Re: [RFC PATCH ghak32 V2 02/13] audit: check children and threading before allowing containerid

Paul Moore
2018-04-19T00:11:30Z

On Fri, Mar 16, 2018 at 5:00 AM, Richard Guy Briggs <rgb-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org> wrote:
> Check if a task has existing children or co-threads and refuse to set
> the container ID if either are present. Failure to check this could
> permit games where a child scratches its parent's back to work around
> inheritance and double-setting policy.
>
> Signed-off-by: Richard Guy Briggs <rgb-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
> ---
> kernel/auditsc.c | 4 ++++
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

I would just include this in patch 1/2 as I can't think of world where
we wouldn't this check.

> diff --git a/kernel/auditsc.c b/kernel/auditsc.c
> index 29c8482..a6b0a52 100644
> --- a/kernel/auditsc.c
> +++ b/kernel/auditsc.c
> @@ -2087,6 +2087,10 @@ static int audit_set_containerid_perm(struct task_struct *task, u64 containerid)
> /* if we don't have caps, reject */
> if (!capable(CAP_AUDIT_CONTROL))
> return -EPERM;
> + /* if task has children or is not single-threaded, deny */
> + if (!list_empty(&task->children) ||
> + !(thread_group_leader(task) && thread_group_empty(task)))
> + return -EPERM;
> /* if containerid is unset, allow */
> if (!audit_containerid_set(task))
> return 0;
> --
> 1.8.3.1

--
paul moore