Date:   Wed, 19 Apr 2023 15:19:49 -0700
From:   Casey Schaufler <casey@...aufler-ca.com>
To:     Paul Moore <paul@...l-moore.com>
Cc:     linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org, jmorris@...ei.org,
        keescook@...omium.org, john.johansen@...onical.com,
        penguin-kernel@...ove.sakura.ne.jp, stephen.smalley.work@...il.com,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-api@...r.kernel.org,
        mic@...ikod.net, Casey Schaufler <casey@...aufler-ca.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v8 07/11] LSM: Helpers for attribute names and filling an
 lsm_ctx

On 4/18/2023 3:43 PM, Casey Schaufler wrote:
> On 4/18/2023 2:51 PM, Paul Moore wrote:
>> On Tue, Apr 11, 2023 at 12:02 PM Casey Schaufler <casey@...aufler-ca.com> wrote:
>>> Add lsm_name_to_attr(), which translates a text string to a
>>> LSM_ATTR value if one is available.
>>>
>>> Add lsm_fill_user_ctx(), which fills a struct lsm_ctx, including
>>> the trailing attribute value. The .len value is padded to a multiple
>>> of the size of the structure for alignment.
>>>
>>> All are used in module specific components of LSM system calls.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Casey Schaufler <casey@...aufler-ca.com>
>>> ---
>>>  include/linux/security.h | 13 +++++++++++
>>>  security/lsm_syscalls.c  | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++
>>>  security/security.c      | 48 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>>  3 files changed, 85 insertions(+)
>> ..
>>
>>> diff --git a/security/lsm_syscalls.c b/security/lsm_syscalls.c
>>> index 6efbe244d304..67106f642422 100644
>>> --- a/security/lsm_syscalls.c
>>> +++ b/security/lsm_syscalls.c
>>> @@ -17,6 +17,30 @@
>>>  #include <linux/lsm_hooks.h>
>>>  #include <uapi/linux/lsm.h>
>>>
>>> +/**
>>> + * lsm_name_to_attr - map an LSM attribute name to its ID
>>> + * @name: name of the attribute
>>> + *
>>> + * Returns the LSM attribute value associated with @name, or 0 if
>>> + * there is no mapping.
>>> + */
>>> +u64 lsm_name_to_attr(const char *name)
>>> +{
>>> +       if (!strcmp(name, "current"))
>>> +               return LSM_ATTR_CURRENT;
>>> +       if (!strcmp(name, "exec"))
>>> +               return LSM_ATTR_EXEC;
>>> +       if (!strcmp(name, "fscreate"))
>>> +               return LSM_ATTR_FSCREATE;
>>> +       if (!strcmp(name, "keycreate"))
>>> +               return LSM_ATTR_KEYCREATE;
>>> +       if (!strcmp(name, "prev"))
>>> +               return LSM_ATTR_PREV;
>>> +       if (!strcmp(name, "sockcreate"))
>>> +               return LSM_ATTR_SOCKCREATE;
>>> +       return 0;
>>> +}
>> Thank you :)
> It didn't hurt all that badly.
>
>>>  /**
>>>   * sys_lsm_set_self_attr - Set current task's security module attribute
>>>   * @attr: which attribute to set
>>> diff --git a/security/security.c b/security/security.c
>>> index bfe9a1a426b2..453f3ff591ec 100644
>>> --- a/security/security.c
>>> +++ b/security/security.c
>>> @@ -752,6 +752,54 @@ static int lsm_superblock_alloc(struct super_block *sb)
>>>         return 0;
>>>  }
>>>
>>> +/**
>>> + * lsm_fill_user_ctx - Fill a user space lsm_ctx structure
>>> + * @ctx: an LSM context to be filled
>>> + * @context: the new context value
>>> + * @context_size: the size of the new context value
>>> + * @id: LSM id
>>> + * @flags: LSM defined flags
>>> + *
>>> + * Fill all of the fields in a user space lsm_ctx structure.
>>> + * Caller is assumed to have verified that @ctx has enough space
>>> + * for @context.
>>> + *
>>> + * The total length is padded to an integral number of lsm_ctx.
>> Considering that lsm_ctx is variable length I'm not sure that makes a
>> lot of sense, how about we pad the total length so that the @ctx entry
>> is a multiple of 64-bits?
> 64 is fine.
>
>>   If needed we can always change this later
>> as the lsm_ctx struct is inherently variable in length and userspace
>> will need to deal with the buffer regardless of alignment.
>>
>>> + * Returns 0 on success, -EFAULT on a copyout error.
>>> + */
>>> +int lsm_fill_user_ctx(struct lsm_ctx __user *ctx, void *context,
>>> +                     size_t context_size, u64 id, u64 flags)
>>> +{
>>> +       struct lsm_ctx *lctx;
>>> +       size_t locallen;
>>> +       u8 *composite;
>>> +       int rc = 0;
>>> +
>>> +       locallen = sizeof(*ctx);
>>> +       if (context_size)
>>> +               locallen += sizeof(*ctx) * ((context_size / sizeof(*ctx)) + 1);
>> It seems cleaner to use the kernel's ALIGN() macro:
> Indeed. I'll do it.
>
>>   /* ensure the lsm_ctx length is a multiple of 64-bits */
>>   locallen = ALIGN(sizeof(*ctx) + context_size, 8);
>>   lctx = kzalloc(locallen, GFP_KERNEL)
>>   if (!lctx)
>>     return -ENOMEM;
>>
>>> +       composite = kzalloc(locallen, GFP_KERNEL);
>>> +       if (composite == NULL)
>>> +               return -ENOMEM;
>>> +
>>> +       lctx = (struct lsm_ctx *)composite;
>>> +       lctx->id = id;
>>> +       lctx->flags = flags;
>>> +       lctx->ctx_len = context_size;
>>> +       lctx->len = locallen;
>>> +
>>> +       memcpy(composite + sizeof(*lctx), context, context_size);
>> Is there a problem with doing `memcpy(lctx->ctx, context,
>> context_size)` in place of the memcpy above?
> Nope.
>
>>   That is easier to read
>> and we can get rid of @composite.
> Point.
>
>>> +       if (copy_to_user(ctx, composite, locallen))
>>> +               rc = -EFAULT;
>>> +
>>> +       kfree(composite);
>>> +
>>> +       return rc;
>>> +}
>> I understand Mickaël asked you to do a single copy_to_user(), but I'm
>> not sure it is worth it if we have to add a temporary buffer
>> allocation like that.  How about something like below (v7 with some
>> tweaks/padding)?  You could be a bit more clever with the memset if
>> you want, I was just typing this up quickly ...
> I prefer two copies to the allocation myself. I'll incorporate this.

After further review ...

The tweaks required for padding aren't as clean as all that, and memset()
isn't going to work for __user memory. I'm having trouble coming up with a
way to deal with the padding that doesn't require either allocation or a
third copy_to_user(). The inclusion of padding makes the kzalloc() and
single copy_to_user() pretty attractive. 

>
>> int lsm_fill_user_ctx(...)
>> {
>>   struct lsm_ctx lctx;
>>
>>   /* ensure the lctx length is a multiple of 64-bits */
>>   lctx.len = ALIGN(sizeof(lctx) + context_size, 8);
>>
>>   lctx.id = id;
>>   lctx.flags = flags;
>>   lctx.ctx_len = context_size;
>>
>>   memset(ctx, 0, lctx.len);
>>   if (copy_to_user(ctx, &lctx, sizeof(lctx))
>>     return -EFAULT;
>>   if (copy_to_user(&ctx[1], context, context_size)
>>     return -EFAULT;
>>
>>   return 0;
>> }
>>
>> --
>> paul-moore.com

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