Re: [PATCH 02/10] Security: Add Hook to test if the particular xattr is part of a MAC model.

Serge E. Hallyn
2010-06-10T22:48:41Z

Quoting David P. Quigley (dpquigl@tycho.nsa.gov):
> There are areas in the Labeled NFS code where where we need to test if the
> attribute being requested exhibits the semantics of a MAC model. This allows us
> to make sure that we get the desired semantics from the attribute instead of
> something else such as capabilities or a time based LSM.
>
> Signed-off-by: Matthew N. Dodd <Matthew.Dodd@sparta.com>
> Signed-off-by: David P. Quigley <dpquigl@tycho.nsa.gov>
> ---
> include/linux/security.h | 11 +++++++++++
> security/capability.c | 6 ++++++
> security/security.c | 6 ++++++
> security/selinux/hooks.c | 6 ++++++
> security/smack/smack_lsm.c | 11 +++++++++++
> 5 files changed, 40 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/security.h b/include/linux/security.h
> index 4d01784..9597620 100644
> --- a/include/linux/security.h
> +++ b/include/linux/security.h
> @@ -1373,6 +1373,10 @@ static inline void security_free_mnt_opts(struct security_mnt_opts *opts)
> * @pages contains the number of pages.
> * Return 0 if permission is granted.
> *
> + * @ismaclabel:
> + * Check if the extended attribute specified by @name represents a MAC label.
> + * @name full extended attribute name to check against LSM as a MAC label.

Can you document the return value here? The name does suggestion true/false
rather than success/fail, but it would be nice to have it spelled out without
having to look at one of the implementations to be sure.

Otherwise

Acked-by: Serge E. Hallyn <serue@us.ibm.com>

> + *
> * @secid_to_secctx:
> * Convert secid to security context.
> * @secid contains the security ID.
> @@ -1664,6 +1668,7 @@ struct security_operations {
>
> int (*getprocattr) (struct task_struct *p, char *name, char **value);
> int (*setprocattr) (struct task_struct *p, char *name, void *value, size_t size);
> + int (*ismaclabel) (const char * name);
> int (*secid_to_secctx) (u32 secid, char **secdata, u32 *seclen);
> int (*secctx_to_secid) (const char *secdata, u32 seclen, u32 *secid);
> void (*release_secctx) (char *secdata, u32 seclen);
> @@ -1919,6 +1924,7 @@ int security_getprocattr(struct task_struct *p, char *name, char **value);
> int security_setprocattr(struct task_struct *p, char *name, void *value, size_t size);
> int security_netlink_send(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb);
> int security_netlink_recv(struct sk_buff *skb, int cap);
> +int security_ismaclabel(const char *name);
> int security_secid_to_secctx(u32 secid, char **secdata, u32 *seclen);
> int security_secctx_to_secid(const char *secdata, u32 seclen, u32 *secid);
> void security_release_secctx(char *secdata, u32 seclen);
> @@ -2676,6 +2682,11 @@ static inline int security_netlink_recv(struct sk_buff *skb, int cap)
> return cap_netlink_recv(skb, cap);
> }
>
> +static inline int security_ismaclabel(const char *name)
> +{
> + return 0;
> +}
> +
> static inline int security_secid_to_secctx(u32 secid, char **secdata, u32 *seclen)
> {
> return -EOPNOTSUPP;
> diff --git a/security/capability.c b/security/capability.c
> index 9ce1c2f..0d8f7e9 100644
> --- a/security/capability.c
> +++ b/security/capability.c
> @@ -829,6 +829,11 @@ static int cap_setprocattr(struct task_struct *p, char *name, void *value,
> return -EINVAL;
> }
>
> +static int cap_ismaclabel(const char *name)
> +{
> + return 0;
> +}
> +
> static int cap_secid_to_secctx(u32 secid, char **secdata, u32 *seclen)
> {
> return -EOPNOTSUPP;
> @@ -1064,6 +1069,7 @@ void security_fixup_ops(struct security_operations *ops)
> set_to_cap_if_null(ops, d_instantiate);
> set_to_cap_if_null(ops, getprocattr);
> set_to_cap_if_null(ops, setprocattr);
> + set_to_cap_if_null(ops, ismaclabel);
> set_to_cap_if_null(ops, secid_to_secctx);
> set_to_cap_if_null(ops, secctx_to_secid);
> set_to_cap_if_null(ops, release_secctx);
> diff --git a/security/security.c b/security/security.c
> index c1b6847..1f0765c 100644
> --- a/security/security.c
> +++ b/security/security.c
> @@ -1013,6 +1013,12 @@ int security_netlink_recv(struct sk_buff *skb, int cap)
> }
> EXPORT_SYMBOL(security_netlink_recv);
>
> +int security_ismaclabel(const char *name)
> +{
> + return security_ops->ismaclabel(name);
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(security_ismaclabel);
> +
> int security_secid_to_secctx(u32 secid, char **secdata, u32 *seclen)
> {
> return security_ops->secid_to_secctx(secid, secdata, seclen);
> diff --git a/security/selinux/hooks.c b/security/selinux/hooks.c
> index 435c51f..8239f5c 100644
> --- a/security/selinux/hooks.c
> +++ b/security/selinux/hooks.c
> @@ -5372,6 +5372,11 @@ abort_change:
> return error;
> }
>
> +static int selinux_ismaclabel(const char *name)
> +{
> + return (strcmp(name,XATTR_NAME_SELINUX) == 0);
> +}
> +
> static int selinux_secid_to_secctx(u32 secid, char **secdata, u32 *seclen)
> {
> return security_sid_to_context(secid, secdata, seclen);
> @@ -5610,6 +5615,7 @@ static struct security_operations selinux_ops = {
> .getprocattr = selinux_getprocattr,
> .setprocattr = selinux_setprocattr,
>
> + .ismaclabel = selinux_ismaclabel,
> .secid_to_secctx = selinux_secid_to_secctx,
> .secctx_to_secid = selinux_secctx_to_secid,
> .release_secctx = selinux_release_secctx,
> diff --git a/security/smack/smack_lsm.c b/security/smack/smack_lsm.c
> index fdfeaa2..449e223 100644
> --- a/security/smack/smack_lsm.c
> +++ b/security/smack/smack_lsm.c
> @@ -3012,6 +3012,16 @@ static void smack_audit_rule_free(void *vrule)
> #endif /* CONFIG_AUDIT */
>
> /**
> + * smack_ismaclabel - check if xattr @name references a smack MAC label
> + * @name: Full xattr name to check.
> + */
> +static int smack_ismaclabel(const char *name)
> +{
> + return (strcmp(name, XATTR_NAME_SMACK) == 0);
> +}
> +
> +
> +/**
> * smack_secid_to_secctx - return the smack label for a secid
> * @secid: incoming integer
> * @secdata: destination
> @@ -3199,6 +3209,7 @@ struct security_operations smack_ops = {
> .audit_rule_free = smack_audit_rule_free,
> #endif /* CONFIG_AUDIT */
>
> + .ismaclabel = smack_ismaclabel,
> .secid_to_secctx = smack_secid_to_secctx,
> .secctx_to_secid = smack_secctx_to_secid,
> .release_secctx = smack_release_secctx,
> --
> 1.6.2.5
>
>
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