[PATCH v12 02/11] LSM: Maintain a table of LSM attribute data

[Mickaël Salaün]

On 29/06/2023 21:55, Casey Schaufler wrote:
> As LSMs are registered add their lsm_id pointers to a table.
> This will be used later for attribute reporting.
> 
> Determine the number of possible security modules based on
> their respective CONFIG options. This allows the number to be
> known at build time. This allows data structures and tables
> to use the constant.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Casey Schaufler <casey at schaufler-ca.com>
> Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook at chromium.org>
> Reviewed-by: Serge Hallyn <serge at hallyn.com>
> ---
>   include/linux/security.h |  2 ++
>   security/security.c      | 37 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>   2 files changed, 39 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/include/linux/security.h b/include/linux/security.h
> index e2734e9e44d5..569b1d8ab002 100644
> --- a/include/linux/security.h
> +++ b/include/linux/security.h
> @@ -138,6 +138,8 @@ enum lockdown_reason {
>   };
>   
>   extern const char *const lockdown_reasons[LOCKDOWN_CONFIDENTIALITY_MAX+1];
> +extern u32 lsm_active_cnt;
> +extern struct lsm_id *lsm_idlist[];

extern const struct lsm_id *lsm_idlist[];

>   
>   /* These functions are in security/commoncap.c */
>   extern int cap_capable(const struct cred *cred, struct user_namespace *ns,
> diff --git a/security/security.c b/security/security.c
> index e56714ef045a..5a699e47478b 100644
> --- a/security/security.c
> +++ b/security/security.c
> @@ -36,6 +36,25 @@
>   /* How many LSMs were built into the kernel? */
>   #define LSM_COUNT (__end_lsm_info - __start_lsm_info)
>   
> +/*
> + * How many LSMs are built into the kernel as determined at
> + * build time. Used to determine fixed array sizes.
> + * The capability module is accounted for by CONFIG_SECURITY
> + */
> +#define LSM_CONFIG_COUNT ( \
> +	(IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_SECURITY) ? 1 : 0) + \
> +	(IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_SECURITY_SELINUX) ? 1 : 0) + \
> +	(IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_SECURITY_SMACK) ? 1 : 0) + \
> +	(IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_SECURITY_TOMOYO) ? 1 : 0) + \
> +	(IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_IMA) ? 1 : 0) + \
> +	(IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_SECURITY_APPARMOR) ? 1 : 0) + \
> +	(IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_SECURITY_YAMA) ? 1 : 0) + \
> +	(IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_SECURITY_LOADPIN) ? 1 : 0) + \
> +	(IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_SECURITY_SAFESETID) ? 1 : 0) + \
> +	(IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_SECURITY_LOCKDOWN_LSM) ? 1 : 0) + \
> +	(IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_BPF_LSM) ? 1 : 0) + \
> +	(IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_SECURITY_LANDLOCK) ? 1 : 0))
> +
>   /*
>    * These are descriptions of the reasons that can be passed to the
>    * security_locked_down() LSM hook. Placing this array here allows
> @@ -245,6 +264,12 @@ static void __init initialize_lsm(struct lsm_info *lsm)
>   	}
>   }
>   
> +/*
> + * Current index to use while initializing the lsm id list.
> + */
> +u32 lsm_active_cnt __ro_after_init;
> +struct lsm_id *lsm_idlist[LSM_CONFIG_COUNT] __ro_after_init;

const struct lsm_id *lsm_idlist[LSM_CONFIG_COUNT] __ro_after_init;


> +
>   /* Populate ordered LSMs list from comma-separated LSM name list. */
>   static void __init ordered_lsm_parse(const char *order, const char *origin)
>   {
> @@ -521,6 +546,18 @@ void __init security_add_hooks(struct security_hook_list *hooks, int count,
>   {
>   	int i;
>   
> +	/*
> +	 * A security module may call security_add_hooks() more
> +	 * than once during initialization, and LSM initialization
> +	 * is serialized. Landlock is one such case.
> +	 * Look at the previous entry, if there is one, for duplication.
> +	 */
> +	if (lsm_active_cnt == 0 || lsm_idlist[lsm_active_cnt - 1] != lsmid) {

Isn't it possible to have interleaved security_add_hooks() calls?


> +		if (lsm_active_cnt >= LSM_CONFIG_COUNT)
> +			panic("%s Too many LSMs registered.\n", __func__);

I'm not sure we should panic, but from a security point of view it is 
critical enough…


> +		lsm_idlist[lsm_active_cnt++] = lsmid;
> +	}
> +
>   	for (i = 0; i < count; i++) {
>   		hooks[i].lsmid = lsmid;
>   		hlist_add_tail_rcu(&hooks[i].list, hooks[i].head);