[PATCH v10 0/11] seccomp: add thread sync ability

James Morris james.l.morris at oracle.com
Mon Jul 14 18:53:10 PDT 2014


On 07/15/2014 04:59 AM, Kees Cook wrote:
> Hi James,
>
> Is this series something you would carry in the security-next tree?
> That has traditionally been where seccomp features have landed in the
> past.
>
> -Kees
>
>
> On Fri, Jul 11, 2014 at 10:55 AM, Kees Cook <keescook at chromium.org> wrote:
>> On Fri, Jul 11, 2014 at 9:49 AM, Oleg Nesterov <oleg at redhat.com> wrote:
>>> On 07/10, Kees Cook wrote:
>>>>
>>>> This adds the ability for threads to request seccomp filter
>>>> synchronization across their thread group (at filter attach time).
>>>> For example, for Chrome to make sure graphic driver threads are fully
>>>> confined after seccomp filters have been attached.
>>>>
>>>> To support this, locking on seccomp changes via thread-group-shared
>>>> sighand lock is introduced, along with refactoring of no_new_privs. Races
>>>> with thread creation are handled via delayed duplication of the seccomp
>>>> task struct field and cred_guard_mutex.
>>>>
>>>> This includes a new syscall (instead of adding a new prctl option),
>>>> as suggested by Andy Lutomirski and Michael Kerrisk.
>>>
>>> I do not not see any problems in this version,
>>
>> Awesome! Thank you for all the reviews. :) If Andy and Michael are
>> happy with this too, I think this is in good shape. \o/
>>
>> -Kees
>>
>>>
>>> Reviewed-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg at redhat.com>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Kees Cook
>> Chrome OS Security
>
>
>

Yep, certainly.




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