ptrace: slightly saner get_dumpable() logic

Backport of upstream commit 31e62c2ebbfd ("ptrace: slightly saner
'get_dumpable()' logic") posted by Linus Torvalds in response to a
Qualys Security Advisory. ptrace_may_access() no longer trusts an
absent mm as 'dumpable enough'; mm-less targets (kernel threads,
exited tasks) now require CAP_SYS_PTRACE. A new user_dumpable bit
in task_struct caches the last user-dumpable state of a task whose
mm has been torn down in exit_mm().

Applies to AlmaLinux 10s as-is (offset-only adjusted for the 227
source base, no fuzz).
This commit is contained in:
Andrew Lukoshko 2026-05-15 08:39:11 +00:00 committed by Andrew Lukoshko
parent 2a655dcde0
commit 55ac995a97
2 changed files with 111 additions and 0 deletions

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From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Subject: [PATCH AlmaLinux 10s] ptrace: slightly saner 'get_dumpable()' logic
Backport of upstream commit 31e62c2ebbfd ("ptrace: slightly saner
'get_dumpable()' logic") posted at
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/31e62c2ebbfdc3fe3dbdf5e02c92a9dc67087a3a
The 'dumpability' of a task is fundamentally about the memory image of
the task -- the concept comes from whether it can core dump or not --
and makes no sense when you don't have an associated mm.
And almost all users do in fact use it only for the case where the
task has a mm pointer.
But we have one odd special case: ptrace_may_access() uses 'dumpable'
to check various other things entirely independently of the MM
(typically explicitly using flags like PTRACE_MODE_READ_FSCREDS).
Including for threads that no longer have a VM (and maybe never did,
like most kernel threads).
The ptrace code does check that the uid/gid matches, so you do have
to be uid-0 to see kernel thread details, but this means that the
traditional "drop capabilities" model doesn't make any difference
for this all.
Make it all make a bit more sense by saying that if you don't have a
MM pointer, we use a cached "last dumpability" flag if the thread
ever had a MM (it will be zero for kernel threads since it is never
set), and require a proper CAP_SYS_PTRACE capability to override.
Verified to apply with `patch -p1 -F0` (no offset, no fuzz, no rejects)
against kernel-6.12.0-227.el10.
Reported-by: Qualys Security Advisory <qsa@qualys.com>
Cc: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
Cc: Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
---
include/linux/sched.h | 3 +++
kernel/exit.c | 1 +
kernel/ptrace.c | 22 ++++++++++++++++------
3 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
--- a/include/linux/sched.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -1005,6 +1005,9 @@ struct task_struct {
unsigned sched_rt_mutex:1;
#endif
+ /* Save user-dumpable when mm goes away */
+ unsigned user_dumpable:1;
+
/* Bit to tell TOMOYO we're in execve(): */
unsigned in_execve:1;
unsigned in_iowait:1;
--- a/kernel/exit.c
+++ b/kernel/exit.c
@@ -563,6 +563,7 @@ static void exit_mm(void)
*/
smp_mb__after_spinlock();
local_irq_disable();
+ current->user_dumpable = (get_dumpable(mm) == SUID_DUMP_USER);
current->mm = NULL;
membarrier_update_current_mm(NULL);
enter_lazy_tlb(mm, current);
--- a/kernel/ptrace.c
+++ b/kernel/ptrace.c
@@ -272,11 +272,24 @@ static bool ptrace_has_cap(struct user_namespace *ns, unsigned int mode)
return ns_capable(ns, CAP_SYS_PTRACE);
}
+static bool task_still_dumpable(struct task_struct *task, unsigned int mode)
+{
+ struct mm_struct *mm = task->mm;
+ if (mm) {
+ if (get_dumpable(mm) == SUID_DUMP_USER)
+ return true;
+ return ptrace_has_cap(mm->user_ns, mode);
+ }
+
+ if (task->user_dumpable)
+ return true;
+ return ptrace_has_cap(&init_user_ns, mode);
+}
+
/* Returns 0 on success, -errno on denial. */
static int __ptrace_may_access(struct task_struct *task, unsigned int mode)
{
const struct cred *cred = current_cred(), *tcred;
- struct mm_struct *mm;
kuid_t caller_uid;
kgid_t caller_gid;
@@ -337,11 +350,8 @@ static int __ptrace_may_access(struct task_struct *task, unsigned int mode)
* Pairs with a write barrier in commit_creds().
*/
smp_rmb();
- mm = task->mm;
- if (mm &&
- ((get_dumpable(mm) != SUID_DUMP_USER) &&
- !ptrace_has_cap(mm->user_ns, mode)))
- return -EPERM;
+ if (!task_still_dumpable(task, mode))
+ return -EPERM;
return security_ptrace_access_check(task, mode);
}
--
2.43.0

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@ -1146,6 +1146,7 @@ Patch2010: 0001-Keep-fs-btrfs-files-in-modules-package.patch
Patch1100: 1100-xfrm-esp-avoid-in-place-decrypt-shared-skb-frags.patch
Patch1101: 1101-rxrpc-linearize-paged-frags.patch
Patch1102: 1102-net-skbuff-propagate-shared-frag-marker.patch
Patch1103: 1103-ptrace-saner-get_dumpable-logic.patch
# END OF PATCH DEFINITIONS
@ -2044,6 +2045,7 @@ ApplyPatch 0001-Keep-fs-btrfs-files-in-modules-package.patch
ApplyPatch 1100-xfrm-esp-avoid-in-place-decrypt-shared-skb-frags.patch
ApplyPatch 1101-rxrpc-linearize-paged-frags.patch
ApplyPatch 1102-net-skbuff-propagate-shared-frag-marker.patch
ApplyPatch 1103-ptrace-saner-get_dumpable-logic.patch
%{log_msg "End of patch applications"}
# END OF PATCH APPLICATIONS