linux-kernel - [PATCH v2] LSM: Ignore "security=" when "lsm=" is specified

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Message-ID: <20190212182318.GA16669@beast>
Date:   Tue, 12 Feb 2019 10:23:18 -0800
From:   Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To:     James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>
Cc:     Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@...ove.sakura.ne.jp>,
        linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v2] LSM: Ignore "security=" when "lsm=" is specified

To avoid potential confusion, explicitly ignore "security=" when "lsm=" is
used on the command line, and report that it is happening.

Suggested-by: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@...ove.sakura.ne.jp>
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
---
 Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 10 ++++------
 security/security.c                             |  8 ++++++--
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index 93d2c97f28fe..a0abd5f56e00 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -2340,7 +2340,7 @@
 
 	lsm=lsm1,...,lsmN
 			[SECURITY] Choose order of LSM initialization. This
-			overrides CONFIG_LSM.
+			overrides CONFIG_LSM, and the "security=" parameter.
 
 	machvec=	[IA-64] Force the use of a particular machine-vector
 			(machvec) in a generic kernel.
@@ -4129,11 +4129,9 @@
 			Note: increases power consumption, thus should only be
 			enabled if running jitter sensitive (HPC/RT) workloads.
 
-	security=	[SECURITY] Choose a security module to enable at boot.
-			If this boot parameter is not specified, only the first
-			security module asking for security registration will be
-			loaded. An invalid security module name will be treated
-			as if no module has been chosen.
+	security=	[SECURITY] Choose a legacy "major" security module to
+			enable at boot. This has been deprecated by the
+			"lsm=" parameter.
 
 	selinux=	[SELINUX] Disable or enable SELinux at boot time.
 			Format: { "0" | "1" }
diff --git a/security/security.c b/security/security.c
index 3147785e20d7..23cbb1a295a3 100644
--- a/security/security.c
+++ b/security/security.c
@@ -288,9 +288,13 @@ static void __init ordered_lsm_init(void)
 	ordered_lsms = kcalloc(LSM_COUNT + 1, sizeof(*ordered_lsms),
 				GFP_KERNEL);
 
-	if (chosen_lsm_order)
+	if (chosen_lsm_order) {
+		if (chosen_major_lsm) {
+			pr_info("security= is ignored because it is superseded by lsm=\n");
+			chosen_major_lsm = NULL;
+		}
 		ordered_lsm_parse(chosen_lsm_order, "cmdline");
-	else
+	} else
 		ordered_lsm_parse(builtin_lsm_order, "builtin");
 
 	for (lsm = ordered_lsms; *lsm; lsm++)
-- 
2.17.1


-- 
Kees Cook