linux-kernel - [patch 5/6] posix-cpu-timers: Sanitize thread clock permissions

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Message-Id: <20190905120540.068959005@linutronix.de>
Date:   Thu, 05 Sep 2019 14:03:44 +0200
From:   Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
        Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
Subject: [patch 5/6] posix-cpu-timers: Sanitize thread clock permissions

The thread clock permissions are restricted to tasks of the same thread
group, but that also prevents a ptracer from reading them. This is
inconsistent vs. the process restrictions and unnecessary strict.

Relax it to ptrace permissions in the same way as process permissions are
handled.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
---
 kernel/time/posix-cpu-timers.c |   56 +++++++++++++++++++++--------------------
 1 file changed, 29 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-)

--- a/kernel/time/posix-cpu-timers.c
+++ b/kernel/time/posix-cpu-timers.c
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ void update_rlimit_cpu(struct task_struc
 static struct task_struct *lookup_task(const pid_t pid, bool thread,
 				       bool gettime)
 {
+	unsigned int mode = PTRACE_MODE_ATTACH_REALCREDS;
 	struct task_struct *p;
 
 	/*
@@ -64,44 +65,45 @@ static struct task_struct *lookup_task(c
 	if (!p)
 		return p;
 
-	if (thread)
-		return same_thread_group(p, current) ? p : NULL;
-
 	if (gettime) {
 		/*
 		 * For clock_gettime() the task does not need to be the
 		 * actual group leader. tsk->sighand gives access to the
-		 * group's clock. current can obviously access itself, so
-		 * spare the ptrace check below.
+		 * group's clock.
+		 *
+		 * The trivial case is that p is current or in the same
+		 * thread group, i.e. sharing p->signal. Spare the ptrace
+		 * check in that case.
 		 */
-		if (p == current)
+		if (same_thread_group(p, current))
 			return p;
 
-		if (!thread_group_leader(p))
-			return NULL;
+		mode = PTRACE_MODE_READ_REALCREDS;
 
-		if (!ptrace_may_access(p, PTRACE_MODE_READ_REALCREDS))
-			return NULL;
-		return p;
-	}
+	} else if (thread) {
+		/*
+		 * Timer is going to be attached to a thread. If p is
+		 * current or in the same thread group, granted.
+		 */
+		if (same_thread_group(p, current))
+			return p;
 
-	/*
-	 * For processes require that p is group leader.
-	 */
-	if (!has_group_leader_pid(p))
-		return NULL;
+	} else {
+		/*
+		 * For processes require that p is group leader.
+		 */
+		if (!has_group_leader_pid(p))
+			return NULL;
 
-	/*
-	 * Avoid the ptrace overhead when this is current's process
-	 */
-	if (same_thread_group(p, current))
-		return p;
+		/*
+		 * Avoid the ptrace overhead when this is current's process
+		 */
+		if (same_thread_group(p, current))
+			return p;
+	}
 
-	/*
-	 * Creating timers on processes which cannot be ptraced is not
-	 * permitted:
-	 */
-	return ptrace_may_access(p, PTRACE_MODE_ATTACH_REALCREDS) ? p : NULL;
+	/* Decide based on the ptrace permissions. */
+	return ptrace_may_access(p, mode) ? p : NULL;
 }
 
 static struct task_struct *__get_task_for_clock(const clockid_t clock,