linux-kernel - [PATCH] selinux: deprecated fs ocon

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Message-Id: <20230511123213.722912-1-cgzones@googlemail.com>
Date:   Thu, 11 May 2023 14:32:12 +0200
From:   Christian Göttsche <cgzones@...glemail.com>
To:     selinux@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Paul Moore <paul@...l-moore.com>,
        Stephen Smalley <stephen.smalley.work@...il.com>,
        Eric Paris <eparis@...isplace.org>,
        Xiu Jianfeng <xiujianfeng@...wei.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] selinux: deprecated fs ocon

The object context type `fs`, not to be confused with the well used
object context type `fscon`, was introduced in the initial git commit
1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2") but never actually used since.

The paper "A Security Policy Configuration for the Security-Enhanced
Linux" [1] mentions it under `7.2 File System Contexts` but also states:

    Currently, this configuration is unused.

The policy statement defining such object contexts is `fscon`, e.g.:

    fscon 2 3 gen_context(system_u:object_r:conA_t,s0) gen_context(system_u:object_r:conB_t,s0)

It is not documented at selinuxproject.org or in the SELinux notebook
and not supported by the Reference Policy buildsystem - the statement is
not properly sorted - and thus not used in the Reference or Fedora
Policy.

Print a warning message at policy load for each such object context:

    SELinux:  void and deprecated fs ocon 02:03

This topic was initially highlighted by Nicolas Iooss [2].

[1]: https://media.defense.gov/2021/Jul/29/2002815735/-1/-1/0/SELINUX-SECURITY-POLICY-CONFIGURATION-REPORT.PDF
[2]: https://lore.kernel.org/selinux/CAJfZ7=mP2eJaq2BfO3y0VnwUJaY2cS2p=HZMN71z1pKjzaT0Eg@mail.gmail.com/

Signed-off-by: Christian Göttsche <cgzones@...glemail.com>
---
 security/selinux/ss/policydb.c | 4 ++++
 security/selinux/ss/policydb.h | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/security/selinux/ss/policydb.c b/security/selinux/ss/policydb.c
index 97c0074f9312..31b08b34c722 100644
--- a/security/selinux/ss/policydb.c
+++ b/security/selinux/ss/policydb.c
@@ -2257,6 +2257,10 @@ static int ocontext_read(struct policydb *p, const struct policydb_compat_info *
 				if (rc)
 					goto out;
 
+				if (i == OCON_FS)
+					pr_warn("SELinux:  void and deprecated fs ocon %s\n",
+						c->u.name);
+
 				rc = context_read_and_validate(&c->context[0], p, fp);
 				if (rc)
 					goto out;
diff --git a/security/selinux/ss/policydb.h b/security/selinux/ss/policydb.h
index ffc4e7bad205..39cd6222e1a8 100644
--- a/security/selinux/ss/policydb.h
+++ b/security/selinux/ss/policydb.h
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ struct genfs {
 
 /* object context array indices */
 #define OCON_ISID	0 /* initial SIDs */
-#define OCON_FS		1 /* unlabeled file systems */
+#define OCON_FS		1 /* unlabeled file systems (deprecated in 6.5) */
 #define OCON_PORT	2 /* TCP and UDP port numbers */
 #define OCON_NETIF	3 /* network interfaces */
 #define OCON_NODE	4 /* nodes */
-- 
2.40.1