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Date: Thu, 24 May 2012 17:26:54 -0700
From: Andrew Lutomirski <luto@....edu>
To: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Cc: James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>, Will Drewry <wad@...omium.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
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Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 0/3] move the secure_computing call
On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 4:56 PM, H. Peter Anvin <hpa@...or.com> wrote:
> On 05/24/2012 04:43 PM, Andrew Lutomirski wrote:
>>
>> IMO the behavior should change. Alternatively, a post-ptrace syscall
>> should have to pass the *tracer's* seccomp filter, but that seems
>> overcomplicated and confusing.
>>
>> OTOH, allowing ptrace in a seccomp filter is asking for trouble anyway
>> -- if you can ptrace something outside the sandbox, you've escaped.
>>
>
> This is my suggestion: if there is demand, make it possible to install a
> *second* seccomp filter program which is run on the result of the
> ptrace. I.e.:
>
> Untraced: process -> seccomp1 -> kernel
>
> Traced: process -> seccomp1 -> ptrace -> seccomp2 -> kernel
Just to clarify: are you suggesting that, for now, the traced behavior
should be:
process -> seccomp -> ptrace -> kernel?
If so, I think the man page or something should have a big fat warning
that seccomp filters should *never* allow ptrace (even PTRACE_TRACEME)
unless they fully understand the issue.
In any case, I think that the UML interaction is missing the point.
UML will *emulate* the seccomp filter. If it chooses to use host
seccomp filters for some business, that's its business.
--Andy
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