linux-kernel - [PATCH] procfs: fixes pthread cross-thread naming if !PR

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Date:	Tue, 26 Apr 2016 18:20:07 +0100
From:	Janis Danisevskis <jdanis@...gle.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Janis Danisevskis <jdanis@...gle.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
	Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
	Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@...nvz.org>,
	Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com>,
	Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>,
	David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>,
	Minfei Huang <mnfhuang@...il.com>,
	John Stultz <john.stultz@...aro.org>,
	Calvin Owens <calvinowens@...com>, Jann Horn <jann@...jh.net>
Subject: [PATCH] procfs: fixes pthread cross-thread naming if !PR_DUMPABLE

The PR_DUMPABLE flag causes the pid related paths of the
proc file system to be owned by ROOT. The implementation
of pthread_set/getname_np however needs access to
/proc/<pid>/task/<tid>/comm.
If PR_DUMPABLE is false this implementation is locked out.

This patch installs a special permission function for
the file "comm" that grants read and write access to
all threads of the same group regardless of the ownership
of the inode. For all other threads the function falls back
to the generic inode permission check.

Signed-off-by: Janis Danisevskis <jdanis@...gle.com>
---
 fs/proc/base.c | 42 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 41 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/proc/base.c b/fs/proc/base.c
index b1755b2..c8ceb3c8 100644
--- a/fs/proc/base.c
+++ b/fs/proc/base.c
@@ -3157,6 +3157,44 @@ int proc_pid_readdir(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx)
 }
 
 /*
+ * proc_tid_comm_permission is a special permission function exclusively
+ * used for the node /proc/<pid>/task/<tid>/comm.
+ * It bypasses generic permission checks in the case where a task of the same
+ * task group attempts to access the node.
+ * The rational behind this is that glibc and bionic access this node for
+ * cross thread naming (pthread_set/getname_np(!self)). However, if
+ * PR_SET_DUMPABLE gets set to 0 this node among others becomes uid=0 gid=0,
+ * which locks out the cross thread naming implementation.
+ * This function makes sure that the node is always accessible for members of
+ * same thread group.
+ */
+static int proc_tid_comm_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask)
+{
+	bool is_same_tgroup;
+	struct task_struct *task;
+
+	task = get_proc_task(inode);
+	if (!task)
+		return -ESRCH;
+	is_same_tgroup = same_thread_group(current, task);
+	put_task_struct(task);
+
+	if (likely(is_same_tgroup && !(mask & MAY_EXEC))) {
+		/* This file (/proc/<pid>/task/<tid>/comm) can always be
+		 * read or written by the members of the corresponding
+		 * thread group.
+		 */
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	return generic_permission(inode, mask);
+}
+
+static const struct inode_operations proc_tid_comm_inode_operations = {
+		.permission = proc_tid_comm_permission,
+};
+
+/*
  * Tasks
  */
 static const struct pid_entry tid_base_stuff[] = {
@@ -3174,7 +3212,9 @@ static const struct pid_entry tid_base_stuff[] = {
 #ifdef CONFIG_SCHED_DEBUG
 	REG("sched",     S_IRUGO|S_IWUSR, proc_pid_sched_operations),
 #endif
-	REG("comm",      S_IRUGO|S_IWUSR, proc_pid_set_comm_operations),
+	NOD("comm",      S_IFREG|S_IRUGO|S_IWUSR,
+			 &proc_tid_comm_inode_operations,
+			 &proc_pid_set_comm_operations, {}),
 #ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_ARCH_TRACEHOOK
 	ONE("syscall",   S_IRUSR, proc_pid_syscall),
 #endif
-- 
2.8.0.rc3.226.g39d4020