Re: [PATCH 2/4] seccomp: kill the dead code in the !CONFIG_HAVE_ARCH_SECCOMP_FILTER version of __secure_computing()

[Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>]

On 01/20, Kees Cook wrote:
>
> On Mon, Jan 20, 2025 at 02:44:52PM +0100, Oleg Nesterov wrote:
> > Depending on CONFIG_HAVE_ARCH_SECCOMP_FILTER, __secure_computing(NULL)
> > will crash or not, this is not consistent/safe.
>
> Right now this never happens because there are no callers.
>
> > Fortunately, if CONFIG_HAVE_ARCH_SECCOMP_FILTER=n, __secure_computing()
> > has no callers, these architectures use secure_computing_strict().
>
> As you say here.
>
> > Also, after the previous change __secure_computing(sd) is always called
> > with sd == NULL, so it is clear that we can remove the code which makes
> > no sense.
>
> However, after this change, if someone were to *add* a caller, it would
> bypass strict mode.

OK, thanks, I agree this is not consistent, even if I think that
!CONFIG_HAVE_ARCH_SECCOMP_FILTER arches should not add a new caller.

> Instead of "return 0", it seems like it'd be better
> to remove the function entirely (and maybe add a comment about calling
> secure_computing_strict() directly)?

This means that __secure_computing() will be defined even if !CONFIG_SECCOMP,
but it won't be defined if CONFIG_SECCOMP && !CONFIG_HAVE_ARCH_SECCOMP_FILTER.

How about

	__secure_computing()
	{
		return secure_computing_strict(syscall_get_nr(...));
	}

in the "#ifndef CONFIG_HAVE_ARCH_SECCOMP_FILTER" section near
secure_computing_strict() in kernel/seccomp.c ?

Oleg.