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author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2012-05-21 20:27:36 -0700 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2012-05-21 20:27:36 -0700 |
commit | cb60e3e65c1b96a4d6444a7a13dc7dd48bc15a2b (patch) | |
tree | 4322be35db678f6299348a76ad60a2023954af7d /Documentation/security/Yama.txt | |
parent | 99262a3dafa3290866512ddfb32609198f8973e9 (diff) | |
parent | ff2bb047c4bce9742e94911eeb44b4d6ff4734ab (diff) |
Merge branch 'next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jmorris/linux-security
Pull security subsystem updates from James Morris:
"New notable features:
- The seccomp work from Will Drewry
- PR_{GET,SET}_NO_NEW_PRIVS from Andy Lutomirski
- Longer security labels for Smack from Casey Schaufler
- Additional ptrace restriction modes for Yama by Kees Cook"
Fix up trivial context conflicts in arch/x86/Kconfig and include/linux/filter.h
* 'next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jmorris/linux-security: (65 commits)
apparmor: fix long path failure due to disconnected path
apparmor: fix profile lookup for unconfined
ima: fix filename hint to reflect script interpreter name
KEYS: Don't check for NULL key pointer in key_validate()
Smack: allow for significantly longer Smack labels v4
gfp flags for security_inode_alloc()?
Smack: recursive tramsmute
Yama: replace capable() with ns_capable()
TOMOYO: Accept manager programs which do not start with / .
KEYS: Add invalidation support
KEYS: Do LRU discard in full keyrings
KEYS: Permit in-place link replacement in keyring list
KEYS: Perform RCU synchronisation on keys prior to key destruction
KEYS: Announce key type (un)registration
KEYS: Reorganise keys Makefile
KEYS: Move the key config into security/keys/Kconfig
KEYS: Use the compat keyctl() syscall wrapper on Sparc64 for Sparc32 compat
Yama: remove an unused variable
samples/seccomp: fix dependencies on arch macros
Yama: add additional ptrace scopes
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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/security/Yama.txt')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/security/Yama.txt | 10 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/security/Yama.txt b/Documentation/security/Yama.txt index a9511f179069..e369de2d48cd 100644 --- a/Documentation/security/Yama.txt +++ b/Documentation/security/Yama.txt @@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ parent to a child process (i.e. direct "gdb EXE" and "strace EXE" still work), or with CAP_SYS_PTRACE (i.e. "gdb --pid=PID", and "strace -p PID" still work as root). -For software that has defined application-specific relationships +In mode 1, software that has defined application-specific relationships between a debugging process and its inferior (crash handlers, etc), prctl(PR_SET_PTRACER, pid, ...) can be used. An inferior can declare which other process (and its descendents) are allowed to call PTRACE_ATTACH @@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ restrictions, it can call prctl(PR_SET_PTRACER, PR_SET_PTRACER_ANY, ...) so that any otherwise allowed process (even those in external pid namespaces) may attach. +These restrictions do not change how ptrace via PTRACE_TRACEME operates. + The sysctl settings are: 0 - classic ptrace permissions: a process can PTRACE_ATTACH to any other @@ -60,6 +62,12 @@ The sysctl settings are: inferior can call prctl(PR_SET_PTRACER, debugger, ...) to declare an allowed debugger PID to call PTRACE_ATTACH on the inferior. +2 - admin-only attach: only processes with CAP_SYS_PTRACE may use ptrace + with PTRACE_ATTACH. + +3 - no attach: no processes may use ptrace with PTRACE_ATTACH. Once set, + this sysctl cannot be changed to a lower value. + The original children-only logic was based on the restrictions in grsecurity. ============================================================== |