CVE-2022-30594 (published 2022-05-12T05:15Z)

The Linux kernel before 5.17.2 mishandles seccomp permissions. The PTRACE_SEIZE code path allows attackers to bypass intended restrictions on setting the PT_SUSPEND_SECCOMP flag.

Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS v2 base score: 4.4 (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
CVSS v3 base score: 7.8, HIGH (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Weakness information:
cwe_id: CWE-862
cwe_name: Missing Authorization
description: The product does not perform an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action.
extended_description: 
            Assuming a user with a given identity, authorization is the process of determining whether that user can access a given resource, based on the user's privileges and any permissions or other access-control specifications that apply to the resource.
            When access control checks are not applied, users are able to access data or perform actions that they should not be allowed to perform. This can lead to a wide range of problems, including information exposures, denial of service, and arbitrary code execution.
         
         

Fix information:
repo_url: https://github.com/torvalds/linux
commit_details: repo_url: https://github.com/torvalds/linux
author: Jann Horn
author_date: 2022-03-19 02:08:37+01:00
msg: ptrace: Check PTRACE_O_SUSPEND_SECCOMP permission on PTRACE_SEIZE

Setting PTRACE_O_SUSPEND_SECCOMP is supposed to be a highly privileged
operation because it allows the tracee to completely bypass all seccomp
filters on kernels with CONFIG_CHECKPOINT_RESTORE=y. It is only supposed to
be settable by a process with global CAP_SYS_ADMIN, and only if that
process is not subject to any seccomp filters at all.

However, while these permission checks were done on the PTRACE_SETOPTIONS
path, they were missing on the PTRACE_SEIZE path, which also sets
user-specified ptrace flags.

Move the permissions checks out into a helper function and let both
ptrace_attach() and ptrace_setoptions() call it.

Cc: stable@kernel.org
Fixes: 13c4a90119d2 ("seccomp: add ptrace options for suspend/resume")
Signed-off-by: Jann Horn <jannh@google.com>
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20220319010838.1386861-1-jannh@google.com
Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com>
repository: repo_url: https://github.com/torvalds/linux
repo_name: torvalds/linux
description: Linux kernel source tree
repo_language: C
owner: torvalds
file_changes: filename: ptrace.c
change_type: ModificationType.MODIFY
diff: @@ -371,6 +371,26 @@ bool ptrace_may_access(struct task_struct *task, unsigned int mode)
 	return !err;
 }
 
+static int check_ptrace_options(unsigned long data)
+{
+	if (data & ~(unsigned long)PTRACE_O_MASK)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	if (unlikely(data & PTRACE_O_SUSPEND_SECCOMP)) {
+		if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_CHECKPOINT_RESTORE) ||
+		    !IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_SECCOMP))
+			return -EINVAL;
+
+		if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
+			return -EPERM;
+
+		if (seccomp_mode(&current->seccomp) != SECCOMP_MODE_DISABLED ||
+		    current->ptrace & PT_SUSPEND_SECCOMP)
+			return -EPERM;
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static int ptrace_attach(struct task_struct *task, long request,
 			 unsigned long addr,
 			 unsigned long flags)
@@ -382,8 +402,16 @@ static int ptrace_attach(struct task_struct *task, long request,
 	if (seize) {
 		if (addr != 0)
 			goto out;
+		/*
+		 * This duplicates the check in check_ptrace_options() because
+		 * ptrace_attach() and ptrace_setoptions() have historically
+		 * used different error codes for unknown ptrace options.
+		 */
 		if (flags & ~(unsigned long)PTRACE_O_MASK)
 			goto out;
+		retval = check_ptrace_options(flags);
+		if (retval)
+			return retval;
 		flags = PT_PTRACED | PT_SEIZED | (flags << PT_OPT_FLAG_SHIFT);
 	} else {
 		flags = PT_PTRACED;
@@ -654,22 +682,11 @@ int ptrace_writedata(struct task_struct *tsk, char __user *src, unsigned long ds
 static int ptrace_setoptions(struct task_struct *child, unsigned long data)
 {
 	unsigned flags;
+	int ret;
 
-	if (data & ~(unsigned long)PTRACE_O_MASK)
-		return -EINVAL;
-
-	if (unlikely(data & PTRACE_O_SUSPEND_SECCOMP)) {
-		if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_CHECKPOINT_RESTORE) ||
-		    !IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_SECCOMP))
-			return -EINVAL;
-
-		if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
-			return -EPERM;
-
-		if (seccomp_mode(&current->seccomp) != SECCOMP_MODE_DISABLED ||
-		    current->ptrace & PT_SUSPEND_SECCOMP)
-			return -EPERM;
-	}
+	ret = check_ptrace_options(data);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
 
 	/* Avoid intermediate state when all opts are cleared */
 	flags = child->ptrace;

programming_language: C