Re: [PATCH v2] ima: fix races when deleting measurement list entries

[sashiko-bot@kernel.org]

> ima_queue_delete_partial() looks up the queue entry at which the
> measurement list has to be cut without holding ima_extend_list_mutex,
> and only takes the mutex afterwards for __list_cut_position().  The
> comment above the cut justifies this with "ima_fs.c enforces
> single-writer exclusion".
> 
> That exclusion only covers cross-process opens.  ima_measure_lock()
> registers measure_writer at open() time and even lets the same task
> open the file again by incrementing measure_writer_extra_writes, while
> _ima_measurements_write() never checks the caller's identity.  A
> privileged task can therefore open several descriptors for the
> measurement list and use them concurrently from its own threads.  Each
> open() creates a separate struct file, so the f_pos_lock taken by
> fdget_pos() serializes neither these writers nor their readers.
> 
> [ ... ]
> 
> Suggested-by: Roberto Sassu <roberto.sassu@huawei.com>
> Fixes: fcb0318a2969 ("ima: Support staging and deleting N measurements records")
> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v7.2+
> Signed-off-by: Weibin Liu <liuwb@xiaopeng.com>

Sashiko has reviewed this patch and found no issues.

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