This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
ptrace: Properly initialize ptracer_cred on fork
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:
ptrace-properly-initialize-ptracer_cred-on-fork.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 c70d9d809fdeecedb96972457ee45c49a232d97f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 22 May 2017 15:40:12 -0500
Subject: ptrace: Properly initialize ptracer_cred on fork
From: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
commit c70d9d809fdeecedb96972457ee45c49a232d97f upstream.
When I introduced ptracer_cred I failed to consider the weirdness of
fork where the task_struct copies the old value by default. This
winds up leaving ptracer_cred set even when a process forks and
the child process does not wind up being ptraced.
Because ptracer_cred is not set on non-ptraced processes whose
parents were ptraced this has broken the ability of the enlightenment
window manager to start setuid children.
Fix this by properly initializing ptracer_cred in ptrace_init_task
This must be done with a little bit of care to preserve the current value
of ptracer_cred when ptrace carries through fork. Re-reading the
ptracer_cred from the ptracing process at this point is inconsistent
with how PT_PTRACE_CAP has been maintained all of these years.
Tested-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@xxxxxxx>
Fixes: 64b875f7ac8a ("ptrace: Capture the ptracer's creds not PT_PTRACE_CAP")
Signed-off-by: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/ptrace.h | 7 +++++--
kernel/ptrace.c | 20 +++++++++++++-------
2 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
--- a/include/linux/ptrace.h
+++ b/include/linux/ptrace.h
@@ -53,7 +53,8 @@ extern int ptrace_request(struct task_st
unsigned long addr, unsigned long data);
extern void ptrace_notify(int exit_code);
extern void __ptrace_link(struct task_struct *child,
- struct task_struct *new_parent);
+ struct task_struct *new_parent,
+ const struct cred *ptracer_cred);
extern void __ptrace_unlink(struct task_struct *child);
extern void exit_ptrace(struct task_struct *tracer, struct list_head *dead);
#define PTRACE_MODE_READ 0x01
@@ -205,7 +206,7 @@ static inline void ptrace_init_task(stru
if (unlikely(ptrace) && current->ptrace) {
child->ptrace = current->ptrace;
- __ptrace_link(child, current->parent);
+ __ptrace_link(child, current->parent, current->ptracer_cred);
if (child->ptrace & PT_SEIZED)
task_set_jobctl_pending(child, JOBCTL_TRAP_STOP);
@@ -214,6 +215,8 @@ static inline void ptrace_init_task(stru
set_tsk_thread_flag(child, TIF_SIGPENDING);
}
+ else
+ child->ptracer_cred = NULL;
}
/**
--- a/kernel/ptrace.c
+++ b/kernel/ptrace.c
@@ -57,19 +57,25 @@ int ptrace_access_vm(struct task_struct
}
+void __ptrace_link(struct task_struct *child, struct task_struct *new_parent,
+ const struct cred *ptracer_cred)
+{
+ BUG_ON(!list_empty(&child->ptrace_entry));
+ list_add(&child->ptrace_entry, &new_parent->ptraced);
+ child->parent = new_parent;
+ child->ptracer_cred = get_cred(ptracer_cred);
+}
+
/*
* ptrace a task: make the debugger its new parent and
* move it to the ptrace list.
*
* Must be called with the tasklist lock write-held.
*/
-void __ptrace_link(struct task_struct *child, struct task_struct *new_parent)
+static void ptrace_link(struct task_struct *child, struct task_struct *new_parent)
{
- BUG_ON(!list_empty(&child->ptrace_entry));
- list_add(&child->ptrace_entry, &new_parent->ptraced);
- child->parent = new_parent;
rcu_read_lock();
- child->ptracer_cred = get_cred(__task_cred(new_parent));
+ __ptrace_link(child, new_parent, __task_cred(new_parent));
rcu_read_unlock();
}
@@ -383,7 +389,7 @@ static int ptrace_attach(struct task_str
flags |= PT_SEIZED;
task->ptrace = flags;
- __ptrace_link(task, current);
+ ptrace_link(task, current);
/* SEIZE doesn't trap tracee on attach */
if (!seize)
@@ -456,7 +462,7 @@ static int ptrace_traceme(void)
*/
if (!ret && !(current->real_parent->flags & PF_EXITING)) {
current->ptrace = PT_PTRACED;
- __ptrace_link(current, current->real_parent);
+ ptrace_link(current, current->real_parent);
}
}
write_unlock_irq(&tasklist_lock);
Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx are
queue-4.9/ptrace-properly-initialize-ptracer_cred-on-fork.patch