linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v10 05/11] seccomp: add system call filtering using BPF

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Date:	Wed, 22 Feb 2012 14:23:46 +0000
From:	Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>
To:	Indan Zupancic <indan@....nu>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v10 05/11] seccomp: add system call filtering using BPF

On Wed, 2012-02-22 at 09:19 +0100, Indan Zupancic wrote:
[...]
> Alternative approach: Tell the arch at filter install time and only run the
> filters with the same arch as the current system call. If no filters are run,
> deny the systemcall.
>
> Advantages:
> 
> - Filters don't have to check the arch every syscall entry.
> 
> - Secure by default. Filters don't have to do anything arch specific to
>   be secure, no surprises possible.
> 
> - If a new arch comes into existence, there is no chance of old filters
>   becoming buggy and insecure. This is especially true for archs that
>   had only one mode, but added another one later on: Old filters had no
>   need to check the mode at all.
[...]

What about when there are multiple layers of restrictions?  So long as
any one layer covers the new architecture, there is no default-deny even
though the other layers might not cover it.

I would have thought the way to make sure the architecture is always
checked is to pack it together with the syscall number.

Ben.

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