[PATCH ima-evm-utils v2] Add tests for MMAP_CHECK and MMAP_CHECK_REQPROT hooks

Mimi Zohar zohar at linux.ibm.com
Wed Feb 1 00:00:09 UTC 2023


On Tue, 2023-01-31 at 18:42 +0100, Roberto Sassu wrote:
> From: Roberto Sassu <roberto.sassu at huawei.com>
> 
> Add tests to ensure that, after applying the kernel patch 'ima: Align
> ima_file_mmap() parameters with mmap_file LSM hook', the MMAP_CHECK hook
> checks the protections applied by the kernel and not those requested by the
> application.
> 
> Also ensure that after applying 'ima: Introduce MMAP_CHECK_REQPROT hook',
> the MMAP_CHECK_REQPROT hook checks the protections requested by the
> application.
> 
> Test both with the test_mmap application that by default requests the
> PROT_READ protection flag. Its syntax is:
> 
> test_mmap <file> <mode>
> 
> where mode can be:
> - exec: adds the PROT_EXEC protection flag to mmap()
> - read_implies_exec: calls the personality() system call with
>                      READ_IMPLIES_EXEC as the first argument before mmap()
> - mprotect: adds the PROT_EXEC protection flag to a memory area in addition
>             to PROT_READ
> - exec_on_writable: calls mmap() with PROT_EXEC on a file which has a
>                     writable mapping
> 
> Check the different combinations of hooks/modes and ensure that a
> measurement entry is found in the IMA measurement list only when it is
> expected. No measurement entry should be found when only the PROT_READ
> protection flag is requested or the matching policy rule has the
> MMAP_CHECK_REQPROT hook and the personality() system call was called with
> READ_IMPLIES_EXEC.
> 
> mprotect() with PROT_EXEC on an existing memory area protected with
> PROT_READ should be denied (with an appraisal rule), regardless of the MMAP
> hook specified in the policy. The same applies for mmap() with PROT_EXEC on
> a file with a writable mapping.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Roberto Sassu <roberto.sassu at huawei.com>

Nice!   Including some comments, or at least the test assumption, would
help simplify reviewing the code.

Reviewed-by: Mimi Zohar <zohar at linux.ibm.com>



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