kernel/linux.git/security/smack, branch v6.6.148

lsm: infrastructure management of the sock security

2026-08-03T09:15:36+00:00

[ Upstream commit 2aff9d20d50ac45dd13a013ef5231f4fb8912356 ] Move management of the sock->sk_security blob out of the individual security modules and into the security infrastructure. Instead of allocating the blobs from within the modules the modules tell the infrastructure how much space is required, and the space is allocated there. Acked-by: Paul Moore Reviewed-by: Kees Cook Reviewed-by: John Johansen Acked-by: Stephen Smalley Signed-off-by: Casey Schaufler [PM: subject tweak] Signed-off-by: Paul Moore Stable-dep-of: 56acfeb10019 ("selinux: avoid sk_socket dereference in selinux_sctp_bind_connect()") Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

smack: /smack/doi: accept previously used values

2026-03-04T12:19:39+00:00

[ Upstream commit 33d589ed60ae433b483761987b85e0d24e54584e ] 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 Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin

smack: /smack/doi must be > 0

2026-03-04T12:19:39+00:00

[ Upstream commit 19c013e1551bf51e1493da1270841d60e4fd3f15 ] /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 Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin

smack: fix bug: unprivileged task can create labels

2026-01-11T14:21:11+00:00

[ Upstream commit c147e13ea7fe9f118f8c9ba5e96cbd644b00d6b3 ] If an unprivileged task is allowed to relabel itself (/smack/relabel-self is not empty), it can freely create new labels by writing their names into own /proc/PID/attr/smack/current This occurs because do_setattr() imports the provided label in advance, before checking "relabel-self" list. This change ensures that the "relabel-self" list is checked before importing the label. Fixes: 38416e53936e ("Smack: limited capability for changing process label") Signed-off-by: Konstantin Andreev Signed-off-by: Casey Schaufler Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin

smack: Revert "smackfs: Added check catlen"

2025-06-04T12:42:09+00:00

[ Upstream commit c7fb50cecff9cad19fdac5b37337eae4e42b94c7 ] 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 Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin

smack: recognize ipv4 CIPSO w/o categories

2025-06-04T12:42:09+00:00

[ Upstream commit a158a937d864d0034fea14913c1f09c6d5f574b8 ] 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 Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin

smack: dont compile ipv6 code unless ipv6 is configured

2025-04-10T12:37:25+00:00

[ Upstream commit bfcf4004bcbce2cb674b4e8dbd31ce0891766bac ] I want to be sure that ipv6-specific code is not compiled in kernel binaries if ipv6 is not configured. [1] was getting rid of "unused variable" warning, but, with that, it also mandated compilation of a handful ipv6- specific functions in ipv4-only kernel configurations: smk_ipv6_localhost, smack_ipv6host_label, smk_ipv6_check. Their compiled bodies are likely to be removed by compiler from the resulting binary, but, to be on the safe side, I remove them from the compiler view. [1] Fixes: 00720f0e7f28 ("smack: avoid unused 'sip' variable warning") Signed-off-by: Konstantin Andreev Signed-off-by: Casey Schaufler Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin

smackfs: Use rcu_assign_pointer() to ensure safe assignment in smk_set_cipso

2024-10-04T14:29:20+00:00

[ Upstream commit 2749749afa071f8a0e405605de9da615e771a7ce ] In the `smk_set_cipso` function, the `skp->smk_netlabel.attr.mls.cat` field is directly assigned to a new value without using the appropriate RCU pointer assignment functions. According to RCU usage rules, this is illegal and can lead to unpredictable behavior, including data inconsistencies and impossible-to-diagnose memory corruption issues. This possible bug was identified using a static analysis tool developed by myself, specifically designed to detect RCU-related issues. To address this, the assignment is now done using rcu_assign_pointer(), which ensures that the pointer assignment is done safely, with the necessary memory barriers and synchronization. This change prevents potential RCU dereference issues by ensuring that the `cat` field is safely updated while still adhering to RCU's requirements. Fixes: 0817534ff9ea ("smackfs: Fix use-after-free in netlbl_catmap_walk()") Signed-off-by: Jiawei Ye Signed-off-by: Casey Schaufler Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin

smack: unix sockets: fix accept()ed socket label

2024-09-12T09:11:29+00:00

[ Upstream commit e86cac0acdb1a74f608bacefe702f2034133a047 ] When a process accept()s connection from a unix socket (either stream or seqpacket) it gets the socket with the label of the connecting process. For example, if a connecting process has a label 'foo', the accept()ed socket will also have 'in' and 'out' labels 'foo', regardless of the label of the listener process. This is because kernel creates unix child sockets in the context of the connecting process. I do not see any obvious way for the listener to abuse alien labels coming with the new socket, but, to be on the safe side, it's better fix new socket labels. Signed-off-by: Konstantin Andreev Signed-off-by: Casey Schaufler Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin

smack: tcp: ipv4, fix incorrect labeling

2024-09-08T05:54:45+00:00

[ Upstream commit 2fe209d0ad2e2729f7e22b9b31a86cc3ff0db550 ] Currently, Smack mirrors the label of incoming tcp/ipv4 connections: when a label 'foo' connects to a label 'bar' with tcp/ipv4, 'foo' always gets 'foo' in returned ipv4 packets. So, 1) returned packets are incorrectly labeled ('foo' instead of 'bar') 2) 'bar' can write to 'foo' without being authorized to write. Here is a scenario how to see this: * Take two machines, let's call them C and S, with active Smack in the default state (no settings, no rules, no labeled hosts, only builtin labels) * At S, add Smack rule 'foo bar w' (labels 'foo' and 'bar' are instantiated at S at this moment) * At S, at label 'bar', launch a program that listens for incoming tcp/ipv4 connections * From C, at label 'foo', connect to the listener at S. (label 'foo' is instantiated at C at this moment) Connection succeedes and works. * Send some data in both directions. * Collect network traffic of this connection. All packets in both directions are labeled with the CIPSO of the label 'foo'. Hence, label 'bar' writes to 'foo' without being authorized, and even without ever being known at C. If anybody cares: exactly the same happens with DCCP. This behavior 1st manifested in release 2.6.29.4 (see Fixes below) and it looks unintentional. At least, no explanation was provided. I changed returned packes label into the 'bar', to bring it into line with the Smack documentation claims. Signed-off-by: Konstantin Andreev Signed-off-by: Casey Schaufler Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin