Re: [RFC PATCH] ptrace: add PTRACE_GETFD request

From: Andy Lutomirski
Date: Fri Dec 06 2019 - 15:45:45 EST



> On Dec 5, 2019, at 3:44 PM, Sargun Dhillon <sargun@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> ïPTRACE_GETFD is a generic ptrace API that allows the tracer to
> get file descriptors from the traceee.
>
> The primary reason to use this syscall is to allow sandboxers to
> take action on an FD on behalf of the tracee. For example, this
> can be combined with seccomp's user notification feature to extract
> a file descriptor and call privileged syscalls, like binding
> a socket to a privileged port.

Can you document the circumstances under which you can call this?

Does it require that you be attached as a tracer? Does the tracee need to be stopped? Does it work equivalently if the tracee is ptrace-stopped vs stopped by seccomp?

If the tracee is running and is single-threaded, is the locking correct?

>
> Signed-off-by: Sargun Dhillon <sargun@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> include/uapi/linux/ptrace.h | 5 +++++
> kernel/ptrace.c | 39 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
> 2 files changed, 42 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/ptrace.h b/include/uapi/linux/ptrace.h
> index a71b6e3b03eb..2b69f759826a 100644
> --- a/include/uapi/linux/ptrace.h
> +++ b/include/uapi/linux/ptrace.h
> @@ -101,6 +101,11 @@ struct ptrace_syscall_info {
> };
> };
>
> +/* This gets a file descriptor from a running process. It doesn't require the
> + * process to be stopped.
> + */
> +#define PTRACE_GETFD 0x420f
> +
> /*
> * These values are stored in task->ptrace_message
> * by tracehook_report_syscall_* to describe the current syscall-stop.
> diff --git a/kernel/ptrace.c b/kernel/ptrace.c
> index cb9ddcc08119..a1d7b289fe8e 100644
> --- a/kernel/ptrace.c
> +++ b/kernel/ptrace.c
> @@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
> #include <linux/cn_proc.h>
> #include <linux/compat.h>
> #include <linux/sched/signal.h>
> +#include <linux/fdtable.h>
>
> #include <asm/syscall.h> /* for syscall_get_* */
>
> @@ -994,6 +995,37 @@ ptrace_get_syscall_info(struct task_struct *child, unsigned long user_size,
> }
> #endif /* CONFIG_HAVE_ARCH_TRACEHOOK */
>
> +static int ptrace_getfd(struct task_struct *child, unsigned long fd)
> +{
> + struct files_struct *files;
> + struct file *file;
> + int ret = 0;
> +
> + files = get_files_struct(child);
> + if (!files)
> + return -ENOENT;
> +
> + spin_lock(&files->file_lock);
> + file = fcheck_files(files, fd);
> + if (!file)
> + ret = -EBADF;
> + else
> + get_file(file);
> + spin_unlock(&files->file_lock);
> + put_files_struct(files);
> +
> + if (ret)
> + goto out;
> +
> + ret = get_unused_fd_flags(0);
> + if (ret >= 0)
> + fd_install(ret, file);
> +
> + fput(file);
> +out:
> + return ret;
> +}
> +
> int ptrace_request(struct task_struct *child, long request,
> unsigned long addr, unsigned long data)
> {
> @@ -1222,7 +1254,9 @@ int ptrace_request(struct task_struct *child, long request,
> case PTRACE_SECCOMP_GET_METADATA:
> ret = seccomp_get_metadata(child, addr, datavp);
> break;
> -
> + case PTRACE_GETFD:
> + ret = ptrace_getfd(child, data);
> + break;
> default:
> break;
> }
> @@ -1265,7 +1299,8 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE4(ptrace, long, request, long, pid, unsigned long, addr,
> }
>
> ret = ptrace_check_attach(child, request == PTRACE_KILL ||
> - request == PTRACE_INTERRUPT);
> + request == PTRACE_INTERRUPT ||
> + request == PTRACE_GETFD);
> if (ret < 0)
> goto out_put_task_struct;
>
> --
> 2.20.1
>