linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 0/5] pid: add pidfd

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Message-ID: <20190331223355.vfbnnkmevl63etvv@brauner.io>
Date:   Mon, 1 Apr 2019 00:33:56 +0200
From:   Christian Brauner <christian@...uner.io>
To:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:     Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>,
        Daniel Colascione <dancol@...gle.com>,
        Jann Horn <jannh@...gle.com>,
        Andrew Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
        David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>,
        "Serge E. Hallyn" <serge@...lyn.com>,
        Linux API <linux-api@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux List Kernel Mailing <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
        Konstantin Khlebnikov <khlebnikov@...dex-team.ru>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Michael Kerrisk-manpages <mtk.manpages@...il.com>,
        Jonathan Kowalski <bl0pbl33p@...il.com>,
        "Dmitry V. Levin" <ldv@...linux.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>,
        Nagarathnam Muthusamy <nagarathnam.muthusamy@...cle.com>,
        Aleksa Sarai <cyphar@...har.com>,
        Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
        Joel Fernandes <joel@...lfernandes.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/5] pid: add pidfd_open()

On Sun, Mar 31, 2019 at 03:16:47PM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 31, 2019 at 3:03 PM Christian Brauner <christian@...uner.io> wrote:
> >
> > Thanks for the input. The problem Jann and I saw with this is that it
> > would be awkward to have the kernel open a file in some procfs instance,
> > since then userspace would have to specify which procfs instance the fd
> > should come from.
> 
> I would actually suggest we just make the rules be that the
> pidfd_open() always return the internal /proc entry regardless of any
> mount-point (or any "hidepid") but also suggest that exactly *because*
> it gives you visibility into the target pid, you'd basically require
> the strictest kind of control of the process you're trying to get the
> pidfd of.
> 
> Ie likely something along the lines of
> 
>         ptrace_may_access(task, PTRACE_MODE_ATTACH_REALCREDS)

I can live with that but I would like to hear what Jann thinks too if
that's ok.

Christian