linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 13/23] security: Introduce file_pre_free

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Message-ID: <4f8c441e02222f063242adfbf4d733e1.paul@paul-moore.com>
Date:   Wed, 15 Nov 2023 23:33:47 -0500
From:   Paul Moore <paul@...l-moore.com>
To:     Roberto Sassu <roberto.sassu@...weicloud.com>,
        viro@...iv.linux.org.uk, brauner@...nel.org,
        chuck.lever@...cle.com, jlayton@...nel.org, neilb@...e.de,
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        jmorris@...ei.org, serge@...lyn.com, zohar@...ux.ibm.com,
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        casey@...aufler-ca.com, mic@...ikod.net
Cc:     linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-nfs@...r.kernel.org, linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-integrity@...r.kernel.org, keyrings@...r.kernel.org,
        selinux@...r.kernel.org, Roberto Sassu <roberto.sassu@...wei.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 13/23] security: Introduce file_pre_free_security hook

On Nov  7, 2023 Roberto Sassu <roberto.sassu@...weicloud.com> wrote:
> 
> In preparation for moving IMA and EVM to the LSM infrastructure, introduce
> the file_pre_free_security hook.
> 
> IMA calculates at file close the new digest of the file content and writes
> it to security.ima, so that appraisal at next file access succeeds.
> 
> LSMs could also take some action before the last reference of a file is
> released.
> 
> The new hook cannot return an error and cannot cause the operation to be
> reverted.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Roberto Sassu <roberto.sassu@...wei.com>
> Acked-by: Casey Schaufler <casey@...aufler-ca.com>
> Reviewed-by: Mimi Zohar <zohar@...ux.ibm.com>
> ---
>  fs/file_table.c               |  1 +
>  include/linux/lsm_hook_defs.h |  1 +
>  include/linux/security.h      |  4 ++++
>  security/security.c           | 11 +++++++++++
>  4 files changed, 17 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/file_table.c b/fs/file_table.c
> index de4a2915bfd4..64ed74555e64 100644
> --- a/fs/file_table.c
> +++ b/fs/file_table.c
> @@ -385,6 +385,7 @@ static void __fput(struct file *file)
>  	eventpoll_release(file);
>  	locks_remove_file(file);
>  
> +	security_file_pre_free(file);

I worry that security_file_pre_free() is a misleading name as "free"
tends to imply memory management tasks, which isn't the main focus of
this hook.  What do you think of security_file_release() or
security_file_put() instead?

>  	ima_file_free(file);
>  	if (unlikely(file->f_flags & FASYNC)) {
>  		if (file->f_op->fasync)

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