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

xen/privcmd: add boot control for restricted usage in domU

2026-03-25T10:08:57+00:00

commit 1613462be621ad5103ec338a7b0ca0746ec4e5f1 upstream. When running in an unprivileged domU under Xen, the privcmd driver is restricted to allow only hypercalls against a target domain, for which the current domU is acting as a device model. Add a boot parameter "unrestricted" to allow all hypercalls (the hypervisor will still refuse destructive hypercalls affecting other guests). Make this new parameter effective only in case the domU wasn't started using secure boot, as otherwise hypercalls targeting the domU itself might result in violating the secure boot functionality. This is achieved by adding another lockdown reason, which can be tested to not being set when applying the "unrestricted" option. This is part of XSA-482 Signed-off-by: Juergen Gross Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

bcachefs: do not use PF_MEMALLOC_NORECLAIM

2024-10-09T19:47:18+00:00

Patch series "remove PF_MEMALLOC_NORECLAIM" v3. This patch (of 2): bch2_new_inode relies on PF_MEMALLOC_NORECLAIM to try to allocate a new inode to achieve GFP_NOWAIT semantic while holding locks. If this allocation fails it will drop locks and use GFP_NOFS allocation context. We would like to drop PF_MEMALLOC_NORECLAIM because it is really dangerous to use if the caller doesn't control the full call chain with this flag set. E.g. if any of the function down the chain needed GFP_NOFAIL request the PF_MEMALLOC_NORECLAIM would override this and cause unexpected failure. While this is not the case in this particular case using the scoped gfp semantic is not really needed bacause we can easily pus the allocation context down the chain without too much clutter. [akpm@linux-foundation.org: fix kerneldoc warnings] Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20240926172940.167084-1-mhocko@kernel.org Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20240926172940.167084-2-mhocko@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Michal Hocko Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig Reviewed-by: Dave Chinner Reviewed-by: Jan Kara # For vfs changes Cc: Al Viro Cc: Christian Brauner Cc: James Morris Cc: Kent Overstreet Cc: Paul Moore Cc: Serge E. Hallyn Cc: Yafang Shao Cc: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) Cc: Vlastimil Babka Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton

Merge tag 'bpf-next-6.12-struct-fd' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bpf/bpf-next

2024-09-24T21:54:26+00:00

Pull bpf 'struct fd' updates from Alexei Starovoitov: "This includes struct_fd BPF changes from Al and Andrii" * tag 'bpf-next-6.12-struct-fd' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bpf/bpf-next: bpf: convert bpf_token_create() to CLASS(fd, ...) security,bpf: constify struct path in bpf_token_create() LSM hook bpf: more trivial fdget() conversions bpf: trivial conversions for fdget() bpf: switch maps to CLASS(fd, ...) bpf: factor out fetching bpf_map from FD and adding it to used_maps list bpf: switch fdget_raw() uses to CLASS(fd_raw, ...) bpf: convert __bpf_prog_get() to CLASS(fd, ...)

security,bpf: constify struct path in bpf_token_create() LSM hook

2024-09-13T01:57:54+00:00

There is no reason why struct path pointer shouldn't be const-qualified when being passed into bpf_token_create() LSM hook. Add that const. Acked-by: Paul Moore (LSM/SELinux) Suggested-by: Al Viro Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko

security: Update file_set_fowner documentation

2024-09-09T16:30:51+00:00

Highlight that the file_set_fowner hook is now called with a lock held. Cc: Al Viro Cc: Casey Schaufler Cc: Christian Brauner Cc: James Morris Cc: Jann Horn Cc: Ondrej Mosnacek Cc: Paul Moore Cc: Serge E. Hallyn Cc: Stephen Smalley Signed-off-by: Mickaël Salaün Signed-off-by: Paul Moore

lsm: remove LSM_COUNT and LSM_CONFIG_COUNT

2024-08-26T23:12:18+00:00

Because these are equals to MAX_LSM_COUNT. Also, we can avoid dynamic memory allocation for ordered_lsms because MAX_LSM_COUNT is a constant. Signed-off-by: Tetsuo Handa Signed-off-by: Paul Moore

lsm: replace indirect LSM hook calls with static calls

2024-08-22T16:24:10+00:00

LSM hooks are currently invoked from a linked list as indirect calls which are invoked using retpolines as a mitigation for speculative attacks (Branch History / Target injection) and add extra overhead which is especially bad in kernel hot paths: security_file_ioctl: 0xff...0320 <+0>: endbr64 0xff...0324 <+4>: push %rbp 0xff...0325 <+5>: push %r15 0xff...0327 <+7>: push %r14 0xff...0329 <+9>: push %rbx 0xff...032a <+10>: mov %rdx,%rbx 0xff...032d <+13>: mov %esi,%ebp 0xff...032f <+15>: mov %rdi,%r14 0xff...0332 <+18>: mov $0xff...7030,%r15 0xff...0339 <+25>: mov (%r15),%r15 0xff...033c <+28>: test %r15,%r15 0xff...033f <+31>: je 0xff...0358 0xff...0341 <+33>: mov 0x18(%r15),%r11 0xff...0345 <+37>: mov %r14,%rdi 0xff...0348 <+40>: mov %ebp,%esi 0xff...034a <+42>: mov %rbx,%rdx 0xff...034d <+45>: call 0xff...2e0 <__x86_indirect_thunk_array+352> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Indirect calls that use retpolines leading to overhead, not just due to extra instruction but also branch misses. 0xff...0352 <+50>: test %eax,%eax 0xff...0354 <+52>: je 0xff...0339 0xff...0356 <+54>: jmp 0xff...035a 0xff...0358 <+56>: xor %eax,%eax 0xff...035a <+58>: pop %rbx 0xff...035b <+59>: pop %r14 0xff...035d <+61>: pop %r15 0xff...035f <+63>: pop %rbp 0xff...0360 <+64>: jmp 0xff...47c4 <__x86_return_thunk> The indirect calls are not really needed as one knows the addresses of enabled LSM callbacks at boot time and only the order can possibly change at boot time with the lsm= kernel command line parameter. An array of static calls is defined per LSM hook and the static calls are updated at boot time once the order has been determined. With the hook now exposed as a static call, one can see that the retpolines are no longer there and the LSM callbacks are invoked directly: security_file_ioctl: 0xff...0ca0 <+0>: endbr64 0xff...0ca4 <+4>: nopl 0x0(%rax,%rax,1) 0xff...0ca9 <+9>: push %rbp 0xff...0caa <+10>: push %r14 0xff...0cac <+12>: push %rbx 0xff...0cad <+13>: mov %rdx,%rbx 0xff...0cb0 <+16>: mov %esi,%ebp 0xff...0cb2 <+18>: mov %rdi,%r14 0xff...0cb5 <+21>: jmp 0xff...0cc7 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Static key enabled for SELinux 0xffffffff818f0cb7 <+23>: jmp 0xff...0cde ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Static key enabled for BPF LSM. This is something that is changed to default to false to avoid the existing side effect issues of BPF LSM [1] in a subsequent patch. 0xff...0cb9 <+25>: xor %eax,%eax 0xff...0cbb <+27>: xchg %ax,%ax 0xff...0cbd <+29>: pop %rbx 0xff...0cbe <+30>: pop %r14 0xff...0cc0 <+32>: pop %rbp 0xff...0cc1 <+33>: cs jmp 0xff...0000 <__x86_return_thunk> 0xff...0cc7 <+39>: endbr64 0xff...0ccb <+43>: mov %r14,%rdi 0xff...0cce <+46>: mov %ebp,%esi 0xff...0cd0 <+48>: mov %rbx,%rdx 0xff...0cd3 <+51>: call 0xff...3230 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Direct call to SELinux. 0xff...0cd8 <+56>: test %eax,%eax 0xff...0cda <+58>: jne 0xff...0cbd 0xff...0cdc <+60>: jmp 0xff...0cb7 0xff...0cde <+62>: endbr64 0xff...0ce2 <+66>: mov %r14,%rdi 0xff...0ce5 <+69>: mov %ebp,%esi 0xff...0ce7 <+71>: mov %rbx,%rdx 0xff...0cea <+74>: call 0xff...e220 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Direct call to BPF LSM. 0xff...0cef <+79>: test %eax,%eax 0xff...0cf1 <+81>: jne 0xff...0cbd 0xff...0cf3 <+83>: jmp 0xff...0cb9 0xff...0cf5 <+85>: endbr64 0xff...0cf9 <+89>: mov %r14,%rdi 0xff...0cfc <+92>: mov %ebp,%esi 0xff...0cfe <+94>: mov %rbx,%rdx 0xff...0d01 <+97>: pop %rbx 0xff...0d02 <+98>: pop %r14 0xff...0d04 <+100>: pop %rbp 0xff...0d05 <+101>: ret 0xff...0d06 <+102>: int3 0xff...0d07 <+103>: int3 0xff...0d08 <+104>: int3 0xff...0d09 <+105>: int3 While this patch uses static_branch_unlikely indicating that an LSM hook is likely to be not present. In most cases this is still a better choice as even when an LSM with one hook is added, empty slots are created for all LSM hooks (especially when many LSMs that do not initialize most hooks are present on the system). There are some hooks that don't use the call_int_hook or call_void_hook. These hooks are updated to use a new macro called lsm_for_each_hook where the lsm_callback is directly invoked as an indirect call. Below are results of the relevant Unixbench system benchmarks with BPF LSM and SELinux enabled with default policies enabled with and without these patches. Benchmark Delta(%): (+ is better) ========================================================================== Execl Throughput +1.9356 File Write 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks +6.5953 Pipe Throughput +9.5499 Pipe-based Context Switching +3.0209 Process Creation +2.3246 Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) +1.4975 System Call Overhead +2.7815 System Benchmarks Index Score (Partial Only): +3.4859 In the best case, some syscalls like eventfd_create benefitted to about ~10%. Tested-by: Guenter Roeck Reviewed-by: Casey Schaufler Reviewed-by: Kees Cook Acked-by: Song Liu Acked-by: Andrii Nakryiko Signed-off-by: KP Singh Signed-off-by: Paul Moore

lsm: add security_inode_setintegrity() hook

2024-08-20T18:02:58+00:00

This patch introduces a new hook to save inode's integrity data. For example, for fsverity enabled files, LSMs can use this hook to save the existence of verified fsverity builtin signature into the inode's security blob, and LSMs can make access decisions based on this data. Signed-off-by: Fan Wu [PM: subject line tweak, removed changelog] Signed-off-by: Paul Moore

ipe: add support for dm-verity as a trust provider

2024-08-20T18:02:45+00:00

Allows author of IPE policy to indicate trust for a singular dm-verity volume, identified by roothash, through "dmverity_roothash" and all signed and validated dm-verity volumes, through "dmverity_signature". Signed-off-by: Deven Bowers Signed-off-by: Fan Wu [PM: fixed some line length issues in the comments] Signed-off-by: Paul Moore

block,lsm: add LSM blob and new LSM hooks for block devices

2024-08-20T18:02:33+00:00

This patch introduces a new LSM blob to the block_device structure, enabling the security subsystem to store security-sensitive data related to block devices. Currently, for a device mapper's mapped device containing a dm-verity target, critical security information such as the roothash and its signing state are not readily accessible. Specifically, while the dm-verity volume creation process passes the dm-verity roothash and its signature from userspace to the kernel, the roothash is stored privately within the dm-verity target, and its signature is discarded post-verification. This makes it extremely hard for the security subsystem to utilize these data. With the addition of the LSM blob to the block_device structure, the security subsystem can now retain and manage important security metadata such as the roothash and the signing state of a dm-verity by storing them inside the blob. Access decisions can then be based on these stored data. The implementation follows the same approach used for security blobs in other structures like struct file, struct inode, and struct superblock. The initialization of the security blob occurs after the creation of the struct block_device, performed by the security subsystem. Similarly, the security blob is freed by the security subsystem before the struct block_device is deallocated or freed. This patch also introduces a new hook security_bdev_setintegrity() to save block device's integrity data to the new LSM blob. For example, for dm-verity, it can use this hook to expose its roothash and signing state to LSMs, then LSMs can save these data into the LSM blob. Please note that the new hook should be invoked every time the security information is updated to keep these data current. For example, in dm-verity, if the mapping table is reloaded and configured to use a different dm-verity target with a new roothash and signing information, the previously stored data in the LSM blob will become obsolete. It is crucial to re-invoke the hook to refresh these data and ensure they are up to date. This necessity arises from the design of device-mapper, where a device-mapper device is first created, and then targets are subsequently loaded into it. These targets can be modified multiple times during the device's lifetime. Therefore, while the LSM blob is allocated during the creation of the block device, its actual contents are not initialized at this stage and can change substantially over time. This includes alterations from data that the LSM 'trusts' to those it does not, making it essential to handle these changes correctly. Failure to address this dynamic aspect could potentially allow for bypassing LSM checks. Signed-off-by: Deven Bowers Signed-off-by: Fan Wu [PM: merge fuzz, subject line tweaks] Signed-off-by: Paul Moore