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Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2012 15:16:04 -0700
From: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To: Will Drewry <wad@...omium.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v18 14/15] x86: Enable HAVE_ARCH_SECCOMP_FILTER
On Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 2:48 PM, Will Drewry <wad@...omium.org> wrote:
> Enable support for seccomp filter on x86:
> - syscall_get_arch()
> - syscall_get_arguments()
> - syscall_rollback()
> - syscall_set_return_value()
> - SIGSYS siginfo_t support
> - secure_computing is called from a ptrace_event()-safe context
> - secure_computing return value is checked (see below).
>
> SECCOMP_RET_TRACE and SECCOMP_RET_TRAP may result in seccomp needing to
> skip a system call without killing the process. This is done by
> returning a non-zero (-1) value from secure_computing. This change
> makes x86 respect that return value.
>
> To ensure that minimal kernel code is exposed, a non-zero return value
> results in an immediate return to user space (with an invalid syscall
> number).
>
> Signed-off-by: Will Drewry <wad@...omium.org>
> Reviewed-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@...or.com>
> Acked-by: Eric Paris <eparis@...hat.com>
Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
--
Kees Cook
ChromeOS Security
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