linux/init
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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.gitignore kbuild: build init/built-in.a just once 2022-09-29 04:40:15 +09:00
.kunitconfig initramfs_test: kunit tests for initramfs unpacking 2025-03-08 12:13:04 +01:00
calibrate.c calibrate: update header inclusion 2025-11-27 14:24:45 -08:00
do_mounts.c vfs-7.0-rc1.nullfs 2026-02-09 13:41:34 -08:00
do_mounts.h fs: use nullfs unconditionally as the real rootfs 2026-01-14 11:23:39 +01:00
do_mounts_initrd.c init: remove /proc/sys/kernel/real-root-dev 2026-01-12 17:22:27 +01:00
do_mounts_rd.c initrd: remove deprecated code path (linuxrc) 2026-01-12 17:22:22 +01:00
init_task.c exec_state: relocate dumpable information 2026-05-26 11:02:01 +02:00
initramfs.c memblock: updates for 7.0-rc1 2026-04-18 11:29:14 -07:00
initramfs_internal.h init: add initramfs_internal.h 2025-03-04 09:52:36 +01:00
initramfs_test.c Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
Kconfig mm.git review status for linus..mm-stable 2026-04-15 12:59:16 -07:00
main.c Update to the VDSO subsystem: 2026-04-14 10:53:44 -07:00
Makefile initramfs_test: kunit tests for initramfs unpacking 2025-03-08 12:13:04 +01:00
noinitramfs.c init: move usermodehelper_enable() to populate_rootfs() 2021-09-08 11:50:27 -07:00
version-timestamp.c ns: drop custom reference count initialization for initial namespaces 2025-11-11 10:01:32 +01:00
version.c init/version.c: Replace strlcpy with strscpy 2023-09-22 09:50:56 -07:00