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authorKees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>2022-10-18 00:17:24 -0700
committerKees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>2022-10-25 15:17:08 -0700
commit275498a98b1fe77deebddfc4f8986c0cf2c3ced7 (patch)
tree1592dd1311d98d4ce94476d0209871e59fc32e93 /fs/exec.c
parent23a7aea5faf6500051c52dfaba46845c41b3abd4 (diff)
exec: Add comments on check_unsafe_exec() fs counting
Add some comments about what the fs counting is doing in check_unsafe_exec() and how it relates to the call graph. Specifically, we can't force an unshare of the fs because of at least Chrome: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/86CE201B-5632-4BB7-BCF6-7CB2C2895409@chromium.org/ Cc: Eric Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com> Cc: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> Acked-by: Christian Brauner (Microsoft) <brauner@kernel.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20221018071537.never.662-kees@kernel.org
Diffstat (limited to 'fs/exec.c')
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1 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/fs/exec.c b/fs/exec.c
index 34e6a2e53268..b3e87bd50962 100644
--- a/fs/exec.c
+++ b/fs/exec.c
@@ -1573,6 +1573,12 @@ static void check_unsafe_exec(struct linux_binprm *bprm)
if (task_no_new_privs(current))
bprm->unsafe |= LSM_UNSAFE_NO_NEW_PRIVS;
+ /*
+ * If another task is sharing our fs, we cannot safely
+ * suid exec because the differently privileged task
+ * will be able to manipulate the current directory, etc.
+ * It would be nice to force an unshare instead...
+ */
t = p;
n_fs = 1;
spin_lock(&p->fs->lock);
@@ -1753,6 +1759,7 @@ static int search_binary_handler(struct linux_binprm *bprm)
return retval;
}
+/* binfmt handlers will call back into begin_new_exec() on success. */
static int exec_binprm(struct linux_binprm *bprm)
{
pid_t old_pid, old_vpid;
@@ -1811,6 +1818,11 @@ static int bprm_execve(struct linux_binprm *bprm,
if (retval)
return retval;
+ /*
+ * Check for unsafe execution states before exec_binprm(), which
+ * will call back into begin_new_exec(), into bprm_creds_from_file(),
+ * where setuid-ness is evaluated.
+ */
check_unsafe_exec(bprm);
current->in_execve = 1;