[PATCH 1/5] ptrace: add PTRACE_SYSCALL_INFO_SECCOMP_SKIP
Renzo Davoli
renzo at cs.unibo.it
Wed Jul 1 15:05:54 UTC 2026
This patch extends PTRACE_SET_SYSCALL_INFO with support for skipping a system
call triggered via seccomp.
When the tracer retrieves a ptrace_syscall_info structure with
op == PTRACE_SYSCALL_INFO_SECCOMP, it may choose to skip the system
call by changing op to PTRACE_SYSCALL_INFO_SECCOMP_SKIP and
populating the exit union fields (rval and is_error) to define
the return value and error status for the tracee.
Signed-off-by: Renzo Davoli <renzo at cs.unibo.it>
---
include/uapi/linux/ptrace.h | 1 +
kernel/ptrace.c | 28 +++++++++++++++++++++++++---
2 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/ptrace.h b/include/uapi/linux/ptrace.h
index 5f8ef6156752..22489597a325 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/ptrace.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/ptrace.h
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ struct seccomp_metadata {
#define PTRACE_SYSCALL_INFO_ENTRY 1
#define PTRACE_SYSCALL_INFO_EXIT 2
#define PTRACE_SYSCALL_INFO_SECCOMP 3
+#define PTRACE_SYSCALL_INFO_SECCOMP_SKIP 4
struct ptrace_syscall_info {
__u8 op; /* PTRACE_SYSCALL_INFO_* */
diff --git a/kernel/ptrace.c b/kernel/ptrace.c
index d041645d9d17..ff763c87e4f7 100644
--- a/kernel/ptrace.c
+++ b/kernel/ptrace.c
@@ -1119,12 +1119,22 @@ ptrace_set_syscall_info_exit(struct task_struct *child, struct pt_regs *regs,
return 0;
}
+static int
+ptrace_set_syscall_info_seccomp_skip(struct task_struct *child,
+ struct pt_regs *regs,
+ struct ptrace_syscall_info *info)
+{
+ syscall_set_nr(child, regs, -1);
+ return ptrace_set_syscall_info_exit(child, regs, info);
+}
+
static int
ptrace_set_syscall_info(struct task_struct *child, unsigned long user_size,
const void __user *datavp)
{
struct pt_regs *regs = task_pt_regs(child);
struct ptrace_syscall_info info;
+ int child_op;
if (user_size < sizeof(info))
return -EINVAL;
@@ -1141,9 +1151,19 @@ ptrace_set_syscall_info(struct task_struct *child, unsigned long user_size,
if (info.flags || info.reserved)
return -EINVAL;
- /* Changing the type of the system call stop is not supported yet. */
- if (ptrace_get_syscall_info_op(child) != info.op)
- return -EINVAL;
+ /*
+ * Changing the type of the system call stop is
+ * not allowed, with the following exception:
+ * PTRACE_SYSCALL_INFO_SECCOMP can be changed to
+ * PTRACE_SYSCALL_INFO_SECCOMP_SKIP.
+ */
+
+ child_op = ptrace_get_syscall_info_op(child);
+ if (child_op != info.op) {
+ if ((info.op != PTRACE_SYSCALL_INFO_SECCOMP_SKIP) ||
+ (child_op != PTRACE_SYSCALL_INFO_SECCOMP))
+ return -EINVAL;
+ }
switch (info.op) {
case PTRACE_SYSCALL_INFO_ENTRY:
@@ -1152,6 +1172,8 @@ ptrace_set_syscall_info(struct task_struct *child, unsigned long user_size,
return ptrace_set_syscall_info_exit(child, regs, &info);
case PTRACE_SYSCALL_INFO_SECCOMP:
return ptrace_set_syscall_info_seccomp(child, regs, &info);
+ case PTRACE_SYSCALL_INFO_SECCOMP_SKIP:
+ return ptrace_set_syscall_info_seccomp_skip(child, regs, &info);
default:
/* Other types of system call stops are not supported yet. */
return -EINVAL;
--
2.53.0
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