Re: [PATCH v13 04/11] LSM: syscalls for current process attributes

John Johansen
2023-08-10T15:55:35Z

On 8/2/23 10:44, Casey Schaufler wrote:
> Create a system call lsm_get_self_attr() to provide the security
> module maintained attributes of the current process.
> Create a system call lsm_set_self_attr() to set a security
> module maintained attribute of the current process.
> Historically these attributes have been exposed to user space via
> entries in procfs under /proc/self/attr.
>
> The attribute value is provided in a lsm_ctx structure. The structure
> identifies the size of the attribute, and the attribute value. The format
> of the attribute value is defined by the security module. A flags field
> is included for LSM specific information. It is currently unused and must
> be 0. The total size of the data, including the lsm_ctx structure and any
> padding, is maintained as well.
>
> struct lsm_ctx {
> __u64 id;
> __u64 flags;
> __u64 len;
> __u64 ctx_len;
> __u8 ctx[];
> };
>
> Two new LSM hooks are used to interface with the LSMs.
> security_getselfattr() collects the lsm_ctx values from the
> LSMs that support the hook, accounting for space requirements.
> security_setselfattr() identifies which LSM the attribute is
> intended for and passes it along.
>
> Signed-off-by: Casey Schaufler <casey@schaufler-ca.com>
> Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
> Reviewed-by: Serge Hallyn <serge@hallyn.com>

Reviewed-by: John Johansen <john.johansen@canonical.com>

> ---
> Documentation/userspace-api/lsm.rst | 70 ++++++++++++++++
> include/linux/lsm_hook_defs.h | 4 +
> include/linux/lsm_hooks.h | 1 +
> include/linux/security.h | 19 +++++
> include/linux/syscalls.h | 5 ++
> include/uapi/linux/lsm.h | 90 ++++++++++++++++++++
> kernel/sys_ni.c | 2 +
> security/Makefile | 1 +
> security/lsm_syscalls.c | 55 ++++++++++++
> security/security.c | 125 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 10 files changed, 372 insertions(+)
> create mode 100644 Documentation/userspace-api/lsm.rst
> create mode 100644 include/uapi/linux/lsm.h
> create mode 100644 security/lsm_syscalls.c
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/userspace-api/lsm.rst b/Documentation/userspace-api/lsm.rst
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..f8499f3e2826
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/Documentation/userspace-api/lsm.rst
> @@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
> +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> +.. Copyright (C) 2022 Casey Schaufler <casey@schaufler-ca.com>
> +.. Copyright (C) 2022 Intel Corporation
> +
> +=====================================
> +Linux Security Modules
> +=====================================
> +
> +:Author: Casey Schaufler
> +:Date: July 2023
> +
> +Linux security modules (LSM) provide a mechanism to implement
> +additional access controls to the Linux security policies.
> +
> +The various security modules may support any of these attributes:
> +
> +``LSM_ATTR_CURRENT`` is the current, active security context of the
> +process.
> +The proc filesystem provides this value in ``/proc/self/attr/current``.
> +This is supported by the SELinux, Smack and AppArmor security modules.
> +Smack also provides this value in ``/proc/self/attr/smack/current``.
> +AppArmor also provides this value in ``/proc/self/attr/apparmor/current``.
> +
> +``LSM_ATTR_EXEC`` is the security context of the process at the time the
> +current image was executed.
> +The proc filesystem provides this value in ``/proc/self/attr/exec``.
> +This is supported by the SELinux and AppArmor security modules.
> +AppArmor also provides this value in ``/proc/self/attr/apparmor/exec``.
> +
> +``LSM_ATTR_FSCREATE`` is the security context of the process used when
> +creating file system objects.
> +The proc filesystem provides this value in ``/proc/self/attr/fscreate``.
> +This is supported by the SELinux security module.
> +
> +``LSM_ATTR_KEYCREATE`` is the security context of the process used when
> +creating key objects.
> +The proc filesystem provides this value in ``/proc/self/attr/keycreate``.
> +This is supported by the SELinux security module.
> +
> +``LSM_ATTR_PREV`` is the security context of the process at the time the
> +current security context was set.
> +The proc filesystem provides this value in ``/proc/self/attr/prev``.
> +This is supported by the SELinux and AppArmor security modules.
> +AppArmor also provides this value in ``/proc/self/attr/apparmor/prev``.
> +
> +``LSM_ATTR_SOCKCREATE`` is the security context of the process used when
> +creating socket objects.
> +The proc filesystem provides this value in ``/proc/self/attr/sockcreate``.
> +This is supported by the SELinux security module.
> +
> +Kernel interface
> +================
> +
> +Set a security attribute of the current process
> +-----------------------------------------------
> +
> +.. kernel-doc:: security/lsm_syscalls.c
> + :identifiers: sys_lsm_set_self_attr
> +
> +Get the specified security attributes of the current process
> +------------------------------------------------------------
> +
> +.. kernel-doc:: security/lsm_syscalls.c
> + :identifiers: sys_lsm_get_self_attr
> +
> +Additional documentation
> +========================
> +
> +* Documentation/security/lsm.rst
> +* Documentation/security/lsm-development.rst
> diff --git a/include/linux/lsm_hook_defs.h b/include/linux/lsm_hook_defs.h
> index 7308a1a7599b..6dffac59dfe3 100644
> --- a/include/linux/lsm_hook_defs.h
> +++ b/include/linux/lsm_hook_defs.h
> @@ -261,6 +261,10 @@ LSM_HOOK(int, 0, sem_semop, struct kern_ipc_perm *perm, struct sembuf *sops,
> LSM_HOOK(int, 0, netlink_send, struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb)
> LSM_HOOK(void, LSM_RET_VOID, d_instantiate, struct dentry *dentry,
> struct inode *inode)
> +LSM_HOOK(int, -EOPNOTSUPP, getselfattr, unsigned int attr,
> + struct lsm_ctx __user *ctx, size_t *size, u32 flags)
> +LSM_HOOK(int, -EOPNOTSUPP, setselfattr, unsigned int attr,
> + struct lsm_ctx *ctx, size_t size, u32 flags)
> LSM_HOOK(int, -EINVAL, getprocattr, struct task_struct *p, const char *name,
> char **value)
> LSM_HOOK(int, -EINVAL, setprocattr, const char *name, void *value, size_t size)
> diff --git a/include/linux/lsm_hooks.h b/include/linux/lsm_hooks.h
> index 5f7d8caacc00..0662e5c2cd06 100644
> --- a/include/linux/lsm_hooks.h
> +++ b/include/linux/lsm_hooks.h
> @@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
> #ifndef __LINUX_LSM_HOOKS_H
> #define __LINUX_LSM_HOOKS_H
>
> +#include <uapi/linux/lsm.h>
> #include <linux/security.h>
> #include <linux/init.h>
> #include <linux/rculist.h>
> diff --git a/include/linux/security.h b/include/linux/security.h
> index b5fd3f7f4cd3..0d882cb221f4 100644
> --- a/include/linux/security.h
> +++ b/include/linux/security.h
> @@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ struct fs_parameter;
> enum fs_value_type;
> struct watch;
> struct watch_notification;
> +struct lsm_ctx;
>
> /* Default (no) options for the capable function */
> #define CAP_OPT_NONE 0x0
> @@ -470,6 +471,10 @@ int security_sem_semctl(struct kern_ipc_perm *sma, int cmd);
> int security_sem_semop(struct kern_ipc_perm *sma, struct sembuf *sops,
> unsigned nsops, int alter);
> void security_d_instantiate(struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *inode);
> +int security_getselfattr(unsigned int attr, struct lsm_ctx __user *ctx,
> + size_t __user *size, u32 flags);
> +int security_setselfattr(unsigned int attr, struct lsm_ctx __user *ctx,
> + size_t size, u32 flags);
> int security_getprocattr(struct task_struct *p, int lsmid, const char *name,
> char **value);
> int security_setprocattr(int lsmid, const char *name, void *value, size_t size);
> @@ -1331,6 +1336,20 @@ static inline void security_d_instantiate(struct dentry *dentry,
> struct inode *inode)
> { }
>
> +static inline int security_getselfattr(unsigned int attr,
> + struct lsm_ctx __user *ctx,
> + size_t __user *size, u32 flags)
> +{
> + return -EOPNOTSUPP;
> +}
> +
> +static inline int security_setselfattr(unsigned int attr,
> + struct lsm_ctx __user *ctx,
> + size_t size, u32 flags)
> +{
> + return -EOPNOTSUPP;
> +}
> +
> static inline int security_getprocattr(struct task_struct *p, int lsmid,
> const char *name, char **value)
> {
> diff --git a/include/linux/syscalls.h b/include/linux/syscalls.h
> index 03e3d0121d5e..a3938850752a 100644
> --- a/include/linux/syscalls.h
> +++ b/include/linux/syscalls.h
> @@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ struct clone_args;
> struct open_how;
> struct mount_attr;
> struct landlock_ruleset_attr;
> +struct lsm_ctx;
> enum landlock_rule_type;
> struct cachestat_range;
> struct cachestat;
> @@ -953,6 +954,10 @@ asmlinkage long sys_set_mempolicy_home_node(unsigned long start, unsigned long l
> asmlinkage long sys_cachestat(unsigned int fd,
> struct cachestat_range __user *cstat_range,
> struct cachestat __user *cstat, unsigned int flags);
> +asmlinkage long sys_lsm_get_self_attr(unsigned int attr, struct lsm_ctx *ctx,
> + size_t *size, __u32 flags);
> +asmlinkage long sys_lsm_set_self_attr(unsigned int attr, struct lsm_ctx *ctx,
> + size_t size, __u32 flags);
>
> /*
> * Architecture-specific system calls
> diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/lsm.h b/include/uapi/linux/lsm.h
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..eeda59a77c02
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/include/uapi/linux/lsm.h
> @@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
> +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 WITH Linux-syscall-note */
> +/*
> + * Linux Security Modules (LSM) - User space API
> + *
> + * Copyright (C) 2022 Casey Schaufler <casey@schaufler-ca.com>
> + * Copyright (C) 2022 Intel Corporation
> + */
> +
> +#ifndef _UAPI_LINUX_LSM_H
> +#define _UAPI_LINUX_LSM_H
> +
> +#include <linux/types.h>
> +#include <linux/unistd.h>
> +
> +/**
> + * struct lsm_ctx - LSM context information
> + * @id: the LSM id number, see LSM_ID_XXX
> + * @flags: LSM specific flags
> + * @len: length of the lsm_ctx struct, @ctx and any other data or padding
> + * @ctx_len: the size of @ctx
> + * @ctx: the LSM context value
> + *
> + * The @len field MUST be equal to the size of the lsm_ctx struct
> + * plus any additional padding and/or data placed after @ctx.
> + *
> + * In all cases @ctx_len MUST be equal to the length of @ctx.
> + * If @ctx is a string value it should be nul terminated with
> + * @ctx_len equal to `strlen(@ctx) + 1`. Binary values are
> + * supported.
> + *
> + * The @flags and @ctx fields SHOULD only be interpreted by the
> + * LSM specified by @id; they MUST be set to zero/0 when not used.
> + */
> +struct lsm_ctx {
> + __u64 id;
> + __u64 flags;
> + __u64 len;
> + __u64 ctx_len;
> + __u8 ctx[];
> +};
> +
> +/*
> + * ID tokens to identify Linux Security Modules (LSMs)
> + *
> + * These token values are used to uniquely identify specific LSMs
> + * in the kernel as well as in the kernel's LSM userspace API.
> + *
> + * A value of zero/0 is considered undefined and should not be used
> + * outside the kernel. Values 1-99 are reserved for potential
> + * future use.
> + */
> +#define LSM_ID_UNDEF 0
> +#define LSM_ID_CAPABILITY 100
> +#define LSM_ID_SELINUX 101
> +#define LSM_ID_SMACK 102
> +#define LSM_ID_TOMOYO 103
> +#define LSM_ID_IMA 104
> +#define LSM_ID_APPARMOR 105
> +#define LSM_ID_YAMA 106
> +#define LSM_ID_LOADPIN 107
> +#define LSM_ID_SAFESETID 108
> +#define LSM_ID_LOCKDOWN 109
> +#define LSM_ID_BPF 110
> +#define LSM_ID_LANDLOCK 111
> +
> +/*
> + * LSM_ATTR_XXX definitions identify different LSM attributes
> + * which are used in the kernel's LSM userspace API. Support
> + * for these attributes vary across the different LSMs. None
> + * are required.
> + *
> + * A value of zero/0 is considered undefined and should not be used
> + * outside the kernel. Values 1-99 are reserved for potential
> + * future use.
> + */
> +#define LSM_ATTR_UNDEF 0
> +#define LSM_ATTR_CURRENT 100
> +#define LSM_ATTR_EXEC 101
> +#define LSM_ATTR_FSCREATE 102
> +#define LSM_ATTR_KEYCREATE 103
> +#define LSM_ATTR_PREV 104
> +#define LSM_ATTR_SOCKCREATE 105
> +
> +/*
> + * LSM_FLAG_XXX definitions identify special handling instructions
> + * for the API.
> + */
> +#define LSM_FLAG_SINGLE 0x0001
> +
> +#endif /* _UAPI_LINUX_LSM_H */
> diff --git a/kernel/sys_ni.c b/kernel/sys_ni.c
> index 781de7cc6a4e..8b96cd01b485 100644
> --- a/kernel/sys_ni.c
> +++ b/kernel/sys_ni.c
> @@ -170,6 +170,8 @@ COND_SYSCALL(landlock_add_rule);
> COND_SYSCALL(landlock_restrict_self);
> COND_SYSCALL(fadvise64_64);
> COND_SYSCALL_COMPAT(fadvise64_64);
> +COND_SYSCALL(lsm_get_self_attr);
> +COND_SYSCALL(lsm_set_self_attr);
>
> /* CONFIG_MMU only */
> COND_SYSCALL(swapon);
> diff --git a/security/Makefile b/security/Makefile
> index 18121f8f85cd..59f238490665 100644
> --- a/security/Makefile
> +++ b/security/Makefile
> @@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_KEYS) += keys/
>
> # always enable default capabilities
> obj-y += commoncap.o
> +obj-$(CONFIG_SECURITY) += lsm_syscalls.o
> obj-$(CONFIG_MMU) += min_addr.o
>
> # Object file lists
> diff --git a/security/lsm_syscalls.c b/security/lsm_syscalls.c
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..ee3881159241
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/security/lsm_syscalls.c
> @@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
> +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
> +/*
> + * System calls implementing the Linux Security Module API.
> + *
> + * Copyright (C) 2022 Casey Schaufler <casey@schaufler-ca.com>
> + * Copyright (C) 2022 Intel Corporation
> + */
> +
> +#include <asm/current.h>
> +#include <linux/compiler_types.h>
> +#include <linux/err.h>
> +#include <linux/errno.h>
> +#include <linux/security.h>
> +#include <linux/stddef.h>
> +#include <linux/syscalls.h>
> +#include <linux/types.h>
> +#include <linux/lsm_hooks.h>
> +#include <uapi/linux/lsm.h>
> +
> +/**
> + * sys_lsm_set_self_attr - Set current task's security module attribute
> + * @attr: which attribute to set
> + * @ctx: the LSM contexts
> + * @size: size of @ctx
> + * @flags: reserved for future use
> + *
> + * Sets the calling task's LSM context. On success this function
> + * returns 0. If the attribute specified cannot be set a negative
> + * value indicating the reason for the error is returned.
> + */
> +SYSCALL_DEFINE4(lsm_set_self_attr, unsigned int, attr, struct lsm_ctx __user *,
> + ctx, size_t, size, u32, flags)
> +{
> + return security_setselfattr(attr, ctx, size, flags);
> +}
> +
> +/**
> + * sys_lsm_get_self_attr - Return current task's security module attributes
> + * @attr: which attribute to set
> + * @ctx: the LSM contexts
> + * @size: size of @ctx, updated on return
> + * @flags: reserved for future use
> + *
> + * Returns the calling task's LSM contexts. On success this
> + * function returns the number of @ctx array elements. This value
> + * may be zero if there are no LSM contexts assigned. If @size is
> + * insufficient to contain the return data -E2BIG is returned and
> + * @size is set to the minimum required size. In all other cases
> + * a negative value indicating the error is returned.
> + */
> +SYSCALL_DEFINE4(lsm_get_self_attr, unsigned int, attr, struct lsm_ctx __user *,
> + ctx, size_t __user *, size, u32, flags)
> +{
> + return security_getselfattr(attr, ctx, size, flags);
> +}
> diff --git a/security/security.c b/security/security.c
> index 5e9cd548dd95..cde7f3a13e7c 100644
> --- a/security/security.c
> +++ b/security/security.c
> @@ -3798,6 +3798,131 @@ void security_d_instantiate(struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *inode)
> }
> EXPORT_SYMBOL(security_d_instantiate);
>
> +/**
> + * security_getselfattr - Read an LSM attribute of the current process.
> + * @attr: which attribute to return
> + * @ctx: the user-space destination for the information, or NULL
> + * @size: pointer to the size of space available to receive the data
> + * @flags: special handling options. LSM_FLAG_SINGLE indicates that only
> + * attributes associated with the LSM identified in the passed @ctx be
> + * reported
> + *
> + * A NULL value for @ctx can be used to get both the number of attributes
> + * and the size of the data.
> + *
> + * Returns the number of attributes found on success, negative value
> + * on error. @size is reset to the total size of the data.
> + * If @size is insufficient to contain the data -E2BIG is returned.
> + */
> +int security_getselfattr(unsigned int attr, struct lsm_ctx __user *ctx,
> + size_t __user *size, u32 flags)
> +{
> + struct security_hook_list *hp;
> + struct lsm_ctx lctx = { .id = LSM_ID_UNDEF, };
> + u8 __user *base = (u8 __user *)ctx;
> + size_t total = 0;
> + size_t entrysize;
> + size_t left;
> + bool toobig = false;
> + int count = 0;
> + int rc;
> +
> + if (attr == LSM_ATTR_UNDEF)
> + return -EINVAL;
> + if (size == NULL)
> + return -EINVAL;
> + if (get_user(left, size))
> + return -EFAULT;
> +
> + if ((flags & LSM_FLAG_SINGLE) == LSM_FLAG_SINGLE) {
> + if (!ctx)
> + return -EINVAL;
> + if (copy_struct_from_user(&lctx, sizeof(lctx), ctx, left))
> + return -EFAULT;
> + if (lctx.id == LSM_ID_UNDEF)
> + return -EINVAL;
> + } else if (flags) {
> + return -EINVAL;
> + }
> +
> + hlist_for_each_entry(hp, &security_hook_heads.getselfattr, list) {
> + if (lctx.id != LSM_ID_UNDEF && lctx.id != hp->lsmid->id)
> + continue;
> + entrysize = left;
> + if (base)
> + ctx = (struct lsm_ctx __user *)(base + total);
> + rc = hp->hook.getselfattr(attr, ctx, &entrysize, flags);
> + if (rc == -EOPNOTSUPP) {
> + rc = 0;
> + continue;
> + }
> + if (rc == -E2BIG) {
> + toobig = true;
> + left = 0;
> + continue;
> + }
> + if (rc < 0)
> + return rc;
> +
> + left -= entrysize;
> + total += entrysize;
> + count += rc;
> + }
> + if (put_user(total, size))
> + return -EFAULT;
> + if (toobig)
> + return -E2BIG;
> + if (count == 0)
> + return LSM_RET_DEFAULT(getselfattr);
> + return count;
> +}
> +
> +/**
> + * security_setselfattr - Set an LSM attribute on the current process.
> + * @attr: which attribute to set
> + * @ctx: the user-space source for the information
> + * @size: the size of the data
> + * @flags: reserved for future use, must be 0
> + *
> + * Set an LSM attribute for the current process. The LSM, attribute
> + * and new value are included in @ctx.
> + *
> + * Returns 0 on success, -EINVAL if the input is inconsistent, -EFAULT
> + * if the user buffer is inaccessible or an LSM specific failure.
> + */
> +int security_setselfattr(unsigned int attr, struct lsm_ctx __user *ctx,
> + size_t size, u32 flags)
> +{
> + struct security_hook_list *hp;
> + struct lsm_ctx *lctx;
> + int rc = LSM_RET_DEFAULT(setselfattr);
> +
> + if (flags)
> + return -EINVAL;
> + if (size < sizeof(*ctx))
> + return -EINVAL;
> +
> + lctx = kmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
> + if (lctx == NULL)
> + return -ENOMEM;
> +
> + if (copy_from_user(&lctx, ctx, size))
> + return -EFAULT;
> +
> + if (size < lctx->len || size < lctx->ctx_len + sizeof(ctx) ||
> + lctx->len < lctx->ctx_len + sizeof(ctx))
> + return -EINVAL;
> +
> + hlist_for_each_entry(hp, &security_hook_heads.setselfattr, list)
> + if ((hp->lsmid->id) == lctx->id) {
> + rc = hp->hook.setselfattr(attr, lctx, size, flags);
> + break;
> + }
> +
> + kfree(lctx);
> + return rc;
> +}
> +
> /**
> * security_getprocattr() - Read an attribute for a task
> * @p: the task