Message-ID: <CAGXu5jL1Ek85Hky+PZ2pGQF09_cd_odn-LanYU=vVKgw24b8vg@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Fri, 21 Sep 2018 19:55:41 -0700
From:   Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To:     Casey Schaufler <casey@...aufler-ca.com>
Cc:     LSM <linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org>,
        James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>,
        SE Linux <selinux@...ho.nsa.gov>,
        LKLM <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        John Johansen <john.johansen@...onical.com>,
        Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@...ove.sakura.ne.jp>,
        Paul Moore <paul@...l-moore.com>,
        Stephen Smalley <sds@...ho.nsa.gov>,
        "linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com>,
        Mickaël Salaün <mic@...ikod.net>,
        Salvatore Mesoraca <s.mesoraca16@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 14/19] LSM: Infrastructure management of the inode security

On Fri, Sep 21, 2018 at 5:19 PM, Casey Schaufler <casey@...aufler-ca.com> wrote:
> Move management of the inode->i_security blob out
> of the individual security modules and into the security
> infrastructure. Instead of allocating the blobs from within
> the modules the modules tell the infrastructure how much
> space is required, and the space is allocated there.
>
> Signed-off-by: Casey Schaufler <casey@...aufler-ca.com>
> ---
>  include/linux/lsm_hooks.h         |  3 ++
>  security/security.c               | 83 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
>  security/selinux/hooks.c          | 32 +-----------
>  security/selinux/include/objsec.h |  5 +-
>  security/smack/smack_lsm.c        | 70 ++++----------------------
>  5 files changed, 98 insertions(+), 95 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/lsm_hooks.h b/include/linux/lsm_hooks.h
> index 167ffbd4d0c0..416b20c3795b 100644
> --- a/include/linux/lsm_hooks.h
> +++ b/include/linux/lsm_hooks.h
> @@ -2030,6 +2030,7 @@ struct security_hook_list {
>  struct lsm_blob_sizes {
>         int     lbs_cred;
>         int     lbs_file;
> +       int     lbs_inode;
>  };
>
>  /*
> @@ -2092,9 +2093,11 @@ static inline void loadpin_add_hooks(void) { };
>  #endif
>
>  extern int lsm_cred_alloc(struct cred *cred, gfp_t gfp);
> +extern int lsm_inode_alloc(struct inode *inode);
>
>  #ifdef CONFIG_SECURITY
>  void lsm_early_cred(struct cred *cred);
> +void lsm_early_inode(struct inode *inode);
>  #endif
>
>  #endif /* ! __LINUX_LSM_HOOKS_H */
> diff --git a/security/security.c b/security/security.c
> index 5430cae73cf6..a8f00fdff4d8 100644
> --- a/security/security.c
> +++ b/security/security.c
> @@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ struct security_hook_heads security_hook_heads __lsm_ro_after_init;
>  static ATOMIC_NOTIFIER_HEAD(lsm_notifier_chain);
>
>  static struct kmem_cache *lsm_file_cache;
> +static struct kmem_cache *lsm_inode_cache;
>
>  char *lsm_names;
>  static struct lsm_blob_sizes blob_sizes;
> @@ -101,6 +102,10 @@ int __init security_init(void)
>                 lsm_file_cache = kmem_cache_create("lsm_file_cache",
>                                                    blob_sizes.lbs_file, 0,
>                                                    SLAB_PANIC, NULL);
> +       if (blob_sizes.lbs_inode)
> +               lsm_inode_cache = kmem_cache_create("lsm_inode_cache",
> +                                                   blob_sizes.lbs_inode, 0,
> +                                                   SLAB_PANIC, NULL);
>         /*
>          * The second call to a module specific init function
>          * adds hooks to the hook lists and does any other early
> @@ -111,6 +116,7 @@ int __init security_init(void)
>  #ifdef CONFIG_SECURITY_LSM_DEBUG
>         pr_info("LSM: cred blob size       = %d\n", blob_sizes.lbs_cred);
>         pr_info("LSM: file blob size       = %d\n", blob_sizes.lbs_file);
> +       pr_info("LSM: inode blob size      = %d\n", blob_sizes.lbs_inode);
>  #endif
>
>         return 0;
> @@ -288,6 +294,13 @@ void __init security_add_blobs(struct lsm_blob_sizes *needed)
>  {
>         lsm_set_size(&needed->lbs_cred, &blob_sizes.lbs_cred);
>         lsm_set_size(&needed->lbs_file, &blob_sizes.lbs_file);
> +       /*
> +        * The inode blob gets an rcu_head in addition to
> +        * what the modules might need.
> +        */
> +       if (needed->lbs_inode && blob_sizes.lbs_inode == 0)
> +               blob_sizes.lbs_inode = sizeof(struct rcu_head);
> +       lsm_set_size(&needed->lbs_inode, &blob_sizes.lbs_inode);
>  }
>
>  /**
> @@ -311,6 +324,46 @@ int lsm_file_alloc(struct file *file)
>         return 0;
>  }
>
> +/**
> + * lsm_inode_alloc - allocate a composite inode blob
> + * @inode: the inode that needs a blob
> + *
> + * Allocate the inode blob for all the modules
> + *
> + * Returns 0, or -ENOMEM if memory can't be allocated.
> + */
> +int lsm_inode_alloc(struct inode *inode)
> +{
> +       if (!lsm_inode_cache) {
> +               inode->i_security = NULL;
> +               return 0;
> +       }
> +
> +       inode->i_security = kmem_cache_zalloc(lsm_inode_cache, GFP_NOFS);
> +       if (inode->i_security == NULL)
> +               return -ENOMEM;
> +       return 0;
> +}
> +
> +/**
> + * lsm_early_inode - during initialization allocate a composite inode blob
> + * @inode: the inode that needs a blob
> + *
> + * Allocate the inode blob for all the modules if it's not already there
> + */
> +void lsm_early_inode(struct inode *inode)
> +{
> +       int rc;
> +
> +       if (inode == NULL)
> +               panic("%s: NULL inode.\n", __func__);
> +       if (inode->i_security != NULL)
> +               return;
> +       rc = lsm_inode_alloc(inode);
> +       if (rc)
> +               panic("%s: Early inode alloc failed.\n", __func__);
> +}

I'm still advising against using panic(), but I'll leave it up to James.

For everything else here:

Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>

-Kees

-- 
Kees Cook
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