[PATCH v5 11/23] security: Introduce inode_post_removexattr hook

Roberto Sassu roberto.sassu at huaweicloud.com
Tue Nov 7 13:40:00 UTC 2023


From: Roberto Sassu <roberto.sassu at huawei.com>

In preparation for moving IMA and EVM to the LSM infrastructure, introduce
the inode_post_removexattr hook.

At inode_removexattr hook, EVM verifies the file's existing HMAC value. At
inode_post_removexattr, EVM re-calculates the file's HMAC with the passed
xattr removed and other file metadata.

Other LSMs could similarly take some action after successful xattr removal.

The new hook cannot return an error and cannot cause the operation to be
reverted.

Signed-off-by: Roberto Sassu <roberto.sassu at huawei.com>
Reviewed-by: Stefan Berger <stefanb at linux.ibm.com>
Reviewed-by: Mimi Zohar <zohar at linux.ibm.com>
---
 fs/xattr.c                    |  9 +++++----
 include/linux/lsm_hook_defs.h |  2 ++
 include/linux/security.h      |  5 +++++
 security/security.c           | 14 ++++++++++++++
 4 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/xattr.c b/fs/xattr.c
index 09d927603433..84a4aa566c02 100644
--- a/fs/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/xattr.c
@@ -552,11 +552,12 @@ __vfs_removexattr_locked(struct mnt_idmap *idmap,
 		goto out;
 
 	error = __vfs_removexattr(idmap, dentry, name);
+	if (error)
+		goto out;
 
-	if (!error) {
-		fsnotify_xattr(dentry);
-		evm_inode_post_removexattr(dentry, name);
-	}
+	fsnotify_xattr(dentry);
+	security_inode_post_removexattr(dentry, name);
+	evm_inode_post_removexattr(dentry, name);
 
 out:
 	return error;
diff --git a/include/linux/lsm_hook_defs.h b/include/linux/lsm_hook_defs.h
index 67410e085205..88452e45025c 100644
--- a/include/linux/lsm_hook_defs.h
+++ b/include/linux/lsm_hook_defs.h
@@ -149,6 +149,8 @@ LSM_HOOK(int, 0, inode_getxattr, struct dentry *dentry, const char *name)
 LSM_HOOK(int, 0, inode_listxattr, struct dentry *dentry)
 LSM_HOOK(int, 0, inode_removexattr, struct mnt_idmap *idmap,
 	 struct dentry *dentry, const char *name)
+LSM_HOOK(void, LSM_RET_VOID, inode_post_removexattr, struct dentry *dentry,
+	 const char *name)
 LSM_HOOK(int, 0, inode_set_acl, struct mnt_idmap *idmap,
 	 struct dentry *dentry, const char *acl_name, struct posix_acl *kacl)
 LSM_HOOK(int, 0, inode_get_acl, struct mnt_idmap *idmap,
diff --git a/include/linux/security.h b/include/linux/security.h
index 664df46b22a9..922ea7709bae 100644
--- a/include/linux/security.h
+++ b/include/linux/security.h
@@ -380,6 +380,7 @@ int security_inode_getxattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name);
 int security_inode_listxattr(struct dentry *dentry);
 int security_inode_removexattr(struct mnt_idmap *idmap,
 			       struct dentry *dentry, const char *name);
+void security_inode_post_removexattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name);
 int security_inode_need_killpriv(struct dentry *dentry);
 int security_inode_killpriv(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct dentry *dentry);
 int security_inode_getsecurity(struct mnt_idmap *idmap,
@@ -940,6 +941,10 @@ static inline int security_inode_removexattr(struct mnt_idmap *idmap,
 	return cap_inode_removexattr(idmap, dentry, name);
 }
 
+static inline void security_inode_post_removexattr(struct dentry *dentry,
+						   const char *name)
+{ }
+
 static inline int security_inode_need_killpriv(struct dentry *dentry)
 {
 	return cap_inode_need_killpriv(dentry);
diff --git a/security/security.c b/security/security.c
index ce3bc7642e18..8aa6e9f316dd 100644
--- a/security/security.c
+++ b/security/security.c
@@ -2452,6 +2452,20 @@ int security_inode_removexattr(struct mnt_idmap *idmap,
 	return evm_inode_removexattr(idmap, dentry, name);
 }
 
+/**
+ * security_inode_post_removexattr() - Update the inode after a removexattr op
+ * @dentry: file
+ * @name: xattr name
+ *
+ * Update the inode after a successful removexattr operation.
+ */
+void security_inode_post_removexattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name)
+{
+	if (unlikely(IS_PRIVATE(d_backing_inode(dentry))))
+		return;
+	call_void_hook(inode_post_removexattr, dentry, name);
+}
+
 /**
  * security_inode_need_killpriv() - Check if security_inode_killpriv() required
  * @dentry: associated dentry
-- 
2.34.1



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