[PATCH v3] fs: generalize anon_inode_make_secure_inode() and fix secretmem LSM bypass

[Shivank Garg]

On 7/3/2025 7:43 AM, Paul Moore wrote:
> On Jun 26, 2025 Shivank Garg <shivankg at amd.com> wrote:
>
...
> Thanks again for your continued work on this!  I think the patch looks
> pretty reasonable, but it would be good to hear a bit about how you've
> tested this before ACK'ing the patch.  For example, have you tested this
> against any of the LSMs which provide anonymous inode support?
> 
> At the very least, the selinux-testsuite has a basic secretmem test, it
> would be good to know if the test passes with this patch or if any
> additional work is needed to ensure compatibility.
> 
> https://github.com/SELinuxProject/selinux-testsuite

Hi Paul,

Thank you for pointing me to the selinux-testsuite. I wasn't sure how to properly
test this patch, so your guidance was very helpful.

With the current test policy (test_secretmem.te), I initially encountered the following failures:

~/selinux-testsuite/tests/secretmem# ./test
memfd_secret() failed:  Permission denied
1..6
memfd_secret() failed:  Permission denied
ok 1
ftruncate failed:  Permission denied
unable to mmap secret memory:  Permission denied
not ok 2
#   Failed test at ./test line 23.
ftruncate failed:  Permission denied
unable to mmap secret memory:  Permission denied
ok 3
ftruncate failed:  Permission denied
unable to mmap secret memory:  Permission denied
ok 4
memfd_secret() failed:  Permission denied
ok 5
ftruncate failed:  Permission denied
unable to mmap secret memory:  Permission denied
not ok 6
#   Failed test at ./test line 37.
# Looks like you failed 2 tests of 6.

Using ausearch -m avc, I found denials for create, write, map. For instance:
 avc:  denied  { create } for  pid=11956 comm="secretmem" anonclass=[secretmem] 
...

To resolve this, I updated test_secretmem.te to add additional required
permissions {create, read, write, map}
With this change, all tests now pass successfully:

diff --git a/policy/test_secretmem.te b/policy/test_secretmem.te
index 357f41d..4cce076 100644
--- a/policy/test_secretmem.te
+++ b/policy/test_secretmem.te
@@ -13,12 +13,12 @@ testsuite_domain_type_minimal(test_nocreate_secretmem_t)
 # Domain allowed to create secret memory with the own domain type
 type test_create_secretmem_t;
 testsuite_domain_type_minimal(test_create_secretmem_t)
-allow test_create_secretmem_t self:anon_inode create;
+allow test_create_secretmem_t self:anon_inode { create read write map };

 # Domain allowed to create secret memory with the own domain type and allowed to map WX
 type test_create_wx_secretmem_t;
 testsuite_domain_type_minimal(test_create_wx_secretmem_t)
-allow test_create_wx_secretmem_t self:anon_inode create;
+allow test_create_wx_secretmem_t self:anon_inode { create read write map };
 allow test_create_wx_secretmem_t self:process execmem;

 # Domain not allowed to create secret memory via a type transition to a private type
@@ -30,4 +30,4 @@ type_transition test_nocreate_transition_secretmem_t test_nocreate_transition_se
 type test_create_transition_secretmem_t;
 testsuite_domain_type_minimal(test_create_transition_secretmem_t)
 type_transition test_create_transition_secretmem_t test_create_transition_secretmem_t:anon_inode test_secretmem_inode_t "[secretmem]";
-allow test_create_transition_secretmem_t test_secretmem_inode_t:anon_inode create;
+allow test_create_transition_secretmem_t test_secretmem_inode_t:anon_inode { create read write map };

Does this approach look correct to you? Please let me know if my understanding
makes sense and what should be my next step for patch.

Thanks,
Shivank