[PATCH 5.10 13/25] cgroup-v1: Require capabilities to set release_agent

[Greg Kroah-Hartman]

From: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

commit 24f6008564183aa120d07c03d9289519c2fe02af upstream.

The cgroup release_agent is called with call_usermodehelper.  The function
call_usermodehelper starts the release_agent with a full set fo capabilities.
Therefore require capabilities when setting the release_agaent.

Reported-by: Tabitha Sable <tabitha.c.sable@xxxxxxxxx>
Tested-by: Tabitha Sable <tabitha.c.sable@xxxxxxxxx>
Fixes: 81a6a5cdd2c5 ("Task Control Groups: automatic userspace notification of idle cgroups")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx # v2.6.24+
Signed-off-by: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 kernel/cgroup/cgroup-v1.c |   14 ++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+)

--- a/kernel/cgroup/cgroup-v1.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup/cgroup-v1.c
@@ -545,6 +545,14 @@ static ssize_t cgroup_release_agent_writ
 
 	BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(cgrp->root->release_agent_path) < PATH_MAX);
 
+	/*
+	 * Release agent gets called with all capabilities,
+	 * require capabilities to set release agent.
+	 */
+	if ((of->file->f_cred->user_ns != &init_user_ns) ||
+	    !capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
+		return -EPERM;
+
 	cgrp = cgroup_kn_lock_live(of->kn, false);
 	if (!cgrp)
 		return -ENODEV;
@@ -958,6 +966,12 @@ int cgroup1_parse_param(struct fs_contex
 		/* Specifying two release agents is forbidden */
 		if (ctx->release_agent)
 			return invalfc(fc, "release_agent respecified");
+		/*
+		 * Release agent gets called with all capabilities,
+		 * require capabilities to set release agent.
+		 */
+		if ((fc->user_ns != &init_user_ns) || !capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
+			return invalfc(fc, "Setting release_agent not allowed");
 		ctx->release_agent = param->string;
 		param->string = NULL;
 		break;