From 73af963f9f3036dffed55c3a2898598186db1045 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mark Grondona Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2013 14:24:31 -0700 Subject: __ptrace_may_access() should not deny sub-threads __ptrace_may_access() checks get_dumpable/ptrace_has_cap/etc if task != current, this can can lead to surprising results. For example, a sub-thread can't readlink("/proc/self/exe") if the executable is not readable. setup_new_exec()->would_dump() notices that inode_permission(MAY_READ) fails and then it does set_dumpable(suid_dumpable). After that get_dumpable() fails. (It is not clear why proc_pid_readlink() checks get_dumpable(), perhaps we could add PTRACE_MODE_NODUMPABLE) Change __ptrace_may_access() to use same_thread_group() instead of "task == current". Any security check is pointless when the tasks share the same ->mm. Signed-off-by: Mark Grondona Signed-off-by: Ben Woodard Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- kernel/ptrace.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'kernel') diff --git a/kernel/ptrace.c b/kernel/ptrace.c index a146ee327f6a..dd562e9aa2c8 100644 --- a/kernel/ptrace.c +++ b/kernel/ptrace.c @@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ static int __ptrace_may_access(struct task_struct *task, unsigned int mode) */ int dumpable = 0; /* Don't let security modules deny introspection */ - if (task == current) + if (same_thread_group(task, current)) return 0; rcu_read_lock(); tcred = __task_cred(task); -- cgit v1.2.3-59-g8ed1b