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| author |   Stephen Wilson <wilsons@start.ca> | 2011-03-13 15:49:23 -0400 |
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| committer |   Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk> | 2011-03-23 16:36:59 -0400 |
| commit | 8b0db9db19858b08c46a84540acfd35f6e6487b8 (patch) | |
| tree | f8cad66b43b21ac8cc58c6173b86aaa9ee3d4b5f /tools/perf/scripts/python | |
| parent | proc: hold cred_guard_mutex in check_mem_permission() (diff) | |
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proc: make check_mem_permission() return an mm_struct on success
This change allows us to take advantage of access_remote_vm(), which in turn
eliminates a security issue with the mem_write() implementation.
The previous implementation of mem_write() was insecure since the target task
could exec a setuid-root binary between the permission check and the actual
write. Holding a reference to the target mm_struct eliminates this
vulnerability.
Signed-off-by: Stephen Wilson <wilsons@start.ca>
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
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