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SubjectRe: [PATCH 00/23] Removal of binary sysctl support
Eric W. Biederman wrote:
> Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@I-love.SAKURA.ne.jp> writes:
>
>> Hello.
>>
>> Eric W. Biederman wrote:
>>>> Indeed. TOMOYO and AppArmor need a hint for prepending "/proc" prefix.
>>>> A simple implementation which adds one bit to task_struct is shown below.
>>>> In this way, not only the file permission checks inside dentry_open()
>>>> but also the directory permission checks inside vfs_path_lookup() can be
>>>> prepended "/proc" prefix. AppArmor might want to prepend "/proc" inside
>>>> vfs_path_lookup().
>>> There don't appear to be any security hooks in vfs_path_lookup().
>>>
>> OK. Then, AppArmor won't be confused.
>>
>>> Instead of current->in_sysctl we can just look at the path and see if
>>> it is the root of the mount chain and if the fs is proc.
>>>
>>> Something like:
>>>
>>> diff --git a/security/tomoyo/realpath.c b/security/tomoyo/realpath.c
>>> index 5f2e332..0b55faa 100644
>>> --- a/security/tomoyo/realpath.c
>>> +++ b/security/tomoyo/realpath.c
>>> @@ -108,6 +108,15 @@ int tomoyo_realpath_from_path2(struct path *path, char *newname,
>>> spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
>>> path_put(&root);
>>> path_put(&ns_root);
>>> + /* Prepend "/proc" prefix if using internal proc vfs mount. */
>>> + if (!IS_ERR(sp) && (path->mnt->mnt_parent == path->mnt) &&
>>> + (strcmp(path->mnt->mnt_sb->s_type->name, "proc") == 0)) {
>>> + sp -= 5;
>>> + if (sp >= newname)
>>> + memcpy(sp, "/proc", 5);
>>> + else
>>> + sp = ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
>>> + }
>>> }
>>> if (IS_ERR(sp))
>>> error = PTR_ERR(sp);
>> Above patch works. Please proceed. Thank you.
>>
>> Acked-by: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@I-love.SAKURA.ne.jp>
>>
>> Why not to use path->mnt->mnt_sb->s_magic == PROC_SUPER_MAGIC rather than
>> strcmp(path->mnt->mnt_sb->s_type->name, "proc") == 0 ?
>
> Brain short circuit.
>
The patch look good to me too.

Acked-by: John Johansen <john.johansen@canonical.com>



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