From: Oren Laadan <orenl@librato.com>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>,
containers@lists.linux-foundation.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org,
linux-api@vger.kernel.org, Serge Hallyn <serue@us.ibm.com>,
Dave Hansen <dave@linux.vnet.ibm.com>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>,
Alexander Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>,
Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@openvz.org>,
Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com>
Subject: [RFC v17][PATCH 04/60] c/r: split core function out of some set*{u,g}id functions
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2009 05:59:26 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1248256822-23416-5-git-send-email-orenl@librato.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1248256822-23416-1-git-send-email-orenl@librato.com>
From: Serge E. Hallyn <serue@us.ibm.com>
When restarting tasks, we want to be able to change xuid and
xgid in a struct cred, and do so with security checks. Break
the core functionality of set{fs,res}{u,g}id into cred_setX
which performs the access checks based on current_cred(),
but performs the requested change on a passed-in cred.
This will allow us to securely construct struct creds based
on a checkpoint image, constrained by the caller's permissions,
and apply them to the caller at the end of sys_restart().
Signed-off-by: Serge E. Hallyn <serue@us.ibm.com>
---
include/linux/cred.h | 8 +++
kernel/cred.c | 114 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
kernel/sys.c | 134 ++++++++------------------------------------------
3 files changed, 143 insertions(+), 113 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/cred.h b/include/linux/cred.h
index 4fa9996..2ffffbe 100644
--- a/include/linux/cred.h
+++ b/include/linux/cred.h
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ struct user_struct;
struct cred;
struct inode;
+/* defined in sys.c, used in cred_setresuid */
+extern int set_user(struct cred *new);
+
/*
* COW Supplementary groups list
*/
@@ -344,4 +347,9 @@ do { \
*(_fsgid) = __cred->fsgid; \
} while(0)
+int cred_setresuid(struct cred *new, uid_t ruid, uid_t euid, uid_t suid);
+int cred_setresgid(struct cred *new, gid_t rgid, gid_t egid, gid_t sgid);
+int cred_setfsuid(struct cred *new, uid_t uid, uid_t *old_fsuid);
+int cred_setfsgid(struct cred *new, gid_t gid, gid_t *old_fsgid);
+
#endif /* _LINUX_CRED_H */
diff --git a/kernel/cred.c b/kernel/cred.c
index 1bb4d7e..5c8db56 100644
--- a/kernel/cred.c
+++ b/kernel/cred.c
@@ -589,3 +589,117 @@ int set_create_files_as(struct cred *new, struct inode *inode)
return security_kernel_create_files_as(new, inode);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(set_create_files_as);
+
+int cred_setresuid(struct cred *new, uid_t ruid, uid_t euid, uid_t suid)
+{
+ int retval;
+ const struct cred *old;
+
+ retval = security_task_setuid(ruid, euid, suid, LSM_SETID_RES);
+ if (retval)
+ return retval;
+ old = current_cred();
+
+ if (!capable(CAP_SETUID)) {
+ if (ruid != (uid_t) -1 && ruid != old->uid &&
+ ruid != old->euid && ruid != old->suid)
+ return -EPERM;
+ if (euid != (uid_t) -1 && euid != old->uid &&
+ euid != old->euid && euid != old->suid)
+ return -EPERM;
+ if (suid != (uid_t) -1 && suid != old->uid &&
+ suid != old->euid && suid != old->suid)
+ return -EPERM;
+ }
+
+ if (ruid != (uid_t) -1) {
+ new->uid = ruid;
+ if (ruid != old->uid) {
+ retval = set_user(new);
+ if (retval < 0)
+ return retval;
+ }
+ }
+ if (euid != (uid_t) -1)
+ new->euid = euid;
+ if (suid != (uid_t) -1)
+ new->suid = suid;
+ new->fsuid = new->euid;
+
+ return security_task_fix_setuid(new, old, LSM_SETID_RES);
+}
+
+int cred_setresgid(struct cred *new, gid_t rgid, gid_t egid,
+ gid_t sgid)
+{
+ const struct cred *old = current_cred();
+ int retval;
+
+ retval = security_task_setgid(rgid, egid, sgid, LSM_SETID_RES);
+ if (retval)
+ return retval;
+
+ if (!capable(CAP_SETGID)) {
+ if (rgid != (gid_t) -1 && rgid != old->gid &&
+ rgid != old->egid && rgid != old->sgid)
+ return -EPERM;
+ if (egid != (gid_t) -1 && egid != old->gid &&
+ egid != old->egid && egid != old->sgid)
+ return -EPERM;
+ if (sgid != (gid_t) -1 && sgid != old->gid &&
+ sgid != old->egid && sgid != old->sgid)
+ return -EPERM;
+ }
+
+ if (rgid != (gid_t) -1)
+ new->gid = rgid;
+ if (egid != (gid_t) -1)
+ new->egid = egid;
+ if (sgid != (gid_t) -1)
+ new->sgid = sgid;
+ new->fsgid = new->egid;
+ return 0;
+}
+
+int cred_setfsuid(struct cred *new, uid_t uid, uid_t *old_fsuid)
+{
+ const struct cred *old;
+
+ old = current_cred();
+ *old_fsuid = old->fsuid;
+
+ if (security_task_setuid(uid, (uid_t)-1, (uid_t)-1, LSM_SETID_FS) < 0)
+ return -EPERM;
+
+ if (uid == old->uid || uid == old->euid ||
+ uid == old->suid || uid == old->fsuid ||
+ capable(CAP_SETUID)) {
+ if (uid != *old_fsuid) {
+ new->fsuid = uid;
+ if (security_task_fix_setuid(new, old, LSM_SETID_FS) == 0)
+ return 0;
+ }
+ }
+ return -EPERM;
+}
+
+int cred_setfsgid(struct cred *new, gid_t gid, gid_t *old_fsgid)
+{
+ const struct cred *old;
+
+ old = current_cred();
+ *old_fsgid = old->fsgid;
+
+ if (security_task_setgid(gid, (gid_t)-1, (gid_t)-1, LSM_SETID_FS))
+ return -EPERM;
+
+ if (gid == old->gid || gid == old->egid ||
+ gid == old->sgid || gid == old->fsgid ||
+ capable(CAP_SETGID)) {
+ if (gid != *old_fsgid) {
+ new->fsgid = gid;
+ return 0;
+ }
+ }
+ return -EPERM;
+}
diff --git a/kernel/sys.c b/kernel/sys.c
index b3f1097..da4f9e0 100644
--- a/kernel/sys.c
+++ b/kernel/sys.c
@@ -559,11 +559,12 @@ error:
/*
* change the user struct in a credentials set to match the new UID
*/
-static int set_user(struct cred *new)
+int set_user(struct cred *new)
{
struct user_struct *new_user;
- new_user = alloc_uid(current_user_ns(), new->uid);
+ /* is this ok? */
+ new_user = alloc_uid(new->user->user_ns, new->uid);
if (!new_user)
return -EAGAIN;
@@ -704,14 +705,12 @@ error:
return retval;
}
-
/*
* This function implements a generic ability to update ruid, euid,
* and suid. This allows you to implement the 4.4 compatible seteuid().
*/
SYSCALL_DEFINE3(setresuid, uid_t, ruid, uid_t, euid, uid_t, suid)
{
- const struct cred *old;
struct cred *new;
int retval;
@@ -719,45 +718,10 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE3(setresuid, uid_t, ruid, uid_t, euid, uid_t, suid)
if (!new)
return -ENOMEM;
- retval = security_task_setuid(ruid, euid, suid, LSM_SETID_RES);
- if (retval)
- goto error;
- old = current_cred();
-
- retval = -EPERM;
- if (!capable(CAP_SETUID)) {
- if (ruid != (uid_t) -1 && ruid != old->uid &&
- ruid != old->euid && ruid != old->suid)
- goto error;
- if (euid != (uid_t) -1 && euid != old->uid &&
- euid != old->euid && euid != old->suid)
- goto error;
- if (suid != (uid_t) -1 && suid != old->uid &&
- suid != old->euid && suid != old->suid)
- goto error;
- }
-
- if (ruid != (uid_t) -1) {
- new->uid = ruid;
- if (ruid != old->uid) {
- retval = set_user(new);
- if (retval < 0)
- goto error;
- }
- }
- if (euid != (uid_t) -1)
- new->euid = euid;
- if (suid != (uid_t) -1)
- new->suid = suid;
- new->fsuid = new->euid;
-
- retval = security_task_fix_setuid(new, old, LSM_SETID_RES);
- if (retval < 0)
- goto error;
-
- return commit_creds(new);
+ retval = cred_setresuid(new, ruid, euid, suid);
+ if (retval == 0)
+ return commit_creds(new);
-error:
abort_creds(new);
return retval;
}
@@ -779,43 +743,17 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE3(getresuid, uid_t __user *, ruid, uid_t __user *, euid, uid_t __u
*/
SYSCALL_DEFINE3(setresgid, gid_t, rgid, gid_t, egid, gid_t, sgid)
{
- const struct cred *old;
struct cred *new;
int retval;
new = prepare_creds();
if (!new)
return -ENOMEM;
- old = current_cred();
- retval = security_task_setgid(rgid, egid, sgid, LSM_SETID_RES);
- if (retval)
- goto error;
+ retval = cred_setresgid(new, rgid, egid, sgid);
+ if (retval == 0)
+ return commit_creds(new);
- retval = -EPERM;
- if (!capable(CAP_SETGID)) {
- if (rgid != (gid_t) -1 && rgid != old->gid &&
- rgid != old->egid && rgid != old->sgid)
- goto error;
- if (egid != (gid_t) -1 && egid != old->gid &&
- egid != old->egid && egid != old->sgid)
- goto error;
- if (sgid != (gid_t) -1 && sgid != old->gid &&
- sgid != old->egid && sgid != old->sgid)
- goto error;
- }
-
- if (rgid != (gid_t) -1)
- new->gid = rgid;
- if (egid != (gid_t) -1)
- new->egid = egid;
- if (sgid != (gid_t) -1)
- new->sgid = sgid;
- new->fsgid = new->egid;
-
- return commit_creds(new);
-
-error:
abort_creds(new);
return retval;
}
@@ -832,7 +770,6 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE3(getresgid, gid_t __user *, rgid, gid_t __user *, egid, gid_t __u
return retval;
}
-
/*
* "setfsuid()" sets the fsuid - the uid used for filesystem checks. This
* is used for "access()" and for the NFS daemon (letting nfsd stay at
@@ -841,35 +778,20 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE3(getresgid, gid_t __user *, rgid, gid_t __user *, egid, gid_t __u
*/
SYSCALL_DEFINE1(setfsuid, uid_t, uid)
{
- const struct cred *old;
struct cred *new;
uid_t old_fsuid;
+ int retval;
new = prepare_creds();
if (!new)
return current_fsuid();
- old = current_cred();
- old_fsuid = old->fsuid;
-
- if (security_task_setuid(uid, (uid_t)-1, (uid_t)-1, LSM_SETID_FS) < 0)
- goto error;
-
- if (uid == old->uid || uid == old->euid ||
- uid == old->suid || uid == old->fsuid ||
- capable(CAP_SETUID)) {
- if (uid != old_fsuid) {
- new->fsuid = uid;
- if (security_task_fix_setuid(new, old, LSM_SETID_FS) == 0)
- goto change_okay;
- }
- }
-error:
- abort_creds(new);
- return old_fsuid;
+ retval = cred_setfsuid(new, uid, &old_fsuid);
+ if (retval == 0)
+ commit_creds(new);
+ else
+ abort_creds(new);
-change_okay:
- commit_creds(new);
return old_fsuid;
}
@@ -878,34 +800,20 @@ change_okay:
*/
SYSCALL_DEFINE1(setfsgid, gid_t, gid)
{
- const struct cred *old;
struct cred *new;
gid_t old_fsgid;
+ int retval;
new = prepare_creds();
if (!new)
return current_fsgid();
- old = current_cred();
- old_fsgid = old->fsgid;
-
- if (security_task_setgid(gid, (gid_t)-1, (gid_t)-1, LSM_SETID_FS))
- goto error;
-
- if (gid == old->gid || gid == old->egid ||
- gid == old->sgid || gid == old->fsgid ||
- capable(CAP_SETGID)) {
- if (gid != old_fsgid) {
- new->fsgid = gid;
- goto change_okay;
- }
- }
-error:
- abort_creds(new);
- return old_fsgid;
+ retval = cred_setfsgid(new, gid, &old_fsgid);
+ if (retval == 0)
+ commit_creds(new);
+ else
+ abort_creds(new);
-change_okay:
- commit_creds(new);
return old_fsgid;
}
--
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2009-07-22 9:59 ` [RFC v17][PATCH 11/60] pids 1/7: Factor out code to allocate pidmap page Oren Laadan
2009-07-22 9:59 ` [RFC v17][PATCH 12/60] pids 2/7: Have alloc_pidmap() return actual error code Oren Laadan
2009-07-22 9:59 ` [RFC v17][PATCH 13/60] pids 3/7: Add target_pid parameter to alloc_pidmap() Oren Laadan
2009-07-22 9:59 ` [RFC v17][PATCH 14/60] pids 4/7: Add target_pids parameter to alloc_pid() Oren Laadan
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2009-07-22 9:59 ` [RFC v17][PATCH 16/60] pids 6/7: Define do_fork_with_pids() Oren Laadan
2009-08-03 18:26 ` Serge E. Hallyn
2009-08-04 8:37 ` Oren Laadan
2009-07-22 9:59 ` [RFC v17][PATCH 17/60] pids 7/7: Define clone_with_pids syscall Oren Laadan
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2009-07-29 0:44 ` Sukadev Bhattiprolu
2009-07-22 9:59 ` [RFC v17][PATCH 18/60] c/r: create syscalls: sys_checkpoint, sys_restart Oren Laadan
2009-07-22 9:59 ` [RFC v17][PATCH 19/60] c/r: documentation Oren Laadan
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2009-07-23 14:24 ` Serge E. Hallyn
2009-07-23 15:24 ` Oren Laadan
2009-07-22 9:59 ` [RFC v17][PATCH 20/60] c/r: basic infrastructure for checkpoint/restart Oren Laadan
2009-07-22 9:59 ` [RFC v17][PATCH 21/60] c/r: x86_32 support " Oren Laadan
2009-07-22 9:59 ` [RFC v17][PATCH 22/60] c/r: external checkpoint of a task other than ourself Oren Laadan
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2009-07-23 14:54 ` Serge E. Hallyn
2009-07-23 14:47 ` Serge E. Hallyn
2009-07-23 15:33 ` Oren Laadan
2009-07-22 9:59 ` [RFC v17][PATCH 23/60] c/r: export functionality used in next patch for restart-blocks Oren Laadan
2009-07-22 9:59 ` [RFC v17][PATCH 24/60] c/r: restart-blocks Oren Laadan
2009-07-22 9:59 ` [RFC v17][PATCH 25/60] c/r: checkpoint multiple processes Oren Laadan
2009-07-22 9:59 ` [RFC v17][PATCH 26/60] c/r: restart " Oren Laadan
2009-07-22 9:59 ` [RFC v17][PATCH 27/60] c/r: introduce PF_RESTARTING, and skip notification on exit Oren Laadan
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2009-07-22 9:59 ` [RFC v17][PATCH 15/60] pids 5/7: Add target_pids parameter to copy_process() Oren Laadan
2009-07-22 9:59 ` [RFC v17][PATCH 28/60] c/r: support for zombie processes Oren Laadan
2009-07-22 10:00 ` [RFC v17][PATCH 41/60] c/r: dump anonymous- and file-mapped- shared memory Oren Laadan
2009-07-22 10:00 ` [RFC v17][PATCH 44/60] c/r: support for open pipes Oren Laadan
2009-07-22 10:00 ` [RFC v17][PATCH 54/60] c/r: add CKPT_COPY() macro Oren Laadan
2009-07-24 19:09 ` [RFC v17][PATCH 00/60] Kernel based checkpoint/restart Serge E. Hallyn
2009-07-22 9:59 ` [RFC v17][PATCH 29/60] c/r: Save and restore the [compat_]robust_list member of the task struct Oren Laadan
2009-07-22 9:59 ` [RFC v17][PATCH 30/60] c/r: infrastructure for shared objects Oren Laadan
2009-07-22 9:59 ` [RFC v17][PATCH 31/60] c/r: detect resource leaks for whole-container checkpoint Oren Laadan
2009-07-22 9:59 ` [RFC v17][PATCH 32/60] c/r: introduce '->checkpoint()' method in 'struct file_operations' Oren Laadan
2009-07-22 9:59 ` [RFC v17][PATCH 33/60] c/r: dump open file descriptors Oren Laadan
2009-07-22 9:59 ` [RFC v17][PATCH 34/60] c/r: restore " Oren Laadan
2009-07-22 9:59 ` [RFC v17][PATCH 35/60] c/r: add generic '->checkpoint' f_op to ext fses Oren Laadan
2009-07-22 9:59 ` [RFC v17][PATCH 36/60] c/r: add generic '->checkpoint()' f_op to simple devices Oren Laadan
2009-07-22 9:59 ` [RFC v17][PATCH 37/60] c/r: introduce method '->checkpoint()' in struct vm_operations_struct Oren Laadan
2009-07-22 10:00 ` [RFC v17][PATCH 38/60] c/r: dump memory address space (private memory) Oren Laadan
2009-07-22 10:00 ` [RFC v17][PATCH 39/60] c/r: restore " Oren Laadan
2009-07-22 10:00 ` [RFC v17][PATCH 40/60] c/r: export shmem_getpage() to support shared memory Oren Laadan
2009-07-22 10:00 ` [RFC v17][PATCH 42/60] c/r: restore anonymous- and file-mapped- " Oren Laadan
2009-07-22 10:00 ` [RFC v17][PATCH 43/60] splice: export pipe/file-to-pipe/file functionality Oren Laadan
2009-07-22 10:00 ` [RFC v17][PATCH 45/60] c/r: make ckpt_may_checkpoint_task() check each namespace individually Oren Laadan
2009-07-22 10:00 ` [RFC v17][PATCH 46/60] c/r: support for UTS namespace Oren Laadan
2009-07-22 10:00 ` [RFC v17][PATCH 47/60] deferqueue: generic queue to defer work Oren Laadan
2009-07-22 10:00 ` [RFC v17][PATCH 48/60] c/r (ipc): allow allocation of a desired ipc identifier Oren Laadan
2009-07-22 10:00 ` [RFC v17][PATCH 49/60] c/r: save and restore sysvipc namespace basics Oren Laadan
2009-07-22 10:00 ` [RFC v17][PATCH 50/60] c/r: support share-memory sysv-ipc Oren Laadan
2009-07-22 10:00 ` [RFC v17][PATCH 51/60] c/r: support message-queues sysv-ipc Oren Laadan
2009-07-22 10:00 ` [RFC v17][PATCH 52/60] c/r: support semaphore sysv-ipc Oren Laadan
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2009-07-22 17:25 ` Cyrill Gorcunov
2009-07-23 3:46 ` Oren Laadan
2009-07-22 10:00 ` [RFC v17][PATCH 53/60] c/r: (s390): expose a constant for the number of words (CRs) Oren Laadan
2009-07-22 10:00 ` [RFC v17][PATCH 55/60] c/r: define s390-specific checkpoint-restart code Oren Laadan
2009-07-22 10:00 ` [RFC v17][PATCH 56/60] c/r: clone_with_pids: define the s390 syscall Oren Laadan
2009-07-22 10:00 ` [RFC v17][PATCH 57/60] c/r: capabilities: define checkpoint and restore fns Oren Laadan
2009-07-22 10:00 ` [RFC v17][PATCH 58/60] c/r: checkpoint and restore task credentials Oren Laadan
2009-07-22 10:00 ` [RFC v17][PATCH 59/60] c/r: restore file->f_cred Oren Laadan
2009-07-22 10:00 ` [RFC v17][PATCH 60/60] c/r: checkpoint and restore (shared) task's sighand_struct Oren Laadan
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