[RFC PATCH v9 09/16] block|security: add LSM blob to block_device

Paul Moore paul at paul-moore.com
Thu Mar 2 19:07:27 UTC 2023


On Mon, Jan 30, 2023 at 5:58 PM Fan Wu <wufan at linux.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> From: Deven Bowers <deven.desai at linux.microsoft.com>
>
> block_device structures can have valuable security properties,
> based on how they are created, and what subsystem manages them.
>
> By adding LSM storage to this structure, this data can be accessed
> at the LSM layer.
>
> Signed-off-by: Deven Bowers <deven.desai at linux.microsoft.com>
> Signed-off-by: Fan Wu <wufan at linux.microsoft.com>
> Reviewed-by: Casey Schaufler <casey at schaufler-ca.com>

...

> ---
>  block/bdev.c                  |  7 ++++
>  include/linux/blk_types.h     |  3 ++
>  include/linux/lsm_hook_defs.h |  5 +++
>  include/linux/lsm_hooks.h     | 12 ++++++
>  include/linux/security.h      | 22 +++++++++++
>  security/security.c           | 70 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  6 files changed, 119 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/block/bdev.c b/block/bdev.c
> index edc110d90df4..f8db53b47c00 100644
> --- a/block/bdev.c
> +++ b/block/bdev.c
> @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
>  #include <linux/pseudo_fs.h>
>  #include <linux/uio.h>
>  #include <linux/namei.h>
> +#include <linux/security.h>
>  #include <linux/part_stat.h>
>  #include <linux/uaccess.h>
>  #include <linux/stat.h>
> @@ -396,6 +397,11 @@ static struct inode *bdev_alloc_inode(struct super_block *sb)
>         if (!ei)
>                 return NULL;
>         memset(&ei->bdev, 0, sizeof(ei->bdev));
> +
> +       if (security_bdev_alloc(&ei->bdev)) {
> +               kmem_cache_free(bdev_cachep, ei);
> +               return NULL;
> +       }
>         return &ei->vfs_inode;
>  }
>
> @@ -405,6 +411,7 @@ static void bdev_free_inode(struct inode *inode)
>
>         free_percpu(bdev->bd_stats);
>         kfree(bdev->bd_meta_info);
> +       security_bdev_free(bdev);
>
>         if (!bdev_is_partition(bdev)) {
>                 if (bdev->bd_disk && bdev->bd_disk->bdi)
> diff --git a/include/linux/blk_types.h b/include/linux/blk_types.h
> index 99be590f952f..137a04f45c17 100644
> --- a/include/linux/blk_types.h
> +++ b/include/linux/blk_types.h
> @@ -68,6 +68,9 @@ struct block_device {
>  #ifdef CONFIG_FAIL_MAKE_REQUEST
>         bool                    bd_make_it_fail;
>  #endif
> +#ifdef CONFIG_SECURITY
> +       void                    *security;
> +#endif
>  } __randomize_layout;
>
>  #define bdev_whole(_bdev) \
> diff --git a/include/linux/lsm_hook_defs.h b/include/linux/lsm_hook_defs.h
> index ed6cb2ac55fa..1f79029c9e28 100644
> --- a/include/linux/lsm_hook_defs.h
> +++ b/include/linux/lsm_hook_defs.h
> @@ -417,3 +417,8 @@ LSM_HOOK(int, 0, uring_override_creds, const struct cred *new)
>  LSM_HOOK(int, 0, uring_sqpoll, void)
>  LSM_HOOK(int, 0, uring_cmd, struct io_uring_cmd *ioucmd)
>  #endif /* CONFIG_IO_URING */
> +
> +LSM_HOOK(int, 0, bdev_alloc_security, struct block_device *bdev)
> +LSM_HOOK(void, LSM_RET_VOID, bdev_free_security, struct block_device *bdev)
> +LSM_HOOK(int, 0, bdev_setsecurity, struct block_device *bdev, const char *name,
> +        const void *value, size_t size)
> diff --git a/include/linux/lsm_hooks.h b/include/linux/lsm_hooks.h
> index 0a5ba81f7367..b622ceb57d83 100644
> --- a/include/linux/lsm_hooks.h
> +++ b/include/linux/lsm_hooks.h
> @@ -1618,6 +1618,17 @@
>   *     @what: kernel feature being accessed.
>   *     Return 0 if permission is granted.
>   *
> + * @bdev_alloc_security:
> + *     Initialize the security field inside a block_device structure.
> + *
> + * @bdev_free_security:
> + *     Cleanup the security information stored inside a block_device structure.
> + *
> + * @bdev_setsecurity:
> + *     Set a security property associated with @name for @bdev with
> + *     value @value. @size indicates the size of @value in bytes.
> + *     If a @name is not implemented, return -EOPNOTSUPP.
> + *

Just a heads-up that the LSM hook comment blocks are moving to
security/security.c very soon now (if they are not already there by
the time you read this).

https://lore.kernel.org/linux-security-module/20230217032625.678457-1-paul@paul-moore.com

> diff --git a/security/security.c b/security/security.c
> index d1571900a8c7..5c81dd3b1350 100644
> --- a/security/security.c
> +++ b/security/security.c
> @@ -2705,6 +2730,51 @@ int security_locked_down(enum lockdown_reason what)
>  }
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL(security_locked_down);
>
> +int security_bdev_alloc(struct block_device *bdev)
> +{
> +       int rc = 0;
> +
> +       rc = lsm_bdev_alloc(bdev);
> +       if (unlikely(rc))
> +               return rc;
> +
> +       rc = call_int_hook(bdev_alloc_security, 0, bdev);
> +       if (unlikely(rc))
> +               security_bdev_free(bdev);
> +
> +       return LSM_RET_DEFAULT(bdev_alloc_security);
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(security_bdev_alloc);
> +
> +void security_bdev_free(struct block_device *bdev)
> +{
> +       if (!bdev->security)
> +               return;
> +
> +       call_void_hook(bdev_free_security, bdev);
> +
> +       kfree(bdev->security);
> +       bdev->security = NULL;
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(security_bdev_free);
> +
> +int security_bdev_setsecurity(struct block_device *bdev,
> +                             const char *name, const void *value,
> +                             size_t size)
> +{
> +       int rc = 0;
> +       struct security_hook_list *p;
> +
> +       hlist_for_each_entry(p, &security_hook_heads.bdev_setsecurity, list) {
> +               rc = p->hook.bdev_setsecurity(bdev, name, value, size);
> +               if (rc && rc != -EOPNOTSUPP)
> +                       return rc;
> +       }
> +
> +       return LSM_RET_DEFAULT(bdev_setsecurity);
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(security_bdev_setsecurity);

I think we need to see the `security_bdev_setsecurity()` hook actually
used by a caller in this patch.

>  #ifdef CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS
>  int security_perf_event_open(struct perf_event_attr *attr, int type)
>  {
> --
> 2.39.0

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