linux/ipc
Davidlohr Bueso 23c8cec8cf 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 <dbueso@suse.de>
Reported-by: Robert Kettler <robert.kettler@outlook.com>
Cc: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com>
Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Cc: Manfred Spraul <manfred@colorfullife.com>
Cc: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2018-04-11 10:28:37 -07:00
..
compat.c License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
ipc_sysctl.c ipc/msg: increase MSGMNI, remove scaling 2014-12-13 12:42:52 -08:00
Makefile License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
mq_sysctl.c ipc: convert use of typedef ctl_table to struct ctl_table 2014-06-06 16:08:16 -07:00
mqueue.c Revert "mqueue: switch to on-demand creation of internal mount" 2018-03-24 19:34:23 -05:00
msg.c ipc/msg: introduce msgctl(MSG_STAT_ANY) 2018-04-11 10:28:37 -07:00
msgutil.c ipc: convert ipc_namespace.count from atomic_t to refcount_t 2017-09-08 18:26:51 -07:00
namespace.c License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
sem.c ipc/sem: introduce semctl(SEM_STAT_ANY) 2018-04-11 10:28:37 -07:00
shm.c ipc/shm: introduce shmctl(SHM_STAT_ANY) 2018-04-11 10:28:37 -07:00
syscall.c ipc: add msgsnd syscall/compat_syscall wrappers 2018-04-02 20:15:28 +02:00
util.c proc: move /proc/sysvipc creation to where it belongs 2018-04-11 10:28:33 -07:00
util.h Merge branch 'userns-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ebiederm/user-namespace 2018-04-03 19:15:32 -07:00