kernel/linux.git/security/commoncap.c, branch v6.12.80

lsm: Refactor return value of LSM hook vm_enough_memory

2024-07-31T18:46:51+00:00

To be consistent with most LSM hooks, convert the return value of hook vm_enough_memory to 0 or a negative error code. Before: - Hook vm_enough_memory returns 1 if permission is granted, 0 if not. - LSM_RET_DEFAULT(vm_enough_memory_mm) is 1. After: - Hook vm_enough_memory reutrns 0 if permission is granted, negative error code if not. - LSM_RET_DEFAULT(vm_enough_memory_mm) is 0. Signed-off-by: Xu Kuohai Reviewed-by: Casey Schaufler Signed-off-by: Paul Moore

lsm: mark the lsm_id variables are marked as static

2023-11-13T03:54:42+00:00

As the kernel test robot helpfully reminded us, all of the lsm_id instances defined inside the various LSMs should be marked as static. The one exception is Landlock which uses its lsm_id variable across multiple source files with an extern declaration in a header file. Reported-by: kernel test robot Suggested-by: Casey Schaufler Reviewed-by: Casey Schaufler Signed-off-by: Paul Moore

LSM: Identify modules by more than name

2023-11-13T03:54:42+00:00

Create a struct lsm_id to contain identifying information about Linux Security Modules (LSMs). At inception this contains the name of the module and an identifier associated with the security module. Change the security_add_hooks() interface to use this structure. Change the individual modules to maintain their own struct lsm_id and pass it to security_add_hooks(). The values are for LSM identifiers are defined in a new UAPI header file linux/lsm.h. Each existing LSM has been updated to include it's LSMID in the lsm_id. The LSM ID values are sequential, with the oldest module LSM_ID_CAPABILITY being the lowest value and the existing modules numbered in the order they were included in the main line kernel. This is an arbitrary convention for assigning the values, but none better presents itself. The value 0 is defined as being invalid. The values 1-99 are reserved for any special case uses which may arise in the future. This may include attributes of the LSM infrastructure itself, possibly related to namespacing or network attribute management. A special range is identified for such attributes to help reduce confusion for developers unfamiliar with LSMs. LSM attribute values are defined for the attributes presented by modules that are available today. As with the LSM IDs, The value 0 is defined as being invalid. The values 1-99 are reserved for any special case uses which may arise in the future. Cc: linux-security-module Signed-off-by: Casey Schaufler Reviewed-by: Kees Cook Reviewed-by: Serge Hallyn Reviewed-by: Mickael Salaun Reviewed-by: John Johansen Signed-off-by: Kees Cook Nacked-by: Tetsuo Handa [PM: forward ported beyond v6.6 due merge window changes] Signed-off-by: Paul Moore

lsm: constify 'file' parameter in security_bprm_creds_from_file()

2023-09-13T22:09:35+00:00

The 'bprm_creds_from_file' hook has implementation registered in commoncap. Looking at the function implementation we observe that the 'file' parameter is not changing. Mark the 'file' parameter of LSM hook security_bprm_creds_from_file() as 'const' since it will not be changing in the LSM hook. Signed-off-by: Khadija Kamran Signed-off-by: Paul Moore

lsm: constify the 'target' parameter in security_capget()

2023-08-08T20:48:47+00:00

Three LSMs register the implementations for the "capget" hook: AppArmor, SELinux, and the normal capability code. Looking at the function implementations we may observe that the first parameter "target" is not changing. Mark the first argument "target" of LSM hook security_capget() as "const" since it will not be changing in the LSM hook. cap_capget() LSM hook declaration exceeds the 80 characters per line limit. Split the function declaration to multiple lines to decrease the line length. Signed-off-by: Khadija Kamran Acked-by: John Johansen [PM: align the cap_capget() declaration, spelling fixes] Signed-off-by: Paul Moore

lsm: fix a number of misspellings

2023-05-25T21:52:15+00:00

A random collection of spelling fixes for source files in the LSM layer. Reviewed-by: Casey Schaufler Signed-off-by: Paul Moore

selinux: remove the runtime disable functionality

2023-03-20T16:34:23+00:00

After working with the larger SELinux-based distros for several years, we're finally at a place where we can disable the SELinux runtime disable functionality. The existing kernel deprecation notice explains the functionality and why we want to remove it: The selinuxfs "disable" node allows SELinux to be disabled at runtime prior to a policy being loaded into the kernel. If disabled via this mechanism, SELinux will remain disabled until the system is rebooted. The preferred method of disabling SELinux is via the "selinux=0" boot parameter, but the selinuxfs "disable" node was created to make it easier for systems with primitive bootloaders that did not allow for easy modification of the kernel command line. Unfortunately, allowing for SELinux to be disabled at runtime makes it difficult to secure the kernel's LSM hooks using the "__ro_after_init" feature. It is that last sentence, mentioning the '__ro_after_init' hardening, which is the real motivation for this change, and if you look at the diffstat you'll see that the impact of this patch reaches across all the different LSMs, helping prevent tampering at the LSM hook level. From a SELinux perspective, it is important to note that if you continue to disable SELinux via "/etc/selinux/config" it may appear that SELinux is disabled, but it is simply in an uninitialized state. If you load a policy with `load_policy -i`, you will see SELinux come alive just as if you had loaded the policy during early-boot. It is also worth noting that the "/sys/fs/selinux/disable" file is always writable now, regardless of the Kconfig settings, but writing to the file has no effect on the system, other than to display an error on the console if a non-zero/true value is written. Finally, in the several years where we have been working on deprecating this functionality, there has only been one instance of someone mentioning any user visible breakage. In this particular case it was an individual's kernel test system, and the workaround documented in the deprecation notice ("selinux=0" on the kernel command line) resolved the issue without problem. Acked-by: Casey Schaufler Signed-off-by: Paul Moore

capability: just use a 'u64' instead of a 'u32[2]' array

2023-03-01T18:01:22+00:00

Back in 2008 we extended the capability bits from 32 to 64, and we did it by extending the single 32-bit capability word from one word to an array of two words. It was then obfuscated by hiding the "2" behind two macro expansions, with the reasoning being that maybe it gets extended further some day. That reasoning may have been valid at the time, but the last thing we want to do is to extend the capability set any more. And the array of values not only causes source code oddities (with loops to deal with it), but also results in worse code generation. It's a lose-lose situation. So just change the 'u32[2]' into a 'u64' and be done with it. We still have to deal with the fact that the user space interface is designed around an array of these 32-bit values, but that was the case before too, since the array layouts were different (ie user space doesn't use an array of 32-bit values for individual capability masks, but an array of 32-bit slices of multiple masks). So that marshalling of data is actually simplified too, even if it does remain somewhat obscure and odd. This was all triggered by my reaction to the new "cap_isidentical()" introduced recently. By just using a saner data structure, it went from unsigned __capi; CAP_FOR_EACH_U32(__capi) { if (a.cap[__capi] != b.cap[__capi]) return false; } return true; to just being return a.val == b.val; instead. Which is rather more obvious both to humans and to compilers. Cc: Mateusz Guzik Cc: Casey Schaufler Cc: Serge Hallyn Cc: Al Viro Cc: Paul Moore Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

fs: port vfs{g,u}id helpers to mnt_idmap

2023-01-19T08:24:30+00:00

Convert to struct mnt_idmap. Last cycle we merged the necessary infrastructure in 256c8aed2b42 ("fs: introduce dedicated idmap type for mounts"). This is just the conversion to struct mnt_idmap. Currently we still pass around the plain namespace that was attached to a mount. This is in general pretty convenient but it makes it easy to conflate namespaces that are relevant on the filesystem with namespaces that are relevent on the mount level. Especially for non-vfs developers without detailed knowledge in this area this can be a potential source for bugs. Once the conversion to struct mnt_idmap is done all helpers down to the really low-level helpers will take a struct mnt_idmap argument instead of two namespace arguments. This way it becomes impossible to conflate the two eliminating the possibility of any bugs. All of the vfs and all filesystems only operate on struct mnt_idmap. Acked-by: Dave Chinner Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner (Microsoft)

fs: port privilege checking helpers to mnt_idmap

2023-01-19T08:24:29+00:00