The patch titled Subject: proc: fix timerslack_ns CAP_SYS_NICE check when adjusting self has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was proc-fix-timerslack_ns-cap_sys_nice-check-when-adjusting-self.patch This patch was dropped because it was merged into mainline or a subsystem tree ------------------------------------------------------ From: John Stultz <john.stultz@xxxxxxxxxx> Subject: proc: fix timerslack_ns CAP_SYS_NICE check when adjusting self 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 privileges 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 Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1471906870-28624-1-git-send-email-john.stultz@xxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: John Stultz <john.stultz@xxxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: "Serge E. Hallyn" <serge@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Oren Laadan <orenl@xxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Ruchi Kandoi <kandoiruchi@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Rom Lemarchand <romlem@xxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Todd Kjos <tkjos@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Colin Cross <ccross@xxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Nick Kralevich <nnk@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Dmitry Shmidt <dimitrysh@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Elliott Hughes <enh@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Android Kernel Team <kernel-team@xxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/proc/base.c | 36 ++++++++++++++++++++---------------- 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-) diff -puN fs/proc/base.c~proc-fix-timerslack_ns-cap_sys_nice-check-when-adjusting-self fs/proc/base.c --- a/fs/proc/base.c~proc-fix-timerslack_ns-cap_sys_nice-check-when-adjusting-self +++ a/fs/proc/base.c @@ -2280,15 +2280,17 @@ static ssize_t timerslack_ns_write(struc if (!p) return -ESRCH; - if (!capable(CAP_SYS_NICE)) { - count = -EPERM; - goto out; - } - - err = security_task_setscheduler(p); - if (err) { - count = err; - 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; + } } task_lock(p); @@ -2314,14 +2316,16 @@ static int timerslack_ns_show(struct seq if (!p) return -ESRCH; - if (!capable(CAP_SYS_NICE)) { - err = -EPERM; - goto out; - } + if (p != current) { - err = security_task_getscheduler(p); - if (err) - goto out; + if (!capable(CAP_SYS_NICE)) { + err = -EPERM; + goto out; + } + err = security_task_getscheduler(p); + if (err) + goto out; + } task_lock(p); seq_printf(m, "%llu\n", p->timer_slack_ns); _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from john.stultz@xxxxxxxxxx are -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html