Re: [PATCH v10 27/27] ima: Enable IMA namespaces

Serge E. Hallyn
2022-02-23T17:58:56Z

On Tue, Feb 01, 2022 at 03:37:35PM -0500, Stefan Berger wrote:
> Introduce the IMA_NS in Kconfig for IMA namespace enablement.
>
> Enable the lazy initialization of an IMA namespace when a user mounts
> SecurityFS and writes '1' into IMA's 'active' securityfs file. A
> user_namespace will now get a pointer to an ima_namespace and therefore
> implement get_current_ns() for the namespacing case that returns this
> pointer. Use get_current_ns() in those places that require access to the
> current IMA namespace. In some places, primarily those related to
> IMA-appraisal and changes to file attributes, keep the pointer to
> init_ima_ns, since there flags related to file measurements may be
> affected, which are not supported in IMA namespaces, yet.
>
> Before using the ima_namespace pointer test it with ns_is_active()
> to check whether it is NULL and whether the ima_namespace is active.
> If it's not active, it cannot be used, yet. Therefore, return early
> from those functions that may now get either get a NULL pointer from
> this call or where ns->active is still 0. The init_ima_ns is always
> set to be active, thus passing the check.
>
> Implement ima_ns_from_file() for SecurityFS-related files where we can
> now get the IMA namespace via the user namespace pointer associated
> with the superblock of the SecurityFS filesystem instance.
>
> Return -EACCES to IMA's securityfs files, except for the 'active' file,
> until the IMA namespace has been set to active.
>
> Switch access to userns->ima_ns to use acquire/release semantics to ensure
> that a newly created ima_namespace structure is fully visible upon access.
>
> Only emit the kernel log message 'policy update completed' for the
> init_ima_ns.
>
> When parsing an IMA policy rule use the user namespace of the opener
> to translate uid and gid values to kernel values rather than the user
> namespace of the writer.
>
> Gate access to ima_appraise variable to init_ima_ns in ima_load_data()
> and ima_write_policy().
>
> Gate access to temp_ima_appraise variable to init_ima_ns in
> ima_delete_rules().
>
> Signed-off-by: Stefan Berger <stefanb@linux.ibm.com>
>
> ---
> v10:
> - dropped ima_ns_to_user_ns(); using current_user_ns() instead
> - Pass user_namespace of file opener into ima_parse_rule and propagate
> this parameter back all the way to the initial caller in the chain
> - Gate access to ima_appraise to init_ima_ns in ima_write_policy()
>
> v9:
> - ima_post_key_create_or_update: Only handle key if in init_ima_ns
> - Removed ns == NULL checks where user_namespace is now passed
> - Defer setting of user_ns->ima_ns until end of ima_fs_ns_init();
> required new ima_free_imans() and new user_ns_set_ima_ns()
> - Only emit log message 'policy update completed' for init_ima_ns
> - Introduce get_current_ns() only in this patch
> - Check for ns == &init_ima_ns in ima_load_data()
> ---
> include/linux/ima.h | 1 +
> init/Kconfig | 13 +++
> kernel/user_namespace.c | 2 +
> security/integrity/ima/ima.h | 55 +++++++++++--
> security/integrity/ima/ima_appraise.c | 3 +
> security/integrity/ima/ima_asymmetric_keys.c | 6 +-
> security/integrity/ima/ima_fs.c | 87 ++++++++++++++++----
> security/integrity/ima/ima_init.c | 2 +-
> security/integrity/ima/ima_init_ima_ns.c | 2 +
> security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c | 34 +++++---
> security/integrity/ima/ima_ns.c | 15 +++-
> security/integrity/ima/ima_policy.c | 43 ++++++----
> 12 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 61 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/ima.h b/include/linux/ima.h
> index c584527c0f47..a8cb2c269f61 100644
> --- a/include/linux/ima.h
> +++ b/include/linux/ima.h
> @@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
> #include <linux/fs.h>
> #include <linux/security.h>
> #include <linux/kexec.h>
> +#include <linux/user_namespace.h>
> #include <crypto/hash_info.h>
> struct linux_binprm;
>
> diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
> index 4b7bac10c72d..e27155e0ddba 100644
> --- a/init/Kconfig
> +++ b/init/Kconfig
> @@ -1247,6 +1247,19 @@ config NET_NS
> Allow user space to create what appear to be multiple instances
> of the network stack.
>
> +config IMA_NS
> + bool "IMA namespace"
> + depends on USER_NS
> + depends on IMA
> + default n
> + help
> + Allow the creation of an IMA namespace for each user namespace.
> + Namespaced IMA enables having IMA features work separately
> + in each IMA namespace.
> + Currently, only the audit status flags are stored in the namespace,
> + which allows the same file to be audited each time it is accessed
> + in a new namespace.
> +
> endif # NAMESPACES
>
> config CHECKPOINT_RESTORE
> diff --git a/kernel/user_namespace.c b/kernel/user_namespace.c
> index 6b2e3ca7ee99..653f8fa83b69 100644
> --- a/kernel/user_namespace.c
> +++ b/kernel/user_namespace.c
> @@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
> #include <linux/fs_struct.h>
> #include <linux/bsearch.h>
> #include <linux/sort.h>
> +#include <linux/ima.h>
>
> static struct kmem_cache *user_ns_cachep __read_mostly;
> static DEFINE_MUTEX(userns_state_mutex);
> @@ -196,6 +197,7 @@ static void free_user_ns(struct work_struct *work)
> kfree(ns->projid_map.forward);
> kfree(ns->projid_map.reverse);
> }
> + free_ima_ns(ns);
> retire_userns_sysctls(ns);
> key_free_user_ns(ns);
> ns_free_inum(&ns->ns);
> diff --git a/security/integrity/ima/ima.h b/security/integrity/ima/ima.h
> index 05e2de7697da..73df1d8a2ece 100644
> --- a/security/integrity/ima/ima.h
> +++ b/security/integrity/ima/ima.h
> @@ -337,10 +337,10 @@ int ima_match_policy(struct ima_namespace *ns,
> int mask, int flags, int *pcr,
> struct ima_template_desc **template_desc,
> const char *func_data, unsigned int *allowed_algos);
> -void ima_init_policy(struct ima_namespace *ns);
> +void ima_init_policy(struct user_namespace *user_ns);
> void ima_update_policy(struct ima_namespace *ns);
> void ima_update_policy_flags(struct ima_namespace *ns);
> -ssize_t ima_parse_add_rule(struct ima_namespace *ns, char *rule);
> +ssize_t ima_parse_add_rule(struct user_namespace *user_ns, char *rule);
> void ima_delete_rules(struct ima_namespace *ns);
> int ima_check_policy(struct ima_namespace *ns);
> void ima_free_policy_rules(struct ima_namespace *ns);
> @@ -538,32 +538,70 @@ struct user_namespace *ima_user_ns_from_file(const struct file *filp)
> return file_inode(filp)->i_sb->s_user_ns;
> }
>
> +#ifdef CONFIG_IMA_NS
> +
> static inline struct ima_namespace
> *ima_ns_from_user_ns(struct user_namespace *user_ns)
> {
> - if (user_ns == &init_user_ns)
> - return &init_ima_ns;
> - return NULL;
> + /* Pairs with smp_store_releases() in user_ns_set_ima_ns(). */
> + return smp_load_acquire(&user_ns->ima_ns);
> }
>
> -#ifdef CONFIG_IMA_NS
> +static inline void user_ns_set_ima_ns(struct user_namespace *user_ns,
> + struct ima_namespace *ns)
> +{
> + /* Pairs with smp_load_acquire() in ima_ns_from_user_ns() */
> + smp_store_release(&user_ns->ima_ns, ns);
> +}
> +
> +static inline struct ima_namespace *get_current_ns(void)
> +{
> + return ima_ns_from_user_ns(current_user_ns());
> +}
>
> struct ima_namespace *create_ima_ns(void);
>
> +void ima_free_ima_ns(struct ima_namespace *ns);
> +
> struct ns_status *ima_get_ns_status(struct ima_namespace *ns,
> struct inode *inode,
> struct integrity_iint_cache *iint);
>
> void ima_free_ns_status_tree(struct ima_namespace *ns);
>
> +static inline struct ima_namespace *ima_ns_from_file(const struct file *filp)
> +{

Why is it ok here to dereference userns->ima_ns without
going through ima_ns_from_user_ns() to do the smp_load_acquire()?

> + return ima_user_ns_from_file(filp)->ima_ns;
> +}
> +
> #else

-serge