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SubjectRe: [PATCH v2 4/8] exec: Allow load_misc_binary to call prepare_binfmt unconditionally
On Mon, May 18, 2020 at 07:31:51PM -0500, Eric W. Biederman wrote:
>
> Add a flag preserve_creds that binfmt_misc can set to prevent
> credentials from being updated. This allows binfmt_misc to always
> call prepare_binfmt. Allowing the credential computation logic to be

typo: prepare_binprm()

> consolidated.
>
> Not replacing the credentials with the interpreters credentials is
> safe because because an open file descriptor to the executable is
> passed to the interpreter. As the interpreter does not need to
> reopen the executable it is guaranteed to see the same file that
> exec sees.

Yup, looks good. Note below on comment.

Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>

> [...]
> diff --git a/include/linux/binfmts.h b/include/linux/binfmts.h
> index 8605ab4a0f89..dbb5614d62a2 100644
> --- a/include/linux/binfmts.h
> +++ b/include/linux/binfmts.h
> @@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ struct linux_binprm {
> unsigned long p; /* current top of mem */
> unsigned long argmin; /* rlimit marker for copy_strings() */
> unsigned int
> + /* It is safe to use the creds of a script (see binfmt_misc) */
> + preserve_creds:1,

How about:

/*
* A binfmt handler will set this to True before calling
* prepare_binprm() if it is safe to reuse the previous
* credentials, based on bprm->file (see binfmt_misc).
*/

--
Kees Cook

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