From: Paul Moore <pmoore@redhat.com>
To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org
Cc: Blue Swirl <blauwirbel@gmail.com>,
Eduardo Otubo <otubo@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [RFC] [PATCHv2 2/2] Adding basic calls to libseccomp in vl.c
Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2012 17:02:19 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <5022524.gIe1TV6Uvp@sifl> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAAu8pHtW6sBhrFAfNPe_R=tTWZ6RjBVgLcRUpzwKWx_rOAWnUQ@mail.gmail.com>
On Friday, June 15, 2012 07:06:10 PM Blue Swirl wrote:
> I think allowing execve() would render seccomp pretty much useless.
Not necessarily.
I'll agree that it does seem a bit odd to allow execve(), but there is still
value in enabling seccomp to disable potentially buggy/exploitable syscalls.
Let's not forget that we have over 300 syscalls on x86_64, not including the
32 bit versions, and even if we add all of the new syscalls suggested in this
thread we are still talking about a small subset of syscalls. As far as
security goes, the old adage of "less is more" applies.
Protecting against the abuse and misuse of execve() is something that is
better done with the host's access controls (traditional DAC, MAC via the LSM,
etc.).
--
paul moore
security and virtualization @ redhat
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-06-15 21:02 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 48+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-06-13 19:20 [Qemu-devel] [RFC] [PATCHv2 0/2] Sandboxing Qemu guests with Libseccomp Eduardo Otubo
2012-06-13 19:20 ` [Qemu-devel] [RFC] [PATCHv2 1/2] Adding support for libseccomp in configure Eduardo Otubo
2012-06-13 19:45 ` Blue Swirl
2012-06-13 19:20 ` [Qemu-devel] [RFC] [PATCHv2 2/2] Adding basic calls to libseccomp in vl.c Eduardo Otubo
2012-06-13 19:56 ` Blue Swirl
2012-06-13 20:33 ` Daniel P. Berrange
2012-06-15 19:04 ` Blue Swirl
2012-06-18 8:33 ` Daniel P. Berrange
2012-06-18 15:22 ` Corey Bryant
2012-06-18 20:18 ` Blue Swirl
2012-06-18 21:53 ` Corey Bryant
[not found] ` <CABqD9hYKLf9D37XsF6nvNmtJ=0wJ39Yu_A-JeWxDJ_8haBmEWA@mail.gmail.com>
[not found] ` <4FE08025.6030406@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
[not found] ` <CABqD9ha32FAuikpDojzO91Jg8Q6VTY340LShKzpvTx6FN_uacQ@mail.gmail.com>
2012-06-19 16:51 ` Corey Bryant
2012-07-01 13:25 ` Paolo Bonzini
2012-07-02 2:18 ` Will Drewry
2012-07-02 14:20 ` Corey Bryant
2012-06-13 20:30 ` Daniel P. Berrange
2012-06-15 19:06 ` Blue Swirl
2012-06-15 21:02 ` Paul Moore [this message]
2012-06-15 21:23 ` Blue Swirl
2012-06-15 21:36 ` Paul Moore
2012-06-16 6:46 ` Blue Swirl
2012-06-18 17:41 ` Corey Bryant
2012-06-19 11:04 ` Avi Kivity
2012-06-19 18:58 ` Blue Swirl
2012-06-21 8:04 ` Avi Kivity
[not found] ` <4FEB7A4D.7050608@redhat.com>
[not found] ` <CAAu8pHtYmoJ7WCK7LAOj_j2YU-nAgiLTg7q4qXL3Vu-kPRpZnw@mail.gmail.com>
2012-07-02 18:05 ` Corey Bryant
2012-07-03 19:15 ` Blue Swirl
2012-06-15 21:44 ` Eric Blake
2012-06-18 8:31 ` Daniel P. Berrange
2012-06-18 8:38 ` Daniel P. Berrange
2012-06-18 13:52 ` Paul Moore
2012-06-18 13:55 ` Daniel P. Berrange
2012-06-18 14:02 ` Paul Moore
2012-06-18 20:13 ` Eduardo Otubo
2012-06-18 20:23 ` Blue Swirl
2012-06-18 15:29 ` Corey Bryant
2012-06-18 20:15 ` Blue Swirl
2012-06-19 9:23 ` Daniel P. Berrange
2012-06-19 18:44 ` Blue Swirl
2012-06-18 8:26 ` Daniel P. Berrange
2012-06-13 20:37 ` Daniel P. Berrange
2012-06-13 20:31 ` [Qemu-devel] [RFC] [PATCHv2 0/2] Sandboxing Qemu guests with Libseccomp Paul Moore
2012-06-14 21:59 ` [Qemu-devel] [libseccomp-discuss] " Kees Cook
2012-06-15 13:54 ` Paul Moore
2012-10-29 15:11 ` Corey Bryant
2012-10-29 15:32 ` Daniel P. Berrange
2012-10-29 15:40 ` Paul Moore
2012-10-29 15:51 ` Corey Bryant
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