[PATCH] lsm: security_task_getsecid_subj() -> security_current_getsecid_subj()

Serge E. Hallyn serge at hallyn.com
Fri Nov 19 23:23:05 UTC 2021


On Fri, Nov 19, 2021 at 05:52:33PM -0500, Paul Moore wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 29, 2021 at 3:17 PM Paul Moore <paul at paul-moore.com> wrote:
> >
> > The security_task_getsecid_subj() LSM hook invites misuse by allowing
> > callers to specify a task even though the hook is only safe when the
> > current task is referenced.  Fix this by removing the task_struct
> > argument to the hook, requiring LSM implementations to use the
> > current task.  While we are changing the hook declaration we also
> > rename the function to security_current_getsecid_subj() in an effort
> > to reinforce that the hook captures the subjective credentials of the
> > current task and not an arbitrary task on the system.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Paul Moore <paul at paul-moore.com>

Makes perfect sense given the motivation of 4ebd7651b  :)

Reviewed-by: Serge Hallyn <serge at hallyn.com>

Oh, actually, one question below (cc:ing John explicitly)

> > ---
> >  include/linux/lsm_hook_defs.h         |    3 +--
> >  include/linux/lsm_hooks.h             |    8 +++-----
> >  include/linux/security.h              |    4 ++--
> >  kernel/audit.c                        |    4 ++--
> >  kernel/auditfilter.c                  |    3 +--
> >  kernel/auditsc.c                      |   10 +++++++++-
> >  net/netlabel/netlabel_unlabeled.c     |    2 +-
> >  net/netlabel/netlabel_user.h          |    2 +-
> >  security/apparmor/lsm.c               |   13 ++++++++++---
> >  security/integrity/ima/ima_appraise.c |    2 +-
> >  security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c     |   14 +++++++-------
> >  security/security.c                   |    6 +++---
> >  security/selinux/hooks.c              |   19 +++----------------
> >  security/smack/smack.h                |   16 ----------------
> >  security/smack/smack_lsm.c            |    9 ++++-----
> >  15 files changed, 48 insertions(+), 67 deletions(-)
> 
> I never saw any comments, positive or negative, on this patch so I'll
> plan on merging it early next week.  If you've got objections, now is
> the time to speak up.
> 
> > diff --git a/include/linux/lsm_hook_defs.h b/include/linux/lsm_hook_defs.h
> > index 2adeea44c0d5..8d04b18155a3 100644
> > --- a/include/linux/lsm_hook_defs.h
> > +++ b/include/linux/lsm_hook_defs.h
> > @@ -205,8 +205,7 @@ LSM_HOOK(int, 0, task_fix_setgid, struct cred *new, const struct cred * old,
> >  LSM_HOOK(int, 0, task_setpgid, struct task_struct *p, pid_t pgid)
> >  LSM_HOOK(int, 0, task_getpgid, struct task_struct *p)
> >  LSM_HOOK(int, 0, task_getsid, struct task_struct *p)
> > -LSM_HOOK(void, LSM_RET_VOID, task_getsecid_subj,
> > -        struct task_struct *p, u32 *secid)
> > +LSM_HOOK(void, LSM_RET_VOID, current_getsecid_subj, u32 *secid)
> >  LSM_HOOK(void, LSM_RET_VOID, task_getsecid_obj,
> >          struct task_struct *p, u32 *secid)
> >  LSM_HOOK(int, 0, task_setnice, struct task_struct *p, int nice)
> > diff --git a/include/linux/lsm_hooks.h b/include/linux/lsm_hooks.h
> > index 5c4c5c0602cb..9f5b93011ecb 100644
> > --- a/include/linux/lsm_hooks.h
> > +++ b/include/linux/lsm_hooks.h
> > @@ -716,11 +716,9 @@
> >   *     @p.
> >   *     @p contains the task_struct for the process.
> >   *     Return 0 if permission is granted.
> > - * @task_getsecid_subj:
> > - *     Retrieve the subjective security identifier of the task_struct in @p
> > - *     and return it in @secid.  Special care must be taken to ensure that @p
> > - *     is the either the "current" task, or the caller has exclusive access
> > - *     to @p.
> > + * @current_getsecid_subj:
> > + *     Retrieve the subjective security identifier of the current task and
> > + *     return it in @secid.
> >   *     In case of failure, @secid will be set to zero.
> >   * @task_getsecid_obj:
> >   *     Retrieve the objective security identifier of the task_struct in @p
> > diff --git a/include/linux/security.h b/include/linux/security.h
> > index 5b7288521300..24190cf61858 100644
> > --- a/include/linux/security.h
> > +++ b/include/linux/security.h
> > @@ -417,7 +417,7 @@ int security_task_fix_setgid(struct cred *new, const struct cred *old,
> >  int security_task_setpgid(struct task_struct *p, pid_t pgid);
> >  int security_task_getpgid(struct task_struct *p);
> >  int security_task_getsid(struct task_struct *p);
> > -void security_task_getsecid_subj(struct task_struct *p, u32 *secid);
> > +void security_current_getsecid_subj(u32 *secid);
> >  void security_task_getsecid_obj(struct task_struct *p, u32 *secid);
> >  int security_task_setnice(struct task_struct *p, int nice);
> >  int security_task_setioprio(struct task_struct *p, int ioprio);
> > @@ -1112,7 +1112,7 @@ static inline int security_task_getsid(struct task_struct *p)
> >         return 0;
> >  }
> >
> > -static inline void security_task_getsecid_subj(struct task_struct *p, u32 *secid)
> > +static inline void security_current_getsecid_subj(u32 *secid)
> >  {
> >         *secid = 0;
> >  }
> > diff --git a/kernel/audit.c b/kernel/audit.c
> > index 121d37e700a6..d4084751cfe6 100644
> > --- a/kernel/audit.c
> > +++ b/kernel/audit.c
> > @@ -2132,7 +2132,7 @@ int audit_log_task_context(struct audit_buffer *ab)
> >         int error;
> >         u32 sid;
> >
> > -       security_task_getsecid_subj(current, &sid);
> > +       security_current_getsecid_subj(&sid);
> >         if (!sid)
> >                 return 0;
> >
> > @@ -2353,7 +2353,7 @@ int audit_signal_info(int sig, struct task_struct *t)
> >                         audit_sig_uid = auid;
> >                 else
> >                         audit_sig_uid = uid;
> > -               security_task_getsecid_subj(current, &audit_sig_sid);
> > +               security_current_getsecid_subj(&audit_sig_sid);
> >         }
> >
> >         return audit_signal_info_syscall(t);
> > diff --git a/kernel/auditfilter.c b/kernel/auditfilter.c
> > index db2c6b59dfc3..f4ebd2f1cfca 100644
> > --- a/kernel/auditfilter.c
> > +++ b/kernel/auditfilter.c
> > @@ -1359,8 +1359,7 @@ int audit_filter(int msgtype, unsigned int listtype)
> >                         case AUDIT_SUBJ_SEN:
> >                         case AUDIT_SUBJ_CLR:
> >                                 if (f->lsm_rule) {
> > -                                       security_task_getsecid_subj(current,
> > -                                                                   &sid);
> > +                                       security_current_getsecid_subj(&sid);
> >                                         result = security_audit_rule_match(sid,
> >                                                    f->type, f->op, f->lsm_rule);
> >                                 }
> > diff --git a/kernel/auditsc.c b/kernel/auditsc.c
> > index 8dd73a64f921..e0987ee71b8f 100644
> > --- a/kernel/auditsc.c
> > +++ b/kernel/auditsc.c
> > @@ -673,7 +673,15 @@ static int audit_filter_rules(struct task_struct *tsk,
> >                            logged upon error */
> >                         if (f->lsm_rule) {
> >                                 if (need_sid) {
> > -                                       security_task_getsecid_subj(tsk, &sid);
> > +                                       /* @tsk should always be equal to
> > +                                        * @current with the exception of
> > +                                        * fork()/copy_process() in which case
> > +                                        * the new @tsk creds are still a dup
> > +                                        * of @current's creds so we can still
> > +                                        * use security_current_getsecid_subj()
> > +                                        * here even though it always refs
> > +                                        * @current's creds */
> > +                                       security_current_getsecid_subj(&sid);
> >                                         need_sid = 0;
> >                                 }
> >                                 result = security_audit_rule_match(sid, f->type,
> > diff --git a/net/netlabel/netlabel_unlabeled.c b/net/netlabel/netlabel_unlabeled.c
> > index 566ba4397ee4..8490e46359ae 100644
> > --- a/net/netlabel/netlabel_unlabeled.c
> > +++ b/net/netlabel/netlabel_unlabeled.c
> > @@ -1537,7 +1537,7 @@ int __init netlbl_unlabel_defconf(void)
> >         /* Only the kernel is allowed to call this function and the only time
> >          * it is called is at bootup before the audit subsystem is reporting
> >          * messages so don't worry to much about these values. */
> > -       security_task_getsecid_subj(current, &audit_info.secid);
> > +       security_current_getsecid_subj(&audit_info.secid);
> >         audit_info.loginuid = GLOBAL_ROOT_UID;
> >         audit_info.sessionid = 0;
> >
> > diff --git a/net/netlabel/netlabel_user.h b/net/netlabel/netlabel_user.h
> > index 6190cbf94bf0..d6c5b31eb4eb 100644
> > --- a/net/netlabel/netlabel_user.h
> > +++ b/net/netlabel/netlabel_user.h
> > @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
> >   */
> >  static inline void netlbl_netlink_auditinfo(struct netlbl_audit *audit_info)
> >  {
> > -       security_task_getsecid_subj(current, &audit_info->secid);
> > +       security_current_getsecid_subj(&audit_info->secid);
> >         audit_info->loginuid = audit_get_loginuid(current);
> >         audit_info->sessionid = audit_get_sessionid(current);
> >  }
> > diff --git a/security/apparmor/lsm.c b/security/apparmor/lsm.c
> > index f72406fe1bf2..fc21190c4f4f 100644
> > --- a/security/apparmor/lsm.c
> > +++ b/security/apparmor/lsm.c
> > @@ -728,7 +728,14 @@ static void apparmor_bprm_committed_creds(struct linux_binprm *bprm)
> >         return;
> >  }
> >
> > -static void apparmor_task_getsecid(struct task_struct *p, u32 *secid)
> > +static void apparmor_current_getsecid_subj(u32 *secid)
> > +{
> > +       struct aa_label *label = aa_get_task_label(current);

Should you use aa_get_current_label() here instead?

> > +       *secid = label->secid;
> > +       aa_put_label(label);
> > +}
> > +
> > +static void apparmor_task_getsecid_obj(struct task_struct *p, u32 *secid)
> >  {
> >         struct aa_label *label = aa_get_task_label(p);
> >         *secid = label->secid;
> > @@ -1252,8 +1259,8 @@ static struct security_hook_list apparmor_hooks[] __lsm_ro_after_init = {
> >
> >         LSM_HOOK_INIT(task_free, apparmor_task_free),
> >         LSM_HOOK_INIT(task_alloc, apparmor_task_alloc),
> > -       LSM_HOOK_INIT(task_getsecid_subj, apparmor_task_getsecid),
> > -       LSM_HOOK_INIT(task_getsecid_obj, apparmor_task_getsecid),
> > +       LSM_HOOK_INIT(current_getsecid_subj, apparmor_current_getsecid_subj),
> > +       LSM_HOOK_INIT(task_getsecid_obj, apparmor_task_getsecid_obj),
> >         LSM_HOOK_INIT(task_setrlimit, apparmor_task_setrlimit),
> >         LSM_HOOK_INIT(task_kill, apparmor_task_kill),
> >
> > diff --git a/security/integrity/ima/ima_appraise.c b/security/integrity/ima/ima_appraise.c
> > index dbba51583e7c..17232bbfb9f9 100644
> > --- a/security/integrity/ima/ima_appraise.c
> > +++ b/security/integrity/ima/ima_appraise.c
> > @@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ int ima_must_appraise(struct user_namespace *mnt_userns, struct inode *inode,
> >         if (!ima_appraise)
> >                 return 0;
> >
> > -       security_task_getsecid_subj(current, &secid);
> > +       security_current_getsecid_subj(&secid);
> >         return ima_match_policy(mnt_userns, inode, current_cred(), secid,
> >                                 func, mask, IMA_APPRAISE | IMA_HASH, NULL,
> >                                 NULL, NULL, NULL);
> > diff --git a/security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c b/security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c
> > index 465865412100..8c6e4514d494 100644
> > --- a/security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c
> > +++ b/security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c
> > @@ -408,7 +408,7 @@ int ima_file_mmap(struct file *file, unsigned long prot)
> >         u32 secid;
> >
> >         if (file && (prot & PROT_EXEC)) {
> > -               security_task_getsecid_subj(current, &secid);
> > +               security_current_getsecid_subj(&secid);
> >                 return process_measurement(file, current_cred(), secid, NULL,
> >                                            0, MAY_EXEC, MMAP_CHECK);
> >         }
> > @@ -446,7 +446,7 @@ int ima_file_mprotect(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long prot)
> >             !(prot & PROT_EXEC) || (vma->vm_flags & VM_EXEC))
> >                 return 0;
> >
> > -       security_task_getsecid_subj(current, &secid);
> > +       security_current_getsecid_subj(&secid);
> >         inode = file_inode(vma->vm_file);
> >         action = ima_get_action(file_mnt_user_ns(vma->vm_file), inode,
> >                                 current_cred(), secid, MAY_EXEC, MMAP_CHECK,
> > @@ -487,7 +487,7 @@ int ima_bprm_check(struct linux_binprm *bprm)
> >         int ret;
> >         u32 secid;
> >
> > -       security_task_getsecid_subj(current, &secid);
> > +       security_current_getsecid_subj(&secid);
> >         ret = process_measurement(bprm->file, current_cred(), secid, NULL, 0,
> >                                   MAY_EXEC, BPRM_CHECK);
> >         if (ret)
> > @@ -512,7 +512,7 @@ int ima_file_check(struct file *file, int mask)
> >  {
> >         u32 secid;
> >
> > -       security_task_getsecid_subj(current, &secid);
> > +       security_current_getsecid_subj(&secid);
> >         return process_measurement(file, current_cred(), secid, NULL, 0,
> >                                    mask & (MAY_READ | MAY_WRITE | MAY_EXEC |
> >                                            MAY_APPEND), FILE_CHECK);
> > @@ -709,7 +709,7 @@ int ima_read_file(struct file *file, enum kernel_read_file_id read_id,
> >
> >         /* Read entire file for all partial reads. */
> >         func = read_idmap[read_id] ?: FILE_CHECK;
> > -       security_task_getsecid_subj(current, &secid);
> > +       security_current_getsecid_subj(&secid);
> >         return process_measurement(file, current_cred(), secid, NULL,
> >                                    0, MAY_READ, func);
> >  }
> > @@ -752,7 +752,7 @@ int ima_post_read_file(struct file *file, void *buf, loff_t size,
> >         }
> >
> >         func = read_idmap[read_id] ?: FILE_CHECK;
> > -       security_task_getsecid_subj(current, &secid);
> > +       security_current_getsecid_subj(&secid);
> >         return process_measurement(file, current_cred(), secid, buf, size,
> >                                    MAY_READ, func);
> >  }
> > @@ -905,7 +905,7 @@ int process_buffer_measurement(struct user_namespace *mnt_userns,
> >          * buffer measurements.
> >          */
> >         if (func) {
> > -               security_task_getsecid_subj(current, &secid);
> > +               security_current_getsecid_subj(&secid);
> >                 action = ima_get_action(mnt_userns, inode, current_cred(),
> >                                         secid, 0, func, &pcr, &template,
> >                                         func_data, NULL);
> > diff --git a/security/security.c b/security/security.c
> > index 9ffa9e9c5c55..827bd161f8b0 100644
> > --- a/security/security.c
> > +++ b/security/security.c
> > @@ -1807,12 +1807,12 @@ int security_task_getsid(struct task_struct *p)
> >         return call_int_hook(task_getsid, 0, p);
> >  }
> >
> > -void security_task_getsecid_subj(struct task_struct *p, u32 *secid)
> > +void security_current_getsecid_subj(u32 *secid)
> >  {
> >         *secid = 0;
> > -       call_void_hook(task_getsecid_subj, p, secid);
> > +       call_void_hook(current_getsecid_subj, secid);
> >  }
> > -EXPORT_SYMBOL(security_task_getsecid_subj);
> > +EXPORT_SYMBOL(security_current_getsecid_subj);
> >
> >  void security_task_getsecid_obj(struct task_struct *p, u32 *secid)
> >  {
> > diff --git a/security/selinux/hooks.c b/security/selinux/hooks.c
> > index e7ebd45ca345..5c766b901f66 100644
> > --- a/security/selinux/hooks.c
> > +++ b/security/selinux/hooks.c
> > @@ -229,19 +229,6 @@ static inline u32 cred_sid(const struct cred *cred)
> >         return tsec->sid;
> >  }
> >
> > -/*
> > - * get the subjective security ID of a task
> > - */
> > -static inline u32 task_sid_subj(const struct task_struct *task)
> > -{
> > -       u32 sid;
> > -
> > -       rcu_read_lock();
> > -       sid = cred_sid(rcu_dereference(task->cred));
> > -       rcu_read_unlock();
> > -       return sid;
> > -}
> > -
> >  /*
> >   * get the objective security ID of a task
> >   */
> > @@ -4222,9 +4209,9 @@ static int selinux_task_getsid(struct task_struct *p)
> >                             PROCESS__GETSESSION, NULL);
> >  }
> >
> > -static void selinux_task_getsecid_subj(struct task_struct *p, u32 *secid)
> > +static void selinux_current_getsecid_subj(u32 *secid)
> >  {
> > -       *secid = task_sid_subj(p);
> > +       *secid = current_sid();
> >  }
> >
> >  static void selinux_task_getsecid_obj(struct task_struct *p, u32 *secid)
> > @@ -7221,7 +7208,7 @@ static struct security_hook_list selinux_hooks[] __lsm_ro_after_init = {
> >         LSM_HOOK_INIT(task_setpgid, selinux_task_setpgid),
> >         LSM_HOOK_INIT(task_getpgid, selinux_task_getpgid),
> >         LSM_HOOK_INIT(task_getsid, selinux_task_getsid),
> > -       LSM_HOOK_INIT(task_getsecid_subj, selinux_task_getsecid_subj),
> > +       LSM_HOOK_INIT(current_getsecid_subj, selinux_current_getsecid_subj),
> >         LSM_HOOK_INIT(task_getsecid_obj, selinux_task_getsecid_obj),
> >         LSM_HOOK_INIT(task_setnice, selinux_task_setnice),
> >         LSM_HOOK_INIT(task_setioprio, selinux_task_setioprio),
> > diff --git a/security/smack/smack.h b/security/smack/smack.h
> > index 99c3422596ab..fc837dcebf96 100644
> > --- a/security/smack/smack.h
> > +++ b/security/smack/smack.h
> > @@ -389,22 +389,6 @@ static inline struct smack_known *smk_of_task(const struct task_smack *tsp)
> >         return tsp->smk_task;
> >  }
> >
> > -static inline struct smack_known *smk_of_task_struct_subj(
> > -                                               const struct task_struct *t)
> > -{
> > -       struct smack_known *skp;
> > -       const struct cred *cred;
> > -
> > -       rcu_read_lock();
> > -
> > -       cred = rcu_dereference(t->cred);
> > -       skp = smk_of_task(smack_cred(cred));
> > -
> > -       rcu_read_unlock();
> > -
> > -       return skp;
> > -}
> > -
> >  static inline struct smack_known *smk_of_task_struct_obj(
> >                                                 const struct task_struct *t)
> >  {
> > diff --git a/security/smack/smack_lsm.c b/security/smack/smack_lsm.c
> > index 21a0e7c3b8de..40e1d764e616 100644
> > --- a/security/smack/smack_lsm.c
> > +++ b/security/smack/smack_lsm.c
> > @@ -2061,15 +2061,14 @@ static int smack_task_getsid(struct task_struct *p)
> >  }
> >
> >  /**
> > - * smack_task_getsecid_subj - get the subjective secid of the task
> > - * @p: the task
> > + * smack_current_getsecid_subj - get the subjective secid of the current task
> >   * @secid: where to put the result
> >   *
> >   * Sets the secid to contain a u32 version of the task's subjective smack label.
> >   */
> > -static void smack_task_getsecid_subj(struct task_struct *p, u32 *secid)
> > +static void smack_current_getsecid_subj(u32 *secid)
> >  {
> > -       struct smack_known *skp = smk_of_task_struct_subj(p);
> > +       struct smack_known *skp = smk_of_current();
> >
> >         *secid = skp->smk_secid;
> >  }
> > @@ -4756,7 +4755,7 @@ static struct security_hook_list smack_hooks[] __lsm_ro_after_init = {
> >         LSM_HOOK_INIT(task_setpgid, smack_task_setpgid),
> >         LSM_HOOK_INIT(task_getpgid, smack_task_getpgid),
> >         LSM_HOOK_INIT(task_getsid, smack_task_getsid),
> > -       LSM_HOOK_INIT(task_getsecid_subj, smack_task_getsecid_subj),
> > +       LSM_HOOK_INIT(current_getsecid_subj, smack_current_getsecid_subj),
> >         LSM_HOOK_INIT(task_getsecid_obj, smack_task_getsecid_obj),
> >         LSM_HOOK_INIT(task_setnice, smack_task_setnice),
> >         LSM_HOOK_INIT(task_setioprio, smack_task_setioprio),
> >
> 
> 
> -- 
> paul moore
> www.paul-moore.com



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