linux-kernel - [PATCH] IMA: remove read permissions on the ima policy file

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Date:	Tue, 12 May 2009 15:13:55 -0400
From:	Eric Paris <eparis@...hat.com>
To:	zohar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com
Cc:	jmorris@...ei.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] IMA: remove read permissions on the ima policy file

The IMA policy file does not implement read.  Trying to just open/read/close
the file will load a blank policy and you cannot then change the policy
without a reboot.  This removes the read permission from the file so one must
at least be attempting to write...

Signed-off-by: Eric Paris <eparis@...hat.com>
---

 security/integrity/ima/ima_fs.c |    6 +++++-
 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/security/integrity/ima/ima_fs.c b/security/integrity/ima/ima_fs.c
index 510186f..2a829da 100644
--- a/security/integrity/ima/ima_fs.c
+++ b/security/integrity/ima/ima_fs.c
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
  *	implemenents security file system for reporting
  *	current measurement list and IMA statistics
  */
+#include <linux/fcntl.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/seq_file.h>
 #include <linux/rculist.h>
@@ -283,6 +284,9 @@ static atomic_t policy_opencount = ATOMIC_INIT(1);
  */
 int ima_open_policy(struct inode * inode, struct file * filp)
 {
+	/* No point in being allowed to open it if you aren't going to write */
+	if (!(filp->f_flags & O_WRONLY))
+		return -EACCES;
 	if (atomic_dec_and_test(&policy_opencount))
 		return 0;
 	return -EBUSY;
@@ -349,7 +353,7 @@ int ima_fs_init(void)
 		goto out;
 
 	ima_policy = securityfs_create_file("policy",
-					    S_IRUSR | S_IRGRP | S_IWUSR,
+					    S_IWUSR,
 					    ima_dir, NULL,
 					    &ima_measure_policy_ops);
 	if (IS_ERR(ima_policy))

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