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authorEric W. Biederman2022-01-20 11:04:01 -0600
committerTejun Heo2022-02-01 07:28:00 -1000
commit24f6008564183aa120d07c03d9289519c2fe02af (patch)
tree116de0e1cf8b69ec7bdc1fec15a9a623d77eee04 /kernel
parentc80d401c52a2d1baf2a5afeb06f0ffe678e56d23 (diff)
cgroup-v1: Require capabilities to set release_agent
The cgroup release_agent is called with call_usermodehelper. The function call_usermodehelper starts the release_agent with a full set fo capabilities. Therefore require capabilities when setting the release_agaent. Reported-by: Tabitha Sable <tabitha.c.sable@gmail.com> Tested-by: Tabitha Sable <tabitha.c.sable@gmail.com> Fixes: 81a6a5cdd2c5 ("Task Control Groups: automatic userspace notification of idle cgroups") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v2.6.24+ Signed-off-by: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com> Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel')
-rw-r--r--kernel/cgroup/cgroup-v1.c14
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/cgroup/cgroup-v1.c b/kernel/cgroup/cgroup-v1.c
index 41e0837a5a0b..0e877dbcfeea 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup/cgroup-v1.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup/cgroup-v1.c
@@ -549,6 +549,14 @@ static ssize_t cgroup_release_agent_write(struct kernfs_open_file *of,
BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(cgrp->root->release_agent_path) < PATH_MAX);
+ /*
+ * Release agent gets called with all capabilities,
+ * require capabilities to set release agent.
+ */
+ if ((of->file->f_cred->user_ns != &init_user_ns) ||
+ !capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
+ return -EPERM;
+
cgrp = cgroup_kn_lock_live(of->kn, false);
if (!cgrp)
return -ENODEV;
@@ -954,6 +962,12 @@ int cgroup1_parse_param(struct fs_context *fc, struct fs_parameter *param)
/* Specifying two release agents is forbidden */
if (ctx->release_agent)
return invalfc(fc, "release_agent respecified");
+ /*
+ * Release agent gets called with all capabilities,
+ * require capabilities to set release agent.
+ */
+ if ((fc->user_ns != &init_user_ns) || !capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
+ return invalfc(fc, "Setting release_agent not allowed");
ctx->release_agent = param->string;
param->string = NULL;
break;