[PATCH 09/22] lsm: move the AF_UNIX hook comments to security/security.c

Paul Moore paul at paul-moore.com
Fri Feb 17 03:26:12 UTC 2023


This patch relocates the LSM hook function comments to the function
definitions, in keeping with the current kernel conventions.  This
should make the hook descriptions more easily discoverable and easier
to maintain.

While formatting changes have been done to better fit the kernel-doc
style, content changes have been kept to a minimum and limited to
text which was obviously incorrect and/or outdated.  It is expected
the future patches will improve the quality of the function header
comments.

Signed-off-by: Paul Moore <paul at paul-moore.com>
---
 include/linux/lsm_hooks.h | 26 ------------------------
 security/security.c       | 42 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 41 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/lsm_hooks.h b/include/linux/lsm_hooks.h
index ba2daec1bc35..1fc1e2aa7d01 100644
--- a/include/linux/lsm_hooks.h
+++ b/include/linux/lsm_hooks.h
@@ -32,32 +32,6 @@
 /**
  * union security_list_options - Linux Security Module hook function list
  *
- * Security hooks for Unix domain networking.
- *
- * @unix_stream_connect:
- *	Check permissions before establishing a Unix domain stream connection
- *	between @sock and @other.
- *	@sock contains the sock structure.
- *	@other contains the peer sock structure.
- *	@newsk contains the new sock structure.
- *	Return 0 if permission is granted.
- * @unix_may_send:
- *	Check permissions before connecting or sending datagrams from @sock to
- *	@other.
- *	@sock contains the socket structure.
- *	@other contains the peer socket structure.
- *	Return 0 if permission is granted.
- *
- * The @unix_stream_connect and @unix_may_send hooks were necessary because
- * Linux provides an alternative to the conventional file name space for Unix
- * domain sockets.  Whereas binding and connecting to sockets in the file name
- * space is mediated by the typical file permissions (and caught by the mknod
- * and permission hooks in inode_security_ops), binding and connecting to
- * sockets in the abstract name space is completely unmediated.  Sufficient
- * control of Unix domain sockets in the abstract name space isn't possible
- * using only the socket layer hooks, since we need to know the actual target
- * socket, which is not looked up until we are inside the af_unix code.
- *
  * Security hooks for socket operations.
  *
  * @socket_create:
diff --git a/security/security.c b/security/security.c
index e067e54a5cfa..6fb279f0cd50 100644
--- a/security/security.c
+++ b/security/security.c
@@ -3554,13 +3554,53 @@ int security_watch_key(struct key *key)
 #endif
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SECURITY_NETWORK
-
+/**
+ * security_unix_stream_connect() - Check if a AF_UNIX stream is allowed
+ * @sock: originating sock
+ * @other: peer sock
+ * @newsk: new sock
+ *
+ * Check permissions before establishing a Unix domain stream connection
+ * between @sock and @other.
+ *
+ * The @unix_stream_connect and @unix_may_send hooks were necessary because
+ * Linux provides an alternative to the conventional file name space for Unix
+ * domain sockets.  Whereas binding and connecting to sockets in the file name
+ * space is mediated by the typical file permissions (and caught by the mknod
+ * and permission hooks in inode_security_ops), binding and connecting to
+ * sockets in the abstract name space is completely unmediated.  Sufficient
+ * control of Unix domain sockets in the abstract name space isn't possible
+ * using only the socket layer hooks, since we need to know the actual target
+ * socket, which is not looked up until we are inside the af_unix code.
+ *
+ * Return: Returns 0 if permission is granted.
+ */
 int security_unix_stream_connect(struct sock *sock, struct sock *other, struct sock *newsk)
 {
 	return call_int_hook(unix_stream_connect, 0, sock, other, newsk);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(security_unix_stream_connect);
 
+/**
+ * security_unix_may_send() - Check if AF_UNIX socket can send datagrams
+ * @sock: originating sock
+ * @other: peer sock
+ *
+ * Check permissions before connecting or sending datagrams from @sock to
+ * @other.
+ *
+ * The @unix_stream_connect and @unix_may_send hooks were necessary because
+ * Linux provides an alternative to the conventional file name space for Unix
+ * domain sockets.  Whereas binding and connecting to sockets in the file name
+ * space is mediated by the typical file permissions (and caught by the mknod
+ * and permission hooks in inode_security_ops), binding and connecting to
+ * sockets in the abstract name space is completely unmediated.  Sufficient
+ * control of Unix domain sockets in the abstract name space isn't possible
+ * using only the socket layer hooks, since we need to know the actual target
+ * socket, which is not looked up until we are inside the af_unix code.
+ *
+ * Return: Returns 0 if permission is granted.
+ */
 int security_unix_may_send(struct socket *sock,  struct socket *other)
 {
 	return call_int_hook(unix_may_send, 0, sock, other);
-- 
2.39.2



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