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SubjectRe: [PATCH] proc: Fix timerslack_ns CAP_SYS_NICE check when adjusting self
On Wed, Aug 10, 2016 at 12:03 PM, John Stultz <john.stultz@linaro.org> wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 10, 2016 at 11:36 AM, Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> wrote:
>> On Tue, Aug 9, 2016 at 4:54 PM, John Stultz <john.stultz@linaro.org> wrote:
>>> In changing from checking ptrace_may_access(p, PTRACE_MODE_ATTACH_FSCREDS)
>>> to capable(CAP_SYS_NICE), I missed that ptrace_my_access succeeds
>>> when p == current, but the CAP_SYS_NICE doesn't.
>>>
>>> Thus while the previous commit was intended to loosen the needed
>>> privledges to modify a processes timerslack, it needlessly restricted
>>> a task modifying its own timerslack via the proc/<tid>/timerslack_ns
>>> (which is permitted also via the PR_SET_TIMERSLACK method).
>>>
>>> This patch corrects this by checking if p == current before checking
>>> the CAP_SYS_NICE value.
>>>
>>> This patch applies on top of my two previous patches currently in -mm
>>>
>>> Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
>>> Cc: "Serge E. Hallyn" <serge@hallyn.com>
>>> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
>>> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
>>> CC: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@linux.intel.com>
>>> Cc: Oren Laadan <orenl@cellrox.com>
>>> Cc: Ruchi Kandoi <kandoiruchi@google.com>
>>> Cc: Rom Lemarchand <romlem@android.com>
>>> Cc: Todd Kjos <tkjos@google.com>
>>> Cc: Colin Cross <ccross@android.com>
>>> Cc: Nick Kralevich <nnk@google.com>
>>> Cc: Dmitry Shmidt <dimitrysh@google.com>
>>> Cc: Elliott Hughes <enh@google.com>
>>> Cc: Android Kernel Team <kernel-team@android.com>
>>> Signed-off-by: John Stultz <john.stultz@linaro.org>
>>> ---
>>> fs/proc/base.c | 34 +++++++++++++++++++---------------
>>> 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/fs/proc/base.c b/fs/proc/base.c
>>> index 02f8389..01c3c2d 100644
>>> --- a/fs/proc/base.c
>>> +++ b/fs/proc/base.c
>>> @@ -2281,15 +2281,17 @@ static ssize_t timerslack_ns_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
>>> if (!p)
>>> return -ESRCH;
>>>
>>> - if (!capable(CAP_SYS_NICE)) {
>>> - count = -EPERM;
>>> - goto out;
>>> - }
>>> + if (p != current) {
>>> + if (!capable(CAP_SYS_NICE)) {
>>> + count = -EPERM;
>>> + goto out;
>>> + }
>>>
>>> - err = security_task_setscheduler(p);
>>> - if (err) {
>>> - count = err;
>>> - goto out;
>>> + err = security_task_setscheduler(p);
>>> + if (err) {
>>> + count = err;
>>> + goto out;
>>> + }
>>> }
>>
>> This entirely bypasses LSM when p == current. Is that intended?
>
> I wasn't entierly sure. I didn't think PR_SET_TIMERSLACK has a
> security hook, but looking again I now see the top-level
> security_task_prctl() check, so maybe not skipping it in this case
> would be good?

So thinking about this some more. I'm really not sure what the right
thing is. Since the LSM check for security_task_setscheduler(), is
different from the security_task_prctl() check, it seems odd to have
different checks for different interfaces which in the p==current case
are really are the same.

Suggestions?

thanks
-john

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