Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | From | Matt Brown <> | Subject | [PATCH] make TIOCSTI ioctl require CAP_SYS_ADMIN | Date | Tue, 18 Apr 2017 23:45:26 -0400 |
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This patch reproduces GRKERNSEC_HARDEN_TTY functionality from the grsecurity project in-kernel.
This will create the Kconfig SECURITY_TIOCSTI_RESTRICT and the corresponding sysctl kernel.tiocsti_restrict that, when activated, restrict all TIOCSTI ioctl calls from non CAP_SYS_ADMIN users.
Possible effects on userland:
There could be a few user programs that would be effected by this change. See: <https://codesearch.debian.net/search?q=ioctl%5C%28.*TIOCSTI> notable programs are: agetty, csh, xemacs and tcsh
However, I still believe that this change is worth it given that the Kconfig defaults to n. This will be a feature that is turned on for the same reason that people activate it when using grsecurity. Users of this opt-in feature will realize that they are choosing security over some OS features like unprivileged TIOCSTI ioctls, as should be clear in the Kconfig help message.
Threat Model/Patch Rational:
From grsecurity's config for GRKERNSEC_HARDEN_TTY.
| There are very few legitimate uses for this functionality and it | has made vulnerabilities in several 'su'-like programs possible in | the past. Even without these vulnerabilities, it provides an | attacker with an easy mechanism to move laterally among other | processes within the same user's compromised session.
So if one process within a tty session becomes compromised it can follow that additional processes, that are thought to be in different security boundaries, can be compromised as a result. When using a program like su or sudo, these additional processes could be in a tty session where TTY file descriptors are indeed shared over privilege boundaries.
This is also an excellent writeup about the issue: <http://www.halfdog.net/Security/2012/TtyPushbackPrivilegeEscalation/>
Signed-off-by: Matt Brown <matt@nmatt.com> --- drivers/tty/tty_io.c | 4 ++++ include/linux/tty.h | 2 ++ kernel/sysctl.c | 12 ++++++++++++ security/Kconfig | 13 +++++++++++++ 4 files changed, 31 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/tty/tty_io.c b/drivers/tty/tty_io.c index e6d1a65..31894e8 100644 --- a/drivers/tty/tty_io.c +++ b/drivers/tty/tty_io.c @@ -2296,11 +2296,15 @@ static int tty_fasync(int fd, struct file *filp, int on) * FIXME: may race normal receive processing */ +int tiocsti_restrict = IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_SECURITY_TIOCSTI_RESTRICT); + static int tiocsti(struct tty_struct *tty, char __user *p) { char ch, mbz = 0; struct tty_ldisc *ld; + if (tiocsti_restrict && !capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN)) + return -EPERM; if ((current->signal->tty != tty) && !capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN)) return -EPERM; if (get_user(ch, p)) diff --git a/include/linux/tty.h b/include/linux/tty.h index 1017e904..7011102 100644 --- a/include/linux/tty.h +++ b/include/linux/tty.h @@ -342,6 +342,8 @@ struct tty_file_private { struct list_head list; }; +extern int tiocsti_restrict; + /* tty magic number */ #define TTY_MAGIC 0x5401 diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c index acf0a5a..68d1363 100644 --- a/kernel/sysctl.c +++ b/kernel/sysctl.c @@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ #include <linux/kexec.h> #include <linux/bpf.h> #include <linux/mount.h> +#include <linux/tty.h> #include <linux/uaccess.h> #include <asm/processor.h> @@ -833,6 +834,17 @@ static struct ctl_table kern_table[] = { .extra2 = &two, }, #endif +#if defined CONFIG_TTY + { + .procname = "tiocsti_restrict", + .data = &tiocsti_restrict, + .maxlen = sizeof(int), + .mode = 0644, + .proc_handler = proc_dointvec_minmax_sysadmin, + .extra1 = &zero, + .extra2 = &one, + }, +#endif { .procname = "ngroups_max", .data = &ngroups_max, diff --git a/security/Kconfig b/security/Kconfig index 3ff1bf9..7d13331 100644 --- a/security/Kconfig +++ b/security/Kconfig @@ -18,6 +18,19 @@ config SECURITY_DMESG_RESTRICT If you are unsure how to answer this question, answer N. +config SECURITY_TIOCSTI_RESTRICT + bool "Restrict unprivileged use of tiocsti command injection" + default n + help + This enforces restrictions on unprivileged users injecting commands + into other processes which share a tty session using the TIOCSTI + ioctl. This option makes TIOCSTI use require CAP_SYS_ADMIN. + + If this option is not selected, no restrictions will be enforced + unless the tiocsti_restrict sysctl is explicitly set to (1). + + If you are unsure how to answer this question, answer N. + config SECURITY bool "Enable different security models" depends on SYSFS -- 2.10.2
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