Re: [RFC PATCH v19 2/5] security: Add new SHOULD_EXEC_CHECK and SHOULD_EXEC_RESTRICT securebits

Jeff Xu
2024-07-08T16:18:11Z

Hi

On Thu, Jul 4, 2024 at 12:02 PM Mickaël Salaün <mic@digikod.net> wrote:
>
> These new SECBIT_SHOULD_EXEC_CHECK, SECBIT_SHOULD_EXEC_RESTRICT, and
> their *_LOCKED counterparts are designed to be set by processes setting
> up an execution environment, such as a user session, a container, or a
> security sandbox. Like seccomp filters or Landlock domains, the
> securebits are inherited across proceses.
>
> When SECBIT_SHOULD_EXEC_CHECK is set, programs interpreting code should
> check executable resources with execveat(2) + AT_CHECK (see previous
> patch).
>
> When SECBIT_SHOULD_EXEC_RESTRICT is set, a process should only allow
> execution of approved resources, if any (see SECBIT_SHOULD_EXEC_CHECK).
>
Do we need both bits ?
When CHECK is set and RESTRICT is not, the "check fail" executable
will still get executed, so CHECK is for logging ?
Does RESTRICT imply CHECK is set, e.g. What if CHECK=0 and RESTRICT = 1 ?

> For a secure environment, we might also want
> SECBIT_SHOULD_EXEC_CHECK_LOCKED and SECBIT_SHOULD_EXEC_RESTRICT_LOCKED
> to be set. For a test environment (e.g. testing on a fleet to identify
> potential issues), only the SECBIT_SHOULD_EXEC_CHECK* bits can be set to
> still be able to identify potential issues (e.g. with interpreters logs
> or LSMs audit entries).
>
> It should be noted that unlike other security bits, the
> SECBIT_SHOULD_EXEC_CHECK and SECBIT_SHOULD_EXEC_RESTRICT bits are
> dedicated to user space willing to restrict itself. Because of that,
> they only make sense in the context of a trusted environment (e.g.
> sandbox, container, user session, full system) where the process
> changing its behavior (according to these bits) and all its parent
> processes are trusted. Otherwise, any parent process could just execute
> its own malicious code (interpreting a script or not), or even enforce a
> seccomp filter to mask these bits.
>
> Such a secure environment can be achieved with an appropriate access
> control policy (e.g. mount's noexec option, file access rights, LSM
> configuration) and an enlighten ld.so checking that libraries are
> allowed for execution e.g., to protect against illegitimate use of
> LD_PRELOAD.
>
> Scripts may need some changes to deal with untrusted data (e.g. stdin,
> environment variables), but that is outside the scope of the kernel.
>
> The only restriction enforced by the kernel is the right to ptrace
> another process. Processes are denied to ptrace less restricted ones,
> unless the tracer has CAP_SYS_PTRACE. This is mainly a safeguard to
> avoid trivial privilege escalations e.g., by a debugging process being
> abused with a confused deputy attack.
>
> Cc: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
> Cc: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
> Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
> Cc: Paul Moore <paul@paul-moore.com>
> Signed-off-by: Mickaël Salaün <mic@digikod.net>
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240704190137.696169-3-mic@digikod.net
> ---
>
> New design since v18:
> https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220104155024.48023-3-mic@digikod.net
> ---
> include/uapi/linux/securebits.h | 56 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
> security/commoncap.c | 63 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
> 2 files changed, 110 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/securebits.h b/include/uapi/linux/securebits.h
> index d6d98877ff1a..3fdb0382718b 100644
> --- a/include/uapi/linux/securebits.h
> +++ b/include/uapi/linux/securebits.h
> @@ -52,10 +52,64 @@
> #define SECBIT_NO_CAP_AMBIENT_RAISE_LOCKED \
> (issecure_mask(SECURE_NO_CAP_AMBIENT_RAISE_LOCKED))
>
> +/*
> + * When SECBIT_SHOULD_EXEC_CHECK is set, a process should check all executable
> + * files with execveat(2) + AT_CHECK. However, such check should only be
> + * performed if all to-be-executed code only comes from regular files. For
> + * instance, if a script interpreter is called with both a script snipped as
> + * argument and a regular file, the interpreter should not check any file.
> + * Doing otherwise would mislead the kernel to think that only the script file
> + * is being executed, which could for instance lead to unexpected permission
> + * change and break current use cases.
> + *
> + * This secure bit may be set by user session managers, service managers,
> + * container runtimes, sandboxer tools... Except for test environments, the
> + * related SECBIT_SHOULD_EXEC_CHECK_LOCKED bit should also be set.
> + *
> + * Ptracing another process is deny if the tracer has SECBIT_SHOULD_EXEC_CHECK
> + * but not the tracee. SECBIT_SHOULD_EXEC_CHECK_LOCKED also checked.
> + */
> +#define SECURE_SHOULD_EXEC_CHECK 8
> +#define SECURE_SHOULD_EXEC_CHECK_LOCKED 9 /* make bit-8 immutable */
> +
> +#define SECBIT_SHOULD_EXEC_CHECK (issecure_mask(SECURE_SHOULD_EXEC_CHECK))
> +#define SECBIT_SHOULD_EXEC_CHECK_LOCKED \
> + (issecure_mask(SECURE_SHOULD_EXEC_CHECK_LOCKED))
> +
> +/*
> + * When SECBIT_SHOULD_EXEC_RESTRICT is set, a process should only allow
> + * execution of approved files, if any (see SECBIT_SHOULD_EXEC_CHECK). For
> + * instance, script interpreters called with a script snippet as argument
> + * should always deny such execution if SECBIT_SHOULD_EXEC_RESTRICT is set.
> + * However, if a script interpreter is called with both
> + * SECBIT_SHOULD_EXEC_CHECK and SECBIT_SHOULD_EXEC_RESTRICT, they should
> + * interpret the provided script files if no unchecked code is also provided
> + * (e.g. directly as argument).
> + *
> + * This secure bit may be set by user session managers, service managers,
> + * container runtimes, sandboxer tools... Except for test environments, the
> + * related SECBIT_SHOULD_EXEC_RESTRICT_LOCKED bit should also be set.
> + *
> + * Ptracing another process is deny if the tracer has
> + * SECBIT_SHOULD_EXEC_RESTRICT but not the tracee.
> + * SECBIT_SHOULD_EXEC_RESTRICT_LOCKED is also checked.
> + */
> +#define SECURE_SHOULD_EXEC_RESTRICT 10
> +#define SECURE_SHOULD_EXEC_RESTRICT_LOCKED 11 /* make bit-8 immutable */
> +
> +#define SECBIT_SHOULD_EXEC_RESTRICT (issecure_mask(SECURE_SHOULD_EXEC_RESTRICT))
> +#define SECBIT_SHOULD_EXEC_RESTRICT_LOCKED \
> + (issecure_mask(SECURE_SHOULD_EXEC_RESTRICT_LOCKED))
> +
> #define SECURE_ALL_BITS (issecure_mask(SECURE_NOROOT) | \
> issecure_mask(SECURE_NO_SETUID_FIXUP) | \
> issecure_mask(SECURE_KEEP_CAPS) | \
> - issecure_mask(SECURE_NO_CAP_AMBIENT_RAISE))
> + issecure_mask(SECURE_NO_CAP_AMBIENT_RAISE) | \
> + issecure_mask(SECURE_SHOULD_EXEC_CHECK) | \
> + issecure_mask(SECURE_SHOULD_EXEC_RESTRICT))
> #define SECURE_ALL_LOCKS (SECURE_ALL_BITS << 1)
>
> +#define SECURE_ALL_UNPRIVILEGED (issecure_mask(SECURE_SHOULD_EXEC_CHECK) | \
> + issecure_mask(SECURE_SHOULD_EXEC_RESTRICT))
> +
> #endif /* _UAPI_LINUX_SECUREBITS_H */
> diff --git a/security/commoncap.c b/security/commoncap.c
> index 162d96b3a676..34b4493e2a69 100644
> --- a/security/commoncap.c
> +++ b/security/commoncap.c
> @@ -117,6 +117,33 @@ int cap_settime(const struct timespec64 *ts, const struct timezone *tz)
> return 0;
> }
>
> +static bool ptrace_secbits_allowed(const struct cred *tracer,
> + const struct cred *tracee)
> +{
> + const unsigned long tracer_secbits = SECURE_ALL_UNPRIVILEGED &
> + tracer->securebits;
> + const unsigned long tracee_secbits = SECURE_ALL_UNPRIVILEGED &
> + tracee->securebits;
> + /* Ignores locking of unset secure bits (cf. SECURE_ALL_LOCKS). */
> + const unsigned long tracer_locked = (tracer_secbits << 1) &
> + tracer->securebits;
> + const unsigned long tracee_locked = (tracee_secbits << 1) &
> + tracee->securebits;
> +
> + /* The tracee must not have less constraints than the tracer. */
> + if ((tracer_secbits | tracee_secbits) != tracee_secbits)
> + return false;
> +
> + /*
> + * Makes sure that the tracer's locks for restrictions are the same for
> + * the tracee.
> + */
> + if ((tracer_locked | tracee_locked) != tracee_locked)
> + return false;
> +
> + return true;
> +}
> +
> /**
> * cap_ptrace_access_check - Determine whether the current process may access
> * another
> @@ -146,7 +173,8 @@ int cap_ptrace_access_check(struct task_struct *child, unsigned int mode)
> else
> caller_caps = &cred->cap_permitted;
> if (cred->user_ns == child_cred->user_ns &&
> - cap_issubset(child_cred->cap_permitted, *caller_caps))
> + cap_issubset(child_cred->cap_permitted, *caller_caps) &&
> + ptrace_secbits_allowed(cred, child_cred))
> goto out;
> if (ns_capable(child_cred->user_ns, CAP_SYS_PTRACE))
> goto out;
> @@ -178,7 +206,8 @@ int cap_ptrace_traceme(struct task_struct *parent)
> cred = __task_cred(parent);
> child_cred = current_cred();
> if (cred->user_ns == child_cred->user_ns &&
> - cap_issubset(child_cred->cap_permitted, cred->cap_permitted))
> + cap_issubset(child_cred->cap_permitted, cred->cap_permitted) &&
> + ptrace_secbits_allowed(cred, child_cred))
> goto out;
> if (has_ns_capability(parent, child_cred->user_ns, CAP_SYS_PTRACE))
> goto out;
> @@ -1302,21 +1331,39 @@ int cap_task_prctl(int option, unsigned long arg2, unsigned long arg3,
> & (old->securebits ^ arg2)) /*[1]*/
> || ((old->securebits & SECURE_ALL_LOCKS & ~arg2)) /*[2]*/
> || (arg2 & ~(SECURE_ALL_LOCKS | SECURE_ALL_BITS)) /*[3]*/
> - || (cap_capable(current_cred(),
> - current_cred()->user_ns,
> - CAP_SETPCAP,
> - CAP_OPT_NONE) != 0) /*[4]*/
> /*
> * [1] no changing of bits that are locked
> * [2] no unlocking of locks
> * [3] no setting of unsupported bits
> - * [4] doing anything requires privilege (go read about
> - * the "sendmail capabilities bug")
> */
> )
> /* cannot change a locked bit */
> return -EPERM;
>
> + /*
> + * Doing anything requires privilege (go read about the
> + * "sendmail capabilities bug"), except for unprivileged bits.
> + * Indeed, the SECURE_ALL_UNPRIVILEGED bits are not
> + * restrictions enforced by the kernel but by user space on
> + * itself. The kernel is only in charge of protecting against
> + * privilege escalation with ptrace protections.
> + */
> + if (cap_capable(current_cred(), current_cred()->user_ns,
> + CAP_SETPCAP, CAP_OPT_NONE) != 0) {
> + const unsigned long unpriv_and_locks =
> + SECURE_ALL_UNPRIVILEGED |
> + SECURE_ALL_UNPRIVILEGED << 1;
> + const unsigned long changed = old->securebits ^ arg2;
> +
> + /* For legacy reason, denies non-change. */
> + if (!changed)
> + return -EPERM;
> +
> + /* Denies privileged changes. */
> + if (changed & ~unpriv_and_locks)
> + return -EPERM;
> + }
> +
> new = prepare_creds();
> if (!new)
> return -ENOMEM;
> --
> 2.45.2
>