Re: [PATCH 2/2 v4] proc: Add LSM hook checks to /proc/<tid>/timerslack_ns

From: John Stultz
Date: Wed Aug 17 2016 - 17:36:17 EST


On Wed, Aug 17, 2016 at 2:21 PM, Paul Moore <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 21, 2016 at 4:24 PM, John Stultz <john.stultz@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> As requested, this patch checks the existing LSM hooks
>> task_getscheduler/task_setscheduler when reading or modifying
>> the task's timerslack value.
>>
>> Previous versions added new get/settimerslack LSM hooks, but
>> since they checked the same PROCESS__SET/GETSCHED values as
>> existing hooks, it was suggested we just use the existing ones.
>>
>> Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: "Serge E. Hallyn" <serge@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> CC: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Oren Laadan <orenl@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Ruchi Kandoi <kandoiruchi@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Rom Lemarchand <romlem@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Todd Kjos <tkjos@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Colin Cross <ccross@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Nick Kralevich <nnk@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Dmitry Shmidt <dimitrysh@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Elliott Hughes <enh@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: James Morris <jmorris@xxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Android Kernel Team <kernel-team@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: linux-security-module@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Cc: selinux@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Signed-off-by: John Stultz <john.stultz@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>> v2:
>> * Initial swing at adding settimerslack LSM hook
>> v3:
>> * Fix current/p switchup bug noted by NickK
>> * Add gettimerslack hook suggested by NickK
>> v4:
>> * Dropped adding get/settimerslack LSM hooks, and
>> just reuse the get/setscheduler ones.
>>
>> fs/proc/base.c | 10 ++++++++++
>> 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)
>
> For some reason I'm having a hard time finding patch 1/2 in the
> patchset, but this patch looks reasonable to me. We already have some

https://lkml.org/lkml/2016/7/21/522

> LSM checking via the ptrace_may_access() call, but this adds some
> additional granularity which could be a good thing.
>
> Acked-by: Paul Moore <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks. There's also this follow-on patch (and discussion thread) that
adds a fix to the 1/2 patch linked above.

https://lkml.org/lkml/2016/8/9/876

thanks
-john