linux-kernel - [PATCH 12/16] CacheFiles: Get the SID under which the CacheFiles module should operate [try #3]

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Date:	Fri, 10 Aug 2007 17:05:58 +0100
From:	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
To:	torvalds@...l.org, akpm@...l.org, steved@...hat.com,
	trond.myklebust@....uio.no
Cc:	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-cachefs@...hat.com,
	nfsv4@...ux-nfs.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	selinux@...ho.nsa.gov
Subject: [PATCH 12/16] CacheFiles: Get the SID under which the CacheFiles
	module should operate [try #3]

Get the SID under which the CacheFiles module should operate so that the
SELinux security system can control the accesses it makes.

Signed-Off-By: David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
---

 include/linux/security.h |   20 ++++++++++++++++++++
 security/dummy.c         |    7 +++++++
 security/selinux/hooks.c |    7 +++++++
 3 files changed, 34 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/security.h b/include/linux/security.h
index a54958a..593a4d0 100644
--- a/include/linux/security.h
+++ b/include/linux/security.h
@@ -1173,6 +1173,14 @@ struct request_sock;
  *      previously acting.
  *	@oldsecid points the location in which to return the displaced security ID.
  *
+ * @cachefiles_get_secid:
+ *	Determine the security ID for the CacheFiles module to use when
+ *	accessing the filesystem containing the cache.
+ *	@secid contains the security ID under which cachefiles daemon is
+ *      running.
+ *	@modsecid contains the pointer to where the security ID for the module
+ *	is to be stored.
+ *
  * This is the main security structure.
  */
 struct security_operations {
@@ -1361,6 +1369,7 @@ struct security_operations {
 	int (*set_fscreate_secid)(u32 secid, u32 *oldsecid);
 	int (*act_as_secid)(u32 secid, u32 *oldsecid);
 	int (*act_as_self)(u32 *oldsecid);
+	int (*cachefiles_get_secid)(u32 secid, u32 *modsecid);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SECURITY_NETWORK
 	int (*unix_stream_connect) (struct socket * sock,
@@ -2185,6 +2194,11 @@ static inline int security_act_as_self(u32 *oldsecid)
 	return security_ops->act_as_self(oldsecid);
 }
 
+static inline int security_cachefiles_get_secid(u32 secid, u32 *modsecid)
+{
+	return security_ops->cachefiles_get_secid(secid, modsecid);
+}
+
 /* prototypes */
 extern int security_init	(void);
 extern int register_security	(struct security_operations *ops);
@@ -2897,6 +2911,12 @@ static inline u32 security_act_as_self(u32 *oldsecid)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static inline int security_cachefiles_get_secid(u32 secid, u32 *modsecid)
+{
+	*modsecid = 0;
+	return 0;
+}
+
 #endif	/* CONFIG_SECURITY */
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SECURITY_NETWORK
diff --git a/security/dummy.c b/security/dummy.c
index 6be18fe..6e79dd4 100644
--- a/security/dummy.c
+++ b/security/dummy.c
@@ -960,6 +960,12 @@ static int dummy_act_as_self(u32 *oldsecid)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int dummy_cachefiles_get_secid(u32 secid, u32 *modsecid)
+{
+	*modsecid = 0;
+	return 0;
+}
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_KEYS
 static inline int dummy_key_alloc(struct key *key, struct task_struct *ctx,
 				  unsigned long flags)
@@ -1119,6 +1125,7 @@ void security_fixup_ops (struct security_operations *ops)
  	set_to_dummy_if_null(ops, set_fscreate_secid);
  	set_to_dummy_if_null(ops, act_as_secid);
  	set_to_dummy_if_null(ops, act_as_self);
+ 	set_to_dummy_if_null(ops, cachefiles_get_secid);
 #ifdef CONFIG_SECURITY_NETWORK
 	set_to_dummy_if_null(ops, unix_stream_connect);
 	set_to_dummy_if_null(ops, unix_may_send);
diff --git a/security/selinux/hooks.c b/security/selinux/hooks.c
index 34646f8..54542b4 100644
--- a/security/selinux/hooks.c
+++ b/security/selinux/hooks.c
@@ -4723,6 +4723,12 @@ static int selinux_act_as_self(u32 *oldsecid)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int selinux_cachefiles_get_secid(u32 secid, u32 *modsecid)
+{
+	return security_transition_sid(secid, SECINITSID_KERNEL,
+				       SECCLASS_PROCESS, modsecid);
+}
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_KEYS
 
 static int selinux_key_alloc(struct key *k, struct task_struct *tsk,
@@ -4910,6 +4916,7 @@ static struct security_operations selinux_ops = {
 	.set_fscreate_secid =		selinux_set_fscreate_secid,
 	.act_as_secid =			selinux_act_as_secid,
 	.act_as_self =			selinux_act_as_self,
+	.cachefiles_get_secid =		selinux_cachefiles_get_secid,
 
         .unix_stream_connect =		selinux_socket_unix_stream_connect,
 	.unix_may_send =		selinux_socket_unix_may_send,

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