linux/fs/proc
Eric W. Biederman df26c40e56 [PATCH] proc: Cleanup proc_fd_access_allowed
In process of getting proc_fd_access_allowed to work it has developed a few
warts.  In particular the special case that always allows introspection and
the special case to allow inspection of kernel threads.

The special case for introspection is needed for /proc/self/mem.

The special case for kernel threads really should be overridable
by security modules.

So consolidate these checks into ptrace.c:may_attach().

The check to always allow introspection is trivial.

The check to allow access to kernel threads, and zombies is a little
trickier.  mem_read and mem_write already verify an mm exists so it isn't
needed twice.  proc_fd_access_allowed only doesn't want a check to verify
task->mm exits, s it prevents all access to kernel threads.  So just move
the task->mm check into ptrace_attach where it is needed for practical
reasons.

I did a quick audit and none of the security modules in the kernel seem to
care if they are passed a task without an mm into security_ptrace.  So the
above move should be safe and it allows security modules to come up with
more restrictive policy.

Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com>
Cc: Stephen Smalley <sds@tycho.nsa.gov>
Cc: Chris Wright <chrisw@sous-sol.org>
Cc: James Morris <jmorris@namei.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-06-26 09:58:26 -07:00
..
array.c [PATCH] hrtimers: remove it_real_value calculation from proc/*/stat 2006-03-26 08:57:02 -08:00
base.c [PATCH] proc: Cleanup proc_fd_access_allowed 2006-06-26 09:58:26 -07:00
generic.c [PATCH] mark f_ops const in the inode 2006-03-28 09:16:05 -08:00
inode-alloc.txt Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
inode.c [PATCH] proc: Use struct pid not struct task_ref 2006-06-26 09:58:26 -07:00
internal.h [PATCH] proc: Use struct pid not struct task_ref 2006-06-26 09:58:26 -07:00
kcore.c [PATCH] Make most file operations structs in fs/ const 2006-03-28 09:16:06 -08:00
kmsg.c [PATCH] Make most file operations structs in fs/ const 2006-03-28 09:16:06 -08:00
Makefile [PATCH] kdump: Access dump file in elf format (/proc/vmcore) 2005-06-25 16:24:53 -07:00
mmu.c [PATCH] fix impossible VmallocChunk 2005-05-17 07:59:10 -07:00
nommu.c [PATCH] output of /proc/maps on nommu systems is incomplete 2005-10-17 17:03:57 -07:00
proc_devtree.c [PATCH] powerpc: Cope with duplicate node & property names in /proc/device-tree 2006-03-28 16:45:23 +11:00
proc_misc.c [PATCH] Simplify proc/devices and fix early termination regression 2006-03-31 12:18:53 -08:00
proc_tty.c Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
root.c [PATCH] VFS: Permit filesystem to override root dentry on mount 2006-06-23 07:42:45 -07:00
task_mmu.c [PATCH] proc: Use struct pid not struct task_ref 2006-06-26 09:58:26 -07:00
task_nommu.c [PATCH] proc: Move proc_maps_operations into task_mmu.c 2006-06-26 09:58:24 -07:00
vmcore.c [PATCH] kdump proc vmcore size oveflow fix 2006-04-11 06:18:42 -07:00