linux-kernel - Re: [RFC v3 19/22] landlock: Add interrupted origin

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Message-ID: <57F56A11.109@digikod.net>
Date:   Wed, 5 Oct 2016 23:01:05 +0200
From:   Mickaël Salaün <mic@...ikod.net>
To:     Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>
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Subject: Re: [RFC v3 19/22] landlock: Add interrupted origin


On 04/10/2016 01:46, Kees Cook wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 14, 2016 at 6:19 PM, Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net> wrote:
>> On Wed, Sep 14, 2016 at 3:14 PM, Mickaël Salaün <mic@...ikod.net> wrote:
>>>
>>> On 14/09/2016 20:29, Andy Lutomirski wrote:
>>>> On Wed, Sep 14, 2016 at 12:24 AM, Mickaël Salaün <mic@...ikod.net> wrote:
>>>>> This third origin of hook call should cover all possible trigger paths
>>>>> (e.g. page fault). Landlock eBPF programs can then take decisions
>>>>> accordingly.
>>>>>
>>>>> Signed-off-by: Mickaël Salaün <mic@...ikod.net>
>>>>> Cc: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...nel.org>
>>>>> Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>
>>>>> Cc: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>
>>>>> Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
>>>>> ---
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> +       if (unlikely(in_interrupt())) {
>>>>
>>>> IMO security hooks have no business being called from interrupts.
>>>> Aren't they all synchronous things done by tasks?  Interrupts are
>>>> driver things.
>>>>
>>>> Are you trying to check for page faults and such?
>>>
>>> Yes, that was the idea you did put in my mind. Not sure how to deal with
>>> this.
>>>
>>
>> It's not so easy, unfortunately.  The easiest reliable way might be to
>> set a TS_ flag on all syscall entries when TIF_SECCOMP or similar is
>> set.
> 
> For making this series smaller, let's leave the idea idea of interrupt
> hooks out -- the intention is for stricter syscall filtering, yes?
> 
> Once things are more well established and there's a use-case for this,
> it can be added back in.

Right, I'm no more convinced it's worth it.



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