On Tue, Oct 27, 2020 at 9:04 PM Mickaël Salaün <[email protected]> wrote: > Using ptrace(2) and related debug features on a target process can lead > to a privilege escalation. Indeed, ptrace(2) can be used by an attacker > to impersonate another task and to remain undetected while performing > malicious activities. Thanks to ptrace_may_access(), various part of > the kernel can check if a tracer is more privileged than a tracee. > > A landlocked process has fewer privileges than a non-landlocked process > and must then be subject to additional restrictions when manipulating > processes. To be allowed to use ptrace(2) and related syscalls on a > target process, a landlocked process must have a subset of the target > process's rules (i.e. the tracee must be in a sub-domain of the tracer). > > Cc: James Morris <[email protected]> > Cc: Jann Horn <[email protected]> > Cc: Kees Cook <[email protected]> > Cc: Serge E. Hallyn <[email protected]> > Signed-off-by: Mickaël Salaün <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Jann Horn <[email protected]>
