From 5096add84b9e96e2e0a9c72675c442fe5433388a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Kees Cook Date: Tue, 8 May 2007 00:26:04 -0700 Subject: proc: maps protection The /proc/pid/ "maps", "smaps", and "numa_maps" files contain sensitive information about the memory location and usage of processes. Issues: - maps should not be world-readable, especially if programs expect any kind of ASLR protection from local attackers. - maps cannot just be 0400 because "-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -O2" makes glibc check the maps when %n is in a *printf call, and a setuid(getuid()) process wouldn't be able to read its own maps file. (For reference see http://lkml.org/lkml/2006/1/22/150) - a system-wide toggle is needed to allow prior behavior in the case of non-root applications that depend on access to the maps contents. This change implements a check using "ptrace_may_attach" before allowing access to read the maps contents. To control this protection, the new knob /proc/sys/kernel/maps_protect has been added, with corresponding updates to the procfs documentation. [akpm@linux-foundation.org: build fixes] [akpm@linux-foundation.org: New sysctl numbers are old hat] Signed-off-by: Kees Cook Cc: Arjan van de Ven Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- CREDITS | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'CREDITS') diff --git a/CREDITS b/CREDITS index c5f819bacda3..e71fdce0dc2f 100644 --- a/CREDITS +++ b/CREDITS @@ -661,7 +661,7 @@ N: Kees Cook E: kees@outflux.net W: http://outflux.net/ P: 1024D/17063E6D 9FA3 C49C 23C9 D1BC 2E30 1975 1FFF 4BA9 1706 3E6D -D: Minor updates to SCSI code for the Communications type +D: Minor updates to SCSI types, added /proc/pid/maps protection S: (ask for current address) S: USA -- cgit v1.2.3