linux/fs/proc
Christian Brauner (Amutable) 6b1c66c9cc
exec_state: relocate dumpable information
The dumpable flag captured at execve() is consulted by
__ptrace_may_access() and several /proc owner / visibility checks.
It lives on mm_struct today, which exit_mm() clears from the task
long before the task itself is reaped.

exec_state is anchored to the execve() that established the current
privilege domain.  CLONE_VM siblings refcount-share the parent's
exec_state via copy_exec_state(); non-CLONE_VM clones allocate a
fresh exec_state inheriting the parent's dumpable mode and user_ns
reference via task_exec_state_copy().  execve() allocates a fresh
instance (via alloc_task_exec_state() in begin_new_exec()) and
installs it under task_lock + exec_update_lock with
task_exec_state_replace().  init_task uses a static instance.

The dumpable mode now lives on task->exec_state->dumpable.
task->mm->flags no longer carries dumpability; MMF_DUMPABLE_MASK is
removed, but MMF_DUMPABLE_BITS is reserved so MMF_DUMP_FILTER_* bit
positions remain stable for the /proc/<pid>/coredump_filter ABI. The
task->user_dumpable cache bit and its assignment in exit_mm() are
removed; readers go through get_dumpable(task) directly.

coredump_params gains a snapshot field cprm.dumpable, populated from
get_dumpable(current) at vfs_coredump() entry, replacing the previous
__get_dumpable(cprm->mm_flags) consumers in fs/coredump.c and
fs/pidfs.c.

The user namespace recorded at execve() is consulted by
__ptrace_may_access() and by /proc/PID/* owner derivation. Move the
captured user_ns onto task_exec_state, which stays attached to the task
past exit_mm() and across exit_files().

bprm grows a user_ns field staged in bprm_mm_init() with the caller's
user_ns, narrowed by would_dump() to the closest privileged ancestor,
and consumed by exec_mmap() via alloc_task_exec_state(bprm->user_ns).
free_bprm() releases the staging reference.

mm_struct loses ->user_ns entirely.  Initializers in init-mm, efi_mm,
and the implicit one in mm_init()/dup_mm()/mm_alloc() are removed;
__mmdrop() drops the matching put_user_ns(). The kthread_use_mm()
WARN_ON_ONCE(!mm->user_ns) is no longer meaningful and goes too.

Reviewed-by: Jann Horn <jannh@google.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260520-work-task_exec_state-v3-4-69f895bc1385@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner (Amutable) <brauner@kernel.org>
History 2026-05-26 11:02:01 +02:00
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array.c proc: array: drop stale FIXME about RCU in task_sig() 2026-03-27 21:19:32 -07:00
base.c exec_state: relocate dumpable information 2026-05-26 11:02:01 +02:00
bootconfig.c fs/proc: Skip bootloader comment if no embedded kernel parameters 2024-04-09 23:36:18 +09:00
cmdline.c proc: mark /proc/cmdline as permanent 2023-02-02 22:50:02 -08:00
consoles.c proc: Add nbcon support for /proc/consoles 2024-09-04 15:56:33 +02:00
cpuinfo.c x86/aperfmperf: Replace aperfmperf_get_khz() 2022-04-27 20:22:19 +02:00
devices.c proc: mark more files as permanent 2022-10-03 14:21:45 -07:00
fd.c vfs-7.1-rc1.misc 2026-04-13 14:20:11 -07:00
fd.h fs: port ->permission() to pass mnt_idmap 2023-01-19 09:24:28 +01:00
generic.c proc: rename proc_notify_change to proc_setattr 2026-03-26 15:16:54 +01:00
inode.c fs/proc: replace "__auto_type" with "const auto" 2025-12-08 15:32:15 -08:00
internal.h proc: rename proc_setattr to proc_nochmod_setattr 2026-03-26 15:16:54 +01:00
interrupts.c fs/procfs: Switch to irq_get_nr_irqs() 2024-10-16 21:56:59 +02:00
Kconfig virtio-mem: support CONFIG_PROC_VMCORE_DEVICE_RAM 2025-01-27 09:39:25 -05:00
kcore.c Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
kmsg.c printk changes for 6.1 2022-10-10 11:24:19 -07:00
loadavg.c proc: mark more files as permanent 2022-10-03 14:21:45 -07:00
Makefile kbuild: make -Woverride-init warnings more consistent 2024-03-31 11:32:26 +09:00
meminfo.c mm.git review status for linus..mm-stable 2026-04-15 12:59:16 -07:00
namespaces.c proc: rename proc_setattr to proc_nochmod_setattr 2026-03-26 15:16:54 +01:00
nommu.c fs: create helper file_user_path() for user displayed mapped file path 2023-10-19 11:03:15 +02:00
page.c fs/proc/page: remove unused KPMBITS 2025-11-20 14:03:42 -08:00
proc_net.c proc: rename proc_setattr to proc_nochmod_setattr 2026-03-26 15:16:54 +01:00
proc_sysctl.c Current exclusion rules for ->d_flags stores are rather unpleasant. 2025-07-28 09:17:57 -07:00
proc_tty.c proc: delete unused <linux/uaccess.h> includes 2022-07-17 17:31:39 -07:00
root.c Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
self.c fs/proc: Don't lock root inode when creating "self" and "thread-self" 2026-03-06 10:24:11 +01:00
softirqs.c proc/softirqs: replace seq_printf with seq_put_decimal_ull_width 2024-11-07 07:40:14 -10:00
stat.c fs/procfs: Switch to irq_get_nr_irqs() 2024-10-16 21:56:59 +02:00
task_mmu.c treewide: change inode->i_ino from unsigned long to u64 2026-03-06 14:31:28 +01:00
task_nommu.c fs/proc/task_mmu: factor out proc_maps_private fields used by PROCMAP_QUERY 2025-09-13 16:54:48 -07:00
thread_self.c fs/proc: Don't lock root inode when creating "self" and "thread-self" 2026-03-06 10:24:11 +01:00
uptime.c proc: mark more files as permanent 2022-10-03 14:21:45 -07:00
util.c fs/proc/util.c: include fs/proc/internal.h for name_to_int() 2019-01-04 13:13:45 -08:00
version.c proc: mark more files as permanent 2022-10-03 14:21:45 -07:00
vmcore.c mm: rename my_zero_pfn() to zero_pfn() 2026-04-05 13:53:01 -07:00