[RFC][PATCH] KEYS: Replace uid/gid/perm permissions checking with ACL
David Howells
dhowells at redhat.com
Mon Oct 2 23:35:40 UTC 2017
Eric Biggers <ebiggers3 at gmail.com> wrote:
> This is interesting work, though it adds complexity and makes a lot of
> subtle (and potentially breaking) changes to which permissions are required
> for various things. First I think you need to start out with a better
> statement of the problems you are trying to solve. The patch does much more
> than simply split up the SETATTR permission --- for example, it also adds
> the ability to assign permissions to specific uids, gids, and capabilities.
> Who is planning to use those features and why?
I should split out the additional subject types (uid, gid, cap-based) into a
separate patch, but having them in one patch helped design it.
> The proposed changes to keyctl_setperm_key() actually never enable INVAL at
> all
Fixed. Now done if KEY_xxx_SEARCH is given.
> > will return an error if SETACL has been called on a key.
>
> That is simplest, but it doesn't match the behavior of POSIX ACLs, for
> example. With POSIX ACLs you can still chmod() a file that has an ACL.
Does chmod() remove a POSIX ACL from a file?
> > The KEYCTL_DESCRIBE function then creates a permissions mask to return
> > depending on possessor, owner, group and other ACEs, indicating
> > SETATTR if any of INVAL, REVOKE and SET_SECURITY are set and
> > indicating WRITE if any of WRITE, REVOKE or CLEAR are set.
>
> Ignoring ACEs for specific users, groups, and capabilities may be problematic
> because the returned mask will under-estimate rather than over-estimate the
> permissions that have been granted.
You have a point, but KEYCTL_DESCRIBE doesn't return the set of permissions
that has been granted to the caller. The KEYCTL_DESCRIBE interface can't be
made to accurately describe the ACL.
> With POSIX ACLs, for example, the union of all permissions that have been
> granted to any subjects other than the regular ones
Define 'regular ones'. For the keys case, do you mean possessor, user, group
and other?
> is reflected in the group entry. I believe that's generally considered
> better from a security perspective, because then no permissions are "hidden"
> from a listing of the regular (non-ACL) permissions only.
I'm not sure how that helps. If there's a group ID set, then displaying extra
permissions for it because, say, there's a matching UID-specific ACE present
would be giving a false picture of the permissions set.
> > Note that the value subsequently returned by KEYCTL_DESCRIBE may not
> > match the value set with KEYCTL_SETATTR - but this is already true
> > because keys that lack ->read() can't have READ set and keys that lack
> > ->write() can't have WRITE set.
>
> Not true; you *can* set READ on a key that lacks ->read() and WRITE on a key
> that lacks ->update(). They are only omitted from the default permissions.
You are right. This should be fixed, assuming we don't move to some other
permissions model.
> > The KEYCTL_SET_TIMEOUT function then is permitted if WRITE or SETSEC is
> > set, or if the caller has a valid instantiation auth token.
>
> This doesn't match the code, which asks for WRITE permission only. It's
> also a breaking change which needs to be justified on its own. Also I'm not
> sure that WRITE permission actually makes sense, given that
> KEYCTL_SET_TIMEOUT doesn't modify the payload of the key.
I'm not sure I agree. Whilst it doesn't modify the payload of a key, it is
*about* the lifetime of that payload IMO.
However, given that add_key() grants WRITE and SET_SECURITY/SETATTR permission
to the caller (assuming they stick the new key in a keyring they 'possess')
and request_key() grants permission directly to the upcall to set the timeout,
I wonder how much that matters. It's just that it's not in the same class as
changing the key permissions.
> Designators into flexible arrays are a gcc extension which doesn't work with
> clang.
Fix clang? gcc is the standard. ;-)
> It's also difficult to read these lists of ACEs. An ACE should read as
> "who", then "what". But now it reads as "part of who", then "what", then
> "the rest of who".
True. That makes it occupy less space, though. I could also flip the order
of .mask and .special_id.
One thing I was wondering about is whether I should make the core ACLs R/O and
skip the inc/dec on the refcount if is_kernel_rodata() on the ACL is true.
> .aces = {
> KEY_POSSESSOR_ACE(KEY_ACE_SEARCH | KEY_ACE_READ),
> KEY_OWNER_ACE(KEY_ACE_VIEW | KEY_ACE_SEARCH),
> }
Yeah, that looks nicer.
> > +#define KEY_ACE_SPECIAL 0x10000000 /* A specific subject */
>
> What is a "specific subject"?
'Subject' as in the entity performing the action. 'Specific subject' as
specified by .special_id. I'm not sure 'specific' is the right word, or
'special' for that matter, but it's how I specify 'macro' things like
'possessor' or 'this key's owner'.
Maybe KEY_ACE_FIXED_SUBJECT or KEY_ACE_MACRO_SUBJECT? I guess KEY_ACE_UID and
KEY_ACE_GID more fit 'specific subject'.
> > +#define KEY_ACE_ROOT 5 /* The user namespace root user */
>
> Which user namespace?
>
> > +#define KEY_ACE_SYS_ADMIN 6 /* Anyone with CAP_SYS_ADMIN */
> > +#define KEY_ACE_NET_ADMIN 7 /* Anyone with CAP_NET_ADMIN */
>
> In what user namespace?
cred->user_ns as per the cred passed to key_task_permission().
Having dicussed these a bit with Eric Biederman, I'm thinking I probably want
to rejig this, perhaps in favour of specifying the owner of a particular user
namespace. However, I do think, as mentioned above, I need to split this bit
out into a subsequent patch.
> > +#define KEYCTL_GET_ACL 30 /* Get a key's ACL */
> > +#define KEYCTL_SET_ACL 31 /* Set a key's ACL */
>
> The implementations of these don't seem to be included in the patch.
As I stated. I do have implementations of these now, which I've attached to
the bottom of this message.
> The CLEAR permission is weird because WRITE is a superset of it. (Clearing
> a keyring is equivalent to unlinking all keys in it.) Permissions should be
> orthogonal.
I know, but I want to be able to grant just the ability to clear a keyring to
the admin.
> Did you consider instead having one permission for adding links
> to a keyring and one for deleting links? I'm thinking about use cases
> similar to that which the sticky bit on files is used for...
Actually, that would've been better - and possibly could've avoided the need
for invalidate - though invalidate is applied to a specific key, not a
keyring.
However, what do you do about key replacement where a link to an old key is
replaced by add_key() with a link to a new key? Do you have to have both
permits? Or a third REPLACE permit?
> No magic numbers please. What are 0x3f and 0x1f?
Things I don't have symbols for. I would like to avoid using KEY_OTH_xxx when
referring to values that weren't originally 'other'. I didn't succeed,
though, as I'm sure you noticed, so I could just use combinations of
KEY_OTH_xxx, I guess.
> Also, this code is assuming that the subject values are numbered in a certain
> way.
The UAPI is defined so.
Further, key_task_permission() in current Linus will fail if this is not so.
> > + if (key->type == &key_type_keyring) {
> > + ace->mask |= KEY_ACE_JOIN;
>
> Why is JOIN permission always given to keyrings?
It isn't, except if one calls KEYCTL_SETPERM or if a keyring is created by
join_session_keyring() or as a normal session keyrign. add_key() creates
keyrings with default_key_acl.
> If someone has JOIN permission (or LINK permission, for that matter) on a
> keyring than they can acquire the possessor permissions. So always giving
> JOIN defeats the point of having all the different non-possessor
> permissions...
Without this patch, join_session_keyring() doesn't impose any permissions on
joining a keyring, though find_keyring_by_name() requires SEARCH permission on
a named keyring to be able to find it (and still does - though this should
perhaps be switched to JOIN also).
Yes, LINK permission can be used to 'possess' a keyring - but only if you're
granted it.
I can alter KEYCTL_SETPERM to only give KEY_ACE_JOIN if KEY_ACE_SEARCH.
The problem is that I have to supply JOIN to be backwardly compatible, which
makes it arguable that I need to add it to default_key_acl also.
I should probably make it widely available in the main patch and add a
separate patch limiting its availability.
> Granting INVAL permission is missing.
Fixed. Setting SEARCH sets INVAL in KEYCTL_SETPERM.
> > key_ref = lookup_user_key(id, KEY_LOOKUP_CREATE | KEY_LOOKUP_PARTIAL,
> > - KEY_NEED_SETATTR);
> > + KEY_NEED_WRITE);
>
> As mentioned earlier, this is a breaking change which needs to be justified on
> its own.
I can undo this and defer the thought to a later patch.
> Why call groups_search() when the key gid isn't valid?
Fixed.
> This is wrong because 'desired_perm' may contain multiple permissions ---
No, it can't. I've fixed the comment.
It was never specified what was meant by specifying multiple permissions and I
don't think I ever used that directly. The nearest I came was to make
multiple calls to key_{,task_}permission() so that it was obvious in the
caller what was meant.
> The handling for REVOKE is weird, since it makes it possible that by *adding*
> permissions, it can appear that WRITE permission was removed.
I know. But there's no way to render an ACL down to an old-style permissions
mask accurately. Revocation permission was enabled by having either SETATTR
or WRITE permission, but WRITE permission was disabled under some
circumstances if ->write() didn't exist.
> Also, why isn't JOIN handled here?
What would you represent it as?
Currently, the nearest thing to a JOIN permission is SEARCH, since you need
that to find the keyring by name in the first place; beyond that, there is no
permission needed to join a keyring.
I can make JOIN enable SEARCH, but if you pass it back to KEYCTL_SETPERM,
you're going to enable SEARCH and JOIN, even if you didn't have SEARCH before.
There isn't an easy answer.
> Again, ignoring the "non-special" ACEs will cause the returned permissions
> mask to be an under-estimate rather than an over-estimate. I'm not sure
> that's a good idea.
There isn't really a viable alternative. perm isn't what you, the caller,
have available to you.
> > +void key_put_acl(struct key_acl *acl)
> > +{
> > + if (refcount_dec_and_test(&acl->usage))
> > + call_rcu(&acl->rcu, key_acl_rcu);
> > +}
>
> Use kfree_rcu().
Good idea. I was thinking that could only deal with objects in which the
rcu_head was first, but that doesn't appear to be the case.
> Bug: this will break from the loop if it encounters an ACE for uid or gid 4
> (the value of KEY_ACE_POSSESSOR). It needs to check for KEY_ACE_SPECIAL
> before special_id == KEY_ACE_POSSESSOR can be considered meaningful.
Fixed.
> It's not obvious what 'tp' means. How about:
>
> static struct key_acl thread_keyring_acl = {
> ...
> };
>
> #define process_keyring_acl thread_keyring_acl
I dislike that. I've changed it to:
static struct key_acl thread_and_process_keyring_acl = ...
> Why give JOIN permission to anonymous session keyrings? They shouldn't be
> joinable --- and they weren't prior to this patch, since they were *not* given
> KEY_USR_SEARCH permission.
Point. Fixed.
> This is also a behavior change which needs to be explained and justified on
> its own. A named keyring created with keyctl_join_session_keyring(name) was
> not previously joinable by default, but after this patch it is.
Yeah - this should be its own patch. If you create a named keyring with
KEYCTL_JOIN_SESSION_KEYRING, doing this again in another process with the same
name ought to join the first one if it's owned by you and lets you find it.
> find_keyring_by_name() also checks for SEARCH permission. Now this checks for
> JOIN as well. Is it intentional that two different permissions are being
> checked?
As previously mentioned, just JOIN should probably be used. In effect, SEARCH
is also being split from JOIN.
> > + if (perm & KEY_NEED_INVAL)
> > + oldstyle_perm |= KEY_NEED_SEARCH;
>
> Isn't this going to need to be SETATTR rather than SEARCH?
No. Current code requires SEARCH (or CAP_SYS_ADMIN +
KEY_FLAG_ROOT_CAN_INVAL), not SETATTR. It was *your* proposal to make it use
SETATTR instead.
> Even if we can't update SELinux to be aware of the new-style permissions we
> still need to fix the "search also means delete" bug. Otherwise it will
> remain impossible to use SELinux to enforce a read-only view of a key
> hierarchy.
SELinux will need fixing if you want to be able to do that. I need to discuss
how to do this with the SELinux people.
> > + if (perm & KEY_NEED_REVOKE)
> > + oldstyle_perm |= KEY_NEED_WRITE;
>
> Another breaking change which needs to be explained and justified. Before
> either the write or setattr SELinux key permissions was sufficient for
> revocation, but now only write is.
Fixed.
> > + if (perm & KEY_NEED_SETSEC)
> > + oldstyle_perm |= 0x20;
>
> Magic number.
The symbol no longer exists. I've #defined OLD_KEY_NEED_SETATTR to it in
hooks.c.
> > + if (perm & KEY_NEED_JOIN)
> > + oldstyle_perm |= KEY_NEED_LINK;
>
> The old-style permission for joining keyrings was SEARCH, not LINK.
> Probably it *should* have been LINK, but it's still a breaking change which
> needs to be justified on its own...
Changed to SEARCH.
> Why does Smack ignore requests for SEARCH permission?
No idea.
David
---
diff --git a/security/keys/compat.c b/security/keys/compat.c
index e87c89c0177c..4a6918f68f6b 100644
--- a/security/keys/compat.c
+++ b/security/keys/compat.c
@@ -141,6 +141,12 @@ COMPAT_SYSCALL_DEFINE5(keyctl, u32, option,
return keyctl_restrict_keyring(arg2, compat_ptr(arg3),
compat_ptr(arg4));
+ case KEYCTL_GET_ACL:
+ return keyctl_get_acl(arg2, compat_ptr(arg3), arg4);
+
+ case KEYCTL_SET_ACL:
+ return keyctl_set_acl(arg2, compat_ptr(arg3), arg4);
+
default:
return -EOPNOTSUPP;
}
diff --git a/security/keys/internal.h b/security/keys/internal.h
index a699c5937cbe..1c6efdf04445 100644
--- a/security/keys/internal.h
+++ b/security/keys/internal.h
@@ -302,6 +302,14 @@ static inline long compat_keyctl_dh_compute(
#endif
#endif
+extern long keyctl_get_acl(key_serial_t keyid,
+ struct user_key_ace __user *_acl,
+ size_t nr_elem);
+extern long keyctl_set_acl(key_serial_t keyid,
+ const struct user_key_ace __user *_acl,
+ size_t nr_elem);
+
+
/*
* Debugging key validation
*/
diff --git a/security/keys/keyctl.c b/security/keys/keyctl.c
index 51fefec80cce..2773461c96ec 100644
--- a/security/keys/keyctl.c
+++ b/security/keys/keyctl.c
@@ -961,6 +961,8 @@ long keyctl_setperm_key(key_serial_t id, unsigned int perm)
ace->mask |= KEY_ACE_REVOKE;
if (subset & KEY_OTH_SETATTR)
ace->mask |= KEY_ACE_SET_SECURITY;
+ if (subset & KEY_OTH_SEARCH)
+ ace->mask |= KEY_ACE_INVAL;
if (key->type == &key_type_keyring) {
ace->mask |= KEY_ACE_JOIN;
if (subset & KEY_OTH_WRITE)
@@ -1768,6 +1770,16 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(keyctl, int, option, unsigned long, arg2, unsigned long, arg3,
(const char __user *) arg3,
(const char __user *) arg4);
+ case KEYCTL_GET_ACL:
+ return keyctl_get_acl((key_serial_t)arg2,
+ (struct user_key_ace __user *)arg3,
+ (size_t)arg4);
+
+ case KEYCTL_SET_ACL:
+ return keyctl_set_acl((key_serial_t)arg2,
+ (const struct user_key_ace __user *)arg3,
+ (size_t)arg4);
+
default:
return -EOPNOTSUPP;
}
diff --git a/security/keys/permission.c b/security/keys/permission.c
index 5e186b0f802d..7056ae3e8d8d 100644
--- a/security/keys/permission.c
+++ b/security/keys/permission.c
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
#include <linux/module.h>
#include <linux/security.h>
#include <linux/user_namespace.h>
+#include <linux/uaccess.h>
#include "internal.h"
struct key_acl default_key_acl = {
@@ -243,3 +244,184 @@ void key_put_acl(struct key_acl *acl)
if (refcount_dec_and_test(&acl->usage))
call_rcu(&acl->rcu, key_acl_rcu);
}
+
+/*
+ * Get the ACL attached to key.
+ */
+long keyctl_get_acl(key_serial_t keyid,
+ struct user_key_ace __user *_acl,
+ size_t max_acl_size)
+{
+ struct user_namespace *ns;
+ struct key_acl *acl;
+ struct key *key, *instkey;
+ key_ref_t key_ref;
+ long ret;
+ int i;
+
+ key_ref = lookup_user_key(keyid, KEY_LOOKUP_PARTIAL, KEY_NEED_VIEW);
+ if (IS_ERR(key_ref)) {
+ if (PTR_ERR(key_ref) != -EACCES)
+ return PTR_ERR(key_ref);
+
+ /* viewing a key under construction is also permitted if we
+ * have the authorisation token handy */
+ instkey = key_get_instantiation_authkey(keyid);
+ if (IS_ERR(instkey))
+ return PTR_ERR(instkey);
+ key_put(instkey);
+
+ key_ref = lookup_user_key(keyid, KEY_LOOKUP_PARTIAL, 0);
+ if (IS_ERR(key_ref))
+ return PTR_ERR(key_ref);
+ }
+
+ key = key_ref_to_ptr(key_ref);
+
+ down_read(&key->sem);
+ acl = key->acl;
+ refcount_inc(&acl->usage);
+ up_read(&key->sem);
+
+ if (acl->nr_ace * sizeof(struct user_key_ace) > max_acl_size)
+ goto out;
+
+ ns = current_user_ns();
+ ret = -EFAULT;
+ for (i = 0; i < acl->nr_ace; i++) {
+ const struct key_ace *ace = &acl->aces[i];
+
+ if (put_user(ace->mask, &_acl[i].mask) < 0)
+ goto error;
+
+ switch (ace->mask & KEY_ACE__IDENTITY) {
+ case KEY_ACE_SPECIAL:
+ if (put_user(ace->special_id, &_acl[i].special_id) < 0)
+ goto error;
+ break;
+ case KEY_ACE_UID:
+ if (put_user(from_kuid_munged(ns, ace->uid), &_acl[i].uid) < 0)
+ goto error;
+ break;
+ case KEY_ACE_GID:
+ if (put_user(from_kgid_munged(ns, ace->gid), &_acl[i].gid) < 0)
+ goto error;
+ break;
+ }
+ }
+
+out:
+ ret = acl->nr_ace * sizeof(struct user_key_ace);
+error:
+ return ret;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Get ACL from userspace.
+ */
+static struct key_acl *key_get_acl_from_user(const struct user_key_ace __user *_acl,
+ size_t acl_size)
+{
+ struct user_namespace *ns;
+ struct key_acl *acl;
+ long ret;
+ int nr_ace, i;
+
+ if (acl_size % sizeof(struct user_key_ace) != 0)
+ return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+ nr_ace = acl_size / sizeof(struct user_key_ace);
+ if (nr_ace > 16)
+ return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+
+ acl = kzalloc(sizeof(struct key_acl) + sizeof(struct key_ace) * nr_ace,
+ GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (!acl)
+ return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+
+ refcount_set(&acl->usage, 1);
+ acl->nr_ace = nr_ace;
+ ns = current_user_ns();
+ for (i = 0; i < nr_ace; i++) {
+ struct key_ace *ace = &acl->aces[i];
+ uid_t uid;
+ gid_t gid;
+
+ if (get_user(ace->mask, &_acl[i].mask) < 0)
+ goto fault;
+
+ switch (ace->mask & KEY_ACE__IDENTITY) {
+ case KEY_ACE_SPECIAL:
+ if (get_user(ace->special_id, &_acl[i].special_id) < 0)
+ goto fault;
+ if (ace->special_id == 0 ||
+ ace->special_id > KEY_ACE_NET_ADMIN)
+ goto inval;
+ break;
+ case KEY_ACE_UID:
+ if (get_user(uid, &_acl[i].uid) < 0)
+ goto fault;
+ ace->uid = make_kuid(ns, uid);
+ break;
+ case KEY_ACE_GID:
+ if (get_user(gid, &_acl[i].gid) < 0)
+ goto fault;
+ ace->gid = make_kgid(ns, gid);
+ break;
+ default:
+ goto inval;
+ }
+ }
+
+ return acl;
+
+fault:
+ ret = -EFAULT;
+ goto error;
+inval:
+ ret = -EINVAL;
+error:
+ key_put_acl(acl);
+ return ERR_PTR(ret);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Attach a new ACL to a key.
+ */
+long keyctl_set_acl(key_serial_t keyid,
+ const struct user_key_ace __user *_acl,
+ size_t acl_size)
+{
+ struct key_acl *acl, *discard;
+ struct key *key;
+ key_ref_t key_ref;
+ long ret;
+
+ acl = key_get_acl_from_user(_acl, acl_size);
+ if (IS_ERR(acl))
+ return PTR_ERR(acl);
+ discard = acl;
+
+ key_ref = lookup_user_key(keyid, KEY_LOOKUP_PARTIAL, KEY_NEED_SETSEC);
+ if (IS_ERR(key_ref)) {
+ ret = PTR_ERR(key_ref);
+ goto error_acl;
+ }
+
+ key = key_ref_to_ptr(key_ref);
+
+ ret = -EACCES;
+ down_write(&key->sem);
+
+ if (capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN) || uid_eq(key->uid, current_fsuid())) {
+ discard = rcu_dereference_protected(key->acl,
+ lockdep_is_held(&key->sem));
+ rcu_assign_pointer(key->acl, acl);
+ ret = 0;
+ }
+
+ up_write(&key->sem);
+ key_put(key);
+error_acl:
+ key_put_acl(discard);
+ return ret;
+}
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