are some good reasons for not doing this, even if the linting of
the code breaks.
1) If lint were ever to understand the stuff inside the macros,
that would break the checks.
2) There are ways to use __GNUC__ to exclude overly specific
code.
3) (Not yet practical) Lint(1) needs to properlyu understand
all of te code we actually run.
Complained about by: bde
Education by: jake, jhb, eivind
It is described in ufs/ffs/fs.h as follows:
/*
* Filesystem flags.
*
* Note that the FS_NEEDSFSCK flag is set and cleared only by the
* fsck utility. It is set when background fsck finds an unexpected
* inconsistency which requires a traditional foreground fsck to be
* run. Such inconsistencies should only be found after an uncorrectable
* disk error. A foreground fsck will clear the FS_NEEDSFSCK flag when
* it has successfully cleaned up the filesystem. The kernel uses this
* flag to enforce that inconsistent filesystems be mounted read-only.
*/
#define FS_UNCLEAN 0x01 /* filesystem not clean at mount */
#define FS_DOSOFTDEP 0x02 /* filesystem using soft dependencies */
#define FS_NEEDSFSCK 0x04 /* filesystem needs sync fsck before mount */
and non-P_SUGID cases, simplify p_cansignal() logic so that the
P_SUGID masking of possible signals is independent from uid checks,
removing redundant code and generally improving readability.
Reviewed by: tmm
Obtained from: TrustedBSD Project
the ability of unprivileged processes to deliver arbitrary signals
to daemons temporarily taking on unprivileged effective credentials
when P_SUGID is not set on the target process:
Removed:
(p1->p_cred->cr_ruid != ps->p_cred->cr_uid)
(p1->p_ucred->cr_uid != ps->p_cred->cr_uid)
o Replace two "allow this" exceptions in p_cansignal() restricting
the ability of unprivileged processes to deliver arbitrary signals
to daemons temporarily taking on unprivileged effective credentials
when P_SUGID is set on the target process:
Replaced:
(p1->p_cred->p_ruid != p2->p_ucred->cr_uid)
(p1->p_cred->cr_uid != p2->p_ucred->cr_uid)
With:
(p1->p_cred->p_ruid != p2->p_ucred->p_svuid)
(p1->p_ucred->cr_uid != p2->p_ucred->p_svuid)
o These changes have the effect of making the uid-based handling of
both P_SUGID and non-P_SUGID signal delivery consistent, following
these four general cases:
p1's ruid equals p2's ruid
p1's euid equals p2's ruid
p1's ruid equals p2's svuid
p1's euid equals p2's svuid
The P_SUGID and non-P_SUGID cases can now be largely collapsed,
and I'll commit this in a few days if no immediate problems are
encountered with this set of changes.
o These changes remove a number of warning cases identified by the
proc_to_proc inter-process authorization regression test.
o As these are new restrictions, we'll have to watch out carefully for
possible side effects on running code: they seem reasonable to me,
but it's possible this change might have to be backed out if problems
are experienced.
Submitted by: src/tools/regression/security/proc_to_proc/testuid
Reviewed by: tmm
Obtained from: TrustedBSD Project
ability of unprivileged processes to modify the scheduling properties
of daemons temporarily taking on unprivileged effective credentials.
These cases (p1->p_cred->p_ruid == p2->p_ucred->cr_uid) and
(p1->p_ucred->cr_uid == p2->p_ucred->cr_uid), respectively permitting
a subject process to influence the scheduling of a daemon if the subject
process has the same real uid or effective uid as the daemon's effective
uid. This removes a number of the warning cases identified by the
proc_to_proc iner-process authorization regression test.
o As these are new restrictions, we'll have to watch out carefully for
possible side effects on running code: they seem reasonable to me,
but it's possible this change might have to be backed out if problems
are experienced.
Reported by: src/tools/regression/security/proc_to_proc/testuid
Obtained from: TrustedBSD Project
by p_can(...P_CAN_SEE), rather than returning EACCES directly. This
brings the error code used here into line with similar arrangements
elsewhere, and prevents the leakage of pid usage information.
Reviewed by: jlemon
Obtained from: TrustedBSD Project
p_can(...P_CAN_SEE...) to getpgid(), getsid(), and setpgid(),
blocking these operations on processes that should not be visible
by the requesting process. Required to reduce information leakage
in MAC environments.
Obtained from: TrustedBSD Project
from signal authorization checking.
o p_cansignal() takes three arguments: subject process, object process,
and signal number, unlike p_cankill(), which only took into account
the processes and not the signal number, improving the abstraction
such that CANSIGNAL() from kern_sig.c can now also be eliminated;
previously CANSIGNAL() special-cased the handling of SIGCONT based
on process session. privused is now deprecated.
o The new p_cansignal() further limits the set of signals that may
be delivered to processes with P_SUGID set, and restructures the
access control check to allow it to be extended more easily.
o These changes take into account work done by the OpenBSD Project,
as well as by Robert Watson and Thomas Moestl on the TrustedBSD
Project.
Obtained from: TrustedBSD Project
toggle the P_SUGID bit explicitly, rather than relying on it being
set implicitly by other protection and credential logic. This feature
is introduced to support inter-process authorization regression testing
by simplifying userland credential management allowing the easy
isolation and reproduction of authorization events with specific
security contexts. This feature is enabled only by "options REGRESSION"
and is not intended to be used by applications. While the feature is
not known to introduce security vulnerabilities, it does allow
processes to enter previously inaccessible parts of the credential
state machine, and is therefore disabled by default. It may not
constitute a risk, and therefore in the future pending further analysis
(and appropriate need) may become a published interface.
Obtained from: TrustedBSD Project
interfaces and functionality intended for use during correctness and
regression testing. Features enabled by "options REGRESSION" may
in and of themselves introduce security or correctness problems if
used improperly, and so are not intended for use in production
systems, only in testing environments.
Obtained from: TrustedBSD Project
