[PATCH v2] xattr: Enable security.capability in user namespaces

[Stefan Berger]

On 07/11/2017 01:12 PM, Serge E. Hallyn wrote:
> Quoting Stefan Berger (Stefan Bergerstefanb at linux.vnet.ibm.com):
>> er.kernel.org>
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>>
>> From: Stefan Berger <stefanb at linux.vnet.ibm.com>
>>
>> This patch enables security.capability in user namespaces but also
>> takes a more general approach to enabling extended attributes in user
>> namespaces.
>>
>> The following rules describe the approach using security.foo as a
>> 'user namespace enabled' extended attribute:
>>
>> Reading of extended attributes:
>>
>> 1a) Reading security.foo from a user namespace will read
>>      security.foo at uid=<uid> of the parent user namespace instead with uid
>>      being the mapping of root in that parent user namespace. An
>>      exception is if root is mapped to uid 0 on the host, and in this case
>>      we will read security.foo directly.
>>      --> reading security.foo will read security.foo at uid=1000 for uid
>>          mapping of root to 1000.
>>
>> 1b) If security.foo at uid=<uid> is not available, the security.foo of the
>>      parent namespace is tried to be read. This procedure is repeated up to
>>      the init user namespace. This step only applies for reading of extended
>>      attributes and provides the same behavior as older system where the
>>      host's extended attributes applied to user namespaces.
>>
>> 2) All security.foo at uid=<uid> with valid uid mapping in the user namespace
>>     can be read. The uid within the user namespace will be mapped to the
>>     corresponding uid on the host and that uid will be used in the name of
>>     the extended attribute.
>>     -> reading security.foo at uid=1 will read security.foo at uid=1001 for uid
>>        mapping of root to 1000, size of at least 2.
>>
>>     All security.foo at uid=<uid> can be read (by root) on the host with values
>>     of <uid> also being subject to checking for valid mappings.
>>
>> 3) No other security.foo* can be read.
>>
>> The same rules for reading apply to writing and removing of user
>> namespace enabled extended attributes.
>>
>> When listing extended attributes of a file, only those are presented
>> to the user namespace that have a valid mapping. Besides that, names
>> of the extended attributes are adjusted to represent the mapping.
>> This means that if root is mapped to uid 1000 on the host, the
>> security.foo at uid=1000 will be listed as security.foo in the user
>> namespace, security.foo at uid=1001 becomes security.foo at uid=1 and so on.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Stefan Berger <stefanb at linux.vnet.ibm.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Serge Hallyn <serge at hallyn.com>
>> Reviewed-by: Serge Hallyn <serge at hallyn.com>
>> ---
>>   fs/xattr.c               | 509 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
>>   security/commoncap.c     |  36 +++-
>>   security/selinux/hooks.c |   9 +-
>>   3 files changed, 523 insertions(+), 31 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/fs/xattr.c b/fs/xattr.c
>> index 464c94b..eacad9e 100644
>> --- a/fs/xattr.c
>> +++ b/fs/xattr.c
>> @@ -133,20 +133,440 @@ xattr_permission(struct inode *inode, const char *name, int mask)
>>   	return inode_permission(inode, mask);
>>   }
>>   
>> +/*
>> + * A list of extended attributes that are supported in user namespaces
>> + */
>> +static const char *const userns_xattrs[] = {
>> +	XATTR_NAME_CAPS,
>> +	NULL
>> +};
>> +
>> +/*
>> + * xattrs_is_userns_supported - Check whether an xattr is supported in userns
>> + *
>> + * @name:   full name of the extended attribute
>> + * @prefix: do a prefix match (true) or a full match (false)
>> + *
>> + * This function returns < 0 if not supported, an index into userns_xattrs[]
>> + * otherwise.
>> + */
>> +static int
>> +xattr_is_userns_supported(const char *name, int prefix)
>> +{
>> +	int i;
>> +
>> +	if (!name)
>> +		return -1;
>> +
>> +	for (i = 0; userns_xattrs[i]; i++) {
>> +		if (prefix) {
>> +			if (!strncmp(userns_xattrs[i], name,
>> +				     strlen(userns_xattrs[i])))
>> +				return i;
> I think you here need to also check that the next char is either
> '\0' or '.' (or maybe '@')

I have the checks for '@' and '\0' done by the caller. With the current 
support of only security.capability I don't think we need to check for '.'.

>
>> +		} else {
>> +			if (!strcmp(userns_xattrs[i], name))
>> +				return i;
>> +		}
>> +	}
>> +	return -1;
>> +}
>> +
>> +/*
>> + * xattr_write_uid - print a string in the format of "%s at uid=%u", which
>> + *                   includes a prefix string
>> + *
>> + * @uid:     the uid
>> + * @prefix:  prefix string; may be NULL
>> + *
>> + * This function returns a buffer with the string, or a NULL pointer in
>> + * case of out-of-memory error.
>> + */
>> +static char *
>> +xattr_write_uid(uid_t uid, const char *prefix)
>> +{
>> +	size_t buflen;
>> +	char *buffer;
>> +
>> +	buflen = sizeof("@uid=") - 1 + sizeof("4294967295") - 1 + 1;
>> +	if (prefix)
>> +		buflen += strlen(prefix);
>> +
>> +	buffer = kmalloc(buflen, GFP_KERNEL);
>> +	if (!buffer)
>> +		return NULL;
>> +
>> +	if (uid == 0)
>> +		*buffer = 0;
> Do you need to print out the prefix here?

Right. Fixed.


>
>> +	else
>> +		sprintf(buffer, "%s at uid=%u",
>> +			(prefix) ? prefix : "",
>> +			uid);
>> +
>> +	return buffer;
>> +}


Thanks.

    Stefan


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