linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] break out page allocation warning code

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Date:	Thu, 28 Apr 2011 12:05:42 +0900 (JST)
From:	KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com>
To:	john stultz <johnstul@...ibm.com>
Cc:	kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com,
	David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>,
	Dave Hansen <dave@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>,
	Michal Nazarewicz <mina86@...a86.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] break out page allocation warning code

> On Thu, 2011-04-21 at 10:29 +0900, KOSAKI Motohiro wrote:
> > And one correction.
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------
> > static ssize_t comm_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
> >                                 size_t count, loff_t *offset)
> > {
> >         struct inode *inode = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
> >         struct task_struct *p;
> >         char buffer[TASK_COMM_LEN];
> > 
> >         memset(buffer, 0, sizeof(buffer));
> >         if (count > sizeof(buffer) - 1)
> >                 count = sizeof(buffer) - 1;
> >         if (copy_from_user(buffer, buf, count))
> >                 return -EFAULT;
> > 
> >         p = get_proc_task(inode);
> >         if (!p)
> >                 return -ESRCH;
> > 
> >         if (same_thread_group(current, p))
> >                 set_task_comm(p, buffer);
> >         else
> >                 count = -EINVAL;
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------
> > 
> > This code doesn't have proper credential check. IOW, you forgot to
> > pthread_setuid_np() case.
> 
> Sorry, could you expand on this a bit? Google isn't coming up with much
> for pthread_setuid_np. Can a thread actually end up with different uid
> then the process it is a member of?

Yes. Linux kernel _always_ only care per-thread uid.
glibc 2.3.3 or earlier, it use kernel syscall straight forward. and then
userland application also don't have a way to change per-process uid.

glbc 2.3.4 or later, glibc implement per-process setuid by using signal
for inter thread communication. (ie, every thread call setuid() syscall
internally). Hm, currently pthread_setuid_np don't have proper exported
header file. so, parpaps, we need to only worry about syscall(NR_uid) and
old libc?

Anyway, If you see task_struct definition, you can easily find it has
cred.

Thanks.

> 
> Or is same_thread_group not really what I think it is? What would be a
> better way to check that the two threads are members of the same
> process?
> 
> thanks
> -john
> 
> 



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