linux-kernel - Re: [RFC][PATCH] exec: Use init rlimits for setuid exec

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Date:   Thu, 6 Jul 2017 08:27:58 -0700
From:   Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>
To:     "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
Cc:     Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Michal Hocko <mhocko@...nel.org>,
        Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>, Willy Tarreau <w@....eu>,
        Hugh Dickins <hughd@...gle.com>,
        Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>,
        "Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@...c4.com>,
        Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>,
        Larry Woodman <lwoodman@...hat.com>,
        "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill@...temov.name>,
        Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>,
        "James E.J. Bottomley" <jejb@...isc-linux.org>,
        Helge Diller <deller@....de>,
        James Hogan <james.hogan@...tec.com>,
        Laura Abbott <labbott@...hat.com>, Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>,
        "security@...nel.org" <security@...nel.org>,
        Qualys Security Advisory <qsa@...lys.com>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Ximin Luo <infinity0@...ian.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH] exec: Use init rlimits for setuid exec

On Thu, Jul 6, 2017 at 5:45 AM, Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@...ssion.com> wrote:
>
> How this is handled elsewhere in the code is to put the new values in
> bprm.  Putting new rlimits in bprm and changing them in flush_old_exec
> or or setup_new_exec seems very sensible. It also allows for them to be
> accessed before de_thread when setting up the new mm and we can still
> fail.
>

Makes sense to me.

--Andy