The patch below does not apply to the 4.19-stable tree. If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit id to stable@vger.kernel.org.

thanks,

greg k-h

------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------

From 24f6008564183aa120d07c03d9289519c2fe02af Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Eric W. Biederman" ebiederm@xmission.com Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2022 11:04:01 -0600 Subject: [PATCH] cgroup-v1: Require capabilities to set release_agent

The cgroup release_agent is called with call_usermodehelper. The function call_usermodehelper starts the release_agent with a full set fo capabilities. Therefore require capabilities when setting the release_agaent.

Reported-by: Tabitha Sable tabitha.c.sable@gmail.com Tested-by: Tabitha Sable tabitha.c.sable@gmail.com Fixes: 81a6a5cdd2c5 ("Task Control Groups: automatic userspace notification of idle cgroups") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v2.6.24+ Signed-off-by: "Eric W. Biederman" ebiederm@xmission.com Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo tj@kernel.org

diff --git a/kernel/cgroup/cgroup-v1.c b/kernel/cgroup/cgroup-v1.c index 41e0837a5a0b..0e877dbcfeea 100644 --- a/kernel/cgroup/cgroup-v1.c +++ b/kernel/cgroup/cgroup-v1.c @@ -549,6 +549,14 @@ static ssize_t cgroup_release_agent_write(struct kernfs_open_file *of,

BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(cgrp->root->release_agent_path) < PATH_MAX);

+ /* + * Release agent gets called with all capabilities, + * require capabilities to set release agent. + */ + if ((of->file->f_cred->user_ns != &init_user_ns) || + !capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN)) + return -EPERM; + cgrp = cgroup_kn_lock_live(of->kn, false); if (!cgrp) return -ENODEV; @@ -954,6 +962,12 @@ int cgroup1_parse_param(struct fs_context *fc, struct fs_parameter *param) /* Specifying two release agents is forbidden */ if (ctx->release_agent) return invalfc(fc, "release_agent respecified"); + /* + * Release agent gets called with all capabilities, + * require capabilities to set release agent. + */ + if ((fc->user_ns != &init_user_ns) || !capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN)) + return invalfc(fc, "Setting release_agent not allowed"); ctx->release_agent = param->string; param->string = NULL; break;