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

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Message-ID: <53A942DD.3070506@linaro.org>
Date:	Tue, 24 Jun 2014 18:20:29 +0900
From:	AKASHI Takahiro <takahiro.akashi@...aro.org>
To:	Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>,
	Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
CC:	André Hentschel <nerv@...ncrow.de>,
	Russell King <linux@....linux.org.uk>,
	Jonathan Austin <Jonathan.Austin@....com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>,
	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"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 06/24/2014 05:54 PM, Will Deacon wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 23, 2014 at 08:46:52PM +0100, Kees Cook wrote:
>> On Mon, Jun 23, 2014 at 1:46 AM, Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com> wrote:
>>> On Fri, Jun 20, 2014 at 07:10:46PM +0100, Kees Cook wrote:
>>>> On Fri, Jun 20, 2014 at 10:36 AM, Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org> wrote:
>>>>> On Fri, Jun 20, 2014 at 10:23 AM, Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com> wrote:
>>>>>> Right, gotcha. Thanks for the explanation. I was confused, because
>>>>>> tracehook_report_syscall does the right thing (returns
>>>>>> current_thread_info()->syscall), but if we don't have TIF_SYSCALL_TRACE set,
>>>>>> then updates during the secure_computing callback will be ignored.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> However, my fix to this is significantly smaller than your patch, so I fear
>>>>>> I'm still missing something.
>>>>>
>>>>> Oh, yes, that's much smaller. Nice! I will test this and report back.
>>>>
>>>> Yup, I can confirm this works. Thanks!
>>>>
>>>> Tested-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
>>>
>>> Thanks, Kees. I'll post a patch shortly. I'll try and remember to keep an
>>> eye out for this when seccomp lands for arm64 too.
>>
>> Great, thanks!
>>
>> What's the state of seccomp on arm64? I saw a series back in March,
>> but nothing since then? It looked complete, but I haven't set up a
>> test environment yet to verify.
>
> I think Akashi was going to repost `real soon now' so we can include them
> for 3.17. He missed the merge window last time around.

Do I really have to repost my patch even without any changes since the last one?
Just kidding. I will do so once I confirm the issue discussed here.
(I've finally found out a user of my patch :)

-Takahiro AKASHI

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