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Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2021 11:45:38 -0700
From: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To: Mickaël Salaün <mic@...ikod.net>
Cc: James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>, Jann Horn <jannh@...gle.com>,
"Serge E . Hallyn" <serge@...lyn.com>,
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Mickaël Salaün <mic@...ux.microsoft.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v30 04/12] landlock: Add ptrace restrictions
On Tue, Mar 16, 2021 at 09:42:44PM +0100, Mickaël Salaün wrote:
> From: Mickaël Salaün <mic@...ux.microsoft.com>
>
> Using ptrace(2) and related debug features on a target process can lead
> to a privilege escalation. Indeed, ptrace(2) can be used by an attacker
> to impersonate another task and to remain undetected while performing
> malicious activities. Thanks to ptrace_may_access(), various part of
> the kernel can check if a tracer is more privileged than a tracee.
>
> A landlocked process has fewer privileges than a non-landlocked process
> and must then be subject to additional restrictions when manipulating
> processes. To be allowed to use ptrace(2) and related syscalls on a
> target process, a landlocked process must have a subset of the target
> process's rules (i.e. the tracee must be in a sub-domain of the tracer).
>
> Cc: James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>
> Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
> Signed-off-by: Mickaël Salaün <mic@...ux.microsoft.com>
Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
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Kees Cook
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