[PATCH] arm: ptrace: fix syscall modification under PTRACE_O_TRACESECCOMP

From: Kees Cook
Date: Wed Jun 18 2014 - 16:30:59 EST


An x86 tracer wanting to change the syscall uses PTRACE_SETREGS
(stored to regs->orig_ax), and an ARM tracer uses PTRACE_SET_SYSCALL
(stored to current_thread_info()->syscall). When this happens, the
syscall can change across the call to secure_computing(), since it may
block on tracer notification, and the tracer can then make changes
to the process, before we return from secure_computing(). This
means the code must respect the changed syscall after the
secure_computing() call in syscall_trace_enter(). The same is true
for tracehook_report_syscall_entry() which may also block and change
the syscall.

The x86 code handles this (it expects orig_ax to always be the
desired syscall). In the ARM case, this means we should not be touching
current_thread_info()->syscall after its initial assignment. All failures
should result in a -1 syscall, though.

Based on patch by Ricky Zhou.

Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ricky Zhou <rickyz@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
---
arch/arm/kernel/ptrace.c | 20 +++++++++++++-------
1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/ptrace.c b/arch/arm/kernel/ptrace.c
index 0dd3b79b15c3..97bd95f6aa01 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/ptrace.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/ptrace.c
@@ -911,6 +911,7 @@ enum ptrace_syscall_dir {
static int tracehook_report_syscall(struct pt_regs *regs,
enum ptrace_syscall_dir dir)
{
+ int ret = 0;
unsigned long ip;

/*
@@ -923,30 +924,35 @@ static int tracehook_report_syscall(struct pt_regs *regs,
if (dir == PTRACE_SYSCALL_EXIT)
tracehook_report_syscall_exit(regs, 0);
else if (tracehook_report_syscall_entry(regs))
- current_thread_info()->syscall = -1;
+ ret = -1;

regs->ARM_ip = ip;
- return current_thread_info()->syscall;
+ return ret;
}

asmlinkage int syscall_trace_enter(struct pt_regs *regs, int scno)
{
+ int ret = 0;
+
+ /* set up syscall, which may be changed in secure_computing */
current_thread_info()->syscall = scno;

/* Do the secure computing check first; failures should be fast. */
if (secure_computing(scno) == -1)
return -1;

- if (test_thread_flag(TIF_SYSCALL_TRACE))
- scno = tracehook_report_syscall(regs, PTRACE_SYSCALL_ENTER);
+ if (test_thread_flag(TIF_SYSCALL_TRACE) &&
+ tracehook_report_syscall(regs, PTRACE_SYSCALL_ENTER))
+ ret = -1;

if (test_thread_flag(TIF_SYSCALL_TRACEPOINT))
- trace_sys_enter(regs, scno);
+ trace_sys_enter(regs, current_thread_info()->syscall);

- audit_syscall_entry(AUDIT_ARCH_ARM, scno, regs->ARM_r0, regs->ARM_r1,
+ audit_syscall_entry(AUDIT_ARCH_ARM, current_thread_info()->syscall,
+ regs->ARM_r0, regs->ARM_r1,
regs->ARM_r2, regs->ARM_r3);

- return scno;
+ return ret ?: current_thread_info()->syscall;
}

asmlinkage void syscall_trace_exit(struct pt_regs *regs)
--
1.7.9.5


--
Kees Cook
Chrome OS Security
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