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authorKees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>2018-05-03 14:56:12 -0700
committerThomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>2018-05-05 00:51:44 +0200
commit00a02d0c502a06d15e07b857f8ff921e3e402675 (patch)
treed1f2bd8ff6733e43840a199d11e455790d7c21c8 /kernel
parentb849a812f7eb92e96d1c8239b06581b2cfd8b275 (diff)
seccomp: Add filter flag to opt-out of SSB mitigation
If a seccomp user is not interested in Speculative Store Bypass mitigation by default, it can set the new SECCOMP_FILTER_FLAG_SPEC_ALLOW flag when adding filters. Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel')
-rw-r--r--kernel/seccomp.c19
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/seccomp.c b/kernel/seccomp.c
index 2c819d65e15f..53eb946120c1 100644
--- a/kernel/seccomp.c
+++ b/kernel/seccomp.c
@@ -243,7 +243,8 @@ static inline void spec_mitigate(struct task_struct *task,
}
static inline void seccomp_assign_mode(struct task_struct *task,
- unsigned long seccomp_mode)
+ unsigned long seccomp_mode,
+ unsigned long flags)
{
assert_spin_locked(&task->sighand->siglock);
@@ -253,8 +254,9 @@ static inline void seccomp_assign_mode(struct task_struct *task,
* filter) is set.
*/
smp_mb__before_atomic();
- /* Assume seccomp processes want speculation flaw mitigation. */
- spec_mitigate(task, PR_SPEC_STORE_BYPASS);
+ /* Assume default seccomp processes want spec flaw mitigation. */
+ if ((flags & SECCOMP_FILTER_FLAG_SPEC_ALLOW) == 0)
+ spec_mitigate(task, PR_SPEC_STORE_BYPASS);
set_tsk_thread_flag(task, TIF_SECCOMP);
}
@@ -322,7 +324,7 @@ static inline pid_t seccomp_can_sync_threads(void)
* without dropping the locks.
*
*/
-static inline void seccomp_sync_threads(void)
+static inline void seccomp_sync_threads(unsigned long flags)
{
struct task_struct *thread, *caller;
@@ -363,7 +365,8 @@ static inline void seccomp_sync_threads(void)
* allow one thread to transition the other.
*/
if (thread->seccomp.mode == SECCOMP_MODE_DISABLED)
- seccomp_assign_mode(thread, SECCOMP_MODE_FILTER);
+ seccomp_assign_mode(thread, SECCOMP_MODE_FILTER,
+ flags);
}
}
@@ -486,7 +489,7 @@ static long seccomp_attach_filter(unsigned int flags,
/* Now that the new filter is in place, synchronize to all threads. */
if (flags & SECCOMP_FILTER_FLAG_TSYNC)
- seccomp_sync_threads();
+ seccomp_sync_threads(flags);
return 0;
}
@@ -835,7 +838,7 @@ static long seccomp_set_mode_strict(void)
#ifdef TIF_NOTSC
disable_TSC();
#endif
- seccomp_assign_mode(current, seccomp_mode);
+ seccomp_assign_mode(current, seccomp_mode, 0);
ret = 0;
out:
@@ -893,7 +896,7 @@ static long seccomp_set_mode_filter(unsigned int flags,
/* Do not free the successfully attached filter. */
prepared = NULL;
- seccomp_assign_mode(current, seccomp_mode);
+ seccomp_assign_mode(current, seccomp_mode, flags);
out:
spin_unlock_irq(&current->sighand->siglock);
if (flags & SECCOMP_FILTER_FLAG_TSYNC)