# Re: \[PATCH v3\] signal: add procfd\_send\_signal() syscall

- From: Kees Cook \<hidden\>
- Date: 2018-12-05 23:24:23 
- List: linux-api
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-api/2018/12/147063
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-api/2018/12/147065/t.md

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On Wed, Dec 5, 2018 at 12:53 PM Christian Brauner [ref] wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 05, 2018 at 12:20:43PM -0600, Eric W. Biederman wrote:
> > Christian Brauner [ref] writes:
> > > [1]:  https://lkml.org/lkml/2018/11/18/130
> > > [2]:  https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/874lbtjvtd.fsf@oldenburg2.str.redhat.com/
> > > [3]:  https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20181204132604.aspfupwjgjx6fhva@brauner.io/
> > > [4]:  https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20181203180224.fkvw4kajtbvru2ku@brauner.io/
> > > [5]:  https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20181121213946.GA10795@mail.hallyn.com/
> > > [6]:  https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20181120103111.etlqp7zop34v6nv4@brauner.io/
> > > [7]:  https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/36323361-90BD-41AF-AB5B-EE0D7BA02C21@amacapital.net/
> > > [8]:  https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/87tvjxp8pc.fsf@xmission.com/
> > > [9]:  https://asciinema.org/a/X1J8eGhe3vCfBE2b9TXtTaSJ7
> > > [10]: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20181203180224.fkvw4kajtbvru2ku@brauner.io/
> > > [11]: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/F53D6D38-3521-4C20-9034-5AF447DF62FF@amacapital.net/

I nominate this for 2018's most-well-documented syscall commit log award. ;)

> > > +   /*
> > > +    * Give userspace a way to detect whether /proc/<pid>/task/<tid> fds
> > > +    * are supported.
> > > +    */
> > > +   ret = -EOPNOTSUPP;
> > > +   if (proc_is_tid_procfd(f.file))
> > > +           goto err;
> >
> >       -EBADF is the proper error code.
>
> This is done so that userspace has a way of figuring out that tid fds
> are not yet supported. This has been discussed with Florian (see commit
> message).

Right, we should keep this -EOPNOTSUPP.

> > > +   /* Is this a procfd? */
> > > +   ret = -EINVAL;
> > > +   if (!proc_is_tgid_procfd(f.file))
> > > +           goto err;
> >
> >       -EBADF is the proper error code.

Yeah, EINVAL tends to be used for bad flags... this is more about an
improper fd.

> >
> > > +   /* Without CONFIG_PROC_FS proc_pid() returns NULL. */
> > > +   pid = proc_pid(file_inode(f.file));
> > > +   if (!pid)
> > > +           goto err;
> >
> > Perhaps you want to fold the proc_pid into the proc_is_tgid_procfd
> > call.  That way proc_pid can stay private to proc.
>
> Hm, I guess we can do that for now. My intention was to have reuseable
> helpers but I guess it would be fine for now.
>
> >
> > > +   if (!may_signal_procfd(pid))
> > > +           goto err;
> > > +

Does the ns parent checking in may_signal_procfd need any locking or
RCU? I know pid and current namespaces are "pinned", but I don't know
how parent ns works here. I'm assuming the parents are stuck until all
children go away?

> > > +   ret = kill_pid_info(sig, &kinfo, pid);

Just double-checking for myself: this does not bypass
security_task_kill(), so no problem there AFAIK.

Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <redacted>

-- 
Kees Cook
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