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Commit 966619d0 authored by Nick Kralevich's avatar Nick Kralevich Committed by JP Sugarbroad
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system_server: add CAP_SYS_PTRACE

Commit https://android.googlesource.com/kernel/common/+/f0ce0eee added
CAP_SYS_RESOURCE as a capability check which would allow access to
sensitive /proc/PID files. system_server uses this capability to collect
smaps from managed processes. Presumably this was done to avoid the
implications of granting CAP_SYS_PTRACE to system_server.

However, with SELinux enforcement, we can grant CAP_SYS_PTRACE but not
allow ptrace attach() to other processes. The net result of this is that
CAP_SYS_PTRACE and CAP_SYS_RESOURCE have identical security controls, as
long as system_server:process ptrace is never granted.

Add CAP_SYS_PTRACE to the set of capabilities granted to system_server.

Don't delete CAP_SYS_RESOURCE for now. SELinux has blocked the use of
CAP_SYS_RESOURCE, but we still want to generate audit logs if it's
triggered. CAP_SYS_RESOURCE can be deleted in a future commit.

Bug: 34951864
Bug: 38496951
Test: Device boots, functionality remains identical, no sys_resource
denials from system_server.
Change-Id: I2570266165396dba2b600eac7c42c94800d9c65b
(cherry picked from commit 3082eb7c)
parent 1d8eb490
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