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proc: restrict access to /proc/PID/io
authorVasiliy Kulikov <segoon@openwall.com>
Fri, 24 Jun 2011 12:08:38 +0000 (16:08 +0400)
committerPaul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@windriver.com>
Thu, 17 May 2012 15:21:24 +0000 (11:21 -0400)
commit6499cb67e72099ac21ac91ee8e52184c22f31b50
tree5fe4e1a587a8c5f353fccf526add9ae0c001b8b8
parent574aa6e1fe232a513708576342db58a4d11724d2
proc: restrict access to /proc/PID/io

commit 1d1221f375c94ef961ba8574ac4f85c8870ddd51 upstream.

/proc/PID/io may be used for gathering private information.  E.g.  for
openssh and vsftpd daemons wchars/rchars may be used to learn the
precise password length.  Restrict it to processes being able to ptrace
the target process.

ptrace_may_access() is needed to prevent keeping open file descriptor of
"io" file, executing setuid binary and gathering io information of the
setuid'ed process.

Signed-off-by: Vasiliy Kulikov <segoon@openwall.com>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@windriver.com>
fs/proc/base.c