[PATCH v2 1/2] procfs: make /proc/*/pagemap 0400

From: Djalal Harouni
Date: Sat Mar 22 2014 - 09:48:33 EST


The /proc/*/pagemap contain sensitive information and currently its
mode is 0444. Change this to 0400, so the VFS will prevent unprivileged
processes from getting file descriptors on arbitrary privileged
/proc/*/pagemap files.

This reduces the scope of address space leaking and bypasses by
protecting already running processes.

Cc: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Djalal Harouni <tixxdz@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/proc/base.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/proc/base.c b/fs/proc/base.c
index e69df4b..081d055 100644
--- a/fs/proc/base.c
+++ b/fs/proc/base.c
@@ -2616,7 +2616,7 @@ static const struct pid_entry tgid_base_stuff[] = {
#ifdef CONFIG_PROC_PAGE_MONITOR
REG("clear_refs", S_IWUSR, proc_clear_refs_operations),
REG("smaps", S_IRUGO, proc_pid_smaps_operations),
- REG("pagemap", S_IRUGO, proc_pagemap_operations),
+ REG("pagemap", S_IRUSR, proc_pagemap_operations),
#endif
#ifdef CONFIG_SECURITY
DIR("attr", S_IRUGO|S_IXUGO, proc_attr_dir_inode_operations, proc_attr_dir_operations),
@@ -2954,7 +2954,7 @@ static const struct pid_entry tid_base_stuff[] = {
#ifdef CONFIG_PROC_PAGE_MONITOR
REG("clear_refs", S_IWUSR, proc_clear_refs_operations),
REG("smaps", S_IRUGO, proc_tid_smaps_operations),
- REG("pagemap", S_IRUGO, proc_pagemap_operations),
+ REG("pagemap", S_IRUSR, proc_pagemap_operations),
#endif
#ifdef CONFIG_SECURITY
DIR("attr", S_IRUGO|S_IXUGO, proc_attr_dir_inode_operations, proc_attr_dir_operations),
--
1.7.11.7

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