linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] landlock: Warn once if a Landlock action is requested while disabled

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Message-ID: <20240226.Ceemai4ahxei@digikod.net>
Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2024 18:05:33 +0100
From: Mickaël Salaün <mic@...ikod.net>
To: Günther Noack <gnoack3000@...il.com>
Cc: Günther Noack <gnoack@...gle.com>, 
	Paul Moore <paul@...l-moore.com>, "Serge E . Hallyn" <serge@...lyn.com>, 
	Konstantin Meskhidze <konstantin.meskhidze@...wei.com>, Shervin Oloumi <enlightened@...omium.org>, 
	linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, 
	linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] landlock: Warn once if a Landlock action is requested
 while disabled

On Wed, Feb 21, 2024 at 10:35:50PM +0100, Günther Noack wrote:
> Hello!
> 
> I think this is a good idea.
> Some minor implementation remarks below.
> 
> On Mon, Feb 19, 2024 at 08:18:04PM +0100, Mickaël Salaün wrote:
> > Because sandboxing can be used as an opportunistic security measure,
> > user space may not log unsupported features.  Let the system
> > administrator know if an application tries to use Landlock but failed
> > because it isn't enabled at boot time.  This may be caused by bootloader
> > configurations with outdated "lsm" kernel's command-line parameter.
> > 
> > Cc: Günther Noack <gnoack@...gle.com>
> > Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
> > Fixes: 265885daf3e5 ("landlock: Add syscall implementations")
> > Signed-off-by: Mickaël Salaün <mic@...ikod.net>
> > ---
> >  security/landlock/syscalls.c | 18 +++++++++++++++---
> >  1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/security/landlock/syscalls.c b/security/landlock/syscalls.c
> > index f0bc50003b46..b5b424819dee 100644
> > --- a/security/landlock/syscalls.c
> > +++ b/security/landlock/syscalls.c
> > @@ -33,6 +33,18 @@
> >  #include "ruleset.h"
> >  #include "setup.h"
> >  
> > +static bool is_not_initialized(void)
> > +{
> > +	if (likely(landlock_initialized))
> > +		return false;
> 
> Optional stylistic remark; I try to avoid predicate functions which
> have a "negated" meaning, because double negations are slightly more
> error prone.  (We return false here, so Landlock is not not
> initialized.)

I agree, I was also bothered about this double negation. I'll send a v2
with the same behavior but an is_initialized() helper instead.

> 
> > +
> > +	pr_warn_once(
> > +		"Disabled but requested by user space. "
> > +		"You should enable Landlock at boot time: "
> > +		"https://docs.kernel.org/userspace-api/landlock.html#kernel-support\n");
> > +	return true;
> > +}
> > +
> >  /**
> >   * copy_min_struct_from_user - Safe future-proof argument copying
> >   *
> > @@ -173,7 +185,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE3(landlock_create_ruleset,
> >  	/* Build-time checks. */
> >  	build_check_abi();
> >  
> > -	if (!landlock_initialized)
> > +	if (is_not_initialized())
> >  		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
> 
> Technically, any Landlock user needs to go through the
> landlock_create_ruleset() system call anyway; it might be enough to
> just add it in that place and leave the other system calls as they
> were.  Then you could also omit the special function.

True, but we never know. I prefer to cover all entry points the same
way.  It makes things more consistent and easier to review.

> 
> Reviewed-by: Günther Noack <gnoack3000@...il.com>
> 
> –Günther
>