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From: Paul Moore <paul@paul-moore.com>
To: linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-integrity@vger.kernel.org, selinux@vger.kernel.org
Cc: "John Johansen" <john.johansen@canonical.com>,
	"Mimi Zohar" <zohar@linux.ibm.com>,
	"Roberto Sassu" <roberto.sassu@huawei.com>,
	"Fan Wu" <wufan@kernel.org>, "Mickaël Salaün" <mic@digikod.net>,
	"Günther Noack" <gnoack@google.com>,
	"Kees Cook" <kees@kernel.org>,
	"Micah Morton" <mortonm@chromium.org>,
	"Casey Schaufler" <casey@schaufler-ca.com>,
	"Tetsuo Handa" <penguin-kernel@I-love.SAKURA.ne.jp>,
	"Nicolas Bouchinet" <nicolas.bouchinet@oss.cyber.gouv.fr>,
	"Xiu Jianfeng" <xiujianfeng@huawei.com>
Subject: [PATCH v5 11/34] lsm: get rid of the lsm_names list and do some cleanup
Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2025 16:24:39 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20251017202456.484010-47-paul@paul-moore.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20251017202456.484010-36-paul@paul-moore.com>

The LSM currently has a lot of code to maintain a list of the currently
active LSMs in a human readable string, with the only user being the
"/sys/kernel/security/lsm" code.  Let's drop all of that code and
generate the string on first use and then cache it for subsequent use.

Signed-off-by: Paul Moore <paul@paul-moore.com>
---
 include/linux/lsm_hooks.h |  1 -
 security/inode.c          | 43 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
 security/lsm_init.c       | 49 ---------------------------------------
 3 files changed, 41 insertions(+), 52 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/lsm_hooks.h b/include/linux/lsm_hooks.h
index 7343dd60b1d5..65a8227bece7 100644
--- a/include/linux/lsm_hooks.h
+++ b/include/linux/lsm_hooks.h
@@ -172,7 +172,6 @@ struct lsm_info {
 
 
 /* DO NOT tamper with these variables outside of the LSM framework */
-extern char *lsm_names;
 extern struct lsm_static_calls_table static_calls_table __ro_after_init;
 
 /**
diff --git a/security/inode.c b/security/inode.c
index 43382ef8896e..6620c3e42af2 100644
--- a/security/inode.c
+++ b/security/inode.c
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@
 #include <linux/lsm_hooks.h>
 #include <linux/magic.h>
 
+#include "lsm.h"
+
 static struct vfsmount *mount;
 static int mount_count;
 
@@ -315,12 +317,49 @@ void securityfs_remove(struct dentry *dentry)
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(securityfs_remove);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SECURITY
+#include <linux/spinlock.h>
+
 static struct dentry *lsm_dentry;
+
 static ssize_t lsm_read(struct file *filp, char __user *buf, size_t count,
 			loff_t *ppos)
 {
-	return simple_read_from_buffer(buf, count, ppos, lsm_names,
-		strlen(lsm_names));
+	int i;
+	static char *str;
+	static size_t len;
+	static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(lock);
+
+	/* NOTE: we never free or modify the string once it is set */
+
+	if (unlikely(!str || !len)) {
+		char *str_tmp;
+		size_t len_tmp = 0;
+
+		for (i = 0; i < lsm_active_cnt; i++)
+			/* the '+ 1' accounts for either a comma or a NUL */
+			len_tmp += strlen(lsm_idlist[i]->name) + 1;
+
+		str_tmp = kmalloc(len_tmp, GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (!str_tmp)
+			return -ENOMEM;
+		str_tmp[0] = '\0';
+
+		for (i = 0; i < lsm_active_cnt; i++) {
+			if (i > 0)
+				strcat(str_tmp, ",");
+			strcat(str_tmp, lsm_idlist[i]->name);
+		}
+
+		spin_lock(&lock);
+		if (!str) {
+			str = str_tmp;
+			len = len_tmp - 1;
+		} else
+			kfree(str_tmp);
+		spin_unlock(&lock);
+	}
+
+	return simple_read_from_buffer(buf, count, ppos, str, len);
 }
 
 static const struct file_operations lsm_ops = {
diff --git a/security/lsm_init.c b/security/lsm_init.c
index d40f31e79bd5..574fff354d3f 100644
--- a/security/lsm_init.c
+++ b/security/lsm_init.c
@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@
 
 #include "lsm.h"
 
-char *lsm_names;
-
 /* Pointers to LSM sections defined in include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h */
 extern struct lsm_info __start_lsm_info[], __end_lsm_info[];
 extern struct lsm_info __start_early_lsm_info[], __end_early_lsm_info[];
@@ -371,42 +369,6 @@ static void __init lsm_init_ordered(void)
 	}
 }
 
-static bool match_last_lsm(const char *list, const char *lsm)
-{
-	const char *last;
-
-	if (WARN_ON(!list || !lsm))
-		return false;
-	last = strrchr(list, ',');
-	if (last)
-		/* Pass the comma, strcmp() will check for '\0' */
-		last++;
-	else
-		last = list;
-	return !strcmp(last, lsm);
-}
-
-static int lsm_append(const char *new, char **result)
-{
-	char *cp;
-
-	if (*result == NULL) {
-		*result = kstrdup(new, GFP_KERNEL);
-		if (*result == NULL)
-			return -ENOMEM;
-	} else {
-		/* Check if it is the last registered name */
-		if (match_last_lsm(*result, new))
-			return 0;
-		cp = kasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, "%s,%s", *result, new);
-		if (cp == NULL)
-			return -ENOMEM;
-		kfree(*result);
-		*result = cp;
-	}
-	return 0;
-}
-
 static void __init lsm_static_call_init(struct security_hook_list *hl)
 {
 	struct lsm_static_call *scall = hl->scalls;
@@ -443,15 +405,6 @@ void __init security_add_hooks(struct security_hook_list *hooks, int count,
 		hooks[i].lsmid = lsmid;
 		lsm_static_call_init(&hooks[i]);
 	}
-
-	/*
-	 * Don't try to append during early_security_init(), we'll come back
-	 * and fix this up afterwards.
-	 */
-	if (slab_is_available()) {
-		if (lsm_append(lsmid->name, &lsm_names) < 0)
-			panic("%s - Cannot get early memory.\n", __func__);
-	}
 }
 
 int __init early_security_init(void)
@@ -488,8 +441,6 @@ int __init security_init(void)
 	lsm_early_for_each_raw(lsm) {
 		init_debug("  early started: %s (%s)\n", lsm->id->name,
 			   is_enabled(lsm) ? "enabled" : "disabled");
-		if (lsm->enabled)
-			lsm_append(lsm->id->name, &lsm_names);
 	}
 
 	/* Load LSMs in specified order. */
-- 
2.51.1.dirty


  parent reply	other threads:[~2025-10-17 20:29 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 36+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2025-10-17 20:24 [PATCH v5 0/34] Rework the LSM initialization Paul Moore
2025-10-17 20:24 ` [PATCH v5 01/34] lsm: split the notifier code out into lsm_notifier.c Paul Moore
2025-10-17 20:24 ` [PATCH v5 02/34] lsm: split the init code out into lsm_init.c Paul Moore
2025-10-17 20:24 ` [PATCH v5 03/34] lsm: consolidate lsm_allowed() and prepare_lsm() into lsm_prepare() Paul Moore
2025-10-17 20:24 ` [PATCH v5 04/34] lsm: introduce looping macros for the initialization code Paul Moore
2025-10-17 20:24 ` [PATCH v5 05/34] lsm: integrate report_lsm_order() code into caller Paul Moore
2025-10-17 20:24 ` [PATCH v5 06/34] lsm: integrate lsm_early_cred() and lsm_early_task() " Paul Moore
2025-10-17 20:24 ` [PATCH v5 07/34] lsm: rename ordered_lsm_init() to lsm_init_ordered() Paul Moore
2025-10-17 20:24 ` [PATCH v5 08/34] lsm: replace the name field with a pointer to the lsm_id struct Paul Moore
2025-10-17 20:24 ` [PATCH v5 09/34] lsm: rename the lsm order variables for consistency Paul Moore
2025-10-17 20:24 ` [PATCH v5 10/34] lsm: rework lsm_active_cnt and lsm_idlist[] Paul Moore
2025-10-17 20:24 ` Paul Moore [this message]
2025-10-17 20:24 ` [PATCH v5 12/34] lsm: rework the LSM enable/disable setter/getter functions Paul Moore
2025-10-17 20:24 ` [PATCH v5 13/34] lsm: rename exists_ordered_lsm() to lsm_order_exists() Paul Moore
2025-10-17 20:24 ` [PATCH v5 14/34] lsm: rename/rework append_ordered_lsm() into lsm_order_append() Paul Moore
2025-10-17 20:24 ` [PATCH v5 15/34] lsm: rename/rework ordered_lsm_parse() to lsm_order_parse() Paul Moore
2025-10-17 20:24 ` [PATCH v5 16/34] lsm: cleanup the LSM blob size code Paul Moore
2025-10-17 20:24 ` [PATCH v5 17/34] lsm: cleanup initialize_lsm() and rename to lsm_init_single() Paul Moore
2025-10-17 20:24 ` [PATCH v5 18/34] lsm: fold lsm_init_ordered() into security_init() Paul Moore
2025-10-17 20:24 ` [PATCH v5 19/34] lsm: add/tweak function header comment blocks in lsm_init.c Paul Moore
2025-10-17 20:24 ` [PATCH v5 20/34] lsm: cleanup the debug and console output " Paul Moore
2025-10-17 20:24 ` [PATCH v5 21/34] lsm: output available LSMs when debugging Paul Moore
2025-10-17 20:24 ` [PATCH v5 22/34] lsm: group lsm_order_parse() with the other lsm_order_*() functions Paul Moore
2025-10-17 20:48 ` [PATCH v5 01/11] loadpin: move initcalls to the LSM framework Paul Moore
2025-10-17 20:48   ` [PATCH v5 02/11] ipe: " Paul Moore
2025-10-17 20:48   ` [PATCH v5 03/11] smack: " Paul Moore
2025-10-17 20:48   ` [PATCH v5 04/11] tomoyo: " Paul Moore
2025-10-17 20:48   ` [PATCH v5 05/11] safesetid: " Paul Moore
2025-10-17 20:48   ` [PATCH v5 06/11] apparmor: " Paul Moore
2025-10-17 20:48   ` [PATCH v5 07/11] lockdown: " Paul Moore
2025-10-17 20:48   ` [PATCH v5 08/11] ima,evm: " Paul Moore
2025-10-17 20:48   ` [PATCH v5 09/11] selinux: " Paul Moore
2025-10-17 20:48   ` [PATCH v5 10/11] lsm: consolidate all of the LSM framework initcalls Paul Moore
2025-10-17 20:48   ` [PATCH v5 11/11] lsm: add a LSM_STARTED_ALL notification event Paul Moore
2025-10-17 20:59 ` [PATCH v5 0/34] Rework the LSM initialization Paul Moore
2025-10-22 23:34 ` Paul Moore

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