[PATCH 3/4] restrict unprivileged TIOCSTI tty ioctl

From: Matt Brown
Date: Mon Apr 17 2017 - 02:08:04 EST


this patch depends on patch 1 and 2

enforces restrictions on unprivileged users injecting commands
into other processes in the same tty session using the TIOCSTI ioctl

Signed-off-by: Matt Brown <matt@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/tty/tty_io.c | 4 ++++
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/tty/tty_io.c b/drivers/tty/tty_io.c
index e6d1a65..31894e8 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/tty_io.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/tty_io.c
@@ -2296,11 +2296,15 @@ static int tty_fasync(int fd, struct file *filp, int on)
* FIXME: may race normal receive processing
*/

+int tiocsti_restrict = IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_SECURITY_TIOCSTI_RESTRICT);
+
static int tiocsti(struct tty_struct *tty, char __user *p)
{
char ch, mbz = 0;
struct tty_ldisc *ld;

+ if (tiocsti_restrict && !capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
+ return -EPERM;
if ((current->signal->tty != tty) && !capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
return -EPERM;
if (get_user(ch, p))
--
2.10.2