From: Stephen Smalley <sds@tycho.nsa.gov>
To: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Cc: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org,
linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org,
linux-unionfs@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
SELinux <selinux@tycho.nsa.gov>, Paul Moore <paul@paul-moore.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] SELinux: Create a common helper to determine an inode label
Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2015 12:34:15 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <5582F307.6030005@tycho.nsa.gov> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <22037.1434644340@warthog.procyon.org.uk>
On 06/18/2015 12:19 PM, David Howells wrote:
>
> Create a common helper function to determine the label for a new inode.
> This is then used by:
>
> - may_create()
> - selinux_dentry_init_security()
> - selinux_inode_init_security()
>
> This will change the behaviour of the functions slightly, bringing them all
> into line.
>
> Suggested-by: Stephen Smalley <sds@tycho.nsa.gov>
> Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
> ---
> diff --git a/security/selinux/hooks.c b/security/selinux/hooks.c
> index ffa5a642629a..902113d71acd 100644
> --- a/security/selinux/hooks.c
> +++ b/security/selinux/hooks.c
> @@ -1684,6 +1684,32 @@ out:
> return rc;
> }
>
> +/*
> + * Determine the label for an inode that might be unioned.
> + */
> +static int selinux_determine_inode_label(const struct inode *dir,
> + const struct qstr *name,
> + u16 tclass,
> + u32 *_new_isid)
> +{
> + const struct superblock_security_struct *sbsec = dir->i_sb->s_security;
> + const struct inode_security_struct *dsec = dir->i_security;
> + const struct task_security_struct *tsec = current_security();
> +
> + if ((sbsec->flags & SE_SBINITIALIZED) &&
> + (sbsec->behavior == SECURITY_FS_USE_MNTPOINT)) {
> + *_new_isid = sbsec->mntpoint_sid;
> + } else if ((sbsec->flags & SBLABEL_MNT) &&
> + tsec->create_sid) {
> + *_new_isid = tsec->create_sid;
> + } else {
> + return security_transition_sid(tsec->sid, dsec->sid, tclass,
> + name, _new_isid);
> + }
> +
> + return 0;
> +}
> +
> /* Check whether a task can create a file. */
> static int may_create(struct inode *dir,
> struct dentry *dentry,
> @@ -1700,7 +1726,6 @@ static int may_create(struct inode *dir,
> sbsec = dir->i_sb->s_security;
>
> sid = tsec->sid;
> - newsid = tsec->create_sid;
>
> ad.type = LSM_AUDIT_DATA_DENTRY;
> ad.u.dentry = dentry;
> @@ -1711,12 +1736,10 @@ static int may_create(struct inode *dir,
> if (rc)
> return rc;
>
> - if (!newsid || !(sbsec->flags & SBLABEL_MNT)) {
> - rc = security_transition_sid(sid, dsec->sid, tclass,
> - &dentry->d_name, &newsid);
> - if (rc)
> - return rc;
> - }
> + rc = selinux_determine_inode_label(dir, &dentry->d_name, tclass,
> + &newsid);
> + if (rc)
> + return rc;
>
> rc = avc_has_perm(sid, newsid, tclass, FILE__CREATE, &ad);
> if (rc)
> @@ -2723,32 +2746,14 @@ static int selinux_dentry_init_security(struct dentry *dentry, int mode,
> struct qstr *name, void **ctx,
> u32 *ctxlen)
> {
> - const struct cred *cred = current_cred();
> - struct task_security_struct *tsec;
> - struct inode_security_struct *dsec;
> - struct superblock_security_struct *sbsec;
> - struct inode *dir = d_backing_inode(dentry->d_parent);
> u32 newsid;
> int rc;
>
> - tsec = cred->security;
> - dsec = dir->i_security;
> - sbsec = dir->i_sb->s_security;
> -
> - if (tsec->create_sid && sbsec->behavior != SECURITY_FS_USE_MNTPOINT) {
> - newsid = tsec->create_sid;
> - } else {
> - rc = security_transition_sid(tsec->sid, dsec->sid,
> - inode_mode_to_security_class(mode),
> - name,
> - &newsid);
> - if (rc) {
> - printk(KERN_WARNING
> - "%s: security_transition_sid failed, rc=%d\n",
> - __func__, -rc);
> - return rc;
> - }
> - }
> + rc = selinux_determine_inode_label(d_inode(dentry), name,
Hmmm...previously we were using d_backing_inode(dentry->d_parent) here.
> + inode_mode_to_security_class(mode),
> + &newsid);
> + if (rc)
> + return rc;
>
> return security_sid_to_context(newsid, (char **)ctx, ctxlen);
> }
> @@ -2771,22 +2776,12 @@ static int selinux_inode_init_security(struct inode *inode, struct inode *dir,
> sid = tsec->sid;
> newsid = tsec->create_sid;
>
> - if ((sbsec->flags & SE_SBINITIALIZED) &&
> - (sbsec->behavior == SECURITY_FS_USE_MNTPOINT))
> - newsid = sbsec->mntpoint_sid;
> - else if (!newsid || !(sbsec->flags & SBLABEL_MNT)) {
> - rc = security_transition_sid(sid, dsec->sid,
> - inode_mode_to_security_class(inode->i_mode),
> - qstr, &newsid);
> - if (rc) {
> - printk(KERN_WARNING "%s: "
> - "security_transition_sid failed, rc=%d (dev=%s "
> - "ino=%ld)\n",
> - __func__,
> - -rc, inode->i_sb->s_id, inode->i_ino);
> - return rc;
> - }
> - }
> + rc = selinux_determine_inode_label(
> + dir, qstr,
> + inode_mode_to_security_class(inode->i_mode),
> + &newsid);
> + if (rc)
> + return rc;
>
> /* Possibly defer initialization to selinux_complete_init. */
> if (sbsec->flags & SE_SBINITIALIZED) {
>
>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-06-18 16:34 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-06-18 16:19 [PATCH] SELinux: Create a common helper to determine an inode label David Howells
2015-06-18 16:34 ` Stephen Smalley [this message]
2015-06-18 16:39 ` David Howells
2015-06-18 16:42 ` David Howells
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