[PATCH v13 3/4] selinux: teach SELinux about anonymous inodes
Lokesh Gidra
lokeshgidra at google.com
Fri Jan 8 21:31:30 UTC 2021
On Fri, Jan 8, 2021 at 1:24 PM Stephen Smalley
<stephen.smalley.work at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Jan 8, 2021 at 3:17 PM Lokesh Gidra <lokeshgidra at google.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Fri, Jan 8, 2021 at 11:35 AM Stephen Smalley
> > <stephen.smalley.work at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Wed, Jan 6, 2021 at 10:03 PM Paul Moore <paul at paul-moore.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > On Wed, Nov 11, 2020 at 8:54 PM Lokesh Gidra <lokeshgidra at google.com> wrote:
> > > > > From: Daniel Colascione <dancol at google.com>
> > > > >
> > > > > This change uses the anon_inodes and LSM infrastructure introduced in
> > > > > the previous patches to give SELinux the ability to control
> > > > > anonymous-inode files that are created using the new
> > > > > anon_inode_getfd_secure() function.
> > > > >
> > > > > A SELinux policy author detects and controls these anonymous inodes by
> > > > > adding a name-based type_transition rule that assigns a new security
> > > > > type to anonymous-inode files created in some domain. The name used
> > > > > for the name-based transition is the name associated with the
> > > > > anonymous inode for file listings --- e.g., "[userfaultfd]" or
> > > > > "[perf_event]".
> > > > >
> > > > > Example:
> > > > >
> > > > > type uffd_t;
> > > > > type_transition sysadm_t sysadm_t : anon_inode uffd_t "[userfaultfd]";
> > > > > allow sysadm_t uffd_t:anon_inode { create };
> > > > >
> > > > > (The next patch in this series is necessary for making userfaultfd
> > > > > support this new interface. The example above is just
> > > > > for exposition.)
> > > > >
> > > > > Signed-off-by: Daniel Colascione <dancol at google.com>
> > > > > Signed-off-by: Lokesh Gidra <lokeshgidra at google.com>
> > > > > ---
> > > > > security/selinux/hooks.c | 56 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> > > > > security/selinux/include/classmap.h | 2 ++
> > > > > 2 files changed, 58 insertions(+)
> > > > >
> > > > > diff --git a/security/selinux/hooks.c b/security/selinux/hooks.c
> > > > > index 6b1826fc3658..d092aa512868 100644
> > > > > --- a/security/selinux/hooks.c
> > > > > +++ b/security/selinux/hooks.c
> > > > > @@ -2927,6 +2927,61 @@ static int selinux_inode_init_security(struct inode *inode, struct inode *dir,
> > > > > return 0;
> > > > > }
> > > > >
> > > > > +static int selinux_inode_init_security_anon(struct inode *inode,
> > > > > + const struct qstr *name,
> > > > > + const struct inode *context_inode)
> > > > > +{
> > > > > + const struct task_security_struct *tsec = selinux_cred(current_cred());
> > > > > + struct common_audit_data ad;
> > > > > + struct inode_security_struct *isec;
> > > > > + int rc;
> > > > > +
> > > > > + if (unlikely(!selinux_initialized(&selinux_state)))
> > > > > + return 0;
> > > > > +
> > > > > + isec = selinux_inode(inode);
> > > > > +
> > > > > + /*
> > > > > + * We only get here once per ephemeral inode. The inode has
> > > > > + * been initialized via inode_alloc_security but is otherwise
> > > > > + * untouched.
> > > > > + */
> > > > > +
> > > > > + if (context_inode) {
> > > > > + struct inode_security_struct *context_isec =
> > > > > + selinux_inode(context_inode);
> > > > > + if (context_isec->initialized != LABEL_INITIALIZED)
> > > > > + return -EACCES;
> > Stephen, as per your explanation below, is this check also
> > problematic? I mean is it possible that /dev/kvm context_inode may not
> > have its label initialized? If so, then v12 of the patch series can be
> > used as is. Otherwise, I will send the next version which rollbacks
> > v14 and v13, except for this check. Kindly confirm.
>
> The context_inode should always be initialized already. I'm not fond
> though of silently returning -EACCES here. At the least we should
> have a pr_err() or pr_warn() here. In reality, this could only occur
> in the case of a kernel bug or memory corruption so it used to be a
> candidate for WARN_ON() or BUG_ON() or similar but I know that
> BUG_ON() at least is frowned upon these days.
Got it. I'll add a pr_err(). Thanks a lot.
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