From: Alexey Gladkov <gladkov.alexey@gmail.com>
To: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v8 10/11] docs: proc: add documentation for "hidepid=4" and "subset=pidfs" options and new mount behavior
Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2020 17:03:39 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20200212160339.q6pm5zmjy5mfnvcr@comp-core-i7-2640m-0182e6> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CALCETrWOXXYy5fo+D0wVBEviyk38ACqvO5Fep_oTEY6+UrS=4g@mail.gmail.com>
On Mon, Feb 10, 2020 at 10:29:23AM -0800, Andy Lutomirski wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 10, 2020 at 7:06 AM Alexey Gladkov <gladkov.alexey@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Alexey Gladkov <gladkov.alexey@gmail.com>
> > ---
> > Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt | 53 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> > 1 file changed, 53 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt
> > index 99ca040e3f90..4741fd092f36 100644
> > --- a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt
> > +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt
> > @@ -50,6 +50,8 @@ Table of Contents
> > 4 Configuring procfs
> > 4.1 Mount options
> >
> > + 5 Filesystem behavior
> > +
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > Preface
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > @@ -2021,6 +2023,7 @@ The following mount options are supported:
> >
> > hidepid= Set /proc/<pid>/ access mode.
> > gid= Set the group authorized to learn processes information.
> > + subset= Show only the specified subset of procfs.
> >
> > hidepid=0 means classic mode - everybody may access all /proc/<pid>/ directories
> > (default).
> > @@ -2042,6 +2045,56 @@ information about running processes, whether some daemon runs with elevated
> > privileges, whether other user runs some sensitive program, whether other users
> > run any program at all, etc.
> >
> > +hidepid=4 means that procfs should only contain /proc/<pid>/ directories
> > +that the caller can ptrace.
>
> I have a couple of minor nits here.
>
> First, perhaps we could stop using magic numbers and use words.
> hidepid=ptraceable is actually comprehensible, whereas hidepid=4
> requires looking up what '4' means.
Do you mean to add string aliases for the values?
hidepid=0 == hidepid=default
hidepid=1 == hidepid=restrict
hidepid=2 == hidepid=ownonly
hidepid=4 == hidepid=ptraceable
Something like that ?
> Second, there is PTRACE_MODE_ATTACH and PTRACE_MODE_READ. Which is it?
This is PTRACE_MODE_READ.
> > +
> > gid= defines a group authorized to learn processes information otherwise
> > prohibited by hidepid=. If you use some daemon like identd which needs to learn
> > information about processes information, just add identd to this group.
>
> How is this better than just creating an entirely separate mount a
> different hidepid and a different gid owning it?
I'm not sure I understand the question. Now you cannot have two proc with
different hidepid in the same pid_namespace.
> In any event,
> usually gid= means that this gid is the group owner of inodes. Let's
> call it something different. gid_override_hidepid might be credible.
> But it's also really weird -- do different groups really see different
> contents when they read a directory?
If you use hidepid=2,gid=wheel options then the user is not in the wheel
group will see only their processes and the user in the wheel group will
see whole tree. The gid= is a kind of whitelist for hidepid=1|2.
--
Rgrds, legion
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-02-12 16:03 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 85+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-02-10 15:05 [PATCH v8 00/11] proc: modernize proc to support multiple private instances Alexey Gladkov
2020-02-10 15:05 ` [PATCH v8 01/11] proc: Rename struct proc_fs_info to proc_fs_opts Alexey Gladkov
2020-02-10 15:05 ` [PATCH v8 02/11] proc: add proc_fs_info struct to store proc information Alexey Gladkov
2020-02-10 15:05 ` [PATCH v8 03/11] proc: move /proc/{self|thread-self} dentries to proc_fs_info Alexey Gladkov
2020-02-10 18:23 ` Andy Lutomirski
2020-02-12 15:00 ` Alexey Gladkov
2020-02-10 15:05 ` [PATCH v8 04/11] proc: move hide_pid, pid_gid from pid_namespace " Alexey Gladkov
2020-02-10 15:05 ` [PATCH v8 05/11] proc: add helpers to set and get proc hidepid and gid mount options Alexey Gladkov
2020-02-10 18:30 ` Andy Lutomirski
2020-02-12 14:57 ` Alexey Gladkov
2020-02-10 15:05 ` [PATCH v8 06/11] proc: support mounting procfs instances inside same pid namespace Alexey Gladkov
2020-02-10 15:05 ` [PATCH v8 07/11] proc: flush task dcache entries from all procfs instances Alexey Gladkov
2020-02-10 17:46 ` Linus Torvalds
2020-02-10 19:23 ` Al Viro
2020-02-11 1:36 ` Eric W. Biederman
2020-02-11 4:01 ` Eric W. Biederman
2020-02-12 14:49 ` Alexey Gladkov
2020-02-12 14:59 ` Eric W. Biederman
2020-02-12 17:08 ` Alexey Gladkov
2020-02-12 18:45 ` Linus Torvalds
2020-02-12 19:16 ` Eric W. Biederman
2020-02-12 19:49 ` Linus Torvalds
2020-02-12 20:03 ` Al Viro
2020-02-12 20:35 ` Linus Torvalds
2020-02-12 20:38 ` Al Viro
2020-02-12 20:41 ` Al Viro
2020-02-12 21:02 ` Linus Torvalds
2020-02-12 21:46 ` Eric W. Biederman
2020-02-13 0:48 ` Linus Torvalds
2020-02-13 4:37 ` Eric W. Biederman
2020-02-13 5:55 ` Al Viro
2020-02-13 21:30 ` Linus Torvalds
2020-02-13 22:23 ` Al Viro
2020-02-13 22:47 ` Linus Torvalds
2020-02-14 14:15 ` Eric W. Biederman
2020-02-14 3:48 ` Eric W. Biederman
2020-02-20 20:46 ` [PATCH 0/7] proc: Dentry flushing without proc_mnt Eric W. Biederman
2020-02-20 20:47 ` [PATCH 1/7] proc: Rename in proc_inode rename sysctl_inodes sibling_inodes Eric W. Biederman
2020-02-20 20:48 ` [PATCH 2/7] proc: Generalize proc_sys_prune_dcache into proc_prune_siblings_dcache Eric W. Biederman
2020-02-20 20:49 ` [PATCH 3/7] proc: Mov rcu_read_(lock|unlock) in proc_prune_siblings_dcache Eric W. Biederman
2020-02-20 22:33 ` Linus Torvalds
2020-02-20 20:49 ` [PATCH 4/7] proc: Use d_invalidate " Eric W. Biederman
2020-02-20 22:43 ` Linus Torvalds
2020-02-20 22:54 ` Al Viro
2020-02-20 23:00 ` Linus Torvalds
2020-02-20 23:03 ` Al Viro
2020-02-20 23:39 ` Eric W. Biederman
2020-02-20 20:51 ` [PATCH 5/7] proc: Clear the pieces of proc_inode that proc_evict_inode cares about Eric W. Biederman
2020-02-20 20:52 ` [PATCH 6/7] proc: Use a list of inodes to flush from proc Eric W. Biederman
2020-02-20 20:52 ` [PATCH 7/7] proc: Ensure we see the exit of each process tid exactly once Eric W. Biederman
2020-02-21 16:50 ` Oleg Nesterov
2020-02-22 15:46 ` Eric W. Biederman
2020-02-20 23:02 ` [PATCH 0/7] proc: Dentry flushing without proc_mnt Linus Torvalds
2020-02-20 23:07 ` Al Viro
2020-02-20 23:37 ` Eric W. Biederman
2020-02-24 16:25 ` [PATCH v2 0/6] " Eric W. Biederman
2020-02-24 16:26 ` [PATCH v2 1/6] proc: Rename in proc_inode rename sysctl_inodes sibling_inodes Eric W. Biederman
2020-02-24 16:27 ` [PATCH v2 2/6] proc: Generalize proc_sys_prune_dcache into proc_prune_siblings_dcache Eric W. Biederman
2020-02-24 16:27 ` [PATCH v2 3/6] proc: In proc_prune_siblings_dcache cache an aquired super block Eric W. Biederman
2020-02-24 16:28 ` [PATCH v2 4/6] proc: Use d_invalidate in proc_prune_siblings_dcache Eric W. Biederman
2020-02-24 16:28 ` [PATCH v2 5/6] proc: Clear the pieces of proc_inode that proc_evict_inode cares about Eric W. Biederman
2020-02-24 16:29 ` [PATCH v2 6/6] proc: Use a list of inodes to flush from proc Eric W. Biederman
2020-02-28 20:17 ` [PATCH 0/3] proc: Actually honor the mount options Eric W. Biederman
2020-02-28 20:18 ` [PATCH 1/3] uml: Don't consult current to find the proc_mnt in mconsole_proc Eric W. Biederman
2020-02-28 20:18 ` [PATCH 2/3] uml: Create a private mount of proc for mconsole Eric W. Biederman
2020-02-28 20:30 ` Christian Brauner
2020-02-28 21:28 ` Eric W. Biederman
2020-02-28 21:59 ` Christian Brauner
2020-02-28 20:19 ` [PATCH 3/3] proc: Remove the now unnecessary internal mount of proc Eric W. Biederman
2020-02-28 20:39 ` Christian Brauner
2020-02-28 21:40 ` Eric W. Biederman
2020-02-28 22:34 ` [PATCH 4/3] pid: Improve the comment about waiting in zap_pid_ns_processes Eric W. Biederman
2020-02-29 2:59 ` Christian Brauner
2020-02-14 3:49 ` [PATCH v8 07/11] proc: flush task dcache entries from all procfs instances Eric W. Biederman
2020-02-12 19:47 ` Al Viro
2020-02-11 22:45 ` Al Viro
2020-02-12 14:26 ` Alexey Gladkov
2020-02-10 15:05 ` [PATCH v8 08/11] proc: instantiate only pids that we can ptrace on 'hidepid=4' mount option Alexey Gladkov
2020-02-10 16:29 ` Jordan Glover
2020-02-12 14:34 ` Alexey Gladkov
2020-02-10 15:05 ` [PATCH v8 09/11] proc: add option to mount only a pids subset Alexey Gladkov
2020-02-10 15:05 ` [PATCH v8 10/11] docs: proc: add documentation for "hidepid=4" and "subset=pidfs" options and new mount behavior Alexey Gladkov
2020-02-10 18:29 ` Andy Lutomirski
2020-02-12 16:03 ` Alexey Gladkov [this message]
2020-02-10 15:05 ` [PATCH v8 11/11] proc: Move hidepid values to uapi as they are user interface to mount Alexey Gladkov
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