[PATCH v2] lsm, io_uring: add LSM hooks for the new uring_cmd file op

Paul Moore paul at paul-moore.com
Wed Aug 10 22:14:48 UTC 2022


On Wed, Aug 10, 2022 at 2:52 PM Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof at kernel.org> wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 10, 2022 at 02:39:54PM -0400, Paul Moore wrote:
> > On Wed, Aug 10, 2022 at 2:14 PM Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof at kernel.org> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Fri, Jul 15, 2022 at 01:28:35PM -0600, Jens Axboe wrote:
> > > > On 7/15/22 1:16 PM, Luis Chamberlain wrote:
> > > > > io-uring cmd support was added through ee692a21e9bf ("fs,io_uring:
> > > > > add infrastructure for uring-cmd"), this extended the struct
> > > > > file_operations to allow a new command which each subsystem can use
> > > > > to enable command passthrough. Add an LSM specific for the command
> > > > > passthrough which enables LSMs to inspect the command details.
> > > > >
> > > > > This was discussed long ago without no clear pointer for something
> > > > > conclusive, so this enables LSMs to at least reject this new file
> > > > > operation.
> > > >
> > > > From an io_uring perspective, this looks fine to me. It may be easier if
> > > > I take this through my tree due to the moving of the files, or the
> > > > security side can do it but it'd have to then wait for merge window (and
> > > > post io_uring branch merge) to do so. Just let me know. If done outside
> > > > of my tree, feel free to add:
> > > >
> > > > Acked-by: Jens Axboe <axboe at kernel.dk>
> > >
> > > Paul, Casey, Jens,
> > >
> > > should this be picked up now that we're one week into the merge window?
> >
> > Your timing is spot on!  I wrapped up a SELinux/SCTP issue by posting
> > the patches yesterday and started on the io_uring/CMD patches this
> > morning :)
> >
> > Give me a few days to get this finished, tested, etc. and I'll post a
> > patchset with your main patch, the Smack patch from Casey, the SELinux
> > patch, and the /dev/null patch so we can all give it a quick sanity
> > check before I merge it into the LSM/stable branch and send it to
> > Linus.  Does that sound okay?
>
> Works with me! But just note I'll be away on vacation starting tomorrow
> in the woods looking for Bigfoot with my dog, so I won't be around. And
> I suspect Linus plans to release 6.0 on Sunday, if the phb-crystall-ball [0]
> is still as accurate.

No worries, hopefully we'll have something working its way towards
Linus by the time you return.  Enjoy your time away.

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