[PATCH v5 17/23] security: Introduce inode_post_remove_acl hook
Paul Moore
paul at paul-moore.com
Thu Nov 16 04:33:50 UTC 2023
On Nov 7, 2023 Roberto Sassu <roberto.sassu at huaweicloud.com> wrote:
>
> In preparation for moving IMA and EVM to the LSM infrastructure, introduce
> the inode_post_remove_acl hook.
>
> At inode_remove_acl hook, EVM verifies the file's existing HMAC value. At
> inode_post_remove_acl, EVM re-calculates the file's HMAC with the passed
> POSIX ACL removed and other file metadata.
>
> Other LSMs could similarly take some action after successful POSIX ACL
> 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>
> Acked-by: Casey Schaufler <casey at schaufler-ca.com>
> Reviewed-by: Mimi Zohar <zohar at linux.ibm.com>
> ---
> fs/posix_acl.c | 1 +
> include/linux/lsm_hook_defs.h | 2 ++
> include/linux/security.h | 8 ++++++++
> security/security.c | 17 +++++++++++++++++
> 4 files changed, 28 insertions(+)
...
> diff --git a/security/security.c b/security/security.c
> index d2dbea54a63a..6eb7c9cff1e5 100644
> --- a/security/security.c
> +++ b/security/security.c
> @@ -2413,6 +2413,23 @@ int security_inode_remove_acl(struct mnt_idmap *idmap,
> return evm_inode_remove_acl(idmap, dentry, acl_name);
> }
>
> +/**
> + * security_inode_post_remove_acl() - Update inode security after rm posix acls
> + * @idmap: idmap of the mount
> + * @dentry: file
> + * @acl_name: acl name
> + *
> + * Update inode security data after successfully removing posix acls on
> + * @dentry in @idmap. The posix acls are identified by @acl_name.
> + */
> +void security_inode_post_remove_acl(struct mnt_idmap *idmap,
> + struct dentry *dentry, const char *acl_name)
> +{
> + if (unlikely(IS_PRIVATE(d_backing_inode(dentry))))
> + return;
See previous comments regaring S_PRIVATE checks.
> + call_void_hook(inode_post_remove_acl, idmap, dentry, acl_name);
> +}
> +
> /**
> * security_inode_post_setxattr() - Update the inode after a setxattr operation
> * @dentry: file
> --
> 2.34.1
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