Re: [PATCH v3 2/2] modules:capabilities: add a per-task modules autoload restriction

[Kees Cook]

On Mon, Apr 24, 2017 at 7:25 AM, Djalal Harouni <tixxdz@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Sat, Apr 22, 2017 at 9:29 PM, Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> On Fri, Apr 21, 2017 at 11:51 PM, Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> On Fri, Apr 21, 2017 at 5:12 PM, Djalal Harouni <tixxdz@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>> On Sat, Apr 22, 2017 at 1:51 AM, Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>
> [...]
>>>> * DCCP use after free CVE-2017-6074
>>>> * n_hldc CVE-2017-2636
>>>> * XFRM framework CVE-2017-7184
>>>> * L2TPv3 CVE-2016-10200
>>>>
>>>> Most of these need CAP_NET_ADMIN to be autoloaded, however we also
>>>> need CAP_NET_ADMIN for other things... therefore it is better to have
>>>> an extra facility that could coexist with CAP_NET_ADMIN and other
>>>> sandbox features.
>>>>
>>>
>>> I agree that the feature is important, but I think your implementation
>>> is needlessly dangerous.  I imagine that the main uses that you care
>>> about involve containers.  How about doing it in a safer way that
>>> works for containers?  I can think of a few.  For example:
>>>
>>> 1. A sysctl that, if set, prevents autoloading outside the root
>>> userns.  This isn't very flexible at all, but it might work.
>>>
>>> 2. Your patch, but require privilege within the calling namespace to
>>> set the prctl.
>>
>> How about CAP_SYS_ADMIN || no_new_privs?
>>
>> -Kees
>>
>
> Yes I can update as per Andy suggestion to require privileges inside
> the calling namespace to set prctl. Other options that are not prctl
> based have more variants, that make them hard to use.
>
> So I would got with CAP_SYS_ADMIN in the calling userns ||
> no_new_privs , I would have said CAP_SYS_MODULE in the userns but it
> seems better to standardize on CAP_SYS_ADMIN to set the prctl.

Andy's concern is that it would provide an escalation from SYS_MODULE
to SYS_ADMIN through some privileged process being tricked through a
missing API provided by modules, so we have to use either SYS_ADMIN ||
nnp.

-Kees

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Kees Cook
Pixel Security