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1 files changed, 15 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/mm/madvise.c b/mm/madvise.c
index 0938fd3ad228..01fef79ac761 100644
--- a/mm/madvise.c
+++ b/mm/madvise.c
@@ -539,8 +539,9 @@ static inline bool can_do_pageout(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
* otherwise we'd be including shared non-exclusive mappings, which
* opens a side channel.
*/
- return inode_owner_or_capable(file_inode(vma->vm_file)) ||
- inode_permission(file_inode(vma->vm_file), MAY_WRITE) == 0;
+ return inode_owner_or_capable(&init_user_ns,
+ file_inode(vma->vm_file)) ||
+ file_permission(vma->vm_file, MAY_WRITE) == 0;
}
static long madvise_pageout(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
@@ -1197,12 +1198,22 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(process_madvise, int, pidfd, const struct iovec __user *, vec,
goto release_task;
}
- mm = mm_access(task, PTRACE_MODE_ATTACH_FSCREDS);
+ /* Require PTRACE_MODE_READ to avoid leaking ASLR metadata. */
+ mm = mm_access(task, PTRACE_MODE_READ_FSCREDS);
if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(mm)) {
ret = IS_ERR(mm) ? PTR_ERR(mm) : -ESRCH;
goto release_task;
}
+ /*
+ * Require CAP_SYS_NICE for influencing process performance. Note that
+ * only non-destructive hints are currently supported.
+ */
+ if (!capable(CAP_SYS_NICE)) {
+ ret = -EPERM;
+ goto release_mm;
+ }
+
total_len = iov_iter_count(&iter);
while (iov_iter_count(&iter)) {
@@ -1217,6 +1228,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(process_madvise, int, pidfd, const struct iovec __user *, vec,
if (ret == 0)
ret = total_len - iov_iter_count(&iter);
+release_mm:
mmput(mm);
release_task:
put_task_struct(task);