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SubjectRe: [PATCH 3/3] ptrace: do not use task_lock() for attach
On Wed, 6 May 2009, Chris Wright wrote:

> * Oleg Nesterov (oleg@redhat.com) wrote:
> > But this can happen without this change too?
> >
> > - cpu2 takes task_lock(), tracehook_tracer_task() returns NULL because
> > we are not traced yet.
> >
> > - cpu1 does ptrace_attach() and succeds, because cpu2 didn't update sid
> > yet
> >
> > - cpu2 continues, it doesn't check avc_has_perm() (tracer == 0) and
> > updates sid.
> >
> > No?
>
> Yes.
>
> > Shouldn't selinux_setprocattr() take ->cred_exec_mutex, like we do in
> > selinux_bprm_set_creds() path?
>
> I was looking at the same, seems like it to me. James?

As far as I can tell, yes.

(Added David Howells and security folk to the cc -- please make sure at
least that the LSM list is cc'd when changing code which affects LSM
modules).


- James
--
James Morris
<jmorris@namei.org>


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