems to prevent c/r in a nested container anyway so wouldn't seem to suffice.
But I assume I don't really need to argue it as it appears Pavel and Eric are looking into a better all-around design.
> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> > Cc: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com> > Cc: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk> > Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> > Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com> > Cc: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au> > Cc: Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@parallels.com> > Cc: Aditya Kali <adityakali@google.com> > Signed-off-by: Andrey Vagin <avagin@openvz.org> > --- > include/uapi/linux/securebits.h | 12 +++++++++++- > kernel/sys.c | 5 +++++ > kernel/user_namespace.c | 3 ++- > security/commoncap.c | 7 +++++++ > 4 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/securebits.h b/include/uapi/linux/securebits.h > index 985aac9..c99803b 100644 > --- a/include/uapi/linux/securebits.h > +++ b/include/uapi/linux/securebits.h > @@ -43,9 +43,19 @@ > #define SECBIT_KEEP_CAPS (issecure_mask(SECURE_KEEP_CAPS)) > #define SECBIT_KEEP_CAPS_LOCKED (issecure_mask(SECURE_KEEP_CAPS_LOCKED)) > > +/* When set, a process can do PR_SET_MM_EXE_FILE even if it doesn't > + * have CAP_SYS_RESOURCE. Setting of this bit requires CAP_SYS_RESOURCE. > + * This bit is not dropped when a task moves in another userns. */ > +#define SECURE_SET_EXE_FILE 6 > +#define SECURE_SET_EXE_FILE_LOCKED 7 /* make bit-6 immutable */ > + > +#define SECBIT_SET_EXE_FILE (issecure_mask(SECURE_SET_EXE_FILE)) > +#define SECBIT_SET_EXE_FILE_LOCKED (issecure_mask(SECURE_SET_EXE_FILE_LOCKED)) > + > #define SECURE_ALL_BITS (issecure_mask(SECURE_NOROOT) | \ > issecure_mask(SECURE_NO_SETUID_FIXUP) | \ > - issecure_mask(SECURE_KEEP_CAPS)) > + issecure_mask(SECURE_KEEP_CAPS) | \ > + issecure_mask(SECURE_SET_EXE_FILE)) > #define SECURE_ALL_LOCKS (SECURE_ALL_BITS << 1) > > #endif /* _UAPI_LINUX_SECUREBITS_H */ > diff --git a/kernel/sys.c b/kernel/sys.c > index 939370c..2f0925d 100644 > --- a/kernel/sys.c > +++ b/kernel/sys.c > @@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ > #include <linux/kernel.h> > #include <linux/workqueue.h> > #include <linux/capability.h> > +#include <linux/securebits.h> > #include <linux/device.h> > #include <linux/key.h> > #include <linux/times.h> > @@ -1714,6 +1715,10 @@ static int prctl_set_mm(int opt, unsigned long addr, > if (rlimit(RLIMIT_STACK) < RLIM_INFINITY) > return -EPERM; > break; > + case PR_SET_MM_EXE_FILE: > + if (!issecure(SECURE_SET_EXE_FILE)) > + return -EPERM; > + break; > default: > return -EPERM; > } > diff --git a/kernel/user_namespace.c b/kernel/user_namespace.c > index 240fb62..59584fe 100644 > --- a/kernel/user_namespace.c > +++ b/kernel/user_namespace.c > @@ -34,7 +34,8 @@ static void set_cred_user_ns(struct cred *cred, struct user_namespace *user_ns) > /* Start with the same capabilities as init but useless for doing > * anything as the capabilities are bound to the new user namespace. > */ > - cred->securebits = SECUREBITS_DEFAULT; > + cred->securebits = SECUREBITS_DEFAULT | > + (cred->securebits & SECBIT_SET_EXE_FILE); > cred->cap_inheritable = CAP_EMPTY_SET; > cred->cap_permitted = CAP_FULL_SET; > cred->cap_effective = CAP_FULL_SET; > diff --git a/security/commoncap.c b/security/commoncap.c > index b9d613e..eda1eb8 100644 > --- a/security/commoncap.c > +++ b/security/commoncap.c > @@ -907,6 +907,13 @@ int cap_task_prctl(int option, unsigned long arg2, unsigned long arg3, > ) > /* cannot change a locked bit */ > goto error; > + > + /* Setting SECURE_SET_EXE_FILE requires CAP_SYS_RESOURCE */ > + if ((arg2 & SECBIT_SET_EXE_FILE) && > + !(new->securebits & SECBIT_SET_EXE_FILE) && > + !capable(CAP_SYS_RESOURCE)) > + goto error; > + > new->securebits = arg2; > goto changed; > > -- > 1.8.5.3 > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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