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sysctl: restrict write access to dmesg_restrict 

When dmesg_restrict is set to 1 CAP_SYS_ADMIN is needed to read the kernel
ring buffer.  But a root user without CAP_SYS_ADMIN is able to reset
dmesg_restrict to 0.

This is an issue when e.g.  LXC (Linux Containers) are used and complete
user space is running without CAP_SYS_ADMIN.  A unprivileged and jailed
root user can bypass the dmesg_restrict protection.

With this patch writing to dmesg_restrict is only allowed when root has
CAP_SYS_ADMIN.

Signed-off-by: Richard Weinberger <richard@nod.at>
Acked-by: Dan Rosenberg <drosenberg@vsecurity.com>
Acked-by: Serge E. Hallyn <serge@hallyn.com>
Cc: Eric Paris <eparis@redhat.com>
Cc: Kees Cook <kees.cook@canonical.com>
Cc: James Morris <jmorris@namei.org>
Cc: Eugene Teo <eugeneteo@kernel.org>
Cc: <stable@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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Richard Weinberger 2011-03-23 16:43:11 -07:00 committed by Linus Torvalds
parent cb16e95fa2
commit bfdc0b497f
1 changed files with 17 additions and 1 deletions
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@ -170,6 +170,11 @@ static int proc_taint(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
void __user *buffer, size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos);
#endif
#ifdef CONFIG_PRINTK
static int proc_dmesg_restrict(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
void __user *buffer, size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos);
#endif
#ifdef CONFIG_MAGIC_SYSRQ
/* Note: sysrq code uses it's own private copy */
static int __sysrq_enabled = SYSRQ_DEFAULT_ENABLE;
@ -707,7 +712,7 @@ static struct ctl_table kern_table[] = {
.data = &kptr_restrict,
.maxlen = sizeof(int),
.mode = 0644,
.proc_handler = proc_dointvec_minmax,
.proc_handler = proc_dmesg_restrict,
.extra1 = &zero,
.extra2 = &two,
},
@ -2394,6 +2399,17 @@ static int proc_taint(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
return err;
}
#ifdef CONFIG_PRINTK
static int proc_dmesg_restrict(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
void __user *buffer, size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos)
{
if (write && !capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
return -EPERM;
return proc_dointvec_minmax(table, write, buffer, lenp, ppos);
}
#endif
struct do_proc_dointvec_minmax_conv_param {
int *min;
int *max;