# Re: \[RFC 1/2\] fs,eventpoll: Add ability to install target file by its number

- From: Cyrill Gorcunov \<hidden\>
- Date: 2017-02-17 17:11:41 
- List: linux-api
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-api/2017/02/117795
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-fsdevel/2017/02/117797/t.md

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On Fri, Feb 17, 2017 at 08:52:59AM -0800, Andy Lutomirski wrote:
> >
> > To resolve this tie lets add EPOLL_CTL_DUP operation which simply takes
> > target file descriptor number and installs it into a caller's file table,
> > thus we can use kcmp() syscall and figure out which exactly file to be
> > added into eventpoll on restore procedure.
> 
> This is a scary thing to let an unprivileged process do.
> 
> I'm wondering if there might be a nicer way to address this using a
> better interface in /proc.

Well, I tend to agree. Need to add security checking if the target
file is accessable by a caller. As to better interface to procfs
nothing comes to mind immediately. Another potential problem is that
since it is never guaranteed that target file number listed in fdinfo
matching existing /proc/pid/fd/N, so that I think we will have to
use this dup functionality for every target file, which of course
not that fast. Probably need to think more if I manage to invent
some better and faster interface to find where exactly target file
belong in the whole process tree of a container.

Thanks for pointing about this security problem, Andy!
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