linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1] security: Add a new hook: inode_touch

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Message-ID: <20161222005725.GE1555@ZenIV.linux.org.uk>
Date:   Thu, 22 Dec 2016 00:57:25 +0000
From:   Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>
To:     Mickaël Salaün <mic@...ikod.net>
Cc:     Casey Schaufler <casey@...aufler-ca.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Andreas Gruenbacher <agruenba@...hat.com>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>,
        Dmitry Kasatkin <dmitry.kasatkin@...il.com>,
        Eric Paris <eparis@...isplace.org>,
        James Morris <james.l.morris@...cle.com>,
        John Johansen <john.johansen@...onical.com>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        Kentaro Takeda <takedakn@...data.co.jp>,
        Mimi Zohar <zohar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        Paul Moore <paul@...l-moore.com>,
        "Serge E . Hallyn" <serge@...lyn.com>,
        Stephen Smalley <sds@...ho.nsa.gov>,
        Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@...ove.SAKURA.ne.jp>,
        Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@...hat.com>, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1] security: Add a new hook: inode_touch_atime

On Thu, Dec 22, 2016 at 01:01:39AM +0100, Mickaël Salaün wrote:

> SELinux should be interested. This is useful to create sandboxes so
> other LSM may be interested too
> 
> I'm working on a new LSM and I would like this kind of hook to create a
> real read-only environment.

What the...?  Have you noticed
        if (!sb_start_write_trylock(inode->i_sb))
                return;

        if (__mnt_want_write(mnt) != 0)
                goto skip_update;
in touch_atime()?  Just mount them read-only in your sandbox (on either
level - both per-mountpoint and per-fs r/o will do) and be done
with that; why bother with LSM when regular tools would suffice?