[6.8-rc1 Regression] Unable to exec apparmor_parser from virt-aa-helper

[Kees Cook]

On Wed, Jan 24, 2024 at 10:27:03AM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> On Wed, 24 Jan 2024 at 09:27, Linus Torvalds
> <torvalds at linux-foundation.org> wrote:
> >
> > IOW, I think the goal here should be "minimal fix" followed by "remove
> > that horrendous thing".
> 
> Ugh. The tomoyo use is even *more* disgusting, in how it uses it for
> "tomoyo_domain()" entirely independently of even the ->file_open()
> callback.

Yeah, I just sent a similar email.

> So for tomoyo, it's not about the file open, it's about
> tomoyo_cred_prepare() and friends.

Yeah, it looks like it should happily follow cred lifetime, but I
haven't fully convinced myself.

> So the patch I posted probably fixes apparmor, but only breaks tomoyo
> instead, because tomoyo really does seem to use it around the whole
> security_bprm_creds_for_exec() thing.
> 
> Now, tomoyo *also* uses it for the file_open() callback, just to confuse things.
> 
> IOW, I think the right thing to do is to split this in two:
> 
>  - leave the existing ->in_execve for the bprm_creds dance in
> boprm_execve(). Horrendous and disgusing.

Agreed.

>  - the ->file_open() thing is changed to check file->f_flags

Agreed. (And I've tested this for AppArmor now. I can confirm the
failure case -- it's only for profile transitions, which is why I didn't
see it originally in testing.

> IOW, I think the patch I posted earlier - and Kees' version of the
> same thing - is just broken. This attached patch might work.

Yup. Should I post a formal patch, or do you want to commit what you've
got (with the "file" -> "f" fix)?

-Kees

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Kees Cook