From a280d6dc77eb6002f269d58cd47c7c7e69b617b6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Davidlohr Bueso Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2018 16:35:26 -0700 Subject: ipc/sem: introduce semctl(SEM_STAT_ANY) There is a permission discrepancy when consulting shm ipc object metadata between /proc/sysvipc/sem (0444) and the SEM_STAT semctl 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 sma 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 SEM_STAT_ANY command such that the sem 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/20180215162458.10059-3-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 --- security/smack/smack_lsm.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) (limited to 'security/smack') diff --git a/security/smack/smack_lsm.c b/security/smack/smack_lsm.c index 0daab3019023..cb36498a5076 100644 --- a/security/smack/smack_lsm.c +++ b/security/smack/smack_lsm.c @@ -3140,6 +3140,7 @@ static int smack_sem_semctl(struct kern_ipc_perm *isp, int cmd) case GETALL: case IPC_STAT: case SEM_STAT: + case SEM_STAT_ANY: may = MAY_READ; break; case SETVAL: -- cgit v1.2.3