linux-kernel - [PATCH v3 10/15] exec: Use secureexec for setting dumpability

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Date:   Tue, 18 Jul 2017 15:25:31 -0700
From:   Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To:     Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:     Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>,
        "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
        John Johansen <john.johansen@...onical.com>,
        "Serge E. Hallyn" <serge@...lyn.com>,
        Paul Moore <paul@...l-moore.com>,
        Stephen Smalley <sds@...ho.nsa.gov>,
        Casey Schaufler <casey@...aufler-ca.com>,
        Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@...ove.SAKURA.ne.jp>,
        James Morris <james.l.morris@...cle.com>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v3 10/15] exec: Use secureexec for setting dumpability

The examination of "current" to decide dumpability is wrong. This was a
check of and euid/uid (or egid/gid) mismatch in the existing process,
not the newly created one. This appears to stretch back into even the
"history.git" tree. Luckily, dumpability is later set in commit_creds().
In earlier kernel versions before creds existed, similar checks also
existed late in the exec flow, covering up the mistake as far back as I
could find.

Note that because the commit_creds() check examines differences of euid,
uid, egid, gid, and capabilities between the old and new creds, it would
look like the setup_new_exec() dumpability test could be entirely removed.
However, the secureexec test may cover a different set of tests (specific
to the LSMs) than what commit_creds() checks for. So, fix this test to
use secureexec (the removed euid tests are redundant to the commoncap
secureexec checks now).

Cc: David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
---
 fs/exec.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/exec.c b/fs/exec.c
index f9480d3e0b82..5241c8f25f5d 100644
--- a/fs/exec.c
+++ b/fs/exec.c
@@ -1353,7 +1353,7 @@ void setup_new_exec(struct linux_binprm * bprm)

 	current->sas_ss_sp = current->sas_ss_size = 0;

-	if (uid_eq(current_euid(), current_uid()) && gid_eq(current_egid(), current_gid()))
+	if (!bprm->secureexec)
 		set_dumpable(current->mm, SUID_DUMP_USER);
 	else
 		set_dumpable(current->mm, suid_dumpable);
-- 
2.7.4