[PATCH v6] lsm: Add LSM hook security_unix_find

[Justin Suess]

On Tue, Mar 10, 2026 at 06:39:12PM -0400, Paul Moore wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 19, 2026 at 3:26 PM Günther Noack <gnoack3000 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Thu, Feb 19, 2026 at 03:04:59PM -0500, Justin Suess wrote:
> > > Add a LSM hook security_unix_find.
> > >
> > > This hook is called to check the path of a named unix socket before a
> > > connection is initiated. The peer socket may be inspected as well.
> > >
> > > Why existing hooks are unsuitable:
> > >
> > > Existing socket hooks, security_unix_stream_connect(),
> > > security_unix_may_send(), and security_socket_connect() don't provide
> > > TOCTOU-free / namespace independent access to the paths of sockets.
> > >
> > > (1) We cannot resolve the path from the struct sockaddr in existing hooks.
> > > This requires another path lookup. A change in the path between the
> > > two lookups will cause a TOCTOU bug.
> > >
> > > (2) We cannot use the struct path from the listening socket, because it
> > > may be bound to a path in a different namespace than the caller,
> > > resulting in a path that cannot be referenced at policy creation time.
> > >
> > > Cc: Günther Noack <gnoack3000 at gmail.com>
> > > Cc: Tingmao Wang <m at maowtm.org>
> > > Signed-off-by: Justin Suess <utilityemal77 at gmail.com>
> > > ---
> > >  include/linux/lsm_hook_defs.h |  5 +++++
> > >  include/linux/security.h      | 11 +++++++++++
> > >  net/unix/af_unix.c            | 13 ++++++++++---
> > >  security/security.c           | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
> > >  4 files changed, 46 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> ...
> 
> > Reviewed-by: Günther Noack <gnoack3000 at gmail.com>
> >
> > Thank you, this looks good. I'll include it in the next version of the
> > Unix connect patch set again.
> 
> I'm looking for this patchset to review/ACK the new hook in context,
> but I'm not seeing it in my inbox or lore.  Did I simply miss the
> patchset or is it still a work in progress?  No worries if it hasn't
> been posted yet, I just wanted to make sure I wasn't holding this up
> any more than I already may have :)
>
Good Morning Paul,

Can't speak to the rest of the patch, but I sent this LSM hook for
review purposes before inclusion with the rest of the V6 of this patch.

Günther added his review tag, but I was asked to make some minor comment / commit
message updates. I sent the same patch, with updated comments/commit to him
in a follow up, off-list email to avoid spamming the list. No code changes were
made, just comments.

I don't think this particular patch will change substantially, unless we find
something unexpected. But the way we use the hook may change (esp wrt to
locking and the SOCK_DEAD state), which is important for your review.

So you may want to hold off your review until the full V6 series gets sent so
you can review the hook in context. There were some questions about
locking that needed proper digging into. [1]

Thank you for your time.

Justin

[1]: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-security-module/20260220.82a8adda6f95@gnoack.org/

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