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SubjectRe: [PATCH] support cap inheritable (Re: [PATCH] scaled-back caps, take 4 (was Re: [PATCH] capabilites, take 2)
* Andy Lutomirski (luto@myrealbox.com) wrote:
> Chris Wright wrote:
>
> > -#define CAP_INIT_INH_SET to_cap_t(0)
> > +#define CAP_INIT_INH_SET to_cap_t(~0)
> > +/* ~0 is legacy inheritable mode and can never be capset by user */
> > +#define cap_orig_inh(_cap) (cap_t((_cap)) == ~0)
>
> So how do you say "inherit all caps"?

Legacy mode requires effectively reserving a bit, which works in this case
since all 32 aren't used. So inherit all caps is all valid caps (which,
btw, still exludes CAP_SETPCAP). Something like "=eip cap_setpcap-eip"
would inherit all valid caps.

> > @@ -56,10 +59,13 @@
> > int cap_capset_check (struct task_struct *target, kernel_cap_t *effective,
> > kernel_cap_t *inheritable, kernel_cap_t *permitted)
> > {
> > + kernel_cap_t target_inheritable = target->cap_inheritable;
> > + if (cap_orig_inh(target_inheritable))
> > + target_inheritable = 0;
> > /* Derived from kernel/capability.c:sys_capset. */
> > /* verify restrictions on target's new Inheritable set */
> > if (!cap_issubset (*inheritable,
> > - cap_combine (target->cap_inheritable,
> > + cap_combine (target_inheritable,
> > current->cap_permitted))) {
> > return -EPERM;
> > }
>
> What stops legacy mode from being reenabled?

I believe only a kernel thread could do this (and init) since they are the
only ones that could get CAP_SETPCAP. Same threat as it is currently.

> I think you missed the case when root-but-no-caps execs setuid root -- I
> don't see anything that would enable secureexec.

Yup you're right. I liked how you did that in your patch and was just going
to steal that bit ;-)

thanks,
-chris
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