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Re: [PATCH v4 10/15] exec: Use secureexec for setting dumpability

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On Mon, 31 Jul 2017, Kees Cook wrote:

> The examination of "current" to decide dumpability is wrong. This was a
> check of and euid/uid (or egid/gid) mismatch in the existing process,
> not the newly created one. This appears to stretch back into even the
> "history.git" tree. Luckily, dumpability is later set in commit_creds().
> In earlier kernel versions before creds existed, similar checks also
> existed late in the exec flow, covering up the mistake as far back as I
> could find.
> 
> Note that because the commit_creds() check examines differences of euid,
> uid, egid, gid, and capabilities between the old and new creds, it would
> look like the setup_new_exec() dumpability test could be entirely removed.
> However, the secureexec test may cover a different set of tests (specific
> to the LSMs) than what commit_creds() checks for. So, fix this test to
> use secureexec (the removed euid tests are redundant to the commoncap
> secureexec checks now).
> 
> Cc: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
> Acked-by: Serge Hallyn <serge@hallyn.com>
> ---
>  fs/exec.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

Reviewed-by: James Morris <james.l.morris@oracle.com>


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[PATCH v4 00/15] exec: Use sane stack rlimit under secureexec Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> - 2017-08-01 02:00 +0200
  [PATCH v4 02/15] exec: Correct comments about "point of no return" Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> - 2017-08-01 02:00 +0200
  [PATCH v4 10/15] exec: Use secureexec for setting dumpability Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> - 2017-08-01 02:00 +0200
    Re: [PATCH v4 10/15] exec: Use secureexec for setting dumpability James Morris <jmorris@namei.org> - 2017-08-01 02:50 +0200
  [PATCH v4 08/15] commoncap: Move cap_elevated calculation into bprm_set_creds Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> - 2017-08-01 02:00 +0200
    Re: [PATCH v4 08/15] commoncap: Move cap_elevated calculation into bprm_set_creds Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org> - 2017-08-01 15:50 +0200
  [PATCH v4 11/15] exec: Use secureexec for clearing pdeath_signal Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> - 2017-08-01 02:00 +0200
  [PATCH v4 05/15] selinux: Refactor to remove bprm_secureexec hook Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> - 2017-08-01 02:00 +0200
    Re: [PATCH v4 05/15] selinux: Refactor to remove bprm_secureexec  hook James Morris <jmorris@namei.org> - 2017-08-01 02:50 +0200
    Re: [PATCH v4 05/15] selinux: Refactor to remove bprm_secureexec hook Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org> - 2017-08-01 15:30 +0200
  [PATCH v4 09/15] LSM: drop bprm_secureexec hook Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> - 2017-08-01 02:00 +0200
  [PATCH v4 01/15] exec: Rename bprm->cred_prepared to called_set_creds Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> - 2017-08-01 02:00 +0200
  [PATCH v4 03/15] binfmt: Introduce secureexec flag Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> - 2017-08-01 02:00 +0200
    Re: [PATCH v4 03/15] binfmt: Introduce secureexec flag Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> - 2017-08-01 02:30 +0200
    Re: [PATCH v4 03/15] binfmt: Introduce secureexec flag James Morris <jmorris@namei.org> - 2017-08-01 02:50 +0200
  [PATCH v4 06/15] smack: Refactor to remove bprm_secureexec hook Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> - 2017-08-01 02:00 +0200
    Re: [PATCH v4 06/15] smack: Refactor to remove bprm_secureexec  hook James Morris <jmorris@namei.org> - 2017-08-01 02:50 +0200
    Re: [PATCH v4 06/15] smack: Refactor to remove bprm_secureexec hook Casey Schaufler <casey@schaufler-ca.com> - 2017-08-01 17:30 +0200
  [PATCH v4 07/15] commoncap: Refactor to remove bprm_secureexec hook Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> - 2017-08-01 02:00 +0200
  [PATCH v4 04/15] apparmor: Refactor to remove bprm_secureexec hook Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> - 2017-08-01 02:00 +0200
  [PATCH v4 13/15] exec: Consolidate dumpability logic Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> - 2017-08-01 02:00 +0200
  [PATCH v4 12/15] smack: Remove redundant pdeath_signal clearing Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> - 2017-08-01 02:00 +0200
    Re: [PATCH v4 12/15] smack: Remove redundant pdeath_signal  clearing James Morris <jmorris@namei.org> - 2017-08-01 03:00 +0200
    Re: [PATCH v4 12/15] smack: Remove redundant pdeath_signal clearing Casey Schaufler <casey@schaufler-ca.com> - 2017-08-01 17:30 +0200
  [PATCH v4 15/15] exec: Consolidate pdeath_signal clearing Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> - 2017-08-01 02:00 +0200
  Re: [PATCH v4 00/15] exec: Use sane stack rlimit under secureexec Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> - 2017-08-01 02:40 +0200
    Re: [PATCH v4 00/15] exec: Use sane stack rlimit under secureexec James Morris <jmorris@namei.org> - 2017-08-01 03:00 +0200
      Re: [PATCH v4 00/15] exec: Use sane stack rlimit under secureexec Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> - 2017-08-01 05:10 +0200
        Re: [PATCH v4 00/15] exec: Use sane stack rlimit under secureexec Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> - 2017-08-01 07:20 +0200
          Re: [PATCH v4 00/15] exec: Use sane stack rlimit under secureexec Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> - 2017-08-01 07:20 +0200
          Re: [PATCH v4 00/15] exec: Use sane stack rlimit under secureexec Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> - 2017-08-01 17:10 +0200
            Re: [PATCH v4 00/15] exec: Use sane stack rlimit under secureexec Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> - 2017-08-01 22:20 +0200
              Re: [PATCH v4 00/15] exec: Use sane stack rlimit under secureexec Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> - 2017-08-01 23:10 +0200

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