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From: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>
To: Djalal Harouni <tixxdz@gmail.com>
Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>,
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	Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC v2 5/6] proc: instantiate only pids that we can ptrace on 'limit_pids=1' mount option
Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2017 15:09:09 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CALCETrXM7-NBnBcXbuuhDJZyUFLT7iRfcGGvaqUhDJBGkYJgcQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1493123038-30590-6-git-send-email-tixxdz@gmail.com>

On Tue, Apr 25, 2017 at 5:23 AM, Djalal Harouni <tixxdz@gmail.com> wrote:
> If "limit_pids=1" mount option is set then do not instantiate pids that
> we can not ptrace. "limit_pids=1" means that procfs should only contain
> pids that the caller can ptrace.
>
> Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
> Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>
> Signed-off-by: Djalal Harouni <tixxdz@gmail.com>
> ---
>  fs/proc/base.c | 9 +++++++++
>  1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/fs/proc/base.c b/fs/proc/base.c
> index 2e0f661..a663284 100644
> --- a/fs/proc/base.c
> +++ b/fs/proc/base.c
> @@ -3149,6 +3149,7 @@ struct dentry *proc_pid_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry * dentry, unsign
>         unsigned tgid;
>         struct proc_fs_info *fs_info = proc_sb(dir->i_sb);
>         struct pid_namespace *ns = fs_info->pid_ns;
> +       int limit_pids = proc_fs_limit_pids(fs_info);

Shouldn't the addition of proc_fs_limit_pids() be in this patch?

Also, can we name it something self-documented?
"ptraceable_pids_only=1", perhaps?  Or even pids=ptraceable (as
opposed to pids=all or maybe other choices in the future)?

--Andy

  reply	other threads:[~2017-04-26 22:09 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2017-04-25 12:23 [PATCH RFC v2 0/6] proc: support private proc instances per pidnamespace Djalal Harouni
2017-04-25 12:23 ` [PATCH RFC v2 1/6] proc: add proc_fs_info struct to store proc information Djalal Harouni
2017-04-25 12:23 ` [PATCH RFC v2 2/6] proc: move /proc/{self|thread-self} dentries to proc_fs_info Djalal Harouni
2017-04-25 12:23 ` [PATCH RFC v2 3/6] proc: add helpers to set and get proc hidepid and gid mount options Djalal Harouni
2017-04-25 12:23 ` [PATCH RFC v2 4/6] proc: support mounting private procfs instances inside same pid namespace Djalal Harouni
2017-04-26 22:13   ` Andy Lutomirski
2017-05-02 14:29     ` Djalal Harouni
2017-05-02 16:33       ` Andy Lutomirski
     [not found]         ` <CALCETrV4SjQE_NM4=j0JgRGBjOVY4o=iu0=ruuvzSuGRUPgNbg-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2017-05-03 15:18           ` Djalal Harouni
     [not found] ` <1493123038-30590-1-git-send-email-tixxdz-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2017-04-25 12:23   ` [PATCH RFC v2 5/6] proc: instantiate only pids that we can ptrace on 'limit_pids=1' mount option Djalal Harouni
2017-04-26 22:09     ` Andy Lutomirski [this message]
     [not found]       ` <CALCETrXM7-NBnBcXbuuhDJZyUFLT7iRfcGGvaqUhDJBGkYJgcQ-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2017-05-02 14:00         ` Djalal Harouni
2017-04-25 12:23 ` [PATCH RFC v2 6/6] proc: flush task dcache entries from all procfs instances Djalal Harouni

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