[Devel] [PATCH rh6] syslog: distinguish between /proc/kmsg and syscalls

Pavel Tikhomirov ptikhomirov at odin.com
Fri May 8 00:25:29 PDT 2015


Acked-by: Pavel Tikhomirov <ptikhomirov at odin.com>

On Wed, 2015-05-06 at 17:11 +0300, Vasily Averin wrote:
> This patch fixes "100% CPU on Ubuntu 13.04 when using rsyslog" issue.
> 
> rsyslogd inside Ubuntu containers drops privileges after opening /proc/kmsg.
> Old rsyslogd ignores error on access to this file, cycles and consumes 100% CPU.
> New "fixed" rsyslogd detects openVZ container and disables kernel logger.
> 
> To fix the problem following patch was backported from mainline to RHEL6,
> it allows all versions of rsyslog to work with dmesg buffer of containers.
> 
> commit 002345925e6c45861f60db6f4fc6236713fd8847
> Author: Kees Cook <kees.cook at canonical.com>
> Date:   Wed Feb 3 15:36:43 2010 -0800
> 
>     syslog: distinguish between /proc/kmsg and syscalls
> 
>     This allows the LSM to distinguish between syslog functions originating
>     from /proc/kmsg access and direct syscalls.  By default, the commoncaps
>     will now no longer require CAP_SYS_ADMIN to read an opened /proc/kmsg
>     file descriptor.  For example the kernel syslog reader can now drop
>     privileges after opening /proc/kmsg, instead of staying privileged with
>     CAP_SYS_ADMIN.  MAC systems that implement security_syslog have unchanged
>     behavior.
> 
>     Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <kees.cook at canonical.com>
>     Acked-by: Serge Hallyn <serue at us.ibm.com>
>     Acked-by: John Johansen <john.johansen at canonical.com>
>     Signed-off-by: James Morris <jmorris at namei.org>
> 
> https://bugzilla.openvz.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2693
> Signed-off-by:	Vasily Averin <vvs at openvz.org>
> ---
>  fs/proc/kmsg.c             | 14 +++++++-------
>  include/linux/security.h   | 11 ++++++-----
>  include/linux/syslog.h     | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  kernel/printk.c            |  7 ++++---
>  security/commoncap.c       |  7 ++++++-
>  security/security.c        |  4 ++--
>  security/selinux/hooks.c   |  5 +++--
>  security/smack/smack_lsm.c |  4 ++--
>  8 files changed, 59 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)
>  create mode 100644 include/linux/syslog.h
> 
> diff --git a/fs/proc/kmsg.c b/fs/proc/kmsg.c
> index 618f8e1..c0dc5b0 100644
> --- a/fs/proc/kmsg.c
> +++ b/fs/proc/kmsg.c
> @@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
>  #include <linux/poll.h>
>  #include <linux/proc_fs.h>
>  #include <linux/fs.h>
> +#include <linux/syslog.h>
>  #include <linux/veprintk.h>
>  #include <linux/sched.h>
>  #include <linux/module.h>
> @@ -22,31 +23,30 @@
>  
>  extern wait_queue_head_t log_wait;
>  
> -extern int do_syslog(int type, char __user *bug, int count);
> -
>  static int kmsg_open(struct inode * inode, struct file * file)
>  {
> -	return do_syslog(1,NULL,0);
> +	return do_syslog(1, NULL, 0, SYSLOG_FROM_FILE);
>  }
>  
>  static int kmsg_release(struct inode * inode, struct file * file)
>  {
> -	(void) do_syslog(0,NULL,0);
> +	(void) do_syslog(0, NULL, 0, SYSLOG_FROM_FILE);
>  	return 0;
>  }
>  
>  static ssize_t kmsg_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf,
>  			 size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
>  {
> -	if ((file->f_flags & O_NONBLOCK) && !do_syslog(9, NULL, 0))
> +	if ((file->f_flags & O_NONBLOCK) &&
> +	    !do_syslog(9, NULL, 0, SYSLOG_FROM_FILE))
>  		return -EAGAIN;
> -	return do_syslog(2, buf, count);
> +	return do_syslog(2, buf, count, SYSLOG_FROM_FILE);
>  }
>  
>  static unsigned int kmsg_poll(struct file *file, poll_table *wait)
>  {
>  	poll_wait(file, &ve_log_wait, wait);
> -	if (do_syslog(9, NULL, 0))
> +	if (do_syslog(9, NULL, 0, SYSLOG_FROM_FILE))
>  		return POLLIN | POLLRDNORM;
>  	return 0;
>  }
> diff --git a/include/linux/security.h b/include/linux/security.h
> index f4bb630..91c2dcb 100644
> --- a/include/linux/security.h
> +++ b/include/linux/security.h
> @@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ extern int cap_task_prctl(int option, unsigned long arg2, unsigned long arg3,
>  extern int cap_task_setscheduler(struct task_struct *p, int policy, struct sched_param *lp);
>  extern int cap_task_setioprio(struct task_struct *p, int ioprio);
>  extern int cap_task_setnice(struct task_struct *p, int nice);
> -extern int cap_syslog(int type);
> +extern int cap_syslog(int type, bool from_file);
>  extern int cap_vm_enough_memory(struct mm_struct *mm, long pages);
>  
>  struct msghdr;
> @@ -1348,6 +1348,7 @@ static inline void security_free_mnt_opts(struct security_mnt_opts *opts)
>   *	logging to the console.
>   *	See the syslog(2) manual page for an explanation of the @type values.
>   *	@type contains the type of action.
> + *	@from_file indicates the context of action (if it came from /proc).
>   *	Return 0 if permission is granted.
>   * @settime:
>   *	Check permission to change the system time.
> @@ -1462,7 +1463,7 @@ struct security_operations {
>  	int (*sysctl) (struct ctl_table *table, int op);
>  	int (*quotactl) (int cmds, int type, int id, struct super_block *sb);
>  	int (*quota_on) (struct dentry *dentry);
> -	int (*syslog) (int type);
> +	int (*syslog) (int type, bool from_file);
>  	int (*settime) (const struct timespec *ts, const struct timezone *tz);
>  	int (*vm_enough_memory) (struct mm_struct *mm, long pages);
>  
> @@ -1761,7 +1762,7 @@ int security_acct(struct file *file);
>  int security_sysctl(struct ctl_table *table, int op);
>  int security_quotactl(int cmds, int type, int id, struct super_block *sb);
>  int security_quota_on(struct dentry *dentry);
> -int security_syslog(int type);
> +int security_syslog(int type, bool from_file);
>  int security_settime(const struct timespec *ts, const struct timezone *tz);
>  int security_vm_enough_memory(long pages);
>  int security_vm_enough_memory_mm(struct mm_struct *mm, long pages);
> @@ -2011,9 +2012,9 @@ static inline int security_quota_on(struct dentry *dentry)
>  	return 0;
>  }
>  
> -static inline int security_syslog(int type)
> +static inline int security_syslog(int type, bool from_file)
>  {
> -	return cap_syslog(type);
> +	return cap_syslog(type, from_file);
>  }
>  
>  static inline int security_settime(const struct timespec *ts,
> diff --git a/include/linux/syslog.h b/include/linux/syslog.h
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000..5f02b18
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/include/linux/syslog.h
> @@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
> +/*  Syslog internals
> + *
> + *  Copyright 2010 Canonical, Ltd.
> + *  Author: Kees Cook <kees.cook at canonical.com>
> + *
> + *  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
> + *  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
> + *  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
> + *  any later version.
> + *
> + *  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
> + *  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
> + *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
> + *  GNU General Public License for more details.
> + *
> + *  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
> + *  along with this program; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to
> + *  the Free Software Foundation, 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
> + */
> +
> +#ifndef _LINUX_SYSLOG_H
> +#define _LINUX_SYSLOG_H
> +
> +#define SYSLOG_FROM_CALL 0
> +#define SYSLOG_FROM_FILE 1
> +
> +int do_syslog(int type, char __user *buf, int count, bool from_file);
> +
> +#endif /* _LINUX_SYSLOG_H */
> diff --git a/kernel/printk.c b/kernel/printk.c
> index b1409e1..1240ba5 100644
> --- a/kernel/printk.c
> +++ b/kernel/printk.c
> @@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
>  #include <linux/syscalls.h>
>  #include <linux/kexec.h>
>  #include <linux/kmsg_dump.h>
> +#include <linux/syslog.h>
>  #include <linux/veprintk.h>
>  
>  #include <asm/uaccess.h>
> @@ -324,7 +325,7 @@ int dmesg_restrict;
>   *	9 -- Return number of unread characters in the log buffer
>   *     10 -- Return size of the log buffer
>   */
> -int do_syslog(int type, char __user *buf, int len)
> +int do_syslog(int type, char __user *buf, int len, bool from_file)
>  {
>  	unsigned i, j, limit, count;
>  	int do_clear = 0;
> @@ -334,7 +335,7 @@ int do_syslog(int type, char __user *buf, int len)
>  	if (!ve_is_super(get_exec_env()) && (type == 6 || type == 7))
>  		goto out;
>  
> -	error = security_syslog(type);
> +	error = security_syslog(type, from_file);
>  	if (error)
>  		return error;
>  
> @@ -476,7 +477,7 @@ out:
>  
>  SYSCALL_DEFINE3(syslog, int, type, char __user *, buf, int, len)
>  {
> -	return do_syslog(type, buf, len);
> +	return do_syslog(type, buf, len, SYSLOG_FROM_CALL);
>  }
>  
>  /*
> diff --git a/security/commoncap.c b/security/commoncap.c
> index 2f1885f..0cf98e7 100644
> --- a/security/commoncap.c
> +++ b/security/commoncap.c
> @@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
>  #include <linux/sched.h>
>  #include <linux/prctl.h>
>  #include <linux/securebits.h>
> +#include <linux/syslog.h>
>  #include <linux/personality.h>
>  
>  /*
> @@ -1049,16 +1050,20 @@ error:
>  /**
>   * cap_syslog - Determine whether syslog function is permitted
>   * @type: Function requested
> + * @from_file: Whether this request came from an open file (i.e. /proc)
>   *
>   * Determine whether the current process is permitted to use a particular
>   * syslog function, returning 0 if permission is granted, -ve if not.
>   */
> -int cap_syslog(int type)
> +int cap_syslog(int type, bool from_file)
>  {
>  	if (dmesg_restrict && !capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN) &&
>  		 ve_is_super(get_exec_env()))
>  			return -EPERM;
>  
> +	/* /proc/kmsg can open be opened by CAP_SYS_ADMIN */
> +	if (type != 1 && from_file)
> +		return 0;
>  	if ((type != 3 && type != 10) &&
>  		!capable(CAP_VE_SYS_ADMIN) && !capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
>  			return -EPERM;
> diff --git a/security/security.c b/security/security.c
> index 2e3c9d7..3e841e9 100644
> --- a/security/security.c
> +++ b/security/security.c
> @@ -199,9 +199,9 @@ int security_quota_on(struct dentry *dentry)
>  	return security_ops->quota_on(dentry);
>  }
>  
> -int security_syslog(int type)
> +int security_syslog(int type, bool from_file)
>  {
> -	return security_ops->syslog(type);
> +	return security_ops->syslog(type, from_file);
>  }
>  
>  int security_settime(const struct timespec *ts, const struct timezone *tz)
> diff --git a/security/selinux/hooks.c b/security/selinux/hooks.c
> index 4aa0167..ae12000 100644
> --- a/security/selinux/hooks.c
> +++ b/security/selinux/hooks.c
> @@ -77,6 +77,7 @@
>  #include <linux/selinux.h>
>  #include <linux/mutex.h>
>  #include <linux/posix-timers.h>
> +#include <linux/syslog.h>
>  
>  #include "avc.h"
>  #include "objsec.h"
> @@ -2089,11 +2090,11 @@ static int selinux_quota_on(struct dentry *dentry)
>  	return dentry_has_perm(cred, NULL, dentry, FILE__QUOTAON);
>  }
>  
> -static int selinux_syslog(int type)
> +static int selinux_syslog(int type, bool from_file)
>  {
>  	int rc;
>  
> -	rc = cap_syslog(type);
> +	rc = cap_syslog(type, from_file);
>  	if (rc)
>  		return rc;
>  
> diff --git a/security/smack/smack_lsm.c b/security/smack/smack_lsm.c
> index c33b6bb..09c4912 100644
> --- a/security/smack/smack_lsm.c
> +++ b/security/smack/smack_lsm.c
> @@ -157,12 +157,12 @@ static int smack_ptrace_traceme(struct task_struct *ptp)
>   *
>   * Returns 0 on success, error code otherwise.
>   */
> -static int smack_syslog(int type)
> +static int smack_syslog(int type, bool from_file)
>  {
>  	int rc;
>  	char *sp = current_security();
>  
> -	rc = cap_syslog(type);
> +	rc = cap_syslog(type, from_file);
>  	if (rc != 0)
>  		return rc;
>  





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