linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 3/3] binder: use euid from cred instead of using task

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Date:   Wed, 6 Oct 2021 13:38:15 -0700
From:   Todd Kjos <tkjos@...gle.com>
To:     gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, arve@...roid.com, tkjos@...roid.com,
        maco@...roid.com, christian@...uner.io, jmorris@...ei.org,
        serge@...lyn.com, paul@...l-moore.com,
        stephen.smalley.work@...il.com, eparis@...isplace.org,
        keescook@...omium.org, jannh@...gle.com, jeffv@...gle.com,
        zohar@...ux.ibm.com, linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org,
        selinux@...r.kernel.org, devel@...verdev.osuosl.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     joel@...lfernandes.org, kernel-team@...roid.com,
        stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 3/3] binder: use euid from cred instead of using task

On Wed, Oct 6, 2021 at 12:55 PM Todd Kjos <tkjos@...gle.com> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Oct 6, 2021 at 12:46 PM Todd Kjos <tkjos@...gle.com> wrote:
> >
> > Set a transaction's sender_euid from the the 'struct cred'

Sigh...and I forgot to run checkpatch before submitting which would
have caught this "the the"

> > saved at binder_open() instead of looking up the euid
> > from the binder proc's 'struct task'. This ensures
> > the euid is associated with the security context that
> > of the task that opened binder.
> >
> > Fixes: 457b9a6f09f0 ("Staging: android: add binder driver")
> > Signed-off-by: Todd Kjos <tkjos@...gle.com>
> > Stephen Smalley <stephen.smalley.work@...il.com>
>
> This should have been "Suggested-by: Stephen Smalley
> <stephen.smalley.work@...il.com>"
>
> > Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org # 4.4+
> > ---
> > v3: added this patch to series
> >
> >  drivers/android/binder.c | 2 +-
> >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/android/binder.c b/drivers/android/binder.c
> > index 989afd0804ca..26382e982c5e 100644
> > --- a/drivers/android/binder.c
> > +++ b/drivers/android/binder.c
> > @@ -2711,7 +2711,7 @@ static void binder_transaction(struct binder_proc *proc,
> >                 t->from = thread;
> >         else
> >                 t->from = NULL;
> > -       t->sender_euid = task_euid(proc->tsk);
> > +       t->sender_euid = proc->cred->euid;
> >         t->to_proc = target_proc;
> >         t->to_thread = target_thread;
> >         t->code = tr->code;
> > --
> > 2.33.0.800.g4c38ced690-goog
> >