linux/kernel
Cyrill Gorcunov f606b77f1a prctl: PR_SET_MM -- introduce PR_SET_MM_MAP operation
During development of c/r we've noticed that in case if we need to support
user namespaces we face a problem with capabilities in prctl(PR_SET_MM,
...) call, in particular once new user namespace is created
capable(CAP_SYS_RESOURCE) no longer passes.

A approach is to eliminate CAP_SYS_RESOURCE check but pass all new values
in one bundle, which would allow the kernel to make more intensive test
for sanity of values and same time allow us to support checkpoint/restore
of user namespaces.

Thus a new command PR_SET_MM_MAP introduced. It takes a pointer of
prctl_mm_map structure which carries all the members to be updated.

	prctl(PR_SET_MM, PR_SET_MM_MAP, struct prctl_mm_map *, size)

	struct prctl_mm_map {
		__u64	start_code;
		__u64	end_code;
		__u64	start_data;
		__u64	end_data;
		__u64	start_brk;
		__u64	brk;
		__u64	start_stack;
		__u64	arg_start;
		__u64	arg_end;
		__u64	env_start;
		__u64	env_end;
		__u64	*auxv;
		__u32	auxv_size;
		__u32	exe_fd;
	};

All members except @exe_fd correspond ones of struct mm_struct.  To figure
out which available values these members may take here are meanings of the
members.

 - start_code, end_code: represent bounds of executable code area
 - start_data, end_data: represent bounds of data area
 - start_brk, brk: used to calculate bounds for brk() syscall
 - start_stack: used when accounting space needed for command
   line arguments, environment and shmat() syscall
 - arg_start, arg_end, env_start, env_end: represent memory area
   supplied for command line arguments and environment variables
 - auxv, auxv_size: carries auxiliary vector, Elf format specifics
 - exe_fd: file descriptor number for executable link (/proc/self/exe)

Thus we apply the following requirements to the values

1) Any member except @auxv, @auxv_size, @exe_fd is rather an address
   in user space thus it must be laying inside [mmap_min_addr, mmap_max_addr)
   interval.

2) While @[start|end]_code and @[start|end]_data may point to an nonexisting
   VMAs (say a program maps own new .text and .data segments during execution)
   the rest of members should belong to VMA which must exist.

3) Addresses must be ordered, ie @start_ member must not be greater or
   equal to appropriate @end_ member.

4) As in regular Elf loading procedure we require that @start_brk and
   @brk be greater than @end_data.

5) If RLIMIT_DATA rlimit is set to non-infinity new values should not
   exceed existing limit. Same applies to RLIMIT_STACK.

6) Auxiliary vector size must not exceed existing one (which is
   predefined as AT_VECTOR_SIZE and depends on architecture).

7) File descriptor passed in @exe_file should be pointing
   to executable file (because we use existing prctl_set_mm_exe_file_locked
   helper it ensures that the file we are going to use as exe link has all
   required permission granted).

Now about where these members are involved inside kernel code:

 - @start_code and @end_code are used in /proc/$pid/[stat|statm] output;

 - @start_data and @end_data are used in /proc/$pid/[stat|statm] output,
   also they are considered if there enough space for brk() syscall
   result if RLIMIT_DATA is set;

 - @start_brk shown in /proc/$pid/stat output and accounted in brk()
   syscall if RLIMIT_DATA is set; also this member is tested to
   find a symbolic name of mmap event for perf system (we choose
   if event is generated for "heap" area); one more aplication is
   selinux -- we test if a process has PROCESS__EXECHEAP permission
   if trying to make heap area being executable with mprotect() syscall;

 - @brk is a current value for brk() syscall which lays inside heap
   area, it's shown in /proc/$pid/stat. When syscall brk() succesfully
   provides new memory area to a user space upon brk() completion the
   mm::brk is updated to carry new value;

   Both @start_brk and @brk are actively used in /proc/$pid/maps
   and /proc/$pid/smaps output to find a symbolic name "heap" for
   VMA being scanned;

 - @start_stack is printed out in /proc/$pid/stat and used to
   find a symbolic name "stack" for task and threads in
   /proc/$pid/maps and /proc/$pid/smaps output, and as the same
   as with @start_brk -- perf system uses it for event naming.
   Also kernel treat this member as a start address of where
   to map vDSO pages and to check if there is enough space
   for shmat() syscall;

 - @arg_start, @arg_end, @env_start and @env_end are printed out
   in /proc/$pid/stat. Another access to the data these members
   represent is to read /proc/$pid/environ or /proc/$pid/cmdline.
   Any attempt to read these areas kernel tests with access_process_vm
   helper so a user must have enough rights for this action;

 - @auxv and @auxv_size may be read from /proc/$pid/auxv. Strictly
   speaking kernel doesn't care much about which exactly data is
   sitting there because it is solely for userspace;

 - @exe_fd is referred from /proc/$pid/exe and when generating
   coredump. We uses prctl_set_mm_exe_file_locked helper to update
   this member, so exe-file link modification remains one-shot
   action.

Still note that updating exe-file link now doesn't require sys-resource
capability anymore, after all there is no much profit in preventing setup
own file link (there are a number of ways to execute own code -- ptrace,
ld-preload, so that the only reliable way to find which exactly code is
executed is to inspect running program memory).  Still we require the
caller to be at least user-namespace root user.

I believe the old interface should be deprecated and ripped off in a
couple of kernel releases if no one against.

To test if new interface is implemented in the kernel one can pass
PR_SET_MM_MAP_SIZE opcode and the kernel returns the size of currently
supported struct prctl_mm_map.

[akpm@linux-foundation.org: fix 80-col wordwrap in macro definitions]
Signed-off-by: Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@openvz.org>
Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Cc: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Andrew Vagin <avagin@openvz.org>
Tested-by: Andrew Vagin <avagin@openvz.org>
Cc: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com>
Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Acked-by: Serge Hallyn <serge.hallyn@canonical.com>
Cc: Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@parallels.com>
Cc: Vasiliy Kulikov <segoon@openwall.com>
Cc: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@jp.fujitsu.com>
Cc: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
Cc: Julien Tinnes <jln@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2014-10-09 22:25:55 -04:00
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bpf bpf: add search pruning optimization to verifier 2014-10-01 21:30:33 -04:00
configs x86: Add "make tinyconfig" to configure the tiniest possible kernel 2014-08-08 16:30:24 -07:00
debug kdb: Use ktime_get_ts() 2014-06-12 16:18:45 +02:00
events perf: fix perf bug in fork() 2014-10-02 16:28:44 -07:00
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irq Merge branch 'irq-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2014-10-09 06:42:04 -04:00
locking arch, locking: Ciao arch_mutex_cpu_relax() 2014-07-17 12:32:47 +02:00
power Revert "PM / Hibernate: Iterate over set bits instead of PFNs in swsusp_free()" 2014-09-25 00:59:54 +02:00
printk kernel/printk/printk.c: fix faulty logic in the case of recursive printk 2014-09-10 15:42:12 -07:00
rcu rcu: Make nocb leader kthreads process pending callbacks after spawning 2014-08-28 05:59:59 -07:00
sched NFS client updates for Linux 3.18 2014-10-08 12:49:23 -04:00
time Merge branch 'timers-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2014-10-09 06:35:05 -04:00
trace ring-buffer: Fix infinite spin in reading buffer 2014-10-02 16:51:18 -04:00
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acct.c kernel/acct.c: fix coding style warnings and errors 2014-08-08 15:57:27 -07:00
async.c
audit_tree.c
audit_watch.c
audit.c CAPABILITIES: remove undefined caps from all processes 2014-07-24 21:53:47 +10:00
audit.h audit: Use struct net not pid_t to remember the network namespce to reply in 2014-03-20 10:10:53 -04:00
auditfilter.c kernel/auditfilter.c: replace count*size kmalloc by kcalloc 2014-08-06 18:01:12 -07:00
auditsc.c Documentation: Docbook: Fix generated DocBook/kernel-api.xml 2014-09-09 10:34:56 +02:00
backtracetest.c kernel/backtracetest.c: replace no level printk by pr_info() 2014-06-04 16:54:14 -07:00
bounds.c page-cgroup: get rid of NR_PCG_FLAGS 2014-08-08 15:57:18 -07:00
capability.c CAPABILITIES: remove undefined caps from all processes 2014-07-24 21:53:47 +10:00
cgroup_freezer.c cgroup: rename cgroup_subsys->base_cftypes to ->legacy_cftypes 2014-07-15 11:05:09 -04:00
cgroup.c cgroup: fix unbalanced locking 2014-09-18 12:32:52 -04:00
compat.c compat: nanosleep: Clarify error handling 2014-09-06 12:58:18 +02:00
configs.c
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cpu_pm.c
cpu.c sched: Rework check_for_tasks() 2014-07-05 11:17:45 +02:00
cpuset.c cpuset: PF_SPREAD_PAGE and PF_SPREAD_SLAB should be atomic flags 2014-09-24 22:16:06 -04:00
crash_dump.c crash_dump: Make is_kdump_kernel() accessible from modules 2014-08-25 15:42:19 -07:00
cred.c
delayacct.c delayacct: Remove braindamaged type conversions 2014-07-23 10:18:06 -07:00
dma.c
elfcore.c
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exit.c kernel/exit.c: fix coding style warnings and errors 2014-08-08 15:57:22 -07:00
extable.c
fork.c perf: fix perf bug in fork() 2014-10-02 16:28:44 -07:00
freezer.c
futex_compat.c
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groups.c kernel/groups.c: remove return value of set_groups 2014-04-03 16:21:05 -07:00
hung_task.c kernel/hung_task.c: convert simple_strtoul to kstrtouint 2014-06-04 16:54:15 -07:00
irq_work.c irq_work: Force raised irq work to run on irq work interrupt 2014-09-13 18:38:15 +02:00
jump_label.c
kallsyms.c kernel/kallsyms.c: fix %pB when there's no symbol at the address 2014-08-08 15:57:18 -07:00
kcmp.c kcmp: fix standard comparison bug 2014-09-10 15:42:12 -07:00
Kconfig.freezer
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Kconfig.preempt
kexec.c kexec: create a new config option CONFIG_KEXEC_FILE for new syscall 2014-08-29 16:28:16 -07:00
kmod.c signals: change wait_for_helper() to use kernel_sigaction() 2014-06-06 16:08:12 -07:00
kprobes.c kprobes: Skip kretprobe hit in NMI context to avoid deadlock 2014-08-08 10:38:04 +02:00
ksysfs.c kobject: Make support for uevent_helper optional. 2014-04-25 12:00:49 -07:00
kthread.c kernel/kthread.c: partial revert of 81c98869fa ("kthread: ensure locality of task_struct allocations") 2014-10-09 22:25:51 -04:00
latencytop.c kernel/latencytop.c: convert seq_printf to seq_puts 2014-06-04 16:54:15 -07:00
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module_signing.c
module-internal.h
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notifier.c kprobes, notifier: Use NOKPROBE_SYMBOL macro in notifier 2014-04-24 10:26:39 +02:00
nsproxy.c namespaces: Use task_lock and not rcu to protect nsproxy 2014-07-29 18:08:50 -07:00
padata.c
panic.c panic: add TAINT_SOFTLOCKUP 2014-08-08 15:57:24 -07:00
params.c param: check for tainting before calling set op. 2014-08-27 21:54:10 +09:30
pid_namespace.c pid_namespace: pidns_get() should check task_active_pid_ns() != NULL 2014-04-02 16:20:21 -07:00
pid.c
profile.c kernel/profile.c: use static const char instead of static char 2014-06-06 16:08:13 -07:00
ptrace.c sched: Remove proliferation of wait_on_bit() action functions 2014-07-16 15:10:39 +02:00
range.c
reboot.c kernel/reboot.c: convert simple_strtoul to kstrtoint 2014-06-04 16:54:15 -07:00
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res_counter.c kernel/res_counter.c: replace simple_strtoull by kstrtoull 2014-06-04 16:54:15 -07:00
resource.c resource: fix the case of null pointer access 2014-08-29 16:28:15 -07:00
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signal.c Merge branch 'signal-cleanup' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rw/misc 2014-08-09 09:58:12 -07:00
smp.c kernel/smp.c:on_each_cpu_cond(): fix warning in fallback path 2014-08-06 18:01:22 -07:00
smpboot.c
smpboot.h
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stacktrace.c
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sysctl_binary.c dmaengine-3.17 2014-10-07 20:39:25 -04:00
sysctl.c mm, hugetlb: remove hugetlb_zero and hugetlb_infinity 2014-08-06 18:01:19 -07:00
system_certificates.S
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task_work.c
taskstats.c
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torture.c torture: Avoid format string leak to thead name 2014-07-07 10:12:56 -07:00
tracepoint.c tracing: syscall_regfunc() should not skip kernel threads 2014-06-21 00:15:26 -04:00
tsacct.c sched: Make task->start_time nanoseconds based 2014-07-23 10:18:05 -07:00
uid16.c
up.c
user_namespace.c proc: constify seq_operations 2014-08-08 15:57:22 -07:00
user-return-notifier.c
user.c kernel/user.c: drop unused field 'files' from user_struct 2014-06-04 16:54:16 -07:00
utsname_sysctl.c sysctl: convert use of typedef ctl_table to struct ctl_table 2014-06-06 16:08:16 -07:00
utsname.c namespaces: Use task_lock and not rcu to protect nsproxy 2014-07-29 18:08:50 -07:00
watchdog.c softlockup: make detector be aware of task switch of processes hogging cpu 2014-10-09 22:25:48 -04:00
workqueue_internal.h workqueue: rename manager_mutex to attach_mutex 2014-05-20 10:59:32 -04:00
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