[Backtracing] Security improvements.

stdlib/public/SwiftShims/swift/shims/_SwiftBacktracing.h

@@ -252,6 +252,8 @@ _swift_backtrace_thread_get_state(__swift_thread_t target_act,
   return thread_get_state(target_act, flavor, old_state, old_stateCnt);
 }
 
+extern __swift_kern_return_t task_read_for_pid(__swift_task_t task, int pid, __swift_task_t *ptask);
+
 /* DANGER!  These are SPI.  They may change (or vanish) at short notice, may
    not work how you expect, and are generally dangerous to use. */
 struct dyld_process_cache_info {
@@ -270,6 +272,11 @@ extern void  _dyld_process_info_get_cache(dyld_process_info info, dyld_process_c
 extern void _dyld_process_info_for_each_image(dyld_process_info info, void (^callback)(__swift_uint64_t machHeaderAddress, const __swift_uuid_t uuid, const char* path));
 extern void _dyld_process_info_for_each_segment(dyld_process_info info, __swift_uint64_t machHeaderAddress, void (^callback)(__swift_uint64_t segmentAddress, __swift_uint64_t segmentSize, const char* segmentName));
 
+#define CS_OPS_STATUS 0
+#define CS_PLATFORM_BINARY 0x04000000
+#define CS_PLATFORM_PATH   0x08000000
+extern int csops(int, unsigned int, void *, __swift_size_t);
+
 /* DANGER!  CoreSymbolication is a private framework.  This is all SPI. */
 typedef __swift_int32_t cpu_type_t;
 typedef __swift_int32_t cpu_subtype_t;

stdlib/public/libexec/swift-backtrace/Target.swift

@@ -101,31 +101,13 @@ class Target {
 
   var mcontext: MContext
 
-  static func getParentTask() -> task_t? {
-    var ports: mach_port_array_t? = nil
-    var portCount: mach_msg_type_number_t = 0
-
-    // For some reason, we can't pass a task read port this way, but we
-    // *can* pass the control port.  So do that and then ask for a read port
-    // before immediately dropping the control port from this process.
-
-    let kr = mach_ports_lookup(mach_task_self_, &ports, &portCount)
+  static func getTask(pid: pid_t) -> task_t? {
+    var port: task_t = 0
+    let kr = task_read_for_pid(mach_task_self_, pid, &port)
     if kr != KERN_SUCCESS {
       return nil
     }
-
-    if let ports = ports, portCount != 0 {
-      var taskPort: mach_port_t = 0
-      let kr = task_get_special_port(ports[0], TASK_READ_PORT, &taskPort)
-      if kr != KERN_SUCCESS {
-        mach_port_deallocate(mach_task_self_, ports[0])
-        return nil
-      }
-      mach_port_deallocate(mach_task_self_, ports[0])
-      return task_t(taskPort)
-    } else {
-      return nil
-    }
+    return port
   }
 
   static func getProcessName(pid: pid_t) -> String {
@@ -141,15 +123,40 @@ class Target {
     }
   }
 
+  static func isPlatformBinary(pid: pid_t) -> Bool {
+    var flags = UInt32(0)
+
+    return csops(pid,
+                 UInt32(CS_OPS_STATUS),
+                 &flags,
+                 MemoryLayout<UInt32>.size) != 0 ||
+      (flags & UInt32(CS_PLATFORM_BINARY | CS_PLATFORM_PATH)) != 0
+  }
+
   init(crashInfoAddr: UInt64, limit: Int?, top: Int, cache: Bool) {
     pid = getppid()
-    if let parentTask = Self.getParentTask() {
-      task = parentTask
-    } else {
-      print("swift-backtrace: couldn't fetch parent task")
+
+    if Self.isPlatformBinary(pid: pid) {
+      /* Exit silently in this case; either
+
+         1. We can't call csops(), because we're sandboxed, or
+         2. The target is a platform binary.
+
+         If we get killed, that is also fine. */
       exit(1)
     }
 
+    // This will normally only succeed if the parent process has
+    // the com.apple.security.get-task-allow privilege.  That gets set
+    // automatically if you're developing in Xcode; if you're developing
+    // on the command line or using SwiftPM, you will need to code sign
+    // your binary with that entitlement to get this to work.
+    guard let parentTask = Self.getTask(pid: pid) else {
+      exit(1)
+    }
+
+    task = parentTask
+
     reader = RemoteMemoryReader(task: __swift_task_t(task))
 
     name = Self.getProcessName(pid: pid)

stdlib/public/runtime/CrashHandlerMacOS.cpp

@@ -340,26 +340,6 @@ trueOrFalse(OnOffTty oot) {
 bool
 run_backtracer()
 {
-  // Forward our task port to the backtracer; we use the same technique that
-  // libxpc uses to forward one of its ports on fork(), except that we aren't
-  // going to call fork() so libxpc's atfork handler won't run and we'll get
-  // to send the task port to the child.
-  //
-  // I would very much like to send a task *read* port, but for some reason
-  // that doesn't work here.  As a result, what we do instead is send the
-  // control port but have the backtracer use it to get the read port and
-  // immediately drop the control port.
-  //
-  // That *should* be safe enough in practice; if someone could replace the
-  // backtracer, then they can also replace libswiftCore, and since we do
-  // this early on in backtracer start-up, the control port won't be valid
-  // by the time anyone gets to try anything nefarious.
-  mach_port_t ports[] = {
-    mach_task_self(),
-  };
-
-  mach_ports_register(mach_task_self(), ports, 1);
-
   // Set-up the backtracer's command line arguments
   switch (_swift_backtraceSettings.algorithm) {
   case UnwindAlgorithm::Fast:

test/lit.cfg

@@ -1024,7 +1024,8 @@ if run_vendor == 'apple':
     if 'use_os_stdlib' not in lit_config.params:
         config.target_codesign = make_path(config.swift_utils, "swift-darwin-postprocess.py")
     else:
-        config.target_codesign = "codesign -f -s -"
+        config.target_codesign = "codesign -f -s - --entitlements {}".format(os.path.join(config.swift_utils, 'get-task-allow.plist'))
+
     config.target_library_path_var = "DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH"
     config.target_runtime = "objc"
     config.target_sdk_libcxx_path = os.path.join(config.variant_sdk, 'usr', 'include', 'c++', 'v1')

utils/get-task-allow.plist

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
+<plist version="1.0">
+<dict>
+<key>com.apple.security.get-task-allow</key>
+<true/>
+</dict>
+</plist>

utils/swift-darwin-postprocess.py

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 import sys
 
 utils = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__))
+get_task_allow_plist = os.path.join(utils, 'get-task-allow.plist')
 
 
 def main(arguments):
@@ -91,7 +92,9 @@ def unrpathize(filename):
 
 def codesign(filename):
     # "-" is the signing identity for ad-hoc signing.
-    command = ["/usr/bin/codesign", "--force", "--sign", "-", filename]
+    command = ['/usr/bin/codesign', '--force', '--sign', '-',
+               '--entitlements', get_task_allow_plist,
+               filename]
     subprocess.check_call(command)