linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1] cgroup,bpf: Add access check for cgroup_get_from

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Date:   Tue, 20 Sep 2016 09:53:08 -0400
From:   Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
To:     Mickaël Salaün <mic@...ikod.net>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...nel.org>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>,
        Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>,
        Daniel Mack <daniel@...que.org>,
        "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        James Morris <james.l.morris@...cle.com>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        Martin KaFai Lau <kafai@...com>, cgroups@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1] cgroup,bpf: Add access check for cgroup_get_from_fd()

Hello,

On Tue, Sep 20, 2016 at 12:49:13AM +0200, Mickaël Salaün wrote:
> Add security access check for cgroup backed FD. The "cgroup.procs" file
> of the corresponding cgroup should be readable to identify the cgroup,
> and writable to prove that the current process can manage this cgroup
> (e.g. through delegation). This is similar to the check done by
> cgroup_procs_write_permission().

Can you please explain why this change is beneficial?

Thanks.

-- 
tejun