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Tue, 24 Oct 2023 09:49:04 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: <7524dee3-7c48-4864-8182-1b166b0f6faa@redhat.com> Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2023 11:49:01 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 4/4] vduse: Add LSM hooks to check Virtio device type Content-Language: en-US To: Casey Schaufler , mst@redhat.com, jasowang@redhat.com, xuanzhuo@linux.alibaba.com, paul@paul-moore.com, jmorris@namei.org, serge@hallyn.com, stephen.smalley.work@gmail.com, eparis@parisplace.org, xieyongji@bytedance.com, virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org, selinux@vger.kernel.org, david.marchand@redhat.com, lulu@redhat.com References: <20231020155819.24000-1-maxime.coquelin@redhat.com> <20231020155819.24000-5-maxime.coquelin@redhat.com> <923f87a1-1871-479e-832e-db67b5ae87fd@redhat.com> <64626db9-e37a-4c65-a455-fc3985382216@schaufler-ca.com> From: Maxime Coquelin Autocrypt: addr=maxime.coquelin@redhat.com; keydata= xsFNBFOEQQIBEADjNLYZZqghYuWv1nlLisptPJp+TSxE/KuP7x47e1Gr5/oMDJ1OKNG8rlNg kLgBQUki3voWhUbMb69ybqdMUHOl21DGCj0BTU3lXwapYXOAnsh8q6RRM+deUpasyT+Jvf3a gU35dgZcomRh5HPmKMU4KfeA38cVUebsFec1HuJAWzOb/UdtQkYyZR4rbzw8SbsOemtMtwOx YdXodneQD7KuRU9IhJKiEfipwqk2pufm2VSGl570l5ANyWMA/XADNhcEXhpkZ1Iwj3TWO7XR uH4xfvPl8nBsLo/EbEI7fbuUULcAnHfowQslPUm6/yaGv6cT5160SPXT1t8U9QDO6aTSo59N jH519JS8oeKZB1n1eLDslCfBpIpWkW8ZElGkOGWAN0vmpLfdyiqBNNyS3eGAfMkJ6b1A24un /TKc6j2QxM0QK4yZGfAxDxtvDv9LFXec8ENJYsbiR6WHRHq7wXl/n8guyh5AuBNQ3LIK44x0 KjGXP1FJkUhUuruGyZsMrDLBRHYi+hhDAgRjqHgoXi5XGETA1PAiNBNnQwMf5aubt+mE2Q5r qLNTgwSo2dpTU3+mJ3y3KlsIfoaxYI7XNsPRXGnZi4hbxmeb2NSXgdCXhX3nELUNYm4ArKBP LugOIT/zRwk0H0+RVwL2zHdMO1Tht1UOFGfOZpvuBF60jhMzbQARAQABzSxNYXhpbWUgQ29x dWVsaW4gPG1heGltZS5jb3F1ZWxpbkByZWRoYXQuY29tPsLBeAQTAQIAIgUCV3u/5QIbAwYL CQgHAwIGFQgCCQoLBBYCAwECHgECF4AACgkQyjiNKEaHD4ma2g/+P+Hg9WkONPaY1J4AR7Uf kBneosS4NO3CRy0x4WYmUSLYMLx1I3VH6SVjqZ6uBoYy6Fs6TbF6SHNc7QbB6Qjo3neqnQR1 71Ua1MFvIob8vUEl3jAR/+oaE1UJKrxjWztpppQTukIk4oJOmXbL0nj3d8dA2QgHdTyttZ1H xzZJWWz6vqxCrUqHU7RSH9iWg9R2iuTzii4/vk1oi4Qz7y/q8ONOq6ffOy/t5xSZOMtZCspu Mll2Szzpc/trFO0pLH4LZZfz/nXh2uuUbk8qRIJBIjZH3ZQfACffgfNefLe2PxMqJZ8mFJXc RQO0ONZvwoOoHL6CcnFZp2i0P5ddduzwPdGsPq1bnIXnZqJSl3dUfh3xG5ArkliZ/++zGF1O wvpGvpIuOgLqjyCNNRoR7cP7y8F24gWE/HqJBXs1qzdj/5Hr68NVPV1Tu/l2D1KMOcL5sOrz 2jLXauqDWn1Okk9hkXAP7+0Cmi6QwAPuBT3i6t2e8UdtMtCE4sLesWS/XohnSFFscZR6Vaf3 gKdWiJ/fW64L6b9gjkWtHd4jAJBAIAx1JM6xcA1xMbAFsD8gA2oDBWogHGYcScY/4riDNKXi lw92d6IEHnSf6y7KJCKq8F+Jrj2BwRJiFKTJ6ChbOpyyR6nGTckzsLgday2KxBIyuh4w+hMq TGDSp2rmWGJjASrOwU0EVPSbkwEQAMkaNc084Qvql+XW+wcUIY+Dn9A2D1gMr2BVwdSfVDN7 0ZYxo9PvSkzh6eQmnZNQtl8WSHl3VG3IEDQzsMQ2ftZn2sxjcCadexrQQv3Lu60Tgj7YVYRM H+fLYt9W5YuWduJ+FPLbjIKynBf6JCRMWr75QAOhhhaI0tsie3eDsKQBA0w7WCuPiZiheJaL 4MDe9hcH4rM3ybnRW7K2dLszWNhHVoYSFlZGYh+MGpuODeQKDS035+4H2rEWgg+iaOwqD7bg CQXwTZ1kSrm8NxIRVD3MBtzp9SZdUHLfmBl/tLVwDSZvHZhhvJHC6Lj6VL4jPXF5K2+Nn/Su CQmEBisOmwnXZhhu8ulAZ7S2tcl94DCo60ReheDoPBU8PR2TLg8rS5f9w6mLYarvQWL7cDtT d2eX3Z6TggfNINr/RTFrrAd7NHl5h3OnlXj7PQ1f0kfufduOeCQddJN4gsQfxo/qvWVB7PaE 1WTIggPmWS+Xxijk7xG6x9McTdmGhYaPZBpAxewK8ypl5+yubVsE9yOOhKMVo9DoVCjh5To5 aph7CQWfQsV7cd9PfSJjI2lXI0dhEXhQ7lRCFpf3V3mD6CyrhpcJpV6XVGjxJvGUale7+IOp sQIbPKUHpB2F+ZUPWds9yyVxGwDxD8WLqKKy0WLIjkkSsOb9UBNzgRyzrEC9lgQ/ABEBAAHC wV8EGAECAAkFAlT0m5MCGwwACgkQyjiNKEaHD4nU8hAAtt0xFJAy0sOWqSmyxTc7FUcX+pbD KVyPlpl6urKKMk1XtVMUPuae/+UwvIt0urk1mXi6DnrAN50TmQqvdjcPTQ6uoZ8zjgGeASZg jj0/bJGhgUr9U7oG7Hh2F8vzpOqZrdd65MRkxmc7bWj1k81tOU2woR/Gy8xLzi0k0KUa8ueB iYOcZcIGTcs9CssVwQjYaXRoeT65LJnTxYZif2pfNxfINFzCGw42s3EtZFteczClKcVSJ1+L +QUY/J24x0/ocQX/M1PwtZbB4c/2Pg/t5FS+s6UB1Ce08xsJDcwyOPIH6O3tccZuriHgvqKP yKz/Ble76+NFlTK1mpUlfM7PVhD5XzrDUEHWRTeTJSvJ8TIPL4uyfzhjHhlkCU0mw7Pscyxn DE8G0UYMEaNgaZap8dcGMYH/96EfE5s/nTX0M6MXV0yots7U2BDb4soLCxLOJz4tAFDtNFtA wLBhXRSvWhdBJZiig/9CG3dXmKfi2H+wdUCSvEFHRpgo7GK8/Kh3vGhgKmnnxhl8ACBaGy9n fxjSxjSO6rj4/MeenmlJw1yebzkX8ZmaSi8BHe+n6jTGEFNrbiOdWpJgc5yHIZZnwXaW54QT UhhSjDL1rV2B4F28w30jYmlRmm2RdN7iCZfbyP3dvFQTzQ4ySquuPkIGcOOHrvZzxbRjzMx1 Mwqu3GQ= In-Reply-To: <64626db9-e37a-4c65-a455-fc3985382216@schaufler-ca.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 3.4.1 on 10.11.54.10 Precedence: bulk List-ID: On 10/23/23 17:13, Casey Schaufler wrote: > On 10/23/2023 12:28 AM, Maxime Coquelin wrote: >> >> >> On 10/21/23 00:20, Casey Schaufler wrote: >>> On 10/20/2023 8:58 AM, Maxime Coquelin wrote: >>>> This patch introduces LSM hooks for devices creation, >>>> destruction and opening operations, checking the >>>> application is allowed to perform these operations for >>>> the Virtio device type. >>> >>> Why do you think that there needs to be a special LSM check for virtio >>> devices? What can't existing device attributes be used? >> >> Michael asked for a way for SELinux to allow/prevent the creation of >> some types of devices [0]. >> >> A device is created using ioctl() on VDUSE control chardev. Its type is >> specified via a field in the structure passed in argument. >> >> I didn't see other way than adding dedicated LSM hooks to achieve this, >> but it is possible that their is a better way to do it? > > At the very least the hook should be made more general, and I'd have to > see a proposal before commenting on that. security_dev_destroy(dev) might > be a better approach. If there's reason to control destruction of vduse > devices it's reasonable to assume that there are other devices with the > same or similar properties. VDUSE is different from other devices as the device is actually implemented by the user-space application, so this is very specific in my opinion. > > Since SELinux is your target use case, can you explain why you can't > create SELinux policy to enforce the restrictions you're after? I believe > (but can be proven wrong, of course) that SELinux has mechanism for dealing > with controls on ioctls. > I am not aware of such mechanism to deal with ioctl(), if you have a pointer that would be welcome. Thanks, Maxime > >> >> Thanks, >> Maxime >> >> [0]: >> https://lore.kernel.org/all/20230829130430-mutt-send-email-mst@kernel.org/ >> >