Re: [RFC][PATCH] exec: Use init rlimits for setuid exec

[Willy Tarreau]

On Wed, Jul 05, 2017 at 09:32:35PM -0700, Kees Cook wrote:
> In an attempt to provide sensible rlimit defaults for setuid execs, this
> inherits the namespace's init rlimits:
> 
> $ ulimit -s
> 8192
> $ ulimit -s unlimited
> $ /bin/sh -c 'ulimit -s'
> unlimited
> $ sudo /bin/sh -c 'ulimit -s'
> 8192
> 
> This is modified from Brad Spengler/PaX Team's hard-coded setuid exec
> stack rlimit (8MB) in the last public patch of grsecurity/PaX based on
> my understanding of the code. Changes or omissions from the original
> code are mine and don't reflect the original grsecurity/PaX code.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Instead of copying all rlimits, we could also pick specific ones to copy
> (e.g. RLIMIT_STACK, or ones from Andy's list) or exclude from copying
> (probably better to blacklist than whitelist).
> 
> I think this is the right way to find the ns init task, but maybe it
> needs locking?
> ---
>  fs/exec.c | 34 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
>  1 file changed, 30 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/exec.c b/fs/exec.c
> index 904199086490..80e8b2bd4284 100644
> --- a/fs/exec.c
> +++ b/fs/exec.c
> @@ -1675,6 +1675,12 @@ static int exec_binprm(struct linux_binprm *bprm)
>  	return ret;
>  }
>  
> +static inline bool is_setuid_exec(struct linux_binprm *bprm)
> +{
> +	return (!uid_eq(bprm->cred->euid, current_euid()) ||
> +		!gid_eq(bprm->cred->egid, current_egid()));
> +}
> +
>  /*
>   * sys_execve() executes a new program.
>   */
> @@ -1687,6 +1693,7 @@ static int do_execveat_common(int fd, struct filename *filename,
>  	struct linux_binprm *bprm;
>  	struct file *file;
>  	struct files_struct *displaced;
> +	struct rlimit saved_rlim[RLIM_NLIMITS];
>  	int retval;
>  
>  	if (IS_ERR(filename))
> @@ -1771,24 +1778,38 @@ static int do_execveat_common(int fd, struct filename *filename,
>  	if (retval < 0)
>  		goto out;
>  
> +	/*
> +	 * From here forward, we've got credentials set up and we're
> +	 * using resources, so do rlimit replacement before we start
> +	 * copying strings. (Note that the RLIMIT_NPROC check has
> +	 * already happened.)
> +	 */
> +	BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(saved_rlim) != sizeof(current->signal->rlim));
> +	if (is_setuid_exec(bprm)) {
> +		memcpy(saved_rlim, current->signal->rlim, sizeof(saved_rlim));
> +		memcpy(current->signal->rlim,
> +		       task_active_pid_ns(current)->child_reaper->signal->rlim,
> +		       sizeof(current->signal->rlim));
> +	}
> +

But you're not replacing just RLIMIT_STACK but all rlimits here. Please
don't do this, as I mentionned elsewhere in the thread it will really
become a pain at least for RLIMIT_CORE and RLIMIT_NOFILE. Better only
apply RLIMIT_STACK as the commit message mentions it.

Willy