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| author | Aleksa Sarai <cyphar@cyphar.com> | 2023-08-14 18:40:58 +1000 |
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| committer | Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> | 2023-08-21 13:37:59 -0700 |
| commit | 202e14222fadb246dfdf182e67de1518e86a1e20 (patch) | |
| tree | e09b7fa9d7639d148c8c7caa2506be09ddbae94f /include/linux/pid_namespace.h | |
| parent | 99f34659e78b9b781a3248e0b080b4dfca4957e2 (diff) | |
memfd: do not -EACCES old memfd_create() users with vm.memfd_noexec=2
Given the difficulty of auditing all of userspace to figure out whether
every memfd_create() user has switched to passing MFD_EXEC and
MFD_NOEXEC_SEAL flags, it seems far less distruptive to make it possible
for older programs that don't make use of executable memfds to run under
vm.memfd_noexec=2. Otherwise, a small dependency change can result in
spurious errors. For programs that don't use executable memfds, passing
MFD_NOEXEC_SEAL is functionally a no-op and thus having the same
In addition, every failure under vm.memfd_noexec=2 needs to print to the
kernel log so that userspace can figure out where the error came from.
The concerns about pr_warn_ratelimited() spam that caused the switch to
pr_warn_once()[1,2] do not apply to the vm.memfd_noexec=2 case.
This is a user-visible API change, but as it allows programs to do
something that would be blocked before, and the sysctl itself was broken
and recently released, it seems unlikely this will cause any issues.
[1]: https://lore.kernel.org/Y5yS8wCnuYGLHMj4@x1n/
[2]: https://lore.kernel.org/202212161233.85C9783FB@keescook/
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20230814-memfd-vm-noexec-uapi-fixes-v2-2-7ff9e3e10ba6@cyphar.com
Fixes: 105ff5339f49 ("mm/memfd: add MFD_NOEXEC_SEAL and MFD_EXEC")
Signed-off-by: Aleksa Sarai <cyphar@cyphar.com>
Cc: Dominique Martinet <asmadeus@codewreck.org>
Cc: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
Cc: Daniel Verkamp <dverkamp@chromium.org>
Cc: Jeff Xu <jeffxu@google.com>
Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Cc: Shuah Khan <shuah@kernel.org>
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/pid_namespace.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/pid_namespace.h | 16 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/pid_namespace.h b/include/linux/pid_namespace.h index c758809d5bcf..53974d79d98e 100644 --- a/include/linux/pid_namespace.h +++ b/include/linux/pid_namespace.h @@ -17,18 +17,10 @@ struct fs_pin; #if defined(CONFIG_SYSCTL) && defined(CONFIG_MEMFD_CREATE) -/* - * sysctl for vm.memfd_noexec - * 0: memfd_create() without MFD_EXEC nor MFD_NOEXEC_SEAL - * acts like MFD_EXEC was set. - * 1: memfd_create() without MFD_EXEC nor MFD_NOEXEC_SEAL - * acts like MFD_NOEXEC_SEAL was set. - * 2: memfd_create() without MFD_NOEXEC_SEAL will be - * rejected. - */ -#define MEMFD_NOEXEC_SCOPE_EXEC 0 -#define MEMFD_NOEXEC_SCOPE_NOEXEC_SEAL 1 -#define MEMFD_NOEXEC_SCOPE_NOEXEC_ENFORCED 2 +/* modes for vm.memfd_noexec sysctl */ +#define MEMFD_NOEXEC_SCOPE_EXEC 0 /* MFD_EXEC implied if unset */ +#define MEMFD_NOEXEC_SCOPE_NOEXEC_SEAL 1 /* MFD_NOEXEC_SEAL implied if unset */ +#define MEMFD_NOEXEC_SCOPE_NOEXEC_ENFORCED 2 /* same as 1, except MFD_EXEC rejected */ #endif struct pid_namespace { |