proc: add config & param to block forcing mem writes
authorAdrian Ratiu <adrian.ratiu@collabora.com>
Fri, 2 Aug 2024 08:02:25 +0000 (11:02 +0300)
committerChristian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
Fri, 30 Aug 2024 06:19:43 +0000 (08:19 +0200)
commit41e8149c8892ed1962bd15350b3c3e6e90cba7f4
treedebdee03fa36219472e8e53430558b82060789e2
parent8400291e289ee6b2bf9779ff1c83a291501f017b
proc: add config & param to block forcing mem writes

This adds a Kconfig option and boot param to allow removing
the FOLL_FORCE flag from /proc/pid/mem write calls because
it can be abused.

The traditional forcing behavior is kept as default because
it can break GDB and some other use cases.

Previously we tried a more sophisticated approach allowing
distributions to fine-tune /proc/pid/mem behavior, however
that got NAK-ed by Linus [1], who prefers this simpler
approach with semantics also easier to understand for users.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CAHk-=wiGWLChxYmUA5HrT5aopZrB7_2VTa0NLZcxORgkUe5tEQ@mail.gmail.com/
Cc: Doug Anderson <dianders@chromium.org>
Cc: Jeff Xu <jeffxu@google.com>
Cc: Jann Horn <jannh@google.com>
Cc: Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>
Cc: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>
Cc: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
Suggested-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Adrian Ratiu <adrian.ratiu@collabora.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240802080225.89408-1-adrian.ratiu@collabora.com
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
fs/proc/base.c
security/Kconfig