Some fields of the /proc/*/stat are sensitive fields that need appropriate protection. However, /proc file descriptors can be passed to a more privileged process (e.g. a suid-exec) which will pass the classic ptrace_may_access() permission check during read(). To prevent it, use proc_same_open_cred() to detect if current's cred have changed between ->open() and ->read(), if so, call proc_allow_access() to check if the original file's opener had enough permissions to read these sensitive fields. This will prevent passing file descriptors to a more privileged process to leak data. The patch also adds a previously missing signal->cred_guard_mutex lock. This patch does not break userspace since it only hides the fields that were supposed to be protected. Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Djalal Harouni <tixxdz@xxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/proc/array.c | 16 ++++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/proc/array.c b/fs/proc/array.c index cbd0f1b..f034e05 100644 --- a/fs/proc/array.c +++ b/fs/proc/array.c @@ -394,7 +394,7 @@ static int do_task_stat(struct seq_file *m, struct pid_namespace *ns, char state; pid_t ppid = 0, pgid = -1, sid = -1; int num_threads = 0; - int permitted; + int permitted = 0; struct mm_struct *mm; unsigned long long start_time; unsigned long cmin_flt = 0, cmaj_flt = 0; @@ -404,10 +404,22 @@ static int do_task_stat(struct seq_file *m, struct pid_namespace *ns, unsigned long rsslim = 0; char tcomm[sizeof(task->comm)]; unsigned long flags; + struct file *file = m->private; + int same_cred = proc_same_open_cred(file->f_cred); + unsigned int ptrace_mode = PTRACE_MODE_READ | PTRACE_MODE_NOAUDIT; state = *get_task_state(task); vsize = eip = esp = 0; - permitted = ptrace_may_access(task, PTRACE_MODE_READ | PTRACE_MODE_NOAUDIT); + + if (!mutex_lock_killable(&task->signal->cred_guard_mutex)) { + permitted = ptrace_may_access(task, ptrace_mode); + if (permitted && !same_cred) + permitted = proc_allow_access(file->f_cred, + task, ptrace_mode); + + mutex_unlock(&task->signal->cred_guard_mutex); + } + mm = get_task_mm(task); if (mm) { vsize = task_vsize(mm); -- 1.7.11.7 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html