hidden kernel process visible

[glaeken]

CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_ACL_HIDEKERN=y

# gradm -E
The operation you requested cannot be performed because the RBAC system is currently enabled.

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root         2  0.0  0.0     0    0 ?        SWN  20:55   0:00 [ksoftirqd/0]
root         3  0.0  0.0     0    0 ?        SW<  20:55   0:00 [events/0]
root         4  0.0  0.0     0    0 ?        SW<  20:55   0:00 [khelper]
root         9  0.0  0.0     0    0 ?        SW<  20:55   0:00 [kthread]
root        17  0.0  0.0     0    0 ?        SW<  20:55   0:00 [kblockd/0]
root        62  0.0  0.0     0    0 ?        SW   20:55   0:01 [pdflush]
[...]


I can see kernel processes

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stat64("/proc/2", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0550, st_size=0, ...}) = 0
open("/proc/2/stat", O_RDONLY)          = 7
read(7, "2 (ksoftirqd/0) S 1 0 0 0 -1 410"..., 1023) = 122


kern2.6.11 grsec2.1.3
Nothing changed in policy file (I noticed this when I recompiled kernel and changed grsec 2.1.2 on 2.1.3)

One more thing...
if there is a subject in a RBAC system, even empty, like this one:

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subject /root dX {

}


then I cant strace subject's processes, whatever flags are given:

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# strace ./tc
execve("./tc", ["./tc"], [/* 27 vars */]) = 0
strace: exec: Permission denied


I tried flasg t and O but I still can't do strace.
but when I remove it:

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#subject /root dX {
#
#}


I can do strace:

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[22:22:50] root@dsl:~# strace ./tc
execve("./tc", ["./tc"], [/* 27 vars */]) = 0
uname({sys="Linux", node="dsl", ...})   = 0
[...]


It's reasonable, but is this a correct behavior?

[glaeken]

ptrace can be done from any account, i.e. normal user can strace /bin/bash, even if there is -CAP_SYS_PTRACE in main ACL "/"

[spender]

CAP_SYS_PTRACE doesn't have anything to do with the ability to ptrace. It only decides whether a task can ptrace tasks with other uids. When you added the "t" flag, did you add it to the subject belonging to the process that was attempting to ptrace the task, or did you add it to the subject of the task you were trying to ptrace? The first is correct, while the second is incorrect.

As for the kernel processes being viewable, I've fixed the problem in CVS.

-Brad