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From: luca.boccassi@gmail.com
To: linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org
Cc: wufan@linux.microsoft.com, paul@paul-moore.com
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] ipe: return -ESTALE instead of -EINVAL on update when new  policy has a lower version
Date: Sun, 22 Sep 2024 15:56:13 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20240922135614.197694-1-luca.boccassi@gmail.com> (raw)

From: Luca Boccassi <bluca@debian.org>

When loading policies in userspace we want a recognizable error when an
update attempts to use an old policy, as that is an error that needs
to be treated differently from an invalid policy. Use -ESTALE as it is
clear enough for an update mechanism.

Signed-off-by: Luca Boccassi <bluca@debian.org>
---
Found while adding policy loading to systemd, like we do for IMA/SELinux
https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/34418

 security/ipe/policy.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/security/ipe/policy.c b/security/ipe/policy.c
index 67a051620889..5de64441dfe7 100644
--- a/security/ipe/policy.c
+++ b/security/ipe/policy.c
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ int ipe_update_policy(struct inode *root, const char *text, size_t textlen,
 	}
 
 	if (ver_to_u64(old) > ver_to_u64(new)) {
-		rc = -EINVAL;
+		rc = -ESTALE;
 		goto err;
 	}
 
-- 
2.39.5


             reply	other threads:[~2024-09-22 13:56 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2024-09-22 13:56 luca.boccassi [this message]
2024-09-22 13:56 ` [PATCH 2/2] ipe: also reject policy updates with the same version luca.boccassi
2024-09-22 15:42   ` Serge E. Hallyn
2024-09-23 18:01   ` Fan Wu
2024-09-23 21:48     ` Luca Boccassi
2024-09-24 16:32       ` Fan Wu
2024-09-25 20:43         ` Luca Boccassi

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