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Message-ID: <CAG48ez3_XJYCURiCurDeCousGguGUdPego30j5+UF8FebWxUtA@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2018 23:30:35 +0200
From: Jann Horn <jannh@...gle.com>
To: Casey Schaufler <casey.schaufler@...el.com>
Cc: Kernel Hardening <kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com>,
kernel list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
linux-security-module <linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org>, selinux@...ho.nsa.gov,
Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...el.com>, deneen.t.dock@...el.com, kristen@...ux.intel.com,
Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 2/5] Smack: Prepare for PTRACE_MODE_SCHED
On Wed, Sep 26, 2018 at 10:35 PM Casey Schaufler
<casey.schaufler@...el.com> wrote:
> A ptrace access check with mode PTRACE_MODE_SCHED gets called
> from process switching code. This precludes the use of audit,
> as the locking is incompatible. Don't do audit in the PTRACE_MODE_SCHED
> case.
>
> Signed-off-by: Casey Schaufler <casey.schaufler@...el.com>
> ---
> security/smack/smack_lsm.c | 3 ++-
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/security/smack/smack_lsm.c b/security/smack/smack_lsm.c
> index 340fc30ad85d..ffa95bcab599 100644
> --- a/security/smack/smack_lsm.c
> +++ b/security/smack/smack_lsm.c
> @@ -422,7 +422,8 @@ static int smk_ptrace_rule_check(struct task_struct *tracer,
> struct task_smack *tsp;
> struct smack_known *tracer_known;
>
> - if ((mode & PTRACE_MODE_NOAUDIT) == 0) {
> + if ((mode & PTRACE_MODE_NOAUDIT) == 0 &&
> + (mode & PTRACE_MODE_SCHED) == 0) {
If you ORed PTRACE_MODE_NOAUDIT into the flags when calling the
security hook, you could drop this patch, right?
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