Re: [PATCH v4 2/2] procfs/tasks: add a simple per-task procfs hidepid= field

[Kees Cook]

On Mon, Feb 13, 2017 at 11:01 AM, Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 10, 2017 at 3:44 PM, Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> On Wed, Jan 18, 2017 at 3:35 PM, Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> On Wed, Jan 18, 2017 at 2:50 PM, Djalal Harouni <tixxdz@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>> Andy I don't follow here, no_new_privs is never cleared right ? I
>>>> can't see the corresponding clear bit code for it.
>>>
>>> I believe that unsharing userns clears no_new_privs.
>>
>> Seriously? That's kind of ... weird. I mean, I guess you're
>> priv-confined in a way, but that seems fragile.
>>
>
> I appear to have made this up.  Either I genuinely pulled it out of
> thin air or it was discussed and not done.
>
> $ setpriv --nnp unshare -Ur cat /proc/self/status |grep NoNewPrivs
> NoNewPrivs:    1
>
> If it were to be done, it ought to be quite safe except for possible LSM issues.

Okay, cool. Thanks. (Also, where does "setpriv" live? I must need a
new set of util-linux or something?)

-Kees

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Kees Cook
Pixel Security