Re: [PATCH] procfs: block chmod on /proc/thread-self/comm

[Willy Tarreau]

+Cc Thomas Weißschuh <thomas@xxxxxxxx> as this seems quite related to
his finding about /proc/self/net:

  https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20230624-proc-net-setattr-v1-0-73176812adee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/#b

On Thu, Jul 13, 2023 at 10:19:04PM +1000, Aleksa Sarai wrote:
> Due to an oversight in commit 1b3044e39a89 ("procfs: fix pthread
> cross-thread naming if !PR_DUMPABLE") in switching from REG to NOD,
> chmod operations on /proc/thread-self/comm were no longer blocked as
> they are on almost all other procfs files.
> 
> A very similar situation with /proc/self/environ was used to as a root
> exploit a long time ago, but procfs has SB_I_NOEXEC so this is simply a
> correctness issue.
> 
> Ref: https://lwn.net/Articles/191954/
> Ref: 6d76fa58b050 ("Don't allow chmod() on the /proc/<pid>/ files")
> Fixes: 1b3044e39a89 ("procfs: fix pthread cross-thread naming if !PR_DUMPABLE")
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx # v4.7+
> Signed-off-by: Aleksa Sarai <cyphar@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  fs/proc/base.c                               | 3 ++-
>  tools/testing/selftests/nolibc/nolibc-test.c | 4 ++++
>  2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/proc/base.c b/fs/proc/base.c
> index 05452c3b9872..7394229816f3 100644
> --- a/fs/proc/base.c
> +++ b/fs/proc/base.c
> @@ -3583,7 +3583,8 @@ static int proc_tid_comm_permission(struct mnt_idmap *idmap,
>  }
>  
>  static const struct inode_operations proc_tid_comm_inode_operations = {
> -		.permission = proc_tid_comm_permission,
> +		.setattr	= proc_setattr,
> +		.permission	= proc_tid_comm_permission,
>  };
>  
>  /*
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/nolibc/nolibc-test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/nolibc/nolibc-test.c
> index 486334981e60..08f0969208eb 100644
> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/nolibc/nolibc-test.c
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/nolibc/nolibc-test.c
> @@ -580,6 +580,10 @@ int run_syscall(int min, int max)
>  		CASE_TEST(chmod_net);         EXPECT_SYSZR(proc, chmod("/proc/self/net", 0555)); break;
>  		CASE_TEST(chmod_self);        EXPECT_SYSER(proc, chmod("/proc/self", 0555), -1, EPERM); break;
>  		CASE_TEST(chown_self);        EXPECT_SYSER(proc, chown("/proc/self", 0, 0), -1, EPERM); break;
> +		CASE_TEST(chmod_self_comm);   EXPECT_SYSER(proc, chmod("/proc/self/comm", 0777), -1, EPERM); break;
> +		CASE_TEST(chmod_tid_comm);    EXPECT_SYSER(proc, chmod("/proc/thread-self/comm", 0777), -1, EPERM); break;
> +		CASE_TEST(chmod_self_environ);EXPECT_SYSER(proc, chmod("/proc/self/environ", 0777), -1, EPERM); break;
> +		CASE_TEST(chmod_tid_environ); EXPECT_SYSER(proc, chmod("/proc/thread-self/environ", 0777), -1, EPERM); break;
>  		CASE_TEST(chroot_root);       EXPECT_SYSZR(euid0, chroot("/")); break;
>  		CASE_TEST(chroot_blah);       EXPECT_SYSER(1, chroot("/proc/self/blah"), -1, ENOENT); break;
>  		CASE_TEST(chroot_exe);        EXPECT_SYSER(proc, chroot("/proc/self/exe"), -1, ENOTDIR); break;
> -- 
> 2.41.0