kernel/linux.git/security/smack/smackfs.c, branch v7.1

Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument

2026-02-22T01:09:51+00:00

This was done entirely with mindless brute force, using git grep -l '\

treewide: Replace kmalloc with kmalloc_obj for non-scalar types

2026-02-21T09:02:28+00:00

This is the result of running the Coccinelle script from scripts/coccinelle/api/kmalloc_objs.cocci. The script is designed to avoid scalar types (which need careful case-by-case checking), and instead replace kmalloc-family calls that allocate struct or union object instances: Single allocations: kmalloc(sizeof(TYPE), ...) are replaced with: kmalloc_obj(TYPE, ...) Array allocations: kmalloc_array(COUNT, sizeof(TYPE), ...) are replaced with: kmalloc_objs(TYPE, COUNT, ...) Flex array allocations: kmalloc(struct_size(PTR, FAM, COUNT), ...) are replaced with: kmalloc_flex(*PTR, FAM, COUNT, ...) (where TYPE may also be *VAR) The resulting allocations no longer return "void *", instead returning "TYPE *". Signed-off-by: Kees Cook

smack: /smack/doi: accept previously used values

2025-12-30T20:17:15+00:00

Writing to /smack/doi a value that has ever been written there in the past disables networking for non-ambient labels. E.g. # cat /smack/doi 3 # netlabelctl -p cipso list Configured CIPSO mappings (1) DOI value : 3 mapping type : PASS_THROUGH # netlabelctl -p map list Configured NetLabel domain mappings (3) domain: "_" (IPv4) protocol: UNLABELED domain: DEFAULT (IPv4) protocol: CIPSO, DOI = 3 domain: DEFAULT (IPv6) protocol: UNLABELED # cat /smack/ambient _ # cat /proc/$$/attr/smack/current _ # ping -c1 10.1.95.12 64 bytes from 10.1.95.12: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.964 ms # echo foo >/proc/$$/attr/smack/current # ping -c1 10.1.95.12 64 bytes from 10.1.95.12: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.956 ms unknown option 86 # echo 4 >/smack/doi # echo 3 >/smack/doi !> [ 214.050395] smk_cipso_doi:691 cipso add rc = -17 # echo 3 >/smack/doi !> [ 249.402261] smk_cipso_doi:678 remove rc = -2 !> [ 249.402261] smk_cipso_doi:691 cipso add rc = -17 # ping -c1 10.1.95.12 !!> ping: 10.1.95.12: Address family for hostname not supported # echo _ >/proc/$$/attr/smack/current # ping -c1 10.1.95.12 64 bytes from 10.1.95.12: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.617 ms This happens because Smack keeps decommissioned DOIs, fails to re-add them, and consequently refuses to add the “default” domain map: # netlabelctl -p cipso list Configured CIPSO mappings (2) DOI value : 3 mapping type : PASS_THROUGH DOI value : 4 mapping type : PASS_THROUGH # netlabelctl -p map list Configured NetLabel domain mappings (2) domain: "_" (IPv4) protocol: UNLABELED !> (no ipv4 map for default domain here) domain: DEFAULT (IPv6) protocol: UNLABELED Fix by clearing decommissioned DOI definitions and serializing concurrent DOI updates with a new lock. Also: - allow /smack/doi to live unconfigured, since adding a map (netlbl_cfg_cipsov4_map_add) may fail. CIPSO_V4_DOI_UNKNOWN(0) indicates the unconfigured DOI - add new DOI before removing the old default map, so the old map remains if the add fails (2008-02-04, Casey Schaufler) Fixes: e114e473771c ("Smack: Simplified Mandatory Access Control Kernel") Signed-off-by: Konstantin Andreev Signed-off-by: Casey Schaufler

smack: /smack/doi must be > 0

2025-12-30T20:17:15+00:00

/smack/doi allows writing and keeping negative doi values. Correct values are 0 < doi <= (max 32-bit positive integer) (2008-02-04, Casey Schaufler) Fixes: e114e473771c ("Smack: Simplified Mandatory Access Control Kernel") Signed-off-by: Konstantin Andreev Signed-off-by: Casey Schaufler

Merge tag 'pull-persistency' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs

2025-12-05T22:36:21+00:00

Pull persistent dentry infrastructure and conversion from Al Viro: "Some filesystems use a kinda-sorta controlled dentry refcount leak to pin dentries of created objects in dcache (and undo it when removing those). A reference is grabbed and not released, but it's not actually _stored_ anywhere. That works, but it's hard to follow and verify; among other things, we have no way to tell _which_ of the increments is intended to be an unpaired one. Worse, on removal we need to decide whether the reference had already been dropped, which can be non-trivial if that removal is on umount and we need to figure out if this dentry is pinned due to e.g. unlink() not done. Usually that is handled by using kill_litter_super() as ->kill_sb(), but there are open-coded special cases of the same (consider e.g. /proc/self). Things get simpler if we introduce a new dentry flag (DCACHE_PERSISTENT) marking those "leaked" dentries. Having it set claims responsibility for +1 in refcount. The end result this series is aiming for: - get these unbalanced dget() and dput() replaced with new primitives that would, in addition to adjusting refcount, set and clear persistency flag. - instead of having kill_litter_super() mess with removing the remaining "leaked" references (e.g. for all tmpfs files that hadn't been removed prior to umount), have the regular shrink_dcache_for_umount() strip DCACHE_PERSISTENT of all dentries, dropping the corresponding reference if it had been set. After that kill_litter_super() becomes an equivalent of kill_anon_super(). Doing that in a single step is not feasible - it would affect too many places in too many filesystems. It has to be split into a series. This work has really started early in 2024; quite a few preliminary pieces have already gone into mainline. This chunk is finally getting to the meat of that stuff - infrastructure and most of the conversions to it. Some pieces are still sitting in the local branches, but the bulk of that stuff is here" * tag 'pull-persistency' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs: (54 commits) d_make_discardable(): warn if given a non-persistent dentry kill securityfs_recursive_remove() convert securityfs get rid of kill_litter_super() convert rust_binderfs convert nfsctl convert rpc_pipefs convert hypfs hypfs: swich hypfs_create_u64() to returning int hypfs: switch hypfs_create_str() to returning int hypfs: don't pin dentries twice convert gadgetfs gadgetfs: switch to simple_remove_by_name() convert functionfs functionfs: switch to simple_remove_by_name() functionfs: fix the open/removal races functionfs: need to cancel ->reset_work in ->kill_sb() functionfs: don't bother with ffs->ref in ffs_data_{opened,closed}() functionfs: don't abuse ffs_data_closed() on fs shutdown convert selinuxfs ...

convert smackfs

2025-11-16T06:35:02+00:00

Entirely static tree populated by simple_fill_super(). Can use kill_anon_super() as-is. Acked-by: Casey Schaufler Signed-off-by: Al Viro

smack: move initcalls to the LSM framework

2025-10-22T23:24:25+00:00

As the LSM framework only supports one LSM initcall callback for each initcall type, the init_smk_fs() and smack_nf_ip_init() functions were wrapped with a new function, smack_initcall() that is registered with the LSM framework. Acked-by: Casey Schaufler Reviewed-by: John Johansen Signed-off-by: Paul Moore

security/smack/smackfs: small kernel-doc fixes

2025-05-19T23:28:32+00:00

Add function short descriptions to the kernel-doc where missing. Correct a verb and add ending periods to sentences. smackfs.c:1080: warning: missing initial short description on line: * smk_net4addr_insert smackfs.c:1343: warning: missing initial short description on line: * smk_net6addr_insert Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap Cc: Casey Schaufler Cc: linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org Cc: Paul Moore Cc: James Morris Cc: "Serge E. Hallyn"

smack: recognize ipv4 CIPSO w/o categories

2025-02-16T22:17:55+00:00

If SMACK label has CIPSO representation w/o categories, e.g.: | # cat /smack/cipso2 | foo 10 | @ 250/2 | ... then SMACK does not recognize such CIPSO in input ipv4 packets and substitues '*' label instead. Audit records may look like | lsm=SMACK fn=smack_socket_sock_rcv_skb action=denied | subject="*" object="_" requested=w pid=0 comm="swapper/1" ... This happens in two steps: 1) security/smack/smackfs.c`smk_set_cipso does not clear NETLBL_SECATTR_MLS_CAT from (struct smack_known *)skp->smk_netlabel.flags on assigning CIPSO w/o categories: | rcu_assign_pointer(skp->smk_netlabel.attr.mls.cat, ncats.attr.mls.cat); | skp->smk_netlabel.attr.mls.lvl = ncats.attr.mls.lvl; 2) security/smack/smack_lsm.c`smack_from_secattr can not match skp->smk_netlabel with input packet's struct netlbl_lsm_secattr *sap because sap->flags have not NETLBL_SECATTR_MLS_CAT (what is correct) but skp->smk_netlabel.flags have (what is incorrect): | if ((sap->flags & NETLBL_SECATTR_MLS_CAT) == 0) { | if ((skp->smk_netlabel.flags & | NETLBL_SECATTR_MLS_CAT) == 0) | found = 1; | break; | } This commit sets/clears NETLBL_SECATTR_MLS_CAT in skp->smk_netlabel.flags according to the presense of CIPSO categories. The update of smk_netlabel is not atomic, so input packets processing still may be incorrect during short time while update proceeds. Signed-off-by: Konstantin Andreev Signed-off-by: Casey Schaufler

smack: Revert "smackfs: Added check catlen"

2025-02-16T18:30:23+00:00

This reverts commit ccfd889acb06eab10b98deb4b5eef0ec74157ea0 The indicated commit * does not describe the problem that change tries to solve * has programming issues * introduces a bug: forever clears NETLBL_SECATTR_MLS_CAT in (struct smack_known *)skp->smk_netlabel.flags Reverting the commit to reapproach original problem Signed-off-by: Konstantin Andreev Signed-off-by: Casey Schaufler