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From:   Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>
Date:   Thu, 19 Dec 2019 17:43:17 -0800
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 2/5] pid: Add PIDFD_IOCTL_GETFD to fetch file
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To:     Sargun Dhillon <sargun@sargun.me>
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On Wed, Dec 18, 2019 at 3:55 PM Sargun Dhillon <sargun@sargun.me> wrote:
>
> +
> +       if (!ptrace_may_access(task, PTRACE_MODE_READ_REALCREDS)) {
> +               file = ERR_PTR(-EPERM);
> +               goto out;
> +       }

I don't think this is MODE_READ.  By copying an fd from the task, you
can easily change its state.

IMO it would be really nice if pidfd could act more like a capability
here and carry a ptrace mode, for example.  But I guess it doesn't
right now.


--Andy