On Sat, Dec 26, 2015 at 03:17:29PM -0600, Serge E. Hallyn wrote:
> On Sat, Dec 26, 2015 at 03:52:31AM +0100, Jann Horn wrote:
> > ptrace_has_cap() checks whether the current process should be
> > treated as having a certain capability for ptrace checks
> > against another process. Until now, this was equivalent to
> > has_ns_capability(current, target_ns, CAP_SYS_PTRACE).
> >
> > However, if a root-owned process wants to enter a user
> > namespace for some reason without knowing who owns it and
> > therefore can't change to the namespace owner's uid and gid
> > before entering, as soon as it has entered the namespace,
> > the namespace owner can attach to it via ptrace and thereby
> > gain access to its uid and gid.
> >
> > While it is possible for the entering process to switch to
> > the uid of a claimed namespace owner before entering,
> > causing the attempt to enter to fail if the claimed uid is
> > wrong, this doesn't solve the problem of determining an
> > appropriate gid.
> >
> > With this change, the entering process can first enter the
> > namespace and then safely inspect the namespace's
> > properties, e.g. through /proc/self/{uid_map,gid_map},
> > assuming that the namespace owner doesn't have access to
> > uid 0.
> >
> > Changed in v2: The caller needs to be capable in the
> > namespace into which tcred's uids/gids can be mapped.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Jann Horn <j...@thejh.net>
> > ---
> > kernel/ptrace.c | 33 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
> > 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/kernel/ptrace.c b/kernel/ptrace.c
> > index b760bae..260a08d 100644
> > --- a/kernel/ptrace.c
> > +++ b/kernel/ptrace.c
> > @@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
> > #include <linux/uio.h>
> > #include <linux/audit.h>
> > #include <linux/pid_namespace.h>
> > +#include <linux/user_namespace.h>
> > #include <linux/syscalls.h>
> > #include <linux/uaccess.h>
> > #include <linux/regset.h>
> > @@ -207,12 +208,34 @@ static int ptrace_check_attach(struct task_struct
> > *child, bool ignore_state)
> > return ret;
> > }
> >
> > -static int ptrace_has_cap(struct user_namespace *ns, unsigned int mode)
> > +static bool ptrace_has_cap(const struct cred *tcred, unsigned int mode)
> > {
> > + struct user_namespace *tns = tcred->user_ns;
> > +
> > + /* When a root-owned process enters a user namespace created by a
> > + * malicious user, the user shouldn't be able to execute code under
> > + * uid 0 by attaching to the root-owned process via ptrace.
> > + * Therefore, similar to the capable_wrt_inode_uidgid() check,
> > + * verify that all the uids and gids of the target process are
> > + * mapped into a namespace below the current one in which the caller
> > + * is capable.
> > + * No fsuid/fsgid check because __ptrace_may_access doesn't do it
> > + * either.
> > + */
> > + while (
> > + !kuid_has_mapping(tns, tcred->euid) ||
> > + !kuid_has_mapping(tns, tcred->suid) ||
> > + !kuid_has_mapping(tns, tcred->uid) ||
> > + !kgid_has_mapping(tns, tcred->egid) ||
> > + !kgid_has_mapping(tns, tcred->sgid) ||
> > + !kgid_has_mapping(tns, tcred->gid)) {
> > + tns = tns->parent;
>
> Sorry, i can't quite remember - is there a way for a task in init_user_ns to
> have
> INVALID_UID | INVALID_GID ? I.e. any point in breaking here if tns ==
> &init_user_n?
I assumed that there isn't because the comment above the definition of
from_kuid()
says so. Checking... the syscalls for setting uid/gid seem to enforce that
uid/gid
aren't -1, and setuid/setgid executables require the uid/gid to be mapped. So it
seems to be true.
> > + }
> > +
> > if (mode & PTRACE_MODE_NOAUDIT)
> > - return has_ns_capability_noaudit(current, ns, CAP_SYS_PTRACE);
> > + return has_ns_capability_noaudit(current, tns, CAP_SYS_PTRACE);
> > else
> > - return has_ns_capability(current, ns, CAP_SYS_PTRACE);
> > + return has_ns_capability(current, tns, CAP_SYS_PTRACE);
> > }
> >
> > /* Returns 0 on success, -errno on denial. */
> > @@ -241,7 +264,7 @@ static int __ptrace_may_access(struct task_struct
> > *task, unsigned int mode)
> > gid_eq(cred->gid, tcred->sgid) &&
> > gid_eq(cred->gid, tcred->gid))
> > goto ok;
> > - if (ptrace_has_cap(tcred->user_ns, mode))
> > + if (ptrace_has_cap(tcred, mode))
> > goto ok;
> > rcu_read_unlock();
> > return -EPERM;
> > @@ -252,7 +275,7 @@ ok:
> > dumpable = get_dumpable(task->mm);
> > rcu_read_lock();
> > if (dumpable != SUID_DUMP_USER &&
> > - !ptrace_has_cap(__task_cred(task)->user_ns, mode)) {
> > + !ptrace_has_cap(__task_cred(task), mode)) {
> > rcu_read_unlock();
> > return -EPERM;
> > }
> > --
> > 2.1.4
> >
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