[PATCH v3 0/5] Smack transmute fixes

[Roberto Sassu]

On Wed, 2024-01-24 at 14:31 -0800, Casey Schaufler wrote:
> On 11/16/2023 1:01 AM, Roberto Sassu wrote:
> > From: Roberto Sassu <roberto.sassu at huawei.com>
> > 
> > The first two patches are obvious fixes, the first restricts setting the
> > SMACK64TRANSMUTE xattr only for directories, and the second makes it
> > possible to set SMACK64TRANSMUTE if the filesystem does not support xattrs
> > (e.g. ramfs).
> > 
> > The remaining fixes are optional, and only required if we want filesystems
> > without xattr support behave like those with xattr support. Since we have
> > the inode_setsecurity and inode_getsecurity hooks to make the first group
> > work, it seems useful to fix inode creation too (SELinux should be fine).
> > 
> > The third patch is merely a code move out of the 'if (xattr)' condition.
> > The fourth updates the security field of the in-memory inode directly in
> > smack_inode_init_security() and marks the inode as instantiated,
> 
> I have taken patches 1-4 in smack-next. I'm still waiting on a convincing
> approval for patch 5.

Thanks Casey. I also hope to receive an Ack from the maintainers.

Roberto


> >  and the
> > fifth adds a security_inode_init_security() call in ramfs to initialize the
> > security field of the in-memory inodes (needed to test transmuting
> > directories).
> > 
> > Both the Smack (on xfs) and IMA test suite succeed with all patches
> > applied. Tests were not executed on v3 (trivial changes).
> > 
> > By executing the tests in a ramfs, the results are:
> > 
> > Without the patches:
> > 86 Passed, 9 Failed, 90% Success rate
> > 
> > With the patches:
> > 93 Passed, 2 Failed, 97% Success rate
> > 
> > The remaining two failures are:
> > 2151  ioctl(4, BTRFS_IOC_CLONE or FICLONE, 3) = -1 EOPNOTSUPP (Operation not supported)
> > 2152  lsetxattr("./targets/proc-attr-Snap", "security.SMACK64EXEC", "Pop", 3, 0) = -1 EOPNOTSUPP (Operation not supported)
> > 
> > The first one is likely due ramfs lack of support for ioctl() while the
> > second could be fixed by handling SMACK64EXEC in smack_inode_setsecurity().
> > 
> > The patch set applies on top of lsm/dev, commit e246777e2a03 ("MAINTAINERS:
> > update the LSM entry").
> > 
> > The ramfs patch potentially could be useful to correctly initialize the
> > label of new inodes in the initramfs, assuming that it will be fully
> > labeled with support for xattrs in the cpio image:
> > 
> > https://lore.kernel.org/linux-integrity/20190523121803.21638-1-roberto.sassu@huawei.com/
> > 
> > Ramfs inode labels will be set from xattrs with the inode_setsecurity hook.
> > 
> > Changelog
> > 
> > v2:
> > - Replace return with goto in the ramfs patch, for better maintainability
> >   (suggested by Andrew Morton)
> > 
> > v1:
> > - Rebase on top of latest lsm/next
> > - Remove -EOPNOTSUPP check in patch 5 (cannot happen)
> > 
> > Roberto Sassu (5):
> >   smack: Set SMACK64TRANSMUTE only for dirs in smack_inode_setxattr()
> >   smack: Handle SMACK64TRANSMUTE in smack_inode_setsecurity()
> >   smack: Always determine inode labels in smack_inode_init_security()
> >   smack: Initialize the in-memory inode in smack_inode_init_security()
> >   ramfs: Initialize security of in-memory inodes
> > 
> >  fs/ramfs/inode.c           | 32 ++++++++++++-
> >  security/smack/smack_lsm.c | 95 ++++++++++++++++++++++----------------
> >  2 files changed, 86 insertions(+), 41 deletions(-)
> >