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Sargun Dhillon 8649c322f7
pid: Implement pidfd_getfd syscall
This syscall allows for the retrieval of file descriptors from other
processes, based on their pidfd. This is possible using ptrace, and
injection of parasitic code to inject code which leverages SCM_RIGHTS
to move file descriptors between a tracee and a tracer. Unfortunately,
ptrace comes with a high cost of requiring the process to be stopped,
and breaks debuggers. This does not require stopping the process under
manipulation.

One reason to use this is to allow sandboxers to take actions on file
descriptors on the behalf of another process. For example, this can be
combined with seccomp-bpf's user notification to do on-demand fd
extraction and take privileged actions. One such privileged action
is binding a socket to a privileged port.

/* prototype */
  /* flags is currently reserved and should be set to 0 */
  int sys_pidfd_getfd(int pidfd, int fd, unsigned int flags);

/* testing */
Ran self-test suite on x86_64

Signed-off-by: Sargun Dhillon <sargun@sargun.me>
Acked-by: Christian Brauner <christian.brauner@ubuntu.com>
Reviewed-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200107175927.4558-3-sargun@sargun.me
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <christian.brauner@ubuntu.com>
2020-01-13 21:49:36 +01:00
arch RISC-V updates for v5.5-rc5 2020-01-05 11:15:31 -08:00
block block: fix splitting segments on boundary masks 2019-12-30 08:51:18 -07:00
certs
crypto tpmdd fixes for Linux v5.5-rc3 2019-12-18 17:17:36 -08:00
Documentation RISC-V updates for v5.5-rc5 2020-01-05 11:15:31 -08:00
drivers RISC-V updates for v5.5-rc5 2020-01-05 11:15:31 -08:00
fs vfs, fdtable: Add fget_task helper 2020-01-13 21:48:42 +01:00
include vfs, fdtable: Add fget_task helper 2020-01-13 21:48:42 +01:00
init Revert "fs: remove ksys_dup()" 2020-01-02 16:15:33 -08:00
ipc treewide: Use sizeof_field() macro 2019-12-09 10:36:44 -08:00
kernel pid: Implement pidfd_getfd syscall 2020-01-13 21:49:36 +01:00
lib Merge branch 'fixes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2019-12-22 17:00:04 -08:00
LICENSES
mm mm/hugetlb: defer freeing of huge pages if in non-task context 2020-01-04 13:55:09 -08:00
net hsr: fix slab-out-of-bounds Read in hsr_debugfs_rename() 2019-12-30 20:36:27 -08:00
samples samples/seccomp: Zero out members based on seccomp_notif_sizes 2020-01-02 13:03:39 -08:00
scripts Kbuild fixes for v5.5 (2nd) 2020-01-03 11:21:25 -08:00
security + Bug fixes 2020-01-04 19:28:30 -08:00
sound sound fixes for 5.5-rc5 2020-01-03 11:10:31 -08:00
tools Fixes for seccomp_notify_ioctl uapi sanity 2020-01-02 16:42:10 -08:00
usr gen_initramfs_list.sh: fix 'bad variable name' error 2020-01-04 00:00:48 +09:00
virt PPC KVM fix for 5.5 2019-12-22 13:18:15 +01:00
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.gitattributes .gitattributes: use 'dts' diff driver for dts files 2019-12-04 19:44:11 -08:00
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.mailmap Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net 2019-12-22 09:54:33 -08:00
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MAINTAINERS RISC-V updates for v5.5-rc5 2020-01-05 11:15:31 -08:00
Makefile Linux 5.5-rc5 2020-01-05 14:23:27 -08:00
README

Linux kernel
============

There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.

In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``.  The formatted documentation can also be read online at:

    https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/

There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.

Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.