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Message-ID: <20120311233615.GD10787@dztty> Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2012 00:36:15 +0100 From: Djalal Harouni <tixxdz@...ndz.org> To: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com> Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>, Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>, Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com>, "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>, Vasiliy Kulikov <segoon@...nwall.com>, Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>, Solar Designer <solar@...nwall.com>, WANG Cong <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>, James Morris <james.l.morris@...cle.com>, linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>, Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, Stephen Wilson <wilsons@...rt.ca>, "Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@...c4.com> Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/9] exec: add a global execve counter On Sun, Mar 11, 2012 at 06:25:12PM +0100, Oleg Nesterov wrote: > On 03/11, Djalal Harouni wrote: > > > > --- a/include/linux/sched.h > > +++ b/include/linux/sched.h > > @@ -1420,6 +1420,9 @@ struct task_struct { > > #endif > > seccomp_t seccomp; > > > > +/* Execve counter: will be used to check if objects belong to the appropriate > > + * process image */ > > + atomic64_t exec_id; > > /* Thread group tracking */ > > u32 parent_exec_id; > > u32 self_exec_id; > > Well, I don't think it is right to add this counter into task_struct. > > It should be per-process, signal_struct makes more sense. Or may be > mm_struct. Some /proc/<pid>/{syscall,stack,...} do not operate on mm_struct so why we should add the: "acquire a reference to mm, get exec_id and mmput". For the signal_struct currently I don't know, from a comment it seems that signal_struct can be shared! I don't know. > Btw this is also true for parent_exec_id/self_exec_id, but this is > another story. Yes someone who knows this should check it. > Oleg. Thanks. > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ -- tixxdz http://opendz.org
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