Re: seccomp vs ptrace

[Andy Lutomirski]

On Wed, Mar 18, 2015 at 2:30 PM, Serge E. Hallyn <serge@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm writing to ask about
>
>         The seccomp check will not be run again after the tracer is
>         notified.  (This means that seccomp-based sandboxes MUST NOT
>         allow use of ptrace, even of other sandboxed processes, without
>         extreme care; ptracers can use this mechanism to escape.)
>
> This basically means that seccomp cannot be safely used with for instance
> an upstart based container.  I've been told that Andy was working on
> changing the order so that ptrace checks would be done before seccomp.
> Is there any update on that?  Is it likely to happen?  Scrapped?

No, just got stalled because I'm too busy.  The code is here:

https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/luto/linux.git/log/?h=x86/seccomp

but it's not really adequately tested.

>
> thanks,
> -serge



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