Re: [PATCH 0/2] SA_IMMUTABLE fixes

From: Kyle Huey
Date: Thu Nov 18 2021 - 20:12:38 EST


On Thu, Nov 18, 2021 at 1:58 PM Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
> SA_IMMUTABLE fixed issues with force_sig_seccomp and the introduction
> for force_sig_fatal where the exit previously could not be interrupted
> but now it can. Unfortunately it added that behavior to all force_sig
> functions under the right conditions which debuggers usage of SIG_TRAP
> and debuggers handling of SIGSEGV.
>
> Solve that by limiting SA_IMMUTABLE to just the cases that historically
> debuggers have not been able to intercept.
>
> The first patch changes force_sig_info_to_task to take a flag
> that requests which behavior is desired.
>
> The second patch adds force_exit_sig which replaces force_fatal_sig
> in the cases where historically userspace would only find out about
> the ``signal'' after the process has exited.
>
> The first one with the hunk changing force_fatal_sig removed should be
> suitable for backporting to v5.15. v5.15 does not implement
> force_fatal_sig.
>
> This should be enough to fix the regressions.
>
> Kyle if you can double check me that I have properly fixed these issues
> that would be appreciated.
>
> Any other review or suggestions to improve the names would be
> appreciated. I think I have named things reasonably well but I am very
> close to the code so it is easy for me to miss things.
>
> Eric W. Biederman (2):
> signal: Don't always set SA_IMMUTABLE for forced signals
> signal: Replace force_fatal_sig with force_exit_sig when in doubt
>
> arch/m68k/kernel/traps.c | 2 +-
> arch/powerpc/kernel/signal_32.c | 2 +-
> arch/powerpc/kernel/signal_64.c | 4 ++--
> arch/s390/kernel/traps.c | 2 +-
> arch/sparc/kernel/signal_32.c | 4 ++--
> arch/sparc/kernel/windows.c | 2 +-
> arch/x86/entry/vsyscall/vsyscall_64.c | 2 +-
> arch/x86/kernel/vm86_32.c | 2 +-
> include/linux/sched/signal.h | 1 +
> kernel/entry/syscall_user_dispatch.c | 4 ++--
> kernel/signal.c | 36 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
> 11 files changed, 42 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
>
> Eric

rr's test suite passes with both diffs applied

Tested-by: Kyle Huey <khuey@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

- Kyle