From 23c8cec8cf679b10997a512abb1e86f0cedc42ba Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Davidlohr Bueso Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2018 16:35:30 -0700 Subject: ipc/msg: introduce msgctl(MSG_STAT_ANY) There is a permission discrepancy when consulting msq ipc object metadata between /proc/sysvipc/msg (0444) and the MSG_STAT shmctl command. The later does permission checks for the object vs S_IRUGO. As such there can be cases where EACCESS is returned via syscall but the info is displayed anyways in the procfs files. While this might have security implications via info leaking (albeit no writing to the msq metadata), this behavior goes way back and showing all the objects regardless of the permissions was most likely an overlook - so we are stuck with it. Furthermore, modifying either the syscall or the procfs file can cause userspace programs to break (ie ipcs). Some applications require getting the procfs info (without root privileges) and can be rather slow in comparison with a syscall -- up to 500x in some reported cases for shm. This patch introduces a new MSG_STAT_ANY command such that the msq ipc object permissions are ignored, and only audited instead. In addition, I've left the lsm security hook checks in place, as if some policy can block the call, then the user has no other choice than just parsing the procfs file. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180215162458.10059-4-dave@stgolabs.net Signed-off-by: Davidlohr Bueso Reported-by: Robert Kettler Cc: Eric W. Biederman Cc: Kees Cook Cc: Manfred Spraul Cc: Michael Kerrisk Cc: Michal Hocko Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- include/uapi/linux/msg.h | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) (limited to 'include') diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/msg.h b/include/uapi/linux/msg.h index 5d5ab81dc9be..e4a0d9a9a9e8 100644 --- a/include/uapi/linux/msg.h +++ b/include/uapi/linux/msg.h @@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ /* ipcs ctl commands */ #define MSG_STAT 11 #define MSG_INFO 12 +#define MSG_STAT_ANY 13 /* msgrcv options */ #define MSG_NOERROR 010000 /* no error if message is too big */ -- cgit