[RFC PATCH 3/9] Loadpol LSM: filter kernel module request according to the policy

Simon THOBY git at nightmared.fr
Wed May 21 14:01:07 UTC 2025


When a kernel module is loaded, the LSM accepts or rejects the demand
according to its policy.

Signed-off-by: Simon THOBY <git at nightmared.fr>
---
 security/loadpol/Makefile         |  2 +-
 security/loadpol/loadpol.c        | 22 ++++++++++++
 security/loadpol/loadpol.h        | 27 ++++++++++++++
 security/loadpol/loadpol_policy.c | 59 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 4 files changed, 109 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 security/loadpol/loadpol_policy.c

diff --git a/security/loadpol/Makefile b/security/loadpol/Makefile
index a794c8cfbfee..062215e1f831 100644
--- a/security/loadpol/Makefile
+++ b/security/loadpol/Makefile
@@ -1 +1 @@
-obj-$(CONFIG_SECURITY_LOADPOL) := loadpol.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_SECURITY_LOADPOL) := loadpol.o loadpol_policy.o
diff --git a/security/loadpol/loadpol.c b/security/loadpol/loadpol.c
index 3fc29263e2f8..4d1a495a1462 100644
--- a/security/loadpol/loadpol.c
+++ b/security/loadpol/loadpol.c
@@ -6,6 +6,15 @@
 
 #include "loadpol.h"
 
+// default policy: allow all modules
+static struct loadpol_policy_entry default_policy_entries[] __ro_after_init = {
+	{
+		.origin = (ORIGIN_KERNEL | ORIGIN_USERSPACE),
+		.action = ACTION_ALLOW,
+		.module_name = NULL,
+	},
+};
+
 static int __init loadpol_init(void);
 
 static const struct lsm_id loadpol_lsmid = {
@@ -14,6 +23,7 @@ static const struct lsm_id loadpol_lsmid = {
 };
 
 static struct security_hook_list loadpol_hooks[] __ro_after_init = {
+	LSM_HOOK_INIT(kernel_module_load, loadpol_kernel_module_load),
 };
 
 DEFINE_LSM(LOADPOL_NAME) = {
@@ -23,6 +33,18 @@ DEFINE_LSM(LOADPOL_NAME) = {
 
 static int __init loadpol_init(void)
 {
+	for (int i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(default_policy_entries); i++) {
+		struct loadpol_policy_entry *entry = kmemdup(
+			&default_policy_entries[i],
+			sizeof(struct loadpol_policy_entry),
+			GFP_KERNEL
+		);
+		if (!entry)
+			return -ENOMEM;
+
+		list_add_tail(&entry->list, loadpol_policy);
+	}
+
 	security_add_hooks(loadpol_hooks, ARRAY_SIZE(loadpol_hooks), &loadpol_lsmid);
 	pr_info("Loadpol started.\n");
 	return 0;
diff --git a/security/loadpol/loadpol.h b/security/loadpol/loadpol.h
index 5e11474191f0..a81d52f6d4da 100644
--- a/security/loadpol/loadpol.h
+++ b/security/loadpol/loadpol.h
@@ -3,6 +3,33 @@
 #ifndef _SECURITY_LOADPOL_LOADPOL_H
 #define _SECURITY_LOADPOL_LOADPOL_H
 
+#include "linux/list.h"
+
 #define LOADPOL_NAME "loadpol"
 
+enum policy_entry_origin {
+	ORIGIN_KERNEL = 1 << 0,
+	ORIGIN_USERSPACE = 1 << 1,
+};
+
+enum __packed policy_entry_action {
+	ACTION_UNDEFINED,
+	ACTION_ALLOW,
+	ACTION_DENY
+};
+
+struct loadpol_policy_entry {
+	struct list_head list;
+	// bitfield of policy_entry_origin
+	u8 origin;
+	enum policy_entry_action action;
+	// when NULL, the policy apply to every module
+	char *module_name;
+};
+
+extern struct list_head __rcu *loadpol_policy;
+
+// evaluate if a kernel module called 'kmod' is allowed to be loaded in the kernel
+int loadpol_kernel_module_load(const char *kmod);
+
 #endif /* _SECURITY_LOADPOL_LOADPOL_H */
diff --git a/security/loadpol/loadpol_policy.c b/security/loadpol/loadpol_policy.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6ba5ab600e3e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/security/loadpol/loadpol_policy.c
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+
+#include "linux/rculist.h"
+#include <linux/sched.h>
+#include <linux/sysctl.h>
+#include <linux/parser.h>
+
+#include "loadpol.h"
+
+/*  use A/B policy entries: switch from one to the next every time the policy get overwritten */
+static LIST_HEAD(loadpol_policy_a);
+static LIST_HEAD(loadpol_policy_b);
+struct list_head __rcu *loadpol_policy = (struct list_head __rcu *)(&loadpol_policy_a);
+
+int loadpol_kernel_module_load(const char *kmod)
+{
+	struct task_struct *parent_task;
+	struct loadpol_policy_entry *entry;
+	struct list_head *policy_list_tmp;
+	enum policy_entry_origin orig = ORIGIN_USERSPACE;
+	bool allowed = false;
+
+	rcu_read_lock();
+	parent_task = rcu_dereference(current->parent);
+	/* the parent of the current task is a workqueue -> the request comes from the kernel */
+	if (parent_task && (parent_task->flags & PF_WQ_WORKER))
+		orig = ORIGIN_KERNEL;
+	rcu_read_unlock();
+
+	pr_debug("Loadpol: trying to load '%s' (asked by %s)",
+		 kmod,
+		 orig == ORIGIN_KERNEL ? "kernel" : "userspace");
+
+	rcu_read_lock();
+	policy_list_tmp = rcu_dereference(loadpol_policy);
+	list_for_each_entry_rcu(entry, policy_list_tmp, list) {
+		/* the requestor does not match */
+		if ((orig & entry->origin) == 0)
+			continue;
+
+		allowed = entry->action == ACTION_ALLOW;
+
+		if (!entry->module_name)
+			goto unlock_and_exit;
+
+		if (entry->module_name && match_wildcard(entry->module_name, kmod))
+			goto unlock_and_exit;
+	}
+
+	/* No match -> reject the demand */
+	allowed = false;
+
+unlock_and_exit:
+	rcu_read_unlock();
+
+	pr_debug("Loadpol: load of module '%s' %s", kmod, allowed ? "allowed" : "blocked");
+
+	return allowed ? 0 : -EPERM;
+}
-- 
2.49.0




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