linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/3] userfaultfd/sysctl: introduce unprivileged

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Date:   Tue, 12 Mar 2019 20:26:33 +0800
From:   Peter Xu <peterx@...hat.com>
To:     Mike Rapoport <rppt@...ux.ibm.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
        Hugh Dickins <hughd@...gle.com>,
        Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@...nel.org>,
        Maxime Coquelin <maxime.coquelin@...hat.com>,
        kvm@...r.kernel.org, Jerome Glisse <jglisse@...hat.com>,
        Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@...tuozzo.com>,
        Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>,
        Martin Cracauer <cracauer@...s.org>,
        Denis Plotnikov <dplotnikov@...tuozzo.com>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        Marty McFadden <mcfadden8@...l.gov>,
        Maya Gokhale <gokhale2@...l.gov>,
        Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@...cle.com>,
        Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@...hat.com>,
        Mike Rapoport <rppt@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>,
        "Kirill A . Shutemov" <kirill@...temov.name>,
        linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
        "Dr . David Alan Gilbert" <dgilbert@...hat.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] userfaultfd/sysctl: introduce
 unprivileged_userfaultfd

On Tue, Mar 12, 2019 at 08:58:30AM +0200, Mike Rapoport wrote:

[...]

> > +config USERFAULTFD_UNPRIVILEGED_DEFAULT
> > +        string "Default behavior for unprivileged userfault syscalls"
> > +        depends on USERFAULTFD
> > +        default "disabled"
> > +        help
> > +          Set this to "enabled" to allow userfaultfd syscalls from
> > +          unprivileged users.  Set this to "disabled" to forbid
> > +          userfaultfd syscalls from unprivileged users.  Set this to
> > +          "kvm" to forbid unpriviledged users but still allow users
> > +          who had enough permission to open /dev/kvm.
> 
> I'd phrase it a bit differently:
> 
> This option controls privilege level required to execute userfaultfd
                      ^
                      +---- add " the default"?

> system call.
> 
> Set this to "enabled" to allow userfaultfd system call from unprivileged
> users. 
> Set this to "disabled" to allow userfaultfd system call only for users who
> have ptrace capability.
> Set this to "kvm" to restrict userfaultfd system call usage to users with
                                                                      ^
                         add " who have ptrace capability, or" -------+

> permissions to open "/dev/kvm".

I think your version is better than mine, but I'd like to confirm
about above two extra changes before I squash them into the patch. :)

Thanks!

-- 
Peter Xu