# Re: \[PATCH v30 04/12\] landlock: Add ptrace restrictions

- From: Kees Cook \<hidden\>
- Date: 2021-03-19 18:47:02 
- List: linux-arch
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-arch/2021/03/202050
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-api/2021/03/201801/t.md

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On Tue, Mar 16, 2021 at 09:42:44PM +0100, Mickaël Salaün wrote:
> From: Mickaël Salaün <redacted>
> 
> Using ptrace(2) and related debug features on a target process can lead
> to a privilege escalation.  Indeed, ptrace(2) can be used by an attacker
> to impersonate another task and to remain undetected while performing
> malicious activities.  Thanks to  ptrace_may_access(), various part of
> the kernel can check if a tracer is more privileged than a tracee.
> 
> A landlocked process has fewer privileges than a non-landlocked process
> and must then be subject to additional restrictions when manipulating
> processes. To be allowed to use ptrace(2) and related syscalls on a
> target process, a landlocked process must have a subset of the target
> process's rules (i.e. the tracee must be in a sub-domain of the tracer).
> 
> Cc: James Morris <jmorris@namei.org>
> Cc: Kees Cook <redacted>
> Signed-off-by: Mickaël Salaün <redacted>

Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <redacted>

-- 
Kees Cook
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