[PATCH v2] procfs: block chmod on /proc/thread-self/comm

From: Aleksa Sarai
Date: Thu Jul 13 2023 - 10:10:44 EST


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>
---
v2: removed nolibc selftests as per review
v1: <https://lore.kernel.org/linux-fsdevel/20230713121907.9693-1-cyphar@xxxxxxxxxx/>
---
fs/proc/base.c | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 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,
};

/*
--
2.41.0