This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled security,selinux,smack: kill security_task_wait hook to the 4.9-stable tree which can be found at: http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary The filename of the patch is: security-selinux-smack-kill-security_task_wait-hook.patch and it can be found in the queue-4.9 subdirectory. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it. >From 3a2f5a59a695a73e0cde9a61e0feae5fa730e936 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Stephen Smalley <sds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2017 12:28:32 -0500 Subject: security,selinux,smack: kill security_task_wait hook From: Stephen Smalley <sds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> commit 3a2f5a59a695a73e0cde9a61e0feae5fa730e936 upstream. As reported by yangshukui, a permission denial from security_task_wait() can lead to a soft lockup in zap_pid_ns_processes() since it only expects sys_wait4() to return 0 or -ECHILD. Further, security_task_wait() can in general lead to zombies; in the absence of some way to automatically reparent a child process upon a denial, the hook is not useful. Remove the security hook and its implementations in SELinux and Smack. Smack already removed its check from its hook. Reported-by: yangshukui <yangshukui@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Stephen Smalley <sds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Casey Schaufler <casey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Paul Moore <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Alexander Grund <theflamefire89@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- include/linux/lsm_hooks.h | 7 ------- include/linux/security.h | 6 ------ kernel/exit.c | 19 ++----------------- security/security.c | 6 ------ security/selinux/hooks.c | 6 ------ security/smack/smack_lsm.c | 20 -------------------- 6 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 62 deletions(-) --- a/include/linux/lsm_hooks.h +++ b/include/linux/lsm_hooks.h @@ -666,11 +666,6 @@ * @sig contains the signal value. * @secid contains the sid of the process where the signal originated * Return 0 if permission is granted. - * @task_wait: - * Check permission before allowing a process to reap a child process @p - * and collect its status information. - * @p contains the task_struct for process. - * Return 0 if permission is granted. * @task_prctl: * Check permission before performing a process control operation on the * current process. @@ -1507,7 +1502,6 @@ union security_list_options { int (*task_movememory)(struct task_struct *p); int (*task_kill)(struct task_struct *p, struct siginfo *info, int sig, u32 secid); - int (*task_wait)(struct task_struct *p); int (*task_prctl)(int option, unsigned long arg2, unsigned long arg3, unsigned long arg4, unsigned long arg5); void (*task_to_inode)(struct task_struct *p, struct inode *inode); @@ -1768,7 +1762,6 @@ struct security_hook_heads { struct list_head task_getscheduler; struct list_head task_movememory; struct list_head task_kill; - struct list_head task_wait; struct list_head task_prctl; struct list_head task_to_inode; struct list_head ipc_permission; --- a/include/linux/security.h +++ b/include/linux/security.h @@ -332,7 +332,6 @@ int security_task_getscheduler(struct ta int security_task_movememory(struct task_struct *p); int security_task_kill(struct task_struct *p, struct siginfo *info, int sig, u32 secid); -int security_task_wait(struct task_struct *p); int security_task_prctl(int option, unsigned long arg2, unsigned long arg3, unsigned long arg4, unsigned long arg5); void security_task_to_inode(struct task_struct *p, struct inode *inode); @@ -979,11 +978,6 @@ static inline int security_task_kill(str { return 0; } - -static inline int security_task_wait(struct task_struct *p) -{ - return 0; -} static inline int security_task_prctl(int option, unsigned long arg2, unsigned long arg3, --- a/kernel/exit.c +++ b/kernel/exit.c @@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ #include <linux/tty.h> #include <linux/iocontext.h> #include <linux/key.h> -#include <linux/security.h> #include <linux/cpu.h> #include <linux/acct.h> #include <linux/tsacct_kern.h> @@ -1342,7 +1341,7 @@ static int wait_task_continued(struct wa * Returns nonzero for a final return, when we have unlocked tasklist_lock. * Returns zero if the search for a child should continue; * then ->notask_error is 0 if @p is an eligible child, - * or another error from security_task_wait(), or still -ECHILD. + * or still -ECHILD. */ static int wait_consider_task(struct wait_opts *wo, int ptrace, struct task_struct *p) @@ -1362,20 +1361,6 @@ static int wait_consider_task(struct wai if (!ret) return ret; - ret = security_task_wait(p); - if (unlikely(ret < 0)) { - /* - * If we have not yet seen any eligible child, - * then let this error code replace -ECHILD. - * A permission error will give the user a clue - * to look for security policy problems, rather - * than for mysterious wait bugs. - */ - if (wo->notask_error) - wo->notask_error = ret; - return 0; - } - if (unlikely(exit_state == EXIT_TRACE)) { /* * ptrace == 0 means we are the natural parent. In this case @@ -1468,7 +1453,7 @@ static int wait_consider_task(struct wai * Returns nonzero for a final return, when we have unlocked tasklist_lock. * Returns zero if the search for a child should continue; then * ->notask_error is 0 if there were any eligible children, - * or another error from security_task_wait(), or still -ECHILD. + * or still -ECHILD. */ static int do_wait_thread(struct wait_opts *wo, struct task_struct *tsk) { --- a/security/security.c +++ b/security/security.c @@ -1032,11 +1032,6 @@ int security_task_kill(struct task_struc return call_int_hook(task_kill, 0, p, info, sig, secid); } -int security_task_wait(struct task_struct *p) -{ - return call_int_hook(task_wait, 0, p); -} - int security_task_prctl(int option, unsigned long arg2, unsigned long arg3, unsigned long arg4, unsigned long arg5) { @@ -1776,7 +1771,6 @@ struct security_hook_heads security_hook .task_movememory = LIST_HEAD_INIT(security_hook_heads.task_movememory), .task_kill = LIST_HEAD_INIT(security_hook_heads.task_kill), - .task_wait = LIST_HEAD_INIT(security_hook_heads.task_wait), .task_prctl = LIST_HEAD_INIT(security_hook_heads.task_prctl), .task_to_inode = LIST_HEAD_INIT(security_hook_heads.task_to_inode), --- a/security/selinux/hooks.c +++ b/security/selinux/hooks.c @@ -3951,11 +3951,6 @@ static int selinux_task_kill(struct task return rc; } -static int selinux_task_wait(struct task_struct *p) -{ - return task_has_perm(p, current, PROCESS__SIGCHLD); -} - static void selinux_task_to_inode(struct task_struct *p, struct inode *inode) { @@ -6220,7 +6215,6 @@ static struct security_hook_list selinux LSM_HOOK_INIT(task_getscheduler, selinux_task_getscheduler), LSM_HOOK_INIT(task_movememory, selinux_task_movememory), LSM_HOOK_INIT(task_kill, selinux_task_kill), - LSM_HOOK_INIT(task_wait, selinux_task_wait), LSM_HOOK_INIT(task_to_inode, selinux_task_to_inode), LSM_HOOK_INIT(ipc_permission, selinux_ipc_permission), --- a/security/smack/smack_lsm.c +++ b/security/smack/smack_lsm.c @@ -2277,25 +2277,6 @@ static int smack_task_kill(struct task_s } /** - * smack_task_wait - Smack access check for waiting - * @p: task to wait for - * - * Returns 0 - */ -static int smack_task_wait(struct task_struct *p) -{ - /* - * Allow the operation to succeed. - * Zombies are bad. - * In userless environments (e.g. phones) programs - * get marked with SMACK64EXEC and even if the parent - * and child shouldn't be talking the parent still - * may expect to know when the child exits. - */ - return 0; -} - -/** * smack_task_to_inode - copy task smack into the inode blob * @p: task to copy from * @inode: inode to copy to @@ -4686,7 +4667,6 @@ static struct security_hook_list smack_h LSM_HOOK_INIT(task_getscheduler, smack_task_getscheduler), LSM_HOOK_INIT(task_movememory, smack_task_movememory), LSM_HOOK_INIT(task_kill, smack_task_kill), - LSM_HOOK_INIT(task_wait, smack_task_wait), LSM_HOOK_INIT(task_to_inode, smack_task_to_inode), LSM_HOOK_INIT(ipc_permission, smack_ipc_permission), Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from sds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx are queue-4.9/security-selinux-smack-kill-security_task_wait-hook.patch