[tip:x86/pti] ptrace: Remove unused ptrace_may_access_sched() and MODE_IBRS

From: tip-bot for Thomas Gleixner
Date: Wed Nov 28 2018 - 09:33:16 EST


Commit-ID: 46f7ecb1e7359f183f5bbd1e08b90e10e52164f9
Gitweb: https://git.kernel.org/tip/46f7ecb1e7359f183f5bbd1e08b90e10e52164f9
Author: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Sun, 25 Nov 2018 19:33:50 +0100
Committer: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
CommitDate: Wed, 28 Nov 2018 11:57:11 +0100

ptrace: Remove unused ptrace_may_access_sched() and MODE_IBRS

The IBPB control code in x86 removed the usage. Remove the functionality
which was introduced for this.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: David Woodhouse <dwmw@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Tim Chen <tim.c.chen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Casey Schaufler <casey.schaufler@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Asit Mallick <asit.k.mallick@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jon Masters <jcm@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Waiman Long <longman9394@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Greg KH <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Dave Stewart <david.c.stewart@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20181125185005.559149393@xxxxxxxxxxxxx


---
include/linux/ptrace.h | 17 -----------------
kernel/ptrace.c | 10 ----------
2 files changed, 27 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/ptrace.h b/include/linux/ptrace.h
index 6c2ffed907f5..de20ede2c5c8 100644
--- a/include/linux/ptrace.h
+++ b/include/linux/ptrace.h
@@ -64,15 +64,12 @@ extern void exit_ptrace(struct task_struct *tracer, struct list_head *dead);
#define PTRACE_MODE_NOAUDIT 0x04
#define PTRACE_MODE_FSCREDS 0x08
#define PTRACE_MODE_REALCREDS 0x10
-#define PTRACE_MODE_SCHED 0x20
-#define PTRACE_MODE_IBPB 0x40

/* shorthands for READ/ATTACH and FSCREDS/REALCREDS combinations */
#define PTRACE_MODE_READ_FSCREDS (PTRACE_MODE_READ | PTRACE_MODE_FSCREDS)
#define PTRACE_MODE_READ_REALCREDS (PTRACE_MODE_READ | PTRACE_MODE_REALCREDS)
#define PTRACE_MODE_ATTACH_FSCREDS (PTRACE_MODE_ATTACH | PTRACE_MODE_FSCREDS)
#define PTRACE_MODE_ATTACH_REALCREDS (PTRACE_MODE_ATTACH | PTRACE_MODE_REALCREDS)
-#define PTRACE_MODE_SPEC_IBPB (PTRACE_MODE_ATTACH_REALCREDS | PTRACE_MODE_IBPB)

/**
* ptrace_may_access - check whether the caller is permitted to access
@@ -90,20 +87,6 @@ extern void exit_ptrace(struct task_struct *tracer, struct list_head *dead);
*/
extern bool ptrace_may_access(struct task_struct *task, unsigned int mode);

-/**
- * ptrace_may_access - check whether the caller is permitted to access
- * a target task.
- * @task: target task
- * @mode: selects type of access and caller credentials
- *
- * Returns true on success, false on denial.
- *
- * Similar to ptrace_may_access(). Only to be called from context switch
- * code. Does not call into audit and the regular LSM hooks due to locking
- * constraints.
- */
-extern bool ptrace_may_access_sched(struct task_struct *task, unsigned int mode);
-
static inline int ptrace_reparented(struct task_struct *child)
{
return !same_thread_group(child->real_parent, child->parent);
diff --git a/kernel/ptrace.c b/kernel/ptrace.c
index 80b34dffdfb9..c2cee9db5204 100644
--- a/kernel/ptrace.c
+++ b/kernel/ptrace.c
@@ -261,9 +261,6 @@ static int ptrace_check_attach(struct task_struct *child, bool ignore_state)

static int ptrace_has_cap(struct user_namespace *ns, unsigned int mode)
{
- if (mode & PTRACE_MODE_SCHED)
- return false;
-
if (mode & PTRACE_MODE_NOAUDIT)
return has_ns_capability_noaudit(current, ns, CAP_SYS_PTRACE);
else
@@ -331,16 +328,9 @@ ok:
!ptrace_has_cap(mm->user_ns, mode)))
return -EPERM;

- if (mode & PTRACE_MODE_SCHED)
- return 0;
return security_ptrace_access_check(task, mode);
}

-bool ptrace_may_access_sched(struct task_struct *task, unsigned int mode)
-{
- return __ptrace_may_access(task, mode | PTRACE_MODE_SCHED);
-}
-
bool ptrace_may_access(struct task_struct *task, unsigned int mode)
{
int err;