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Subject: Re: Review Request 126203: Disable ptrace for kcheckpass and the greeter
From: Martin_Gräßlin <mgraesslin () kde ! org>
Date: 2015-12-01 15:35:14
Message-ID: 20151201153514.29696.83481 () mimi ! kde ! org
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> On Dec. 1, 2015, 4:19 p.m., Raphael Kubo da Costa wrote:
> > Thanks for spending time making this portable.
> >
> > I'm unable to test this at the moment; if Tobias is around and able to submit a \
> > FreeBSD version it'd be good to integrate it into the same patch, otherwise we \
> > can just do that later.
> otherwise we can just do that later.
sure, we have lots of time for it as it's 5.6 material
- Martin
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On Dec. 1, 2015, 2:13 p.m., Martin Gräßlin wrote:
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> (Updated Dec. 1, 2015, 2:13 p.m.)
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>
> Review request for Plasma and Tobias Berner.
>
>
> Repository: kscreenlocker
>
>
> Description
> -------
>
> Setting the PR_SET_DUMPABLE flag to 0 for the security relevant
> command kcheckpass and kscreenlocker_greet. If one wants to gdb into
> the running command it will result in:
>
> ptrace: Operation not permitted.
>
> For kscreenlocker_greet ptrace is permitted in testing mode.
>
> As root it's still possible to attach to the process.
>
> ---
>
> @Tobias: I assume this is a strong linux-ism. Is there a FreeBSD compareable \
> functionality?
> I'm considering to push this explicitly without an ifdef. It's a new security \
> feature and I want to make non-Linux systems aware of the fact that it adds a new \
> feature and that a replacement should be added.
>
> Diffs
> -----
>
> CMakeLists.txt f48bd53cafc188f79e041518dae0769d57597c69
> config-kscreenlocker.h.cmake 2a034dee8ec21e426bc1db1d56b0ed152d3de2ca
> greeter/main.cpp e4e679e7ef40b319665428281fdba5f4e0b4eb25
> kcheckpass/kcheckpass.c fd2d2215bf2199f159a121bb0ce08e7b2b254aaa
>
> Diff: https://git.reviewboard.kde.org/r/126203/diff/
>
>
> Testing
> -------
>
> Tried to gdb into the processes: failed
> Tried to gdb into kscreenlocker_greet --testing: succeeded
> Tried to gdb into kscreenlocker_greet as root: succeeded
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Martin Gräßlin
>
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<blockquote style="margin-left: 1em; border-left: 2px solid #d0d0d0; padding-left: \
10px;"> <p style="margin-top: 0;">On December 1st, 2015, 4:19 p.m. CET, <b>Raphael \
Kubo da Costa</b> wrote:</p> <blockquote style="margin-left: 1em; border-left: 2px \
solid #d0d0d0; padding-left: 10px;"> <pre style="white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: \
-moz-pre-wrap; white-space: -pre-wrap; white-space: -o-pre-wrap; word-wrap: \
break-word;"><p style="padding: 0;text-rendering: inherit;margin: 0;line-height: \
inherit;white-space: inherit;">Thanks for spending time making this portable.</p> <p \
style="padding: 0;text-rendering: inherit;margin: 0;line-height: inherit;white-space: \
inherit;">I'm unable to test this at the moment; if Tobias is around and able to \
submit a FreeBSD version it'd be good to integrate it into the same patch, otherwise \
we can just do that later.</p></pre> </blockquote>
</blockquote>
<pre style="white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: -moz-pre-wrap; white-space: \
-pre-wrap; white-space: -o-pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;"><blockquote \
style="text-rendering: inherit;padding: 0 0 0 1em;border-left: 1px solid \
#bbb;white-space: normal;margin: 0 0 0 0.5em;line-height: inherit;"> <p \
style="padding: 0;text-rendering: inherit;margin: 0;line-height: inherit;white-space: \
inherit;">otherwise we can just do that later.</p> </blockquote>
<p style="padding: 0;text-rendering: inherit;margin: 0;line-height: \
inherit;white-space: inherit;">sure, we have lots of time for it as it's 5.6 \
material</p></pre> <br />
<p>- Martin</p>
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<div>Review request for Plasma and Tobias Berner.</div>
<div>By Martin Gräßlin.</div>
<p style="color: grey;"><i>Updated Dec. 1, 2015, 2:13 p.m.</i></p>
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<b style="color: #575012; font-size: 10pt;">Repository: </b>
kscreenlocker
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<h1 style="color: #575012; font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 1.5em;">Description </h1>
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<pre style="margin: 0; padding: 0; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: \
-moz-pre-wrap; white-space: -pre-wrap; white-space: -o-pre-wrap; word-wrap: \
break-word;"><p style="padding: 0;text-rendering: inherit;margin: 0;line-height: \
inherit;white-space: inherit;">Setting the PR_SET_DUMPABLE flag to 0 for the security \
relevant command kcheckpass and kscreenlocker_greet. If one wants to gdb into
the running command it will result in:</p>
<p style="padding: 0;text-rendering: inherit;margin: 0;line-height: \
inherit;white-space: inherit;">ptrace: Operation not permitted.</p> <p \
style="padding: 0;text-rendering: inherit;margin: 0;line-height: inherit;white-space: \
inherit;">For kscreenlocker_greet ptrace is permitted in testing mode.</p> <p \
style="padding: 0;text-rendering: inherit;margin: 0;line-height: inherit;white-space: \
inherit;">As root it's still possible to attach to the process.</p> <hr \
style="text-rendering: inherit;margin: 0;padding: 0;white-space: normal;border: 1px \
solid #ddd;line-height: inherit;" /> <p style="padding: 0;text-rendering: \
inherit;margin: 0;line-height: inherit;white-space: inherit;">@Tobias: I assume this \
is a strong linux-ism. Is there a FreeBSD compareable functionality?</p> <p \
style="padding: 0;text-rendering: inherit;margin: 0;line-height: inherit;white-space: \
inherit;">I'm considering to push this explicitly without an ifdef. It's a new \
security feature and I want to make non-Linux systems aware of the fact that it adds \
a new feature and that a replacement should be added.</p></pre> </td>
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<h1 style="color: #575012; font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 1.5em;">Testing </h1>
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<pre style="margin: 0; padding: 0; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: \
-moz-pre-wrap; white-space: -pre-wrap; white-space: -o-pre-wrap; word-wrap: \
break-word;"><p style="padding: 0;text-rendering: inherit;margin: 0;line-height: \
inherit;white-space: inherit;">Tried to gdb into the processes: failed Tried to gdb \
into kscreenlocker_greet --testing: succeeded Tried to gdb into kscreenlocker_greet \
as root: succeeded</p></pre> </td>
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<h1 style="color: #575012; font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 1.5em;">Diffs</b> </h1>
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<li>CMakeLists.txt <span style="color: \
grey">(f48bd53cafc188f79e041518dae0769d57597c69)</span></li>
<li>config-kscreenlocker.h.cmake <span style="color: \
grey">(2a034dee8ec21e426bc1db1d56b0ed152d3de2ca)</span></li>
<li>greeter/main.cpp <span style="color: \
grey">(e4e679e7ef40b319665428281fdba5f4e0b4eb25)</span></li>
<li>kcheckpass/kcheckpass.c <span style="color: \
grey">(fd2d2215bf2199f159a121bb0ce08e7b2b254aaa)</span></li>
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<p><a href="https://git.reviewboard.kde.org/r/126203/diff/" style="margin-left: \
3em;">View Diff</a></p>
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