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SubjectRe: [PATCH] set_user: add capability check when rlimit(RLIMIT_NPROC) exceeds
[Ccing a few people that did the PF_NPROC_EXCEEDED changes]

On Wed, Jul 28, 2021 at 12:26:29AM -0700, cgel.zte@gmail.com wrote:
> From: Ran Xiaokai <ran.xiaokai@zte.com.cn>
>
> in copy_process(): non root users but with capability CAP_SYS_RESOURCE
> or CAP_SYS_ADMIN will clean PF_NPROC_EXCEEDED flag even
> rlimit(RLIMIT_NPROC) exceeds. Add the same capability check logic here.
>
> Signed-off-by: Ran Xiaokai <ran.xiaokai@zte.com.cn>
> ---
> kernel/sys.c | 3 ++-
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/kernel/sys.c b/kernel/sys.c
> index ef1a78f5d71c..72c7639e3c98 100644
> --- a/kernel/sys.c
> +++ b/kernel/sys.c
> @@ -480,7 +480,8 @@ static int set_user(struct cred *new)
> * failure to the execve() stage.
> */
> if (is_ucounts_overlimit(new->ucounts, UCOUNT_RLIMIT_NPROC, rlimit(RLIMIT_NPROC)) &&
> - new_user != INIT_USER)
> + new_user != INIT_USER &&
> + !capable(CAP_SYS_RESOURCE) && !capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
> current->flags |= PF_NPROC_EXCEEDED;
> else
> current->flags &= ~PF_NPROC_EXCEEDED;

Hey Cgel,
Hey Ran,

The gist seems to me that this code wants to make sure that a program
can't successfully exec if it has gone through a set*id() transition
while exceeding its RLIMIT_NPROC.

But I agree that the semantics here are a bit strange.

Iicu, a capable but non-INIT_USER caller getting PF_NPROC_EXCEEDED set
during a set*id() transition wouldn't be able to exec right away if they
still exceed their RLIMIT_NPROC at the time of exec. So their exec would
fail in fs/exec.c:

if ((current->flags & PF_NPROC_EXCEEDED) &&
is_ucounts_overlimit(current_ucounts(), UCOUNT_RLIMIT_NPROC, rlimit(RLIMIT_NPROC))) {
retval = -EAGAIN;
goto out_ret;
}

However, if the caller were to fork() right after the set*id()
transition but before the exec while still exceeding their RLIMIT_NPROC
then they would get PF_NPROC_EXCEEDED cleared (while the child would
inherit it):

retval = -EAGAIN;
if (is_ucounts_overlimit(task_ucounts(p), UCOUNT_RLIMIT_NPROC, rlimit(RLIMIT_NPROC))) {
if (p->real_cred->user != INIT_USER &&
!capable(CAP_SYS_RESOURCE) && !capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
goto bad_fork_free;
}
current->flags &= ~PF_NPROC_EXCEEDED;

which means a subsequent exec by the capable caller would now succeed
even though they could still exceed their RLIMIT_NPROC limit.

So at first glance, it seems that set_user() should probably get the
same check as it can be circumvented today unless I misunderstand the
original motivation.

Christian

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