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Date: Sun, 11 Mar 2012 00:25:13 +0100
From: Djalal Harouni <tixxdz@...ndz.org>
To: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
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Subject: [PATCH 3/9] proc: new proc_exec_id_ok() helper function
proc_exec_id_ok() will be used for /proc/<pid>/* files checks to see if the
task's exec_id equals the exec_id of the proc_file_private struct.
Signed-off-by: Djalal Harouni <tixxdz@...ndz.org>
---
fs/proc/internal.h | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
1 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/proc/internal.h b/fs/proc/internal.h
index a8968f6..bed27a8 100644
--- a/fs/proc/internal.h
+++ b/fs/proc/internal.h
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
*/
#include <linux/proc_fs.h>
+#include <linux/sched.h>
extern struct proc_dir_entry proc_root;
#ifdef CONFIG_PROC_SYSCTL
@@ -95,6 +96,25 @@ static inline int proc_fd(struct inode *inode)
return PROC_I(inode)->fd;
}
+/**
+ * proc_exec_id_ok - check if the task's exec_id equals the exec_id of
+ * the proc_file_private.
+ * @task: Task struct to check against.
+ * @proc_private: The proc_file_private struct.
+ *
+ * Check if the exec_id of the two structs are equal. Use it to protect
+ * special procfs files when the fd is passed to a new execve (i.e. suid)
+ *
+ * It will be more effective if the check is delayed as mush as possible
+ * to avoid any new execve surprises especially if we are checking against
+ * target task's exec_id.
+ */
+static inline int proc_exec_id_ok(struct task_struct *task,
+ struct proc_file_private *proc_priv)
+{
+ return task_exec_id_ok(task, proc_priv->exec_id);
+}
+
struct dentry *proc_lookup_de(struct proc_dir_entry *de, struct inode *ino,
struct dentry *dentry);
int proc_readdir_de(struct proc_dir_entry *de, struct file *filp, void *dirent,
--
1.7.1
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