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Hallyn" To: Christian Brauner Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-api@vger.kernel.org, luto@kernel.org, arnd@arndb.de, ebiederm@xmission.com, serge@hallyn.com, keescook@chromium.org, jannh@google.com, akpm@linux-foundation.org, oleg@redhat.com, cyphar@cyphar.com, viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, dancol@google.com, timmurray@google.com, fweimer@redhat.com, tglx@linutronix.de, x86@kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 1/1] signal: add pidfd_send_signal() syscall Message-ID: <20181213222300.GA9648@mail.hallyn.com> References: <20181208054059.19813-1-christian@brauner.io> <20181208054059.19813-2-christian@brauner.io> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20181208054059.19813-2-christian@brauner.io> User-Agent: Mutt/1.9.4 (2018-02-28) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sat, Dec 08, 2018 at 06:40:59AM +0100, Christian Brauner wrote: > The kill() syscall operates on process identifiers (pid). After a process > has exited its pid can be reused by another process. If a caller sends a > signal to a reused pid it will end up signaling the wrong process. This > issue has often surfaced and there has been a push to address this problem [1]. > > This patch uses file descriptors (fd) from proc/ as stable handles on > struct pid. Even if a pid is recycled the handle will not change. The fd > can be used to send signals to the process it refers to. > Thus, the new syscall pidfd_send_signal() is introduced to solve this > problem. Instead of pids it operates on process fds (pidfd). > > /* prototype and argument /* > long pidfd_send_signal(int pidfd, int sig, siginfo_t *info, unsigned int flags); > > In addition to the pidfd and signal argument it takes an additional > siginfo_t and flags argument. If the siginfo_t argument is NULL then > pidfd_send_signal() is equivalent to kill(, ). If it > is not NULL pidfd_send_signal() is equivalent to rt_sigqueueinfo(). > The flags argument is added to allow for future extensions of this syscall. > It currently needs to be passed as 0. Failing to do so will cause EINVAL. > > /* pidfd_send_signal() replaces multiple pid-based syscalls */ > The pidfd_send_signal() syscall currently takes on the job of > rt_sigqueueinfo(2) and parts of the functionality of kill(2), Namely, when a > positive pid is passed to kill(2). It will however be possible to also > replace tgkill(2) and rt_tgsigqueueinfo(2) if this syscall is extended. > > /* sending signals to threads (tid) and process groups (pgid) */ > Specifically, the pidfd_send_signal() syscall does currently not operate on > process groups or threads. This is left for future extensions. > In order to extend the syscall to allow sending signal to threads and > process groups appropriately named flags (e.g. PIDFD_TYPE_PGID, and > PIDFD_TYPE_TID) should be added. This implies that the flags argument will > determine what is signaled and not the file descriptor itself. Put in other > words, grouping in this api is a property of the flags argument not a > property of the file descriptor (cf. [13]). > When appropriate extensions through the flags argument are added then > pidfd_send_signal() can additionally replace the part of kill(2) which > operates on process groups as well as the tgkill(2) and > rt_tgsigqueueinfo(2) syscalls. > How such an extension could be implemented has been very roughly sketched > in [14], [15], and [16]. However, this should not be taken as a commitment > to a particular implementation. There might be better ways to do it. > Right now this is intentionally left out to keep this patchset as simple as > possible (cf. [4]). For example, if a pidfd for a tid from > /proc//task/ is passed EOPNOTSUPP will be returned to give > userspace a way to detect when I add support for signaling to threads (cf. [10]). > > /* naming */ > The syscall had various names throughout iterations of this patchset: > - procfd_signal() > - procfd_send_signal() > - taskfd_send_signal() > In the last round of reviews it was pointed out that given that if the > flags argument decides the scope of the signal instead of different types > of fds it might make sense to either settle for "procfd_" or "pidfd_" as > prefix. The community was willing to accept either (cf. [17] and [18]). > Given that one developer expressed strong preference for the "pidfd_" > prefix (cf. [13] and with other developers less opinionated about the name > we should settle for "pidfd_" to avoid further bikeshedding. > > The "_send_signal" suffix was chosen to reflect the fact that the syscall > takes on the job of multiple syscalls. It is therefore intentional that the > name is not reminiscent of neither kill(2) nor rt_sigqueueinfo(2). Not the > fomer because it might imply that pidfd_send_signal() is a replacement for > kill(2), and not the latter because it is a hassle to remember the correct > spelling - especially for non-native speakers - and because it is not > descriptive enough of what the syscall actually does. The name > "pidfd_send_signal" makes it very clear that its job is to send signals. > > /* O_PATH file descriptors */ > pidfds opened as O_PATH fds cannot be used to send signals to a process > (cf. [2]). Signaling processes through pidfds is the equivalent of writing > to a file. Thus, this is not an operation that operates "purely at the file > descriptor level" as required by the open(2) manpage. > > /* zombies */ > Zombies can be signaled just as any other process. No special error will be > reported since a zombie state is an unreliable state (cf. [3]). However, > this can be added as an extension through the @flags argument if the need > ever arises. > > /* cross-namespace signals */ > The patch currently enforces that the signaler and signalee either are in > the same pid namespace or that the signaler's pid namespace is an ancestor > of the signalee's pid namespace. This is done for the sake of simplicity > and because it is unclear to what values certain members of struct > siginfo_t would need to be set to (cf. [5], [6]). > > /* compat syscalls */ > It became clear that we would like to avoid adding compat syscalls > (cf. [7]). The compat syscall handling is now done in kernel/signal.c > itself by adding __copy_siginfo_from_user_generic() which lets us avoid > compat syscalls (cf. [8]). It should be noted that the addition of > __copy_siginfo_from_user_any() is caused by a bug in the original > implementation of rt_sigqueueinfo(2) (cf. 12). > With upcoming rework for syscall handling things might improve > significantly (cf. [11]) and __copy_siginfo_from_user_any() will not gain > any additional callers. > > /* testing */ > This patch was tested on x64 and x86. > > /* userspace usage */ > An asciinema recording for the basic functionality can be found under [9]. > With this patch a process can be killed via: > > #define _GNU_SOURCE > #include > #include > #include > #include > #include > #include > #include > #include > #include > #include > > static inline int do_pidfd_send_signal(int pidfd, int sig, siginfo_t *info, > unsigned int flags) > { > #ifdef __NR_pidfd_send_signal > return syscall(__NR_pidfd_send_signal, pidfd, sig, info, flags); > #else > return -ENOSYS; > #endif > } > > int main(int argc, char *argv[]) > { > int fd, ret, saved_errno, sig; > > if (argc < 3) > exit(EXIT_FAILURE); > > fd = open(argv[1], O_DIRECTORY | O_CLOEXEC); > if (fd < 0) { > printf("%s - Failed to open \"%s\"\n", strerror(errno), argv[1]); > exit(EXIT_FAILURE); > } > > sig = atoi(argv[2]); > > printf("Sending signal %d to process %s\n", sig, argv[1]); > ret = do_pidfd_send_signal(fd, sig, NULL, 0); > > saved_errno = errno; > close(fd); > errno = saved_errno; > > if (ret < 0) { > printf("%s - Failed to send signal %d to process %s\n", > strerror(errno), sig, argv[1]); > exit(EXIT_FAILURE); > } > > exit(EXIT_SUCCESS); > } > > [1]: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20181029221037.87724-1-dancol@google.com/ > [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/IQjuCHew6bnq1cr78yuMv16cy > [10]: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20181203180224.fkvw4kajtbvru2ku@brauner.io/ > [11]: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/F53D6D38-3521-4C20-9034-5AF447DF62FF@amacapital.net/ > [12]: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/87zhtjn8ck.fsf@xmission.com/ > [13]: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/871s6u9z6u.fsf@xmission.com/ > [14]: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20181206231742.xxi4ghn24z4h2qki@brauner.io/ > [15]: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20181207003124.GA11160@mail.hallyn.com/ > [16]: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20181207015423.4miorx43l3qhppfz@brauner.io/ > [17]: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CAGXu5jL8PciZAXvOvCeCU3wKUEB_dU-O3q0tDw4uB_ojMvDEew@mail.gmail.com/ > [18]: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20181206222746.GB9224@mail.hallyn.com/ > > Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" Hi Eric, have you had a chance to look at the latest version? -serge > Cc: Jann Horn > Cc: Andy Lutomirsky > Cc: Andrew Morton > Cc: Oleg Nesterov > Cc: Al Viro > Cc: Florian Weimer > Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner > Reviewed-by: Kees Cook > Acked-by: Arnd Bergmann > Acked-by: Serge Hallyn > Acked-by: Aleksa Sarai > --- > Changelog: > v5: > - s/may_signal_taskfd/access_taskfd_pidns/g > - make it clear that process grouping is a property of the @flags argument > Eric has argued that he would like to know when we add thread and process > group signal support whether grouping will be a property of the file > descriptor or the flag argument and he would oppose this until a > commitment has been made. It seems that the cleanest strategy is to make > grouping a property of the @flags argument. > He also argued that in this case the prefix of the syscall should be > "pidfd_" (cf. https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/871s6u9z6u.fsf@xmission.com/). > - use "pidfd_" as prefix for the syscall since grouping will be a property > of the @flags argument > - substantial rewrite of the commit message to reflect the discussion > v4: > - updated asciinema to use "taskfd_" prefix > - s/procfd_send_signal/taskfd_send_signal/g > - s/proc_is_tgid_procfd/tgid_taskfd_to_pid/b > - s/proc_is_tid_procfd/tid_taskfd_to_pid/b > - s/__copy_siginfo_from_user_generic/__copy_siginfo_from_user_any/g > - make it clear that __copy_siginfo_from_user_any() is a workaround caused > by a bug in the original implementation of rt_sigqueueinfo() > - when spoofing signals turn them into regular kill signals if si_code is > set to SI_USER > - make proc_is_t{g}id_procfd() return struct pid to allow proc_pid() to > stay private to fs/proc/ > v3: > - add __copy_siginfo_from_user_generic() to avoid adding compat syscalls > - s/procfd_signal/procfd_send_signal/g > - change type of flags argument from int to unsigned int > - add comment about what happens to zombies > - add proc_is_tid_procfd() > - return EOPNOTSUPP when /proc//task/ fd is passed so userspace > has a way of knowing that tidfds are not supported currently. > v2: > - define __NR_procfd_signal in unistd.h > - wire up compat syscall > - s/proc_is_procfd/proc_is_tgid_procfd/g > - provide stubs when CONFIG_PROC_FS=n > - move proc_pid() to linux/proc_fs.h header > - use proc_pid() to grab struct pid from /proc/ fd > v1: > - patch introduced > --- > arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_32.tbl | 1 + > arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_64.tbl | 1 + > fs/proc/base.c | 20 +++- > include/linux/proc_fs.h | 12 +++ > include/linux/syscalls.h | 3 + > include/uapi/asm-generic/unistd.h | 4 +- > kernel/signal.c | 141 +++++++++++++++++++++++-- > 7 files changed, 173 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_32.tbl b/arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_32.tbl > index 3cf7b533b3d1..6804c1e84b36 100644 > --- a/arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_32.tbl > +++ b/arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_32.tbl > @@ -398,3 +398,4 @@ > 384 i386 arch_prctl sys_arch_prctl __ia32_compat_sys_arch_prctl > 385 i386 io_pgetevents sys_io_pgetevents __ia32_compat_sys_io_pgetevents > 386 i386 rseq sys_rseq __ia32_sys_rseq > +387 i386 pidfd_send_signal sys_pidfd_send_signal __ia32_sys_pidfd_send_signal > diff --git a/arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_64.tbl b/arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_64.tbl > index f0b1709a5ffb..aa4b858fa0f1 100644 > --- a/arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_64.tbl > +++ b/arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_64.tbl > @@ -343,6 +343,7 @@ > 332 common statx __x64_sys_statx > 333 common io_pgetevents __x64_sys_io_pgetevents > 334 common rseq __x64_sys_rseq > +335 common pidfd_send_signal __x64_sys_pidfd_send_signal > > # > # x32-specific system call numbers start at 512 to avoid cache impact > diff --git a/fs/proc/base.c b/fs/proc/base.c > index ce3465479447..bf680b7b603a 100644 > --- a/fs/proc/base.c > +++ b/fs/proc/base.c > @@ -716,8 +716,6 @@ static int proc_pid_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask) > return generic_permission(inode, mask); > } > > - > - > static const struct inode_operations proc_def_inode_operations = { > .setattr = proc_setattr, > }; > @@ -3038,6 +3036,15 @@ static const struct file_operations proc_tgid_base_operations = { > .llseek = generic_file_llseek, > }; > > +struct pid *tgid_pidfd_to_pid(const struct file *file) > +{ > + if (!d_is_dir(file->f_path.dentry) || > + (file->f_op != &proc_tgid_base_operations)) > + return ERR_PTR(-EBADF); > + > + return proc_pid(file_inode(file)); > +} > + > static struct dentry *proc_tgid_base_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, unsigned int flags) > { > return proc_pident_lookup(dir, dentry, > @@ -3422,6 +3429,15 @@ static const struct file_operations proc_tid_base_operations = { > .llseek = generic_file_llseek, > }; > > +struct pid *tid_pidfd_to_pid(const struct file *file) > +{ > + if (!d_is_dir(file->f_path.dentry) || > + (file->f_op != &proc_tid_base_operations)) > + return ERR_PTR(-EBADF); > + > + return proc_pid(file_inode(file)); > +} > + > static const struct inode_operations proc_tid_base_inode_operations = { > .lookup = proc_tid_base_lookup, > .getattr = pid_getattr, > diff --git a/include/linux/proc_fs.h b/include/linux/proc_fs.h > index d0e1f1522a78..eb150e5c0ab8 100644 > --- a/include/linux/proc_fs.h > +++ b/include/linux/proc_fs.h > @@ -73,6 +73,8 @@ struct proc_dir_entry *proc_create_net_single_write(const char *name, umode_t mo > int (*show)(struct seq_file *, void *), > proc_write_t write, > void *data); > +extern struct pid *tgid_pidfd_to_pid(const struct file *file); > +extern struct pid *tid_pidfd_to_pid(const struct file *file); > > #else /* CONFIG_PROC_FS */ > > @@ -114,6 +116,16 @@ static inline int remove_proc_subtree(const char *name, struct proc_dir_entry *p > #define proc_create_net(name, mode, parent, state_size, ops) ({NULL;}) > #define proc_create_net_single(name, mode, parent, show, data) ({NULL;}) > > +static inline struct pid *tgid_pidfd_to_pid(const struct file *file) > +{ > + return ERR_PTR(-EBADF); > +} > + > +static inline struct pid *tid_pidfd_to_pid(const struct file *file) > +{ > + return ERR_PTR(-EBADF); > +} > + > #endif /* CONFIG_PROC_FS */ > > struct net; > diff --git a/include/linux/syscalls.h b/include/linux/syscalls.h > index 2ac3d13a915b..fd85b9045a9f 100644 > --- a/include/linux/syscalls.h > +++ b/include/linux/syscalls.h > @@ -907,6 +907,9 @@ asmlinkage long sys_statx(int dfd, const char __user *path, unsigned flags, > unsigned mask, struct statx __user *buffer); > asmlinkage long sys_rseq(struct rseq __user *rseq, uint32_t rseq_len, > int flags, uint32_t sig); > +asmlinkage long sys_pidfd_send_signal(int pidfd, int sig, > + siginfo_t __user *info, > + unsigned int flags); > > /* > * Architecture-specific system calls > diff --git a/include/uapi/asm-generic/unistd.h b/include/uapi/asm-generic/unistd.h > index 538546edbfbd..0822abc5927a 100644 > --- a/include/uapi/asm-generic/unistd.h > +++ b/include/uapi/asm-generic/unistd.h > @@ -738,9 +738,11 @@ __SYSCALL(__NR_statx, sys_statx) > __SC_COMP(__NR_io_pgetevents, sys_io_pgetevents, compat_sys_io_pgetevents) > #define __NR_rseq 293 > __SYSCALL(__NR_rseq, sys_rseq) > +#define __NR_pidfd_send_signal 294 > +__SYSCALL(__NR_pidfd_send_signal, sys_pidfd_send_signal) > > #undef __NR_syscalls > -#define __NR_syscalls 294 > +#define __NR_syscalls 295 > > /* > * 32 bit systems traditionally used different > diff --git a/kernel/signal.c b/kernel/signal.c > index 9a32bc2088c9..3c83d3a5c7c5 100644 > --- a/kernel/signal.c > +++ b/kernel/signal.c > @@ -19,7 +19,9 @@ > #include > #include > #include > +#include > #include > +#include > #include > #include > #include > @@ -3286,6 +3288,16 @@ COMPAT_SYSCALL_DEFINE4(rt_sigtimedwait, compat_sigset_t __user *, uthese, > } > #endif > > +static inline void prepare_kill_siginfo(int sig, struct kernel_siginfo *info) > +{ > + clear_siginfo(info); > + info->si_signo = sig; > + info->si_errno = 0; > + info->si_code = SI_USER; > + info->si_pid = task_tgid_vnr(current); > + info->si_uid = from_kuid_munged(current_user_ns(), current_uid()); > +} > + > /** > * sys_kill - send a signal to a process > * @pid: the PID of the process > @@ -3295,16 +3307,133 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE2(kill, pid_t, pid, int, sig) > { > struct kernel_siginfo info; > > - clear_siginfo(&info); > - info.si_signo = sig; > - info.si_errno = 0; > - info.si_code = SI_USER; > - info.si_pid = task_tgid_vnr(current); > - info.si_uid = from_kuid_munged(current_user_ns(), current_uid()); > + prepare_kill_siginfo(sig, &info); > > return kill_something_info(sig, &info, pid); > } > > +/* > + * Verify that the signaler and signalee either are in the same pid namespace > + * or that the signaler's pid namespace is an ancestor of the signalee's pid > + * namespace. > + */ > +static bool access_pidfd_pidns(struct pid *pid) > +{ > + struct pid_namespace *active = task_active_pid_ns(current); > + struct pid_namespace *p = ns_of_pid(pid); > + > + for (;;) { > + if (!p) > + return false; > + if (p == active) > + break; > + p = p->parent; > + } > + > + return true; > +} > + > +static int copy_siginfo_from_user_any(kernel_siginfo_t *kinfo, siginfo_t *info) > +{ > +#ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT > + /* > + * Avoid hooking up compat syscalls and instead handle necessary > + * conversions here. Note, this is a stop-gap measure and should not be > + * considered a generic solution. > + */ > + if (in_compat_syscall()) > + return copy_siginfo_from_user32( > + kinfo, (struct compat_siginfo __user *)info); > +#endif > + return copy_siginfo_from_user(kinfo, info); > +} > + > +/** > + * sys_pidfd_send_signal - send a signal to a process through a task file > + * descriptor > + * @pidfd: the file descriptor of the process > + * @sig: signal to be sent > + * @info: the signal info > + * @flags: future flags to be passed > + * > + * The syscall currently only signals via PIDTYPE_PID which covers > + * kill(, . It does not signal threads or process > + * groups. > + * In order to extend the syscall to threads and process groups the @flags > + * argument should be used. In essence, the @flags argument will determine > + * what is signaled and not the file descriptor itself. Put in other words, > + * grouping is a property of the flags argument not a property of the file > + * descriptor. > + * > + * Return: 0 on success, negative errno on failure > + */ > +SYSCALL_DEFINE4(pidfd_send_signal, int, pidfd, int, sig, > + siginfo_t __user *, info, unsigned int, flags) > +{ > + int ret; > + struct fd f; > + struct pid *pid; > + kernel_siginfo_t kinfo; > + > + /* Enforce flags be set to 0 until we add an extension. */ > + if (flags) > + return -EINVAL; > + > + f = fdget_raw(pidfd); > + if (!f.file) > + return -EBADF; > + > + pid = tid_pidfd_to_pid(f.file); > + if (!IS_ERR(pid)) { > + /* > + * Give userspace a way to detect /proc//task/ > + * support when we add it. > + */ > + ret = -EOPNOTSUPP; > + goto err; > + } > + > + /* Is this a pidfd? */ > + pid = tgid_pidfd_to_pid(f.file); > + if (IS_ERR(pid)) { > + ret = PTR_ERR(pid); > + goto err; > + } > + > + ret = -EINVAL; > + if (!access_pidfd_pidns(pid)) > + goto err; > + > + if (info) { > + ret = copy_siginfo_from_user_any(&kinfo, info); > + if (unlikely(ret)) > + goto err; > + > + ret = -EINVAL; > + if (unlikely(sig != kinfo.si_signo)) > + goto err; > + > + if ((task_pid(current) != pid) && > + (kinfo.si_code >= 0 || kinfo.si_code == SI_TKILL)) { > + /* Only allow sending arbitrary signals to yourself. */ > + ret = -EPERM; > + if (kinfo.si_code != SI_USER) > + goto err; > + > + /* Turn this into a regular kill signal. */ > + prepare_kill_siginfo(sig, &kinfo); > + } > + } else { > + prepare_kill_siginfo(sig, &kinfo); > + } > + > + ret = kill_pid_info(sig, &kinfo, pid); > + > +err: > + fdput(f); > + return ret; > +} > + > static int > do_send_specific(pid_t tgid, pid_t pid, int sig, struct kernel_siginfo *info) > { > -- > 2.19.1