Re: [PATCH v17 13/15] ptrace,seccomp: Add PTRACE_SECCOMP support

From: Andrew Morton
Date: Fri Apr 06 2012 - 17:24:25 EST


On Thu, 29 Mar 2012 15:01:58 -0500
Will Drewry <wad@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> This change adds support for a new ptrace option, PTRACE_O_TRACESECCOMP,
> and a new return value for seccomp BPF programs, SECCOMP_RET_TRACE.
>
> When a tracer specifies the PTRACE_O_TRACESECCOMP ptrace option, the
> tracer will be notified, via PTRACE_EVENT_SECCOMP, for any syscall that
> results in a BPF program returning SECCOMP_RET_TRACE. The 16-bit
> SECCOMP_RET_DATA mask of the BPF program return value will be passed as
> the ptrace_message and may be retrieved using PTRACE_GETEVENTMSG.
>
> If the subordinate process is not using seccomp filter, then no
> system call notifications will occur even if the option is specified.
>
> If there is no tracer with PTRACE_O_TRACESECCOMP when SECCOMP_RET_TRACE
> is returned, the system call will not be executed and an -ENOSYS errno
> will be returned to userspace.
>
> This change adds a dependency on the system call slow path. Any future
> efforts to use the system call fast path for seccomp filter will need to
> address this restriction.
>
>
> ...
>
> @@ -410,6 +411,15 @@ int __secure_computing_int(int this_syscall)
> /* Let the filter pass back 16 bits of data. */
> seccomp_send_sigsys(this_syscall, data);
> goto skip;
> + case SECCOMP_RET_TRACE:
> + /* Skip these calls if there is no tracer. */
> + if (!ptrace_event_enabled(current, PTRACE_EVENT_SECCOMP))
> + goto skip;
> + /* Allow the BPF to provide the event message */
> + ptrace_event(PTRACE_EVENT_SECCOMP, data);
> + if (fatal_signal_pending(current))
> + break;

I don't have all the patches applied here so the context is missing.
Perhaps tht would help me understand what this fatal_signal_pending()
test is doing here. But an explanatory comment wouldn't hurt.

What *is* it here for, anyway?

> + return 0;
> case SECCOMP_RET_ALLOW:
> return 0;
> case SECCOMP_RET_KILL:

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