From: Bernd Edlinger <bernd.edlinger@hotmail.de>
To: Jann Horn <jannh@google.com>,
"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com>,
James Morris <jamorris@linux.microsoft.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCHv2] exec: Fix a deadlock in ptrace
Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2020 17:01:15 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <AM6PR03MB5170BD130F15CE1909F59B55E4E70@AM6PR03MB5170.eurprd03.prod.outlook.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAG48ez0iXMD0mduKWHG6GZZoR+s2jXy776zwiRd+tFADCEiBEw@mail.gmail.com>
On 3/2/20 5:43 PM, Jann Horn wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 2, 2020 at 5:19 PM Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com> wrote:
>>
>> Bernd Edlinger <bernd.edlinger@hotmail.de> writes:
>>
>>> On 3/2/20 4:57 PM, Eric W. Biederman wrote:
>>>> Bernd Edlinger <bernd.edlinger@hotmail.de> writes:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I tried this with s/EACCESS/EACCES/.
>>>>>
>>>>> The test case in this patch is not fixed, but strace does not freeze,
>>>>> at least with my setup where it did freeze repeatable.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks, That is what I was aiming at.
>>>>
>>>> So we have one method we can pursue to fix this in practice.
>>>>
>>>>> That is
>>>>> obviously because it bypasses the cred_guard_mutex. But all other
>>>>> process that access this file still freeze, and cannot be
>>>>> interrupted except with kill -9.
>>>>>
>>>>> However that smells like a denial of service, that this
>>>>> simple test case which can be executed by guest, creates a /proc/$pid/mem
>>>>> that freezes any process, even root, when it looks at it.
>>>>> I mean: "ln -s README /proc/$pid/mem" would be a nice bomb.
>>>>
>>>> Yes. Your the test case in your patch a variant of the original
>>>> problem.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I have been staring at this trying to understand the fundamentals of the
>>>> original deeper problem.
>>>>
>>>> The current scope of cred_guard_mutex in exec is because being ptraced
>>>> causes suid exec to act differently. So we need to know early if we are
>>>> ptraced.
>>>>
>>>
>>> It has a second use, that it prevents two threads entering execve,
>>> which would probably result in disaster.
>>
>> Exec can fail with an error code up until de_thread. de_thread causes
>> exec to fail with the error code -EAGAIN for the second thread to get
>> into de_thread.
>>
>> So no. The cred_guard_mutex is not needed for that case at all.
>>
>>>> If that case did not exist we could reduce the scope of the
>>>> cred_guard_mutex in exec to where your patch puts the cred_change_mutex.
>>>>
>>>> I am starting to think reworking how we deal with ptrace and exec is the
>>>> way to solve this problem.
>>
>>
>> I am 99% convinced that the fix is to move cred_guard_mutex down.
>
> "move cred_guard_mutex down" as in "take it once we've already set up
> the new process, past the point of no return"?
>
>> Then right after we take cred_guard_mutex do:
>> if (ptraced) {
>> use_original_creds();
>> }
>>
>> And call it a day.
>>
>> The details suck but I am 99% certain that would solve everyones
>> problems, and not be too bad to audit either.
>
> Ah, hmm, that sounds like it'll work fine at least when no LSMs are involved.
>
> SELinux normally doesn't do the execution-degrading thing, it just
> blocks the execution completely - see their selinux_bprm_set_creds()
> hook. So I think they'd still need to set some state on the task that
> says "we're currently in the middle of an execution where the target
> task will run in context X", and then check against that in the
> ptrace_may_access hook. Or I suppose they could just kill the task
> near the end of execve, although that'd be kinda ugly.
>
We have current->in_execve for that, right?
I think when the cred_guard_mutex is taken only in the critical section,
then PTRACE_ATTACH could take the guard_mutex, and look at current->in_execve,
and just return -EAGAIN in that case, right, everybody happy :)
Bernd.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-03-02 17:03 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 202+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-03-01 11:27 [PATCH] exec: Fix a deadlock in ptrace Bernd Edlinger
2020-03-01 15:13 ` Aleksa Sarai
2020-03-01 15:58 ` Christian Brauner
2020-03-01 17:46 ` Bernd Edlinger
2020-03-01 18:20 ` Christian Brauner
2020-03-01 17:24 ` Bernd Edlinger
2020-03-01 18:21 ` Jann Horn
2020-03-01 18:52 ` Christian Brauner
2020-03-01 19:00 ` Bernd Edlinger
2020-03-01 20:00 ` Jann Horn
2020-03-01 20:34 ` [PATCHv2] " Bernd Edlinger
2020-03-02 6:38 ` Eric W. Biederman
2020-03-02 15:43 ` Bernd Edlinger
2020-03-02 15:57 ` Eric W. Biederman
2020-03-02 16:02 ` Bernd Edlinger
2020-03-02 16:17 ` Eric W. Biederman
2020-03-02 16:43 ` Jann Horn
2020-03-02 17:01 ` Bernd Edlinger [this message]
2020-03-02 17:37 ` Jann Horn
2020-03-02 17:42 ` christian
2020-03-02 18:08 ` Jann Horn
2020-03-02 20:10 ` [PATCHv3] " Bernd Edlinger
2020-03-02 20:28 ` Bernd Edlinger
2020-03-03 20:13 ` [PATCHv2] " Eric W. Biederman
2020-03-02 17:13 ` Bernd Edlinger
2020-03-02 21:49 ` Eric W. Biederman
2020-03-02 22:00 ` Bernd Edlinger
2020-03-02 22:18 ` [PATCHv4] " Bernd Edlinger
2020-03-03 2:26 ` Kees Cook
2020-03-03 4:54 ` Bernd Edlinger
2020-03-03 5:29 ` Kees Cook
2020-03-03 8:08 ` Bernd Edlinger
2020-03-03 8:34 ` Christian Brauner
2020-03-03 8:43 ` Christian Brauner
2020-03-04 15:30 ` Christian Brauner
2020-03-03 8:58 ` Christian Brauner
2020-03-03 10:34 ` Bernd Edlinger
2020-03-03 11:23 ` Bernd Edlinger
2020-03-03 14:20 ` Christian Brauner
2020-03-03 13:02 ` [PATCHv5] " Bernd Edlinger
2020-03-03 15:18 ` Eric W. Biederman
2020-03-03 16:48 ` Bernd Edlinger
2020-03-03 17:01 ` Christian Brauner
2020-03-03 17:20 ` Christian Brauner
2020-03-03 20:08 ` Eric W. Biederman
2020-03-04 14:37 ` Bernd Edlinger
2020-03-04 16:33 ` Eric W. Biederman
2020-03-04 21:49 ` Bernd Edlinger
2020-03-04 21:56 ` [PATCHv6] " Bernd Edlinger
2020-03-05 18:36 ` Bernd Edlinger
2020-03-05 21:14 ` [PATCH 0/2] Infrastructure to allow fixing exec deadlocks Eric W. Biederman
2020-03-05 21:15 ` [PATCH 1/2] exec: Properly mark the point of no return Eric W. Biederman
2020-03-05 22:34 ` Bernd Edlinger
2020-03-06 5:19 ` Eric W. Biederman
2020-03-05 22:56 ` Bernd Edlinger
2020-03-06 5:09 ` Eric W. Biederman
2020-03-06 16:26 ` Bernd Edlinger
2020-03-06 17:16 ` Eric W. Biederman
2020-03-05 21:16 ` [PATCH 2/2] exec: Add a exec_update_mutex to replace cred_guard_mutex Eric W. Biederman
2020-03-05 21:51 ` Bernd Edlinger
2020-03-06 5:17 ` Eric W. Biederman
2020-03-06 11:46 ` Bernd Edlinger
2020-03-06 21:18 ` Eric W. Biederman
2020-03-06 19:16 ` Bernd Edlinger
2020-03-06 21:58 ` Eric W. Biederman
2020-03-06 22:29 ` Eric W. Biederman
2020-03-07 1:03 ` Eric W. Biederman
2020-03-08 12:58 ` [PATCH] exec: make de_thread alloc new signal struct earlier Bernd Edlinger
2020-03-08 18:12 ` Eric W. Biederman
2020-03-05 22:31 ` [PATCH 0/2] Infrastructure to allow fixing exec deadlocks Bernd Edlinger
2020-03-06 5:06 ` Eric W. Biederman
2020-03-08 21:34 ` [PATCH 0/5] " Eric W. Biederman
2020-03-08 21:35 ` [PATCH v2 1/5] exec: Only compute current once in flush_old_exec Eric W. Biederman
2020-03-09 13:56 ` Bernd Edlinger
2020-03-09 17:34 ` Eric W. Biederman
2020-03-09 17:56 ` Bernd Edlinger
2020-03-09 19:27 ` Bernd Edlinger
2020-03-10 20:17 ` Kees Cook
2020-03-10 21:12 ` Christian Brauner
2020-03-08 21:36 ` [PATCH v2 2/5] exec: Factor unshare_sighand out of de_thread and call it separately Eric W. Biederman
2020-03-09 19:28 ` Bernd Edlinger
2020-03-10 20:29 ` Kees Cook
2020-03-10 20:34 ` Bernd Edlinger
2020-03-10 20:57 ` Kees Cook
2020-03-10 21:21 ` Christian Brauner
2020-03-08 21:36 ` [PATCH v2 3/5] exec: Move cleanup of posix timers on exec out of de_thread Eric W. Biederman
2020-03-09 19:30 ` Bernd Edlinger
2020-03-09 19:59 ` Christian Brauner
2020-03-09 20:06 ` Eric W. Biederman
2020-03-09 20:17 ` Christian Brauner
2020-03-09 20:48 ` Eric W. Biederman
2020-03-10 8:55 ` Christian Brauner
2020-03-10 18:52 ` [PATCH] pidfd: Stop taking cred_guard_mutex Eric W. Biederman
2020-03-10 19:15 ` Christian Brauner
2020-03-10 19:16 ` Jann Horn
2020-03-10 19:27 ` Eric W. Biederman
2020-03-10 20:00 ` Jann Horn
2020-03-10 20:10 ` Jann Horn
2020-03-10 20:22 ` Bernd Edlinger
2020-03-11 6:11 ` Bernd Edlinger
2020-03-11 14:56 ` Jann Horn
2020-03-10 20:57 ` Eric W. Biederman
2020-03-10 21:29 ` Christian Brauner
2020-03-11 18:49 ` Kees Cook
2020-03-14 9:12 ` [PATCH] pidfd: Use new infrastructure to fix deadlocks in execve Bernd Edlinger
2020-03-10 20:16 ` [PATCH v2 3/5] exec: Move cleanup of posix timers on exec out of de_thread Kees Cook
2020-03-10 20:31 ` Kees Cook
2020-03-10 20:57 ` Jann Horn
2020-03-10 21:05 ` Eric W. Biederman
2020-03-10 21:22 ` Christian Brauner
2020-03-08 21:38 ` [PATCH v2 4/5] exec: Move exec_mmap right after de_thread in flush_old_exec Eric W. Biederman
2020-03-09 19:34 ` Bernd Edlinger
2020-03-09 19:45 ` Eric W. Biederman
2020-03-09 19:52 ` Bernd Edlinger
2020-03-09 19:58 ` Eric W. Biederman
2020-03-09 20:03 ` Bernd Edlinger
2020-03-09 20:35 ` Eric W. Biederman
2020-03-10 20:44 ` Kees Cook
2020-03-10 21:20 ` Eric W. Biederman
2020-03-10 20:47 ` Kees Cook
2020-03-10 21:09 ` Eric W. Biederman
2020-03-08 21:38 ` [PATCH v2 5/5] exec: Add a exec_update_mutex to replace cred_guard_mutex Eric W. Biederman
2020-03-09 13:45 ` Bernd Edlinger
2020-03-09 17:40 ` Eric W. Biederman
2020-03-09 18:01 ` Bernd Edlinger
2020-03-09 18:10 ` Eric W. Biederman
2020-03-09 18:24 ` Eric W. Biederman
2020-03-09 18:36 ` Eric W. Biederman
2020-03-09 18:47 ` Bernd Edlinger
2020-03-09 19:02 ` Eric W. Biederman
2020-03-09 19:24 ` Bernd Edlinger
2020-03-09 19:35 ` Eric W. Biederman
2020-03-09 19:39 ` Eric W. Biederman
2020-03-10 13:43 ` [PATCH 0/4] Use new infrastructure to fix deadlocks in execve Bernd Edlinger
2020-03-10 15:35 ` Eric W. Biederman
2020-03-10 17:44 ` [PATCH 0/4] Use new infrastructure in more simple cases Bernd Edlinger
2020-03-10 17:45 ` [PATCH 1/4] kernel/kcmp.c: Use new infrastructure to fix deadlocks in execve Bernd Edlinger
2020-03-10 19:01 ` Eric W. Biederman
2020-03-10 19:42 ` Bernd Edlinger
2020-03-10 17:45 ` [PATCH 2/4] proc: " Bernd Edlinger
2020-03-11 18:59 ` Kees Cook
2020-03-11 19:10 ` Kees Cook
2020-03-11 19:38 ` Bernd Edlinger
2020-03-10 17:45 ` [PATCH 3/4] proc: io_accounting: " Bernd Edlinger
2020-03-10 19:06 ` Eric W. Biederman
[not found] ` <AM6PR03MB5170A29F8D885147F1A3981EE4FF0@AM6PR03MB5170.eurprd03.prod.outlook.com>
2020-03-10 21:25 ` Eric W. Biederman
2020-03-11 19:08 ` Kees Cook
2020-03-11 19:48 ` Bernd Edlinger
2020-03-11 19:48 ` Eric W. Biederman
2020-03-10 17:45 ` [PATCH 4/4] perf: " Bernd Edlinger
2020-03-10 13:43 ` [PATCH 1/4] exec: Fix a deadlock in ptrace Bernd Edlinger
2020-03-10 15:13 ` Eric W. Biederman
2020-03-10 15:17 ` Bernd Edlinger
2020-03-10 21:00 ` Kees Cook
2020-03-10 13:44 ` [PATCH 2/4] selftests/ptrace: add test cases for dead-locks Bernd Edlinger
2020-03-10 21:36 ` Kees Cook
2020-03-10 22:41 ` Dmitry V. Levin
2020-03-10 13:44 ` [PATCH 3/4] mm: docs: Fix a comment in process_vm_rw_core Bernd Edlinger
2020-03-11 18:53 ` Kees Cook
2020-03-10 13:44 ` [PATCH 4/4] kernel: doc: remove outdated comment cred.c Bernd Edlinger
2020-03-11 18:54 ` Kees Cook
2020-03-09 19:33 ` [PATCH v2 5/5] exec: Add a exec_update_mutex to replace cred_guard_mutex Dmitry V. Levin
2020-03-09 19:42 ` Eric W. Biederman
2020-03-10 20:55 ` Kees Cook
2020-03-10 21:02 ` Eric W. Biederman
2020-03-10 21:21 ` Jann Horn
2020-03-10 21:30 ` Eric W. Biederman
2020-03-10 23:21 ` Jann Horn
2020-03-11 0:15 ` Eric W. Biederman
2020-03-11 6:33 ` Bernd Edlinger
2020-03-11 13:18 ` Qian Cai
2020-03-12 10:27 ` Kirill Tkhai
2020-03-12 12:24 ` Eric W. Biederman
2020-03-12 13:45 ` Kirill Tkhai
2020-03-12 14:38 ` Eric W. Biederman
2020-03-12 15:23 ` Kirill Tkhai
2020-03-13 1:05 ` Bernd Edlinger
2020-03-13 9:13 ` Kirill Tkhai
2020-03-14 9:11 ` [PATCH v3 " Bernd Edlinger
2020-03-17 8:56 ` Kirill Tkhai
2020-03-17 21:53 ` Bernd Edlinger
2020-03-18 12:22 ` Kirill Tkhai
2020-03-18 20:06 ` Bernd Edlinger
2020-03-19 7:13 ` Kirill Tkhai
2020-03-19 7:19 ` Bernd Edlinger
2020-03-19 9:11 ` [PATCH v4 3/5] " Bernd Edlinger
2020-03-19 9:13 ` Bernd Edlinger
2020-03-19 9:19 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2020-03-19 9:20 ` Bernd Edlinger
2020-03-21 22:53 ` Bernd Edlinger
2020-03-14 9:12 ` [PATCH 0/2] exec: Fix dead-lock in de_thread with ptrace_attach Bernd Edlinger
2020-03-14 9:12 ` [PATCH 1/2] " Bernd Edlinger
2020-03-14 9:13 ` [PATCH 2/2] doc: Update documentation of ->exec_*_mutex Bernd Edlinger
2020-03-14 9:57 ` [PATCH v2 5/5] exec: Add a exec_update_mutex to replace cred_guard_mutex Bernd Edlinger
2020-03-14 10:02 ` Bernd Edlinger
2020-03-17 8:58 ` Kirill Tkhai
2020-03-09 13:58 ` [PATCH 0/5] Infrastructure to allow fixing exec deadlocks Bernd Edlinger
2020-03-03 16:50 ` [PATCHv5] exec: Fix a deadlock in ptrace Christian Brauner
2020-03-02 12:28 ` [PATCHv2] " Oleg Nesterov
2020-03-02 15:56 ` Bernd Edlinger
2020-03-02 7:47 ` [PATCH] " Christian Brauner
2020-03-02 7:48 ` Christian Brauner
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