From: "Günther Noack" <gnoack3000@gmail.com>
To: "Mickaël Salaün" <mic@digikod.net>,
"John Johansen" <john.johansen@canonical.com>
Cc: "Günther Noack" <gnoack3000@gmail.com>,
linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org,
"Tingmao Wang" <m@maowtm.org>,
"Justin Suess" <utilityemal77@gmail.com>,
"Samasth Norway Ananda" <samasth.norway.ananda@oracle.com>,
"Matthieu Buffet" <matthieu@buffet.re>,
"Mikhail Ivanov" <ivanov.mikhail1@huawei-partners.com>,
konstantin.meskhidze@huawei.com,
"Demi Marie Obenour" <demiobenour@gmail.com>,
"Alyssa Ross" <hi@alyssa.is>, "Jann Horn" <jannh@google.com>,
"Tahera Fahimi" <fahimitahera@gmail.com>,
"Sebastian Andrzej Siewior" <bigeasy@linutronix.de>,
"Kuniyuki Iwashima" <kuniyu@google.com>
Subject: [PATCH v7 05/11] landlock: Clarify BUILD_BUG_ON check in scoping logic
Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2026 17:56:47 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260323165654.193957-6-gnoack3000@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260323165654.193957-1-gnoack3000@gmail.com>
The BUILD_BUG_ON check in domain_is_scoped() and
unmask_scoped_access() should check that the loop that counts down
client_layer finishes. We therefore check that the numbers
LANDLOCK_MAX_NUM_LAYERS-1 and -1 are both representable by that
integer. If they are representable, the numbers in between are
representable too, and the loop finishes.
Signed-off-by: Günther Noack <gnoack3000@gmail.com>
---
security/landlock/fs.c | 9 ++++++---
security/landlock/task.c | 9 ++++++---
2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/security/landlock/fs.c b/security/landlock/fs.c
index fcf69b3d734d..c1ecfe239032 100644
--- a/security/landlock/fs.c
+++ b/security/landlock/fs.c
@@ -1595,10 +1595,13 @@ static void unmask_scoped_access(const struct landlock_ruleset *const client,
return;
/*
- * client_layer must be a signed integer with greater capacity
- * than client->num_layers to ensure the following loop stops.
+ * client_layer must be able to represent all numbers from
+ * LANDLOCK_MAX_NUM_LAYERS - 1 to -1 for the loop below to terminate.
+ * (It must be large enough, and it must be signed.)
*/
- BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(client_layer) > sizeof(client->num_layers));
+ BUILD_BUG_ON(!is_signed_type(typeof(client_layer)));
+ BUILD_BUG_ON(LANDLOCK_MAX_NUM_LAYERS - 1 >
+ type_max(typeof(client_layer)));
client_layer = client->num_layers - 1;
client_walker = client->hierarchy;
diff --git a/security/landlock/task.c b/security/landlock/task.c
index f2dbdebf2770..6d46042132ce 100644
--- a/security/landlock/task.c
+++ b/security/landlock/task.c
@@ -191,10 +191,13 @@ static bool domain_is_scoped(const struct landlock_ruleset *const client,
client_layer = client->num_layers - 1;
client_walker = client->hierarchy;
/*
- * client_layer must be a signed integer with greater capacity
- * than client->num_layers to ensure the following loop stops.
+ * client_layer must be able to represent all numbers from
+ * LANDLOCK_MAX_NUM_LAYERS - 1 to -1 for the loop below to terminate.
+ * (It must be large enough, and it must be signed.)
*/
- BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(client_layer) > sizeof(client->num_layers));
+ BUILD_BUG_ON(!is_signed_type(typeof(client_layer)));
+ BUILD_BUG_ON(LANDLOCK_MAX_NUM_LAYERS - 1 >
+ type_max(typeof(client_layer)));
server_layer = server ? (server->num_layers - 1) : -1;
server_walker = server ? server->hierarchy : NULL;
--
2.53.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-03-23 16:58 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-03-23 16:56 [PATCH v7 00/11] landlock: UNIX connect() control by pathname and scope Günther Noack
2026-03-23 16:56 ` [PATCH v7 01/11] lsm: Add LSM hook security_unix_find Günther Noack
2026-03-23 19:10 ` Günther Noack
2026-03-23 20:26 ` Paul Moore
2026-03-23 16:56 ` [PATCH v7 02/11] landlock: Use mem_is_zero() in is_layer_masks_allowed() Günther Noack
2026-03-23 16:56 ` [PATCH v7 03/11] landlock: Control pathname UNIX domain socket resolution by path Günther Noack
2026-03-23 16:56 ` [PATCH v7 04/11] samples/landlock: Add support for named UNIX domain socket restrictions Günther Noack
2026-03-23 16:56 ` Günther Noack [this message]
2026-03-23 16:56 ` [PATCH v7 06/11] selftests/landlock: Replace access_fs_16 with ACCESS_ALL in fs_test Günther Noack
2026-03-23 16:56 ` [PATCH v7 07/11] selftests/landlock: Test LANDLOCK_ACCESS_FS_RESOLVE_UNIX Günther Noack
2026-03-23 16:56 ` [PATCH v7 08/11] selftests/landlock: Audit test for LANDLOCK_ACCESS_FS_RESOLVE_UNIX Günther Noack
2026-03-23 16:56 ` [PATCH v7 09/11] selftests/landlock: Check that coredump sockets stay unrestricted Günther Noack
2026-03-23 16:56 ` [PATCH v7 10/11] selftests/landlock: fs_test: Simplify ruleset creation and enforcement Günther Noack
2026-03-23 16:56 ` [PATCH v7 11/11] landlock: Document FS access right for pathname UNIX sockets Günther Noack
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