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authorMickaël Salaün <mic@linux.microsoft.com>2021-04-22 17:41:14 +0200
committerJames Morris <jamorris@linux.microsoft.com>2021-04-22 12:22:10 -0700
commitafe81f754117dd96853677c5cb815f49abef0ba0 (patch)
tree9c89ace4b459dece96d08922e6ae9be04bf22091 /security/smack
parent385975dca53eb41031d0cbd1de318eb1bc5d6bb9 (diff)
landlock: Add ptrace restrictions
Using ptrace(2) and related debug features on a target process can lead to a privilege escalation. Indeed, ptrace(2) can be used by an attacker to impersonate another task and to remain undetected while performing malicious activities. Thanks to ptrace_may_access(), various part of the kernel can check if a tracer is more privileged than a tracee. A landlocked process has fewer privileges than a non-landlocked process and must then be subject to additional restrictions when manipulating processes. To be allowed to use ptrace(2) and related syscalls on a target process, a landlocked process must have a subset of the target process's rules (i.e. the tracee must be in a sub-domain of the tracer). Cc: James Morris <jmorris@namei.org> Signed-off-by: Mickaël Salaün <mic@linux.microsoft.com> Reviewed-by: Jann Horn <jannh@google.com> Acked-by: Serge Hallyn <serge@hallyn.com> Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210422154123.13086-5-mic@digikod.net Signed-off-by: James Morris <jamorris@linux.microsoft.com>
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