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Message-Id: <20110615092221.b143c45a.rdunlap@xenotime.net>
Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2011 09:22:21 -0700
From: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...otime.net>
To: Vasiliy Kulikov <segoon@...nwall.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com,
Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, Greg Kroah-Hartman
<gregkh@...e.de>, "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, Arnd Bergmann
<arnd@...db.de>, Nikanth Karthikesan <knikanth@...e.de>, David Rientjes
<rientjes@...gle.com>, Matt Mackall <mpm@...enic.com>,
linux-doc@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC 5/5 v3] procfs: add documentation for procfs mount options
On Wed, 15 Jun 2011 17:58:19 +0400 Vasiliy Kulikov wrote:
> Add documentation for procfs mount options.
>
> Signed-off-by: Vasiliy Kulikov <segoon@...nwall.com>
> ---
> Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt | 51 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 1 files changed, 51 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt
> index f481780..327a640 100644
> --- a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt
> @@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ Table of Contents
> 3.5 /proc/<pid>/mountinfo - Information about mounts
> 3.6 /proc/<pid>/comm & /proc/<pid>/task/<tid>/comm
>
> + 4 Configuring procfs
> + 4.1 Mount options
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Preface
> @@ -1541,3 +1543,52 @@ a task to set its own or one of its thread siblings comm value. The comm value
> is limited in size compared to the cmdline value, so writing anything longer
> then the kernel's TASK_COMM_LEN (currently 16 chars) will result in a truncated
> comm value.
> +
> +
> +------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> +Configuring procfs
> +------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> +
> +4.1 Mount options
> +---------------------
> +
> +The following mount options are supported:
> +
> + hidepid= Set /proc/<pid>/ access mode.
> + hidenet Hide /proc/<pid>/net/ from nonauthorized users.
> + nohidenet Don't hide /proc/<pid>/net/ from nonauthorized users.
> + gid= Set the group authorized to learn processes and
> + networking information.
> +
> +hidepid=0 means classic mode - everybody may access all /proc/<pid>/ directories
> +(default).
> +
> +hidepid=1 means users may not access any /proc/<pid>/ directories, but their
comma not needed above.
> +own. Sensitive files like cmdline, io, sched*, status, wchan are now protected
> +against other users. This makes impossible to learn whether any user runs
makes it impossible
> +specific program (given the program doesn't reveal itself by its behaviour).
> +As an additional bonus, as /proc/<pid>/cmdline is unaccessible for other users,
> +poorly written programs passing sensitive information via program arguments are
> +now protected against local eavesdroppers.
> +
> +hidepid=2 means hidepid=1 plus all /proc/<pid>/ will be fully invisible to other
> +users. It doesn't mean that it hides a fact whether a process with a specific
that it hides whether a process
> +pid value exists (it can be learned by other means, e.g. by sending signals),
> +but it hides process' uid and gid, which may be learned by stat()'ing
> +/proc/<pid>/ otherwise. It greatly complicates intruder's task of gathering info
an intruder's
I would also prefer "information" instead of "info" (globally).
> +about running processes, whether some daemon runs with elevated privileges,
> +whether other user runs some sensitive program, whether other users run any
whether another user runs
> +program at all, etc.
> +
> +hidenet means /proc/<pid>/net/ will be accessible to processes with
> +CAP_NET_ADMIN capability or to members of a special group. It means
> +nonauthorized users may not learn any networking connections information. If
> +network namespaces support is enabled (CONFIG_NET_NS=y) then common users would
> +obtain net directory, but all files would indicate no networking activity at
> +all. If network namespaces are disabled, net directory is unaccessible to
> +common users.
> +
> +gid= means group authorized to learn processes information prohibited by
> +hidepid= and networking information prohibited by hidenet. If you use some
> +daemon like identd which have to learn information about net/processes
which has to learn
> +information, just add identd to this group.
> --
---
~Randy
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