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Message-ID: <CAGXu5jKLJ-wwqd_-BhqjVJ1j1a-amKM3VRFyqKYnvUT7RODmjg@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Tue, 9 Jun 2015 10:27:35 -0700
From:	Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To:	Calvin Owens <calvinowens@...com>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com>,
	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
	Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
	Miklos Szeredi <miklos@...redi.hu>,
	Zefan Li <lizefan@...wei.com>, Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>,
	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>,
	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, kernel-team@...com,
	Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>,
	Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@...nvz.org>,
	"Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill@...temov.name>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6] procfs: Always expose /proc/<pid>/map_files/ and make
 it readable

On Mon, Jun 8, 2015 at 8:39 PM, Calvin Owens <calvinowens@...com> wrote:
> Currently, /proc/<pid>/map_files/ is restricted to CAP_SYS_ADMIN, and
> is only exposed if CONFIG_CHECKPOINT_RESTORE is set.
>
> This interface very useful because it allows userspace to stat()
> deleted files that are still mapped by some process, which enables a
> much quicker and more accurate answer to the question "How much disk
> space is being consumed by files that are deleted but still mapped?"
> than is currently possible.
>
> This patch moves map_files/ out from behind CONFIG_CHECKPOINT_RESTORE,
> and adjusts the permissions enforced on it as follows:
>
> * proc_map_files_lookup()
> * proc_map_files_readdir()
> * map_files_d_revalidate()
>
>         Remove the CAP_SYS_ADMIN restriction, leaving only the current
>         restriction requiring PTRACE_MODE_READ.
>
>         In earlier versions of this patch, I changed the ptrace checks
>         in the functions above to enforce MODE_ATTACH instead of
>         MODE_READ. That was an oversight: all the information exposed
>         by the above three functions is already available with
>         MODE_READ from /proc/PID/maps. I was only being asked to
>         strengthen the protection around functionality provided by
>         follow_link(), not the above.
>
>         So, I've left the checks for MODE_READ as-is, since AFAICS all
>         objections raised so far are addressed by the new CAP_SYS_ADMIN
>         check in follow_link(), explained below.
>
> * proc_map_files_follow_link()
>
>         This stub has been added, and requires that the user have
>         CAP_SYS_ADMIN in order to follow the links in map_files/,
>         since there was concern on LKML both about the potential for
>         bypassing permissions on ancestor directories in the path to
>         files pointed to, and about what happens with more exotic
>         memory mappings created by some drivers (ie dma-buf).
>
> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
> Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>
> Cc: Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@...nvz.org>
> Cc: Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
> Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
> Cc: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill@...temov.name>
> Signed-off-by: Calvin Owens <calvinowens@...com>
> ---
> Changes in v6:  Require CAP_SYS_ADMIN for follow_link(). Leave other
>                 PTRACE_MODE_READ checks as-is, since CAP_SYS_ADMIN
>                 alone addresses all concerns raised AFAICS.
>
> Changes in v5:  s/dentry->d_inode/d_inode(dentry)/g
>
> Changes in v4:  Return -ESRCH from follow_link() when get_proc_task()
>                 returns NULL.
>
> Changes in v3:  Changed permission checks to use PTRACE_MODE_ATTACH
>                 instead of PTRACE_MODE_READ, and added a stub to
>                 enforce MODE_ATTACH on follow_link() as well.
>
> Changes in v2:  Removed the follow_link() stub that returned -EPERM if
>                 the caller didn't have CAP_SYS_ADMIN, since the caller
>                 in my chroot() scenario gets -EACCES anyway.
>
>  fs/proc/base.c | 42 +++++++++++++++++++++++-------------------
>  1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/proc/base.c b/fs/proc/base.c
> index 093ca14..0270191 100644
> --- a/fs/proc/base.c
> +++ b/fs/proc/base.c
> @@ -1641,8 +1641,6 @@ end_instantiate:
>         return dir_emit(ctx, name, len, 1, DT_UNKNOWN);
>  }
>
> -#ifdef CONFIG_CHECKPOINT_RESTORE
> -
>  /*
>   * dname_to_vma_addr - maps a dentry name into two unsigned longs
>   * which represent vma start and end addresses.
> @@ -1669,11 +1667,6 @@ static int map_files_d_revalidate(struct dentry *dentry, unsigned int flags)
>         if (flags & LOOKUP_RCU)
>                 return -ECHILD;
>
> -       if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN)) {
> -               status = -EPERM;
> -               goto out_notask;
> -       }
> -
>         inode = d_inode(dentry);
>         task = get_proc_task(inode);
>         if (!task)
> @@ -1762,6 +1755,28 @@ struct map_files_info {
>         unsigned char   name[4*sizeof(long)+2]; /* max: %lx-%lx\0 */
>  };
>
> +/*
> + * Only allow CAP_SYS_ADMIN to follow the links, due to concerns about how the
> + * symlinks may be used to bypass permissions on ancestor directories in the
> + * path to the file in question.
> + */

Cool, I think this looks good. Thanks!

Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>

-Kees

> +static void *proc_map_files_follow_link(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd)
> +{
> +       if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
> +               return ERR_PTR(-EPERM);
> +
> +       return proc_pid_follow_link(dentry, nd);
> +}
> +
> +/*
> + * Identical to proc_pid_link_inode_operations except for follow_link()
> + */
> +static const struct inode_operations proc_map_files_link_inode_operations = {
> +       .readlink       = proc_pid_readlink,
> +       .follow_link    = proc_map_files_follow_link,
> +       .setattr        = proc_setattr,
> +};
> +
>  static int
>  proc_map_files_instantiate(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
>                            struct task_struct *task, const void *ptr)
> @@ -1777,7 +1792,7 @@ proc_map_files_instantiate(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
>         ei = PROC_I(inode);
>         ei->op.proc_get_link = proc_map_files_get_link;
>
> -       inode->i_op = &proc_pid_link_inode_operations;
> +       inode->i_op = &proc_map_files_link_inode_operations;
>         inode->i_size = 64;
>         inode->i_mode = S_IFLNK;
>
> @@ -1801,10 +1816,6 @@ static struct dentry *proc_map_files_lookup(struct inode *dir,
>         int result;
>         struct mm_struct *mm;
>
> -       result = -EPERM;
> -       if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
> -               goto out;
> -
>         result = -ENOENT;
>         task = get_proc_task(dir);
>         if (!task)
> @@ -1858,10 +1869,6 @@ proc_map_files_readdir(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx)
>         struct map_files_info *p;
>         int ret;
>
> -       ret = -EPERM;
> -       if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
> -               goto out;
> -
>         ret = -ENOENT;
>         task = get_proc_task(file_inode(file));
>         if (!task)
> @@ -2050,7 +2057,6 @@ static const struct file_operations proc_timers_operations = {
>         .llseek         = seq_lseek,
>         .release        = seq_release_private,
>  };
> -#endif /* CONFIG_CHECKPOINT_RESTORE */
>
>  static int proc_pident_instantiate(struct inode *dir,
>         struct dentry *dentry, struct task_struct *task, const void *ptr)
> @@ -2549,9 +2555,7 @@ static const struct inode_operations proc_task_inode_operations;
>  static const struct pid_entry tgid_base_stuff[] = {
>         DIR("task",       S_IRUGO|S_IXUGO, proc_task_inode_operations, proc_task_operations),
>         DIR("fd",         S_IRUSR|S_IXUSR, proc_fd_inode_operations, proc_fd_operations),
> -#ifdef CONFIG_CHECKPOINT_RESTORE
>         DIR("map_files",  S_IRUSR|S_IXUSR, proc_map_files_inode_operations, proc_map_files_operations),
> -#endif
>         DIR("fdinfo",     S_IRUSR|S_IXUSR, proc_fdinfo_inode_operations, proc_fdinfo_operations),
>         DIR("ns",         S_IRUSR|S_IXUGO, proc_ns_dir_inode_operations, proc_ns_dir_operations),
>  #ifdef CONFIG_NET
> --
> 1.8.1
>



-- 
Kees Cook
Chrome OS Security
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