2 * Yama Linux Security Module
4 * Author: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
6 * Copyright (C) 2010 Canonical, Ltd.
7 * Copyright (C) 2011 The Chromium OS Authors.
9 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
10 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2, as
11 * published by the Free Software Foundation.
15 #include <linux/security.h>
16 #include <linux/sysctl.h>
17 #include <linux/ptrace.h>
18 #include <linux/prctl.h>
19 #include <linux/ratelimit.h>
20 #include <linux/workqueue.h>
22 #define YAMA_SCOPE_DISABLED 0
23 #define YAMA_SCOPE_RELATIONAL 1
24 #define YAMA_SCOPE_CAPABILITY 2
25 #define YAMA_SCOPE_NO_ATTACH 3
27 static int ptrace_scope = YAMA_SCOPE_RELATIONAL;
29 /* describe a ptrace relationship for potential exception */
30 struct ptrace_relation {
31 struct task_struct *tracer;
32 struct task_struct *tracee;
34 struct list_head node;
38 static LIST_HEAD(ptracer_relations);
39 static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(ptracer_relations_lock);
41 static void yama_relation_cleanup(struct work_struct *work);
42 static DECLARE_WORK(yama_relation_work, yama_relation_cleanup);
45 * yama_relation_cleanup - remove invalid entries from the relation list
48 static void yama_relation_cleanup(struct work_struct *work)
50 struct ptrace_relation *relation;
52 spin_lock(&ptracer_relations_lock);
54 list_for_each_entry_rcu(relation, &ptracer_relations, node) {
55 if (relation->invalid) {
56 list_del_rcu(&relation->node);
57 kfree_rcu(relation, rcu);
61 spin_unlock(&ptracer_relations_lock);
65 * yama_ptracer_add - add/replace an exception for this tracer/tracee pair
66 * @tracer: the task_struct of the process doing the ptrace
67 * @tracee: the task_struct of the process to be ptraced
69 * Each tracee can have, at most, one tracer registered. Each time this
70 * is called, the prior registered tracer will be replaced for the tracee.
72 * Returns 0 if relationship was added, -ve on error.
74 static int yama_ptracer_add(struct task_struct *tracer,
75 struct task_struct *tracee)
77 struct ptrace_relation *relation, *added;
79 added = kmalloc(sizeof(*added), GFP_KERNEL);
83 added->tracee = tracee;
84 added->tracer = tracer;
85 added->invalid = false;
87 spin_lock(&ptracer_relations_lock);
89 list_for_each_entry_rcu(relation, &ptracer_relations, node) {
90 if (relation->invalid)
92 if (relation->tracee == tracee) {
93 list_replace_rcu(&relation->node, &added->node);
94 kfree_rcu(relation, rcu);
99 list_add_rcu(&added->node, &ptracer_relations);
103 spin_unlock(&ptracer_relations_lock);
108 * yama_ptracer_del - remove exceptions related to the given tasks
109 * @tracer: remove any relation where tracer task matches
110 * @tracee: remove any relation where tracee task matches
112 static void yama_ptracer_del(struct task_struct *tracer,
113 struct task_struct *tracee)
115 struct ptrace_relation *relation;
119 list_for_each_entry_rcu(relation, &ptracer_relations, node) {
120 if (relation->invalid)
122 if (relation->tracee == tracee ||
123 (tracer && relation->tracer == tracer)) {
124 relation->invalid = true;
131 schedule_work(&yama_relation_work);
135 * yama_task_free - check for task_pid to remove from exception list
136 * @task: task being removed
138 void yama_task_free(struct task_struct *task)
140 yama_ptracer_del(task, task);
144 * yama_task_prctl - check for Yama-specific prctl operations
151 * Return 0 on success, -ve on error. -ENOSYS is returned when Yama
152 * does not handle the given option.
154 int yama_task_prctl(int option, unsigned long arg2, unsigned long arg3,
155 unsigned long arg4, unsigned long arg5)
158 struct task_struct *myself = current;
160 rc = cap_task_prctl(option, arg2, arg3, arg4, arg5);
166 /* Since a thread can call prctl(), find the group leader
167 * before calling _add() or _del() on it, since we want
168 * process-level granularity of control. The tracer group
169 * leader checking is handled later when walking the ancestry
170 * at the time of PTRACE_ATTACH check.
173 if (!thread_group_leader(myself))
174 myself = rcu_dereference(myself->group_leader);
175 get_task_struct(myself);
179 yama_ptracer_del(NULL, myself);
181 } else if (arg2 == PR_SET_PTRACER_ANY || (int)arg2 == -1) {
182 rc = yama_ptracer_add(NULL, myself);
184 struct task_struct *tracer;
187 tracer = find_task_by_vpid(arg2);
189 get_task_struct(tracer);
195 rc = yama_ptracer_add(tracer, myself);
196 put_task_struct(tracer);
200 put_task_struct(myself);
208 * task_is_descendant - walk up a process family tree looking for a match
209 * @parent: the process to compare against while walking up from child
210 * @child: the process to start from while looking upwards for parent
212 * Returns 1 if child is a descendant of parent, 0 if not.
214 static int task_is_descendant(struct task_struct *parent,
215 struct task_struct *child)
218 struct task_struct *walker = child;
220 if (!parent || !child)
224 if (!thread_group_leader(parent))
225 parent = rcu_dereference(parent->group_leader);
226 while (walker->pid > 0) {
227 if (!thread_group_leader(walker))
228 walker = rcu_dereference(walker->group_leader);
229 if (walker == parent) {
233 walker = rcu_dereference(walker->real_parent);
241 * ptracer_exception_found - tracer registered as exception for this tracee
242 * @tracer: the task_struct of the process attempting ptrace
243 * @tracee: the task_struct of the process to be ptraced
245 * Returns 1 if tracer has is ptracer exception ancestor for tracee.
247 static int ptracer_exception_found(struct task_struct *tracer,
248 struct task_struct *tracee)
251 struct ptrace_relation *relation;
252 struct task_struct *parent = NULL;
256 if (!thread_group_leader(tracee))
257 tracee = rcu_dereference(tracee->group_leader);
258 list_for_each_entry_rcu(relation, &ptracer_relations, node) {
259 if (relation->invalid)
261 if (relation->tracee == tracee) {
262 parent = relation->tracer;
268 if (found && (parent == NULL || task_is_descendant(parent, tracer)))
276 * yama_ptrace_access_check - validate PTRACE_ATTACH calls
277 * @child: task that current task is attempting to ptrace
278 * @mode: ptrace attach mode
280 * Returns 0 if following the ptrace is allowed, -ve on error.
282 int yama_ptrace_access_check(struct task_struct *child,
287 /* If standard caps disallows it, so does Yama. We should
288 * only tighten restrictions further.
290 rc = cap_ptrace_access_check(child, mode);
294 /* require ptrace target be a child of ptracer on attach */
295 if (mode == PTRACE_MODE_ATTACH) {
296 switch (ptrace_scope) {
297 case YAMA_SCOPE_DISABLED:
298 /* No additional restrictions. */
300 case YAMA_SCOPE_RELATIONAL:
302 if (!task_is_descendant(current, child) &&
303 !ptracer_exception_found(current, child) &&
304 !ns_capable(__task_cred(child)->user_ns, CAP_SYS_PTRACE))
308 case YAMA_SCOPE_CAPABILITY:
310 if (!ns_capable(__task_cred(child)->user_ns, CAP_SYS_PTRACE))
314 case YAMA_SCOPE_NO_ATTACH:
322 printk_ratelimited(KERN_NOTICE
323 "ptrace of pid %d was attempted by: %s (pid %d)\n",
324 child->pid, current->comm, current->pid);
331 * yama_ptrace_traceme - validate PTRACE_TRACEME calls
332 * @parent: task that will become the ptracer of the current task
334 * Returns 0 if following the ptrace is allowed, -ve on error.
336 int yama_ptrace_traceme(struct task_struct *parent)
340 /* If standard caps disallows it, so does Yama. We should
341 * only tighten restrictions further.
343 rc = cap_ptrace_traceme(parent);
347 /* Only disallow PTRACE_TRACEME on more aggressive settings. */
348 switch (ptrace_scope) {
349 case YAMA_SCOPE_CAPABILITY:
350 if (!has_ns_capability(parent, current_user_ns(), CAP_SYS_PTRACE))
353 case YAMA_SCOPE_NO_ATTACH:
359 printk_ratelimited(KERN_NOTICE
360 "ptraceme of pid %d was attempted by: %s (pid %d)\n",
361 current->pid, parent->comm, parent->pid);
367 #ifndef CONFIG_SECURITY_YAMA_STACKED
368 static struct security_operations yama_ops = {
371 .ptrace_access_check = yama_ptrace_access_check,
372 .ptrace_traceme = yama_ptrace_traceme,
373 .task_prctl = yama_task_prctl,
374 .task_free = yama_task_free,
379 static int yama_dointvec_minmax(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
380 void __user *buffer, size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos)
384 if (write && !capable(CAP_SYS_PTRACE))
387 rc = proc_dointvec_minmax(table, write, buffer, lenp, ppos);
391 /* Lock the max value if it ever gets set. */
392 if (write && *(int *)table->data == *(int *)table->extra2)
393 table->extra1 = table->extra2;
399 static int max_scope = YAMA_SCOPE_NO_ATTACH;
401 struct ctl_path yama_sysctl_path[] = {
402 { .procname = "kernel", },
403 { .procname = "yama", },
407 static struct ctl_table yama_sysctl_table[] = {
409 .procname = "ptrace_scope",
410 .data = &ptrace_scope,
411 .maxlen = sizeof(int),
413 .proc_handler = yama_dointvec_minmax,
415 .extra2 = &max_scope,
419 #endif /* CONFIG_SYSCTL */
421 static __init int yama_init(void)
423 #ifndef CONFIG_SECURITY_YAMA_STACKED
424 if (!security_module_enable(&yama_ops))
428 printk(KERN_INFO "Yama: becoming mindful.\n");
430 #ifndef CONFIG_SECURITY_YAMA_STACKED
431 if (register_security(&yama_ops))
432 panic("Yama: kernel registration failed.\n");
436 if (!register_sysctl_paths(yama_sysctl_path, yama_sysctl_table))
437 panic("Yama: sysctl registration failed.\n");
443 security_initcall(yama_init);