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-rw-r--r--kernel/sys.c11
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/sys.c b/kernel/sys.c
index 00a96746e28a..a3f4ef0bbda3 100644
--- a/kernel/sys.c
+++ b/kernel/sys.c
@@ -2007,11 +2007,14 @@ static int prctl_set_mm_map(int opt, const void __user *addr, unsigned long data
if (prctl_map.exe_fd != (u32)-1) {
/*
- * Make sure the caller has the rights to
- * change /proc/pid/exe link: only local sys admin should
- * be allowed to.
+ * Check if the current user is checkpoint/restore capable.
+ * At the time of this writing, it checks for CAP_SYS_ADMIN
+ * or CAP_CHECKPOINT_RESTORE.
+ * Note that a user with access to ptrace can masquerade an
+ * arbitrary program as any executable, even setuid ones.
+ * This may have implications in the tomoyo subsystem.
*/
- if (!ns_capable(current_user_ns(), CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
+ if (!checkpoint_restore_ns_capable(current_user_ns()))
return -EINVAL;
error = prctl_set_mm_exe_file(mm, prctl_map.exe_fd);