Changelog: Dec 8: Fixed bug in my check_kill_permission pointed out by Eric Biederman. Dec 13: Apply Eric's suggestion to pass target task into kill_ok_by_cred() for clarity Signed-off-by: Serge E. Hallyn <serge.hallyn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- kernel/signal.c | 33 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----- 1 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/kernel/signal.c b/kernel/signal.c index 4e3cff1..499bd36 100644 --- a/kernel/signal.c +++ b/kernel/signal.c @@ -636,6 +636,33 @@ static inline bool si_fromuser(const struct siginfo *info) } /* + * called with RCU read lock from check_kill_permission() + */ +static inline int kill_ok_by_cred(struct task_struct *t) +{ + struct cred *cred = current_cred(); + struct cred *tcred = __task_cred(t); + + if (cred->user->user_ns != tcred->user->user_ns) { + /* userids are not equivalent - either you have the + capability to the target user ns or you don't */ + if (ns_capable(tcred->user->user_ns, CAP_KILL)) + return 1; + return 0; + } + + /* same user namespace - usual credentials checks apply */ + if ((cred->euid ^ tcred->suid) && + (cred->euid ^ tcred->uid) && + (cred->uid ^ tcred->suid) && + (cred->uid ^ tcred->uid) && + !ns_capable(tcred->user->user_ns, CAP_KILL)) + return 0; + + return 1; +} + +/* * Bad permissions for sending the signal * - the caller must hold the RCU read lock */ @@ -659,11 +686,7 @@ static int check_kill_permission(int sig, struct siginfo *info, cred = current_cred(); tcred = __task_cred(t); if (!same_thread_group(current, t) && - (cred->euid ^ tcred->suid) && - (cred->euid ^ tcred->uid) && - (cred->uid ^ tcred->suid) && - (cred->uid ^ tcred->uid) && - !capable(CAP_KILL)) { + !kill_ok_by_cred(t)) { switch (sig) { case SIGCONT: sid = task_session(t); -- 1.7.0.4 _______________________________________________ Containers mailing list Containers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.linux-foundation.org/mailman/listinfo/containers