linux-kernel - Re: [RFC 4/5] user namespaces: allow killing tasks in your own or child userns

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Date:	Sat, 1 Jan 2011 04:45:22 +0000
From:	"Serge E. Hallyn" <serge@...lyn.com>
To:	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
Cc:	"Serge E. Hallyn" <serge@...lyn.com>,
	LSM <linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org>,
	James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>,
	Kees Cook <kees.cook@...onical.com>,
	containers@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
	kernel list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com>,
	Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC 4/5] user namespaces: allow killing tasks in your own or
 child userns

Quoting Eric W. Biederman (ebiederm@...ssion.com):
> "Serge E. Hallyn" <serge@...lyn.com> writes:
> 
> > Quoting Eric W. Biederman (ebiederm@...ssion.com):
> >> > --- a/kernel/signal.c
> >> > +++ b/kernel/signal.c
> >> > @@ -659,11 +686,7 @@ static int check_kill_permission(int sig, struct siginfo *info,
> >> >  	cred = current_cred();
> >> >  	tcred = __task_cred(t);
> >> Nit pick  you don't need to compute cred and tcred here now.
> >
> > Just to make sure I understand right: you mean wait until after the
> > same_thread_group() check to save calculation in that case, right?
> 
> I mean cred and tcred are only use in kill_ok_by_cred.
> So we can eliminate those two variables from check_kill_permission.

Thanks for the review.  Here is an updated version.

Subject: [PATCH 4/5] allow killing tasks in your own or child userns

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
	Dec 31: address comment by Eric Biederman:
		don't need cred/tcred in check_kill_permission.

Signed-off-by: Serge E. Hallyn <serge.hallyn@...onical.com>
---
 kernel/signal.c |   36 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------
 1 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/signal.c b/kernel/signal.c
index 4e3cff1..d890c99 100644
--- a/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/kernel/signal.c
@@ -636,13 +636,39 @@ 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
  */
 static int check_kill_permission(int sig, struct siginfo *info,
 				 struct task_struct *t)
 {
-	const struct cred *cred, *tcred;
 	struct pid *sid;
 	int error;
 
@@ -656,14 +682,8 @@ static int check_kill_permission(int sig, struct siginfo *info,
 	if (error)
 		return error;
 
-	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

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