From: James Carter <jwcart2@gmail.com>
To: selinux@vger.kernel.org
Cc: stephen.smalley.work@gmail.com, James Carter <jwcart2@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH] libsepol: Check that a module does not have any commons when validating
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2026 16:03:01 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260812200301.15904-1-jwcart2@gmail.com> (raw)
Since a common cannot be declared in a module and cannot be
required, there should not be any commons in a policy module. But
a maliciously crafted policy could add one which could cause
problems when processing the module.
Check that a module does not contain any commons when validating
the module after reading it in and quit with an error if it does.
Signed-off-by: James Carter <jwcart2@gmail.com>
---
libsepol/src/policydb_validate.c | 2 ++
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
diff --git a/libsepol/src/policydb_validate.c b/libsepol/src/policydb_validate.c
index 0469b0c1..fe8bf1cf 100644
--- a/libsepol/src/policydb_validate.c
+++ b/libsepol/src/policydb_validate.c
@@ -2092,6 +2092,8 @@ int policydb_validate(sepol_handle_t *handle, const policydb_t *p)
if (validate_filename_trans_hashtab(handle, p, flavors))
goto bad;
} else {
+ if ((p->policy_type == POLICY_MOD) && (p->p_commons.nprim > 0))
+ goto bad;
if (validate_avrule_blocks(handle, p->global, p, flavors))
goto bad;
}
--
2.55.0
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2026-08-12 20:03 James Carter [this message]
2026-08-12 20:11 ` [PATCH] libsepol: Check that a module does not have any commons when validating Stephen Smalley
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