linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/9] Known exploit detection

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:	Wed, 18 Dec 2013 22:14:20 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>
To:	Vegard Nossum <vegard.nossum@...cle.com>
cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Tommi Rantala <tt.rantala@...il.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
	Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>,
	Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
	Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@...ll.ch>,
	Alan Cox <alan@...ux.intel.com>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>,
	James Morris <james.l.morris@...cle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/9] Known exploit detection

On Thu, 12 Dec 2013, vegard.nossum@...cle.com wrote:

> diff --git a/security/exploit.c b/security/exploit.c
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000..a732613
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/security/exploit.c
> @@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
> +#include <linux/cred.h>
> +#include <linux/exploit.h>
> +#include <linux/printk.h>
> +#include <linux/ratelimit.h>
> +#include <linux/sched.h>
> +
> +void _exploit(const char *id)
> +{
> +	/*
> +	 * This function needs to be super defensive/conservative, since
> +	 * userspace can easily get to it from several different contexts.
> +	 * We don't want it to become an attack vector in itself!
> +	 *
> +	 * We can assume that we're in process context, but spinlocks may
> +	 * be held, etc.

Not task_lock(current), though.

> +	 */
> +
> +	struct task_struct *task = current;
> +	pid_t pid = task_pid_nr(task);
> +	uid_t uid = from_kuid(&init_user_ns, current_uid());
> +	char comm[sizeof(task->comm)];
> +
> +	get_task_comm(comm, task);
> +
> +	pr_warn_ratelimited("warning: possible %s exploit attempt by pid=%u uid=%u comm=%s\n",
> +		id, pid, uid, comm);
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(_exploit);
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/