[PATCH v5 3/6] fs: Enable to enforce noexec mounts or file exec through O_MAYEXEC

Mickaël Salaün mic at digikod.net
Tue May 5 16:55:59 UTC 2020



On 05/05/2020 17:44, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> On 5/5/20 8:31 AM, Mickaël Salaün wrote:
>> diff --git a/security/Kconfig b/security/Kconfig
>> index cd3cc7da3a55..d8fac9240d14 100644
>> --- a/security/Kconfig
>> +++ b/security/Kconfig
>> @@ -230,6 +230,32 @@ config STATIC_USERMODEHELPER_PATH
>>  	  If you wish for all usermode helper programs to be disabled,
>>  	  specify an empty string here (i.e. "").
>>  
>> +menuconfig OMAYEXEC_STATIC
>> +	tristate "Configure O_MAYEXEC behavior at build time"
>> +	---help---
>> +	  Enable to enforce O_MAYEXEC at build time, and disable the dedicated
>> +	  fs.open_mayexec_enforce sysctl.
> 
> That help message is a bit confusing IMO.  Does setting/enabling OMAYEXEC_STATIC
> both enforce O_MAYEXEC at build time and also disable the dedicated sysctl?

Yes. What about this?
"Define the O_MAYEXEC policy at build time only. As a side effect, this
also disables the fs.open_mayexec_enforce sysctl."

> 
> Or are these meant to be alternatives, one for what Enabling this kconfig symbol
> does and the other for what Disabling this symbol does?  If so, it doesn't
> say that.
> 
>> +
>> +	  See Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/fs.rst for more details.
>> +
>> +if OMAYEXEC_STATIC
>> +
>> +config OMAYEXEC_ENFORCE_MOUNT
>> +	bool "Mount restriction"
>> +	default y
>> +	---help---
>> +	  Forbid opening files with the O_MAYEXEC option if their underlying VFS is
>> +	  mounted with the noexec option or if their superblock forbids execution
>> +	  of its content (e.g., /proc).
>> +
>> +config OMAYEXEC_ENFORCE_FILE
>> +	bool "File permission restriction"
>> +	---help---
>> +	  Forbid opening files with the O_MAYEXEC option if they are not marked as
>> +	  executable for the current process (e.g., POSIX permissions).
>> +
>> +endif # OMAYEXEC_STATIC
>> +
>>  source "security/selinux/Kconfig"
>>  source "security/smack/Kconfig"
>>  source "security/tomoyo/Kconfig"
> 
> 



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