[PATCH 6/5] capability: Repair sidechannel test in ptrace

From: Casey Schaufler
Date: Thu Sep 27 2018 - 15:17:24 EST


From: Casey Schaufler <casey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

The PTRACE_MODE_SCHED check erroniously returns 0 in
all cases. It should be returning -EPERM. This fixes
the logic to correct that error.

Signed-off-by: Casey Schaufler <casey.schaufler@xxxxxxxxx>
---
security/commoncap.c | 5 ++---
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/security/commoncap.c b/security/commoncap.c
index e77457110d05..70a7e3d19c16 100644
--- a/security/commoncap.c
+++ b/security/commoncap.c
@@ -152,9 +152,8 @@ int cap_ptrace_access_check(struct task_struct *child, unsigned int mode)
if (cred->user_ns == child_cred->user_ns &&
cap_issubset(child_cred->cap_permitted, *caller_caps))
goto out;
- if (mode & PTRACE_MODE_SCHED)
- goto out;
- if (ns_capable(child_cred->user_ns, CAP_SYS_PTRACE))
+ if (!(mode & PTRACE_MODE_SCHED) &&
+ ns_capable(child_cred->user_ns, CAP_SYS_PTRACE))
goto out;
ret = -EPERM;
out:
--
2.17.1