[PATCH] proc: Check /proc/$pid/attr/ writes against file opener

[Kees Cook]

Fix another "confused deputy" weakness[1]. Writes to /proc/$pid/attr/
files need to check the opener credentials, since these fds do not
transition state across execve(). Without this, it is possible to
trick another process (which may have different credentials) to write
to its own /proc/$pid/attr/ files, leading to unexpected and possibly
exploitable behaviors.

[1] https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/security/credentials.html?highlight=confused#open-file-credentials

Fixes: 1da177e4c3f41 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2")
Cc: stable at vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook at chromium.org>
---
 fs/proc/base.c | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/fs/proc/base.c b/fs/proc/base.c
index 3851bfcdba56..58bbf334265b 100644
--- a/fs/proc/base.c
+++ b/fs/proc/base.c
@@ -2703,6 +2703,10 @@ static ssize_t proc_pid_attr_write(struct file * file, const char __user * buf,
 	void *page;
 	int rv;
 
+	/* A task may only write when it was the opener. */
+	if (file->f_cred != current_real_cred())
+		return -EPERM;
+
 	rcu_read_lock();
 	task = pid_task(proc_pid(inode), PIDTYPE_PID);
 	if (!task) {
-- 
2.25.1