Re: [PATCH v6 0/3] Harden spectrev2 userspace-userspace protection

[Thomas Gleixner]

On Sat, 22 Sep 2018, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Sat, Sep 22, 2018 at 11:53:14AM +0200, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> > +bool ptrace_may_access_sched(struct task_struct *task, unsigned int mode)
> > +{
> > +	struct mm_struct *mm;
> > +	int res;
> > +
> > +	res = __ptrace_may_access_basic(task, mode);
> > +	if (res <= 0)
> > +		return !res;
> > +
> > +	rcu_read_lock();
> > +	res = __ptrace_may_access_cred(__task_cred(task), mode);
> >  	rcu_read_unlock();
> > +	if (res)
> > +		return false;
> > +
> > +	mm = task->mm;
> > +	if (mm && get_dumpable(mm) != SUID_DUMP_USER)
> > +		return false;
> > +	return true;
> > +}
> > +
> > +/* Returns 0 on success, -errno on denial. */
> > +static int __ptrace_may_access(struct task_struct *task, unsigned int mode)
> > +{
> > +	const struct cred *tcred;
> > +	struct mm_struct *mm;
> > +	int res;
> > +
> > +	res = __ptrace_may_access_basic(task, mode);
> > +	if (res <= 0)
> > +		return res;
> > +
> > +	rcu_read_lock();
> > +	tcred = __task_cred(task);
> > +	res = __ptrace_may_access_cred(tcred, mode);
> > +	if (res > 0)
> > +		res = ptrace_has_cap(tcred->user_ns, mode) ? 0 : -EPERM;
> >  	rcu_read_unlock();
> > +	if (res < 0)
> > +		return res;
> > +
> >  	mm = task->mm;
> > +	if (mm && (get_dumpable(mm) != SUID_DUMP_USER &&
> > +		   !ptrace_has_cap(mm->user_ns, mode)))
> > +		return -EPERM;
> >  
> >  	return security_ptrace_access_check(task, mode);
> >  }
> 
> This has some unfortunate duplication.
> 
> Lets go with it for now, but I'll see if I can do something about that
> later.

Yes, I know. I tried to make the duplication smaller, but all attempts
ended up being a convoluted mess. I'll try again after applying more
coffee.

Thanks,

	tglx