linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] arm: ptrace: fix syscall modification under PTRACE_O

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Date:	Wed, 18 Jun 2014 13:51:39 -0700
From:	Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>
To:	Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
Cc:	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Russell King <linux@....linux.org.uk>,
	Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Jonathan Austin <jonathan.austin@....com>,
	André Hentschel <nerv@...ncrow.de>,
	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>,
	"linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" 
	<linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
	Ricky Zhou <rickyz@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] arm: ptrace: fix syscall modification under PTRACE_O_TRACESECCOMP

On Wed, Jun 18, 2014 at 1:27 PM, Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org> wrote:
> An x86 tracer wanting to change the syscall uses PTRACE_SETREGS
> (stored to regs->orig_ax), and an ARM tracer uses PTRACE_SET_SYSCALL
> (stored to current_thread_info()->syscall). When this happens, the
> syscall can change across the call to secure_computing(), since it may
> block on tracer notification, and the tracer can then make changes
> to the process, before we return from secure_computing(). This
> means the code must respect the changed syscall after the
> secure_computing() call in syscall_trace_enter(). The same is true
> for tracehook_report_syscall_entry() which may also block and change
> the syscall.
>
> The x86 code handles this (it expects orig_ax to always be the
> desired syscall). In the ARM case, this means we should not be touching
> current_thread_info()->syscall after its initial assignment. All failures
> should result in a -1 syscall, though.

This looks sensible.

--Andy
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