linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/1] mm/madvise: replace ptrace attach requirement for process

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Date:   Fri, 8 Jan 2021 17:02:30 -0800 (PST)
From:   David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>
To:     Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@...gle.com>
cc:     Minchan Kim <minchan@...nel.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Jann Horn <jannh@...gle.com>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        Jeffrey Vander Stoep <jeffv@...gle.com>,
        Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.com>,
        Shakeel Butt <shakeelb@...gle.com>,
        Edgar Arriaga García <edgararriaga@...gle.com>,
        Tim Murray <timmurray@...gle.com>,
        linux-mm <linux-mm@...ck.org>, selinux@...r.kernel.org,
        Linux API <linux-api@...r.kernel.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        kernel-team <kernel-team@...roid.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] mm/madvise: replace ptrace attach requirement for
 process_madvise

On Fri, 8 Jan 2021, Suren Baghdasaryan wrote:

> > > @@ -1197,12 +1197,22 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(process_madvise, int, pidfd, const struct iovec __user *, vec,
> > >               goto release_task;
> > >       }
> > >
> > > -     mm = mm_access(task, PTRACE_MODE_ATTACH_FSCREDS);
> > > +     /* Require PTRACE_MODE_READ to avoid leaking ASLR metadata. */
> > > +     mm = mm_access(task, PTRACE_MODE_READ_FSCREDS);
> > >       if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(mm)) {
> > >               ret = IS_ERR(mm) ? PTR_ERR(mm) : -ESRCH;
> > >               goto release_task;
> > >       }
> > >
> > > +     /*
> > > +      * Require CAP_SYS_NICE for influencing process performance. Note that
> > > +      * only non-destructive hints are currently supported.
> > > +      */
> > > +     if (!capable(CAP_SYS_NICE)) {
> > > +             ret = -EPERM;
> > > +             goto release_task;
> >
> > mmput?
> 
> Ouch! Thanks for pointing it out! Will include in the next respin.
> 

With the fix, feel free to add:

	Acked-by: David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>

Thanks Suren!