[PATCH 5.11 43/44] tomoyo: recognize kernel threads correctly

From: gregkh
Date: Mon Mar 08 2021 - 07:38:00 EST


From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

From: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

commit 9c83465f3245c2faa82ffeb7016f40f02bfaa0ad upstream.

Commit db68ce10c4f0a27c ("new helper: uaccess_kernel()") replaced
segment_eq(get_fs(), KERNEL_DS) with uaccess_kernel(). But the correct
method for tomoyo to check whether current is a kernel thread in order
to assume that kernel threads are privileged for socket operations was
(current->flags & PF_KTHREAD). Now that uaccess_kernel() became 0 on x86,
tomoyo has to fix this problem. Do like commit 942cb357ae7d9249 ("Smack:
Handle io_uring kernel thread privileges") does.

Signed-off-by: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
security/tomoyo/network.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/security/tomoyo/network.c
+++ b/security/tomoyo/network.c
@@ -613,7 +613,7 @@ static int tomoyo_check_unix_address(str
static bool tomoyo_kernel_service(void)
{
/* Nothing to do if I am a kernel service. */
- return uaccess_kernel();
+ return (current->flags & (PF_KTHREAD | PF_IO_WORKER)) == PF_KTHREAD;
}

/**