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| author | Roberto Sassu <roberto.sassu@huawei.com> | 2024-02-15 13:30:58 +0300 |
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| committer | Paul Moore <paul@paul-moore.com> | 2024-02-16 07:43:42 +0300 |
| commit | 77fa6f314f0376176ef6bf3d84403e0d8b54ce28 (patch) | |
| tree | 60fa6a1ee957c2387f77fbc8aaffcb92a7299c9b /security/security.c | |
| parent | 314a8dc728d038378795236f6b5199265f921f45 (diff) | |
| download | linux-77fa6f314f0376176ef6bf3d84403e0d8b54ce28.tar.xz | |
security: Introduce inode_post_setattr hook
In preparation for moving IMA and EVM to the LSM infrastructure, introduce
the inode_post_setattr hook.
At inode_setattr hook, EVM verifies the file's existing HMAC value. At
inode_post_setattr, EVM re-calculates the file's HMAC based on the modified
file attributes and other file metadata.
Other LSMs could similarly take some action after successful file attribute
change.
The new hook cannot return an error and cannot cause the operation to be
reverted.
Signed-off-by: Roberto Sassu <roberto.sassu@huawei.com>
Reviewed-by: Stefan Berger <stefanb@linux.ibm.com>
Reviewed-by: Mimi Zohar <zohar@linux.ibm.com>
Acked-by: Casey Schaufler <casey@schaufler-ca.com>
Acked-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Paul Moore <paul@paul-moore.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'security/security.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | security/security.c | 16 |
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/security/security.c b/security/security.c index 9dc601d45960..56527d5415e2 100644 --- a/security/security.c +++ b/security/security.c @@ -2223,6 +2223,22 @@ int security_inode_setattr(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(security_inode_setattr); /** + * security_inode_post_setattr() - Update the inode after a setattr operation + * @idmap: idmap of the mount + * @dentry: file + * @ia_valid: file attributes set + * + * Update inode security field after successful setting file attributes. + */ +void security_inode_post_setattr(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct dentry *dentry, + int ia_valid) +{ + if (unlikely(IS_PRIVATE(d_backing_inode(dentry)))) + return; + call_void_hook(inode_post_setattr, idmap, dentry, ia_valid); +} + +/** * security_inode_getattr() - Check if getting file attributes is allowed * @path: file * |