[PATCH] proc: Track /proc/$pid/attr/ opener mm_struct

From: Kees Cook
Date: Tue Jun 08 2021 - 13:13:38 EST


Commit bfb819ea20ce ("proc: Check /proc/$pid/attr/ writes against file opener")
tried to make sure that there could not be a confusion between the opener of
a /proc/$pid/attr/ file and the writer. It used struct cred to make sure
the privileges didn't change. However, there were existing cases where a more
privileged thread was passing the opened fd to a differently privileged thread
(during container setup). Instead, use mm_struct to track whether the opener
and writer are still the same process. (This is what several other proc files
already do, though for different reasons.)

Reported-by: Christian Brauner <christian.brauner@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reported-by: Andrea Righi <andrea.righi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Tested-by: Andrea Righi <andrea.righi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Fixes: bfb819ea20ce ("proc: Check /proc/$pid/attr/ writes against file opener")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/proc/base.c | 9 ++++++++-
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/proc/base.c b/fs/proc/base.c
index 58bbf334265b..7118ebe38fa6 100644
--- a/fs/proc/base.c
+++ b/fs/proc/base.c
@@ -2674,6 +2674,11 @@ static int proc_pident_readdir(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx,
}

#ifdef CONFIG_SECURITY
+static int proc_pid_attr_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
+{
+ return __mem_open(inode, file, PTRACE_MODE_READ_FSCREDS);
+}
+
static ssize_t proc_pid_attr_read(struct file * file, char __user * buf,
size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
{
@@ -2704,7 +2709,7 @@ static ssize_t proc_pid_attr_write(struct file * file, const char __user * buf,
int rv;

/* A task may only write when it was the opener. */
- if (file->f_cred != current_real_cred())
+ if (file->private_data != current->mm)
return -EPERM;

rcu_read_lock();
@@ -2754,9 +2759,11 @@ static ssize_t proc_pid_attr_write(struct file * file, const char __user * buf,
}

static const struct file_operations proc_pid_attr_operations = {
+ .open = proc_pid_attr_open,
.read = proc_pid_attr_read,
.write = proc_pid_attr_write,
.llseek = generic_file_llseek,
+ .release = mem_release,
};

#define LSM_DIR_OPS(LSM) \
--
2.25.1