Re: [RFC PATCH v19 2/5] security: Add new SHOULD_EXEC_CHECK and SHOULD_EXEC_RESTRICT securebits

[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

 



On Sat, Jul 06, 2024 at 01:22:06AM +0300, Jarkko Sakkinen wrote:
> On Sat Jul 6, 2024 at 12:44 AM EEST, Kees Cook wrote:
> > > As explained in the UAPI comments, all parent processes need to be
> > > trusted.  This meeans that their code is trusted, their seccomp filters
> > > are trusted, and that they are patched, if needed, to check file
> > > executability.
> >
> > But we have launchers that apply arbitrary seccomp policy, e.g. minijail
> > on Chrome OS, or even systemd on regular distros. In theory, this should
> > be handled via other ACLs.
> 
> Or a regular web browser? AFAIK seccomp filtering was the tool to make
> secure browser tabs in the first place.

Yes, and that't OK.  Web browsers embedded their own seccomp filters and
they are then as trusted as the browser code.



[Index of Archives]     [Linux Samsung SoC]     [Linux Rockchip SoC]     [Linux Actions SoC]     [Linux for Synopsys ARC Processors]     [Linux NFS]     [Linux NILFS]     [Linux USB Devel]     [Video for Linux]     [Linux Audio Users]     [Yosemite News]     [Linux Kernel]     [Linux SCSI]


  Powered by Linux