linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v9] fs: clear file privilege bits when mmap writing

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-ID: <CALCETrUVyF7KwLk29pXDPKVehAxKfKNf_1z7fHjKLg4Y0dzKrQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Fri, 27 Jan 2017 19:47:45 -0800
From:   Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>
To:     Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
Cc:     Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Konstantin Khlebnikov <koct9i@...il.com>,
        Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>, yalin wang <yalin.wang2010@...il.com>,
        Willy Tarreau <w@....eu>,
        "linux-mm@...ck.org" <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v9] fs: clear file privilege bits when mmap writing

On Wed, May 25, 2016 at 2:49 PM, Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk> wrote:
> On Wed, May 25, 2016 at 02:36:57PM -0700, Kees Cook wrote:
>
>> Hm, this didn't end up getting picked up. (This jumped out at me again
>> because i_mutex just vanished...)
>>
>> Al, what's the right way to update the locking in this patch?
>
> ->i_mutex is dealt with just by using lock_inode(inode)/unlock_inode(inode);
> I hadn't looked at the rest of the locking in there.

Ping?

If this is too messy, I'm wondering if we could get away with a much
simpler approach: clear the suid and sgid bits when the file is opened
for write.