From: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
To: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Cc: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@HansenPartnership.com>,
Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>, lkml <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
"linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org" <linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: PING^7 (was Re: [PATCH v2 00/14] Corrections and customization of the SG_IO command whitelist (CVE-2012-4542))
Date: Sat, 25 May 2013 14:56:07 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <51A0B4E7.4030307@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20130525124814.GA8489@mtj.dyndns.org>
Il 25/05/2013 14:48, Tejun Heo ha scritto:
>>> * Merge the patch to give out SG_IO access along with write access, so
>>> > > the use cases which want to give out SG_IO access can do so
>>> > > explicitly and be fully responsible for the device. This makes
>>> > > sense to me. If one wants to be allowed to issue raw commands to
>>> > > the hardware, one takes the full responsibility.
>> >
>> > That's not possible; it would make it impossible to do things like using
>> > a privileged helper to open the file and passing it back via SCM_RIGHTS
>> > to an unprivileged program (running as the user). This is the ptrace
>> > attack that you mentioned.
> I have no idea what you're talking about. I'm describing the same
> thing you implemented and posted.
Ok, I think we need a rewind. I'll try to post what I mean next week.
Paolo
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-05-25 12:56 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 73+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-02-06 15:15 [PATCH v2 00/14] Corrections and customization of the SG_IO command whitelist (CVE-2012-4542) Paolo Bonzini
2013-02-06 15:15 ` [PATCH v2 01/14] sg_io: pass request_queue to blk_verify_command Paolo Bonzini
2013-02-06 15:15 ` [PATCH v2 02/14] sg_io: reorganize list of allowed commands Paolo Bonzini
2013-02-06 15:15 ` [PATCH v2 03/14] sg_io: use different default filters for each device class Paolo Bonzini
2013-02-06 15:15 ` [PATCH v2 04/14] sg_io: resolve conflicts between commands assigned to multiple classes (CVE-2012-4542) Paolo Bonzini
2013-02-06 15:15 ` [PATCH v2 05/14] sg_io: whitelist a few more commands for rare & obsolete device types Paolo Bonzini
2013-02-06 15:15 ` [PATCH v2 06/14] sg_io: whitelist another command for multimedia devices Paolo Bonzini
2013-02-06 15:15 ` [PATCH v2 07/14] sg_io: whitelist a few more commands for media changers Paolo Bonzini
2013-02-06 15:15 ` [PATCH v2 08/14] sg_io: whitelist a few more commands for tapes Paolo Bonzini
2013-02-06 15:15 ` [PATCH v2 09/14] sg_io: whitelist a few more commands for disks Paolo Bonzini
2013-02-06 15:15 ` [PATCH v2 10/14] sg_io: whitelist a few obsolete commands Paolo Bonzini
2013-02-06 15:15 ` [PATCH v2 11/14] sg_io: mark blk_set_cmd_filter_defaults as __init Paolo Bonzini
2013-02-06 15:15 ` [PATCH v2 12/14] sg_io: remove remnants of sysfs SG_IO filters Paolo Bonzini
2013-02-06 15:16 ` [PATCH v2 13/14] sg_io: introduce unpriv_sgio queue flag Paolo Bonzini
2013-02-06 15:16 ` [PATCH v2 14/14] sg_io: use unpriv_sgio to disable whitelisting for scanners Paolo Bonzini
2013-02-13 8:32 ` [PATCH v2 00/14] Corrections and customization of the SG_IO command whitelist (CVE-2012-4542) Paolo Bonzini
2013-02-13 15:35 ` Douglas Gilbert
2013-02-13 15:48 ` Paolo Bonzini
2013-02-20 16:12 ` Paolo Bonzini
2013-03-22 22:30 ` PING^2 " Paolo Bonzini
2013-04-04 18:18 ` PING^3 " Paolo Bonzini
2013-04-17 12:26 ` PING^4 aka The Jon Corbet Effect " Paolo Bonzini
2013-04-27 13:31 ` PING^5 aka New ways to attract attentions " Paolo Bonzini
2013-05-06 20:43 ` PING^6 " Paolo Bonzini
2013-05-22 6:35 ` PING^7 (was Re: [PATCH v2 00/14] Corrections and customization of the SG_IO command whitelist (CVE-2012-4542)) Paolo Bonzini
2013-05-22 9:32 ` Tejun Heo
2013-05-22 9:53 ` Paolo Bonzini
2013-05-22 10:02 ` Tejun Heo
2013-05-22 10:23 ` Paolo Bonzini
2013-05-22 12:07 ` James Bottomley
2013-05-22 14:07 ` Paolo Bonzini
2013-05-22 16:31 ` Paolo Bonzini
2013-05-22 13:41 ` Tejun Heo
2013-05-22 14:12 ` Paolo Bonzini
2013-05-22 14:30 ` Tejun Heo
2013-05-22 15:00 ` Paolo Bonzini
2013-05-22 19:30 ` Tejun Heo
2013-05-22 21:18 ` Paolo Bonzini
2013-05-22 22:17 ` Tejun Heo
2013-05-23 0:54 ` Tejun Heo
2013-05-23 7:45 ` Paolo Bonzini
2013-05-23 9:02 ` Tejun Heo
2013-05-23 9:47 ` Paolo Bonzini
2013-05-24 1:44 ` Tejun Heo
2013-05-24 7:13 ` Paolo Bonzini
2013-05-24 8:02 ` Tejun Heo
2013-05-24 8:31 ` Paolo Bonzini
2013-05-24 9:07 ` Tejun Heo
2013-05-24 9:45 ` Paolo Bonzini
2013-05-24 22:20 ` Tejun Heo
2013-05-25 4:35 ` James Bottomley
2013-05-25 5:27 ` Christoph Hellwig
2013-05-25 7:05 ` Paolo Bonzini
2013-05-25 7:11 ` Christoph Hellwig
2013-05-25 7:21 ` Paolo Bonzini
2013-06-21 11:57 ` Christoph Hellwig
2013-05-25 8:37 ` Tejun Heo
2013-05-25 11:14 ` Paolo Bonzini
2013-05-25 12:48 ` Tejun Heo
2013-05-25 12:56 ` Paolo Bonzini [this message]
2013-05-22 15:03 ` Theodore Ts'o
2013-05-22 15:53 ` Paolo Bonzini
2013-05-22 16:32 ` Martin K. Petersen
2013-05-22 17:00 ` Paolo Bonzini
2013-05-22 18:11 ` Theodore Ts'o
2013-05-22 19:37 ` Paolo Bonzini
2013-05-22 20:19 ` Theodore Ts'o
2013-05-22 20:36 ` Paolo Bonzini
2013-05-25 3:54 ` Vladislav Bolkhovitin
2013-05-28 20:25 ` Martin K. Petersen
2013-05-29 6:12 ` Vladislav Bolkhovitin
2013-05-22 20:39 ` Tejun Heo
2013-05-22 21:12 ` Paolo Bonzini
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