From: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Alexey Gladkov <legion@kernel.org>,
Bradley Morgan <include@grrlz.net>,
"Cen Zhang (Microsoft)" <blbllhy@gmail.com>,
Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>,
"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com>,
Mateusz Guzik <mjguzik@gmail.com>,
Pavel Tikhomirov <ptikhomirov@virtuozzo.com>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] sysctl: move the "cad_pid" entry from pid_table[] to kern_reboot_table[]
Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2026 13:35:39 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <al4ICz9biJKtdZc4@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <al4C572uhLdBvyzH@redhat.com>
OK, sashiko correctly warns about pre-existing problem
https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/al4C572uhLdBvyzH%40redhat.com
but this is exactly what the patches from Cen should fix.
Oleg.
On 07/20, Oleg Nesterov wrote:
>
> cad_pid is global, and kill_cad_pid() is only used in the root namespace.
>
> However, due to pid_table_root_permissions(), a non-root user can unshare
> pid/user namespaces and modify it from the child namespace. This makes no
> sense and is simply wrong.
>
> Move it to kern_reboot_table[] where it logically belongs; this ensures
> that only GLOBAL_ROOT_UID can read/modify this sysctl.
>
> Note that this patch doesn't preserve "#ifdef CONFIG_PROC_SYSCTL" around
> the "cad_pid"; CONFIG_PROC_SYSCTL selects CONFIG_SYSCTL, so it is always
> set when kern_reboot_table[] is compiled.
>
> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
> Fixes: e054bcbe7e7a ("sysctl: move cad_pid into kernel/pid.c")
> Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
> Acked-by: Alexey Gladkov <legion@kernel.org>
> Reviewed-by: Bradley Morgan <include@grrlz.net>
> Reviewed-by: Pavel Tikhomirov <ptikhomirov@virtuozzo.com>
> ---
> kernel/pid.c | 31 -------------------------------
> kernel/reboot.c | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 2 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 31 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/kernel/pid.c b/kernel/pid.c
> index f55189a3d07d..1c27e63fa0ad 100644
> --- a/kernel/pid.c
> +++ b/kernel/pid.c
> @@ -764,29 +764,6 @@ static struct ctl_table_root pid_table_root = {
> .set_ownership = pid_table_root_set_ownership,
> };
>
> -static int proc_do_cad_pid(const struct ctl_table *table, int write, void *buffer,
> - size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos)
> -{
> - struct pid *new_pid;
> - pid_t tmp_pid;
> - int r;
> - struct ctl_table tmp_table = *table;
> -
> - tmp_pid = pid_vnr(cad_pid);
> - tmp_table.data = &tmp_pid;
> -
> - r = proc_dointvec(&tmp_table, write, buffer, lenp, ppos);
> - if (r || !write)
> - return r;
> -
> - new_pid = find_get_pid(tmp_pid);
> - if (!new_pid)
> - return -ESRCH;
> -
> - put_pid(xchg(&cad_pid, new_pid));
> - return 0;
> -}
> -
> static const struct ctl_table pid_table[] = {
> {
> .procname = "pid_max",
> @@ -797,14 +774,6 @@ static const struct ctl_table pid_table[] = {
> .extra1 = &pid_max_min,
> .extra2 = &pid_max_max,
> },
> -#ifdef CONFIG_PROC_SYSCTL
> - {
> - .procname = "cad_pid",
> - .maxlen = sizeof(int),
> - .mode = 0600,
> - .proc_handler = proc_do_cad_pid,
> - },
> -#endif
> };
> #endif
>
> diff --git a/kernel/reboot.c b/kernel/reboot.c
> index 695c33e75efd..f070c5c1103a 100644
> --- a/kernel/reboot.c
> +++ b/kernel/reboot.c
> @@ -1366,6 +1366,29 @@ static struct attribute *reboot_attrs[] = {
> };
>
> #ifdef CONFIG_SYSCTL
> +static int proc_do_cad_pid(const struct ctl_table *table, int write, void *buffer,
> + size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos)
> +{
> + struct ctl_table tmp_table = *table;
> + struct pid *new_pid;
> + pid_t tmp_pid;
> + int r;
> +
> + tmp_pid = pid_vnr(cad_pid);
> + tmp_table.data = &tmp_pid;
> +
> + r = proc_dointvec(&tmp_table, write, buffer, lenp, ppos);
> + if (r || !write)
> + return r;
> +
> + new_pid = find_get_pid(tmp_pid);
> + if (!new_pid)
> + return -ESRCH;
> +
> + put_pid(xchg(&cad_pid, new_pid));
> + return 0;
> +}
> +
> static const struct ctl_table kern_reboot_table[] = {
> {
> .procname = "poweroff_cmd",
> @@ -1381,6 +1404,12 @@ static const struct ctl_table kern_reboot_table[] = {
> .mode = 0644,
> .proc_handler = proc_dointvec,
> },
> + {
> + .procname = "cad_pid",
> + .maxlen = sizeof(int),
> + .mode = 0600,
> + .proc_handler = proc_do_cad_pid,
> + },
> };
>
> static void __init kernel_reboot_sysctls_init(void)
> --
> 2.52.0
>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-07-20 11:35 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-07-20 11:13 [PATCH v2] sysctl: move the "cad_pid" entry from pid_table[] to kern_reboot_table[] Oleg Nesterov
2026-07-20 11:35 ` Oleg Nesterov [this message]
2026-07-20 11:46 ` Bradley Morgan
2026-07-20 11:49 ` Bradley Morgan
2026-07-20 11:57 ` Oleg Nesterov
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