Re: default `kernel.yama.ptrace_scope = 0` revisited. update to >=1 ?

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On Wednesday, August 14, 2024 7:59:49 PM EDT pgnd wrote:
> > ...
> > Changing one setting isn't a lockdown. But if you're wondering about the
> > nature of the apparent difference, it's really just one is a strategy to
> > mitigate a comprehensive threat model vs defaults settings that are
> > easily changeable.
> 
> sure. thx for the 'analysis'. but wrong choir ;-)

It not an analysis; it's a confession. I'm probably the person most closely 
connected to this.


> @ desktop,
> 
>   install ubuntu + 1pass, all good
>   install debian + 1pass, all good
>   install redhat + 1pass, problems -> fixed by changing ptrace_scope
> default to = 1 install fedora + 1pass, problems -> fixed by changing
> ptrace_scope default to = 1
> 
> yes, it's an easy fix.
> and seems to work mostly without issue.

And millions of system run in this config due to the DISA STIG. I don't 
remember if this was driven into other profiles like PCI DSS or CIS, but I 
wouldn't be surprised if it were.

> but it IS a fix, that's counter to the docs/default, that needs
> implementation -- and explaining. for a client adding 1pass to their
> RH/Fedora desktop mix, that results unfortunately in support calls.

Propose it as a system wide change. I'd give it a +1. (Its what I made RHEL 
do for security lockdowns.)

-Steve


> >> It'd be much cleaner if RH/Fedora & 1password hashed it out, and came to
> >> some reasonable outcome, or at least clear guidance / documentation.
> >> 
> >> Particularly as Ubuntu/Debian already appear (?) to have made the switch
> >> to =1.




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