[PATCH 5/5] LSM: Define workqueue for measuring security module state

Lakshmi Ramasubramanian
2020-06-13T02:41:55Z

The data maintained by the security modules could be tampered with by
malware. The LSM needs to periodically query the state of
the security modules and measure the data when the state is changed.

Define a workqueue for handling this periodic query and measurement.

Signed-off-by: Lakshmi Ramasubramanian <nramas@linux.microsoft.com>
---
security/security.c | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 26 insertions(+)

diff --git a/security/security.c b/security/security.c
index e7175db5a093..3dad6766cb9d 100644
--- a/security/security.c
+++ b/security/security.c
@@ -89,6 +89,11 @@ static __initdata struct lsm_info *exclusive;
static struct lsm_info *security_state_lsms;
static int security_state_lsms_count;

+static long security_state_timeout = 300000; /* 5 Minutes */
+static void security_state_handler(struct work_struct *work);
+static DECLARE_DELAYED_WORK(security_state_delayed_work,
+ security_state_handler);
+
static __initdata bool debug;
#define init_debug(...) \
do { \
@@ -294,6 +299,26 @@ static void __init initialize_security_state_lsms(void)
security_state_lsms_count = count;
}

+static void initialize_security_state_monitor(void)
+{
+ if (security_state_lsms_count == 0)
+ return;
+
+ schedule_delayed_work(&security_state_delayed_work,
+ msecs_to_jiffies(security_state_timeout));
+}
+
+static void security_state_handler(struct work_struct *work)
+{
+ int inx;
+
+ for (inx = 0; inx < security_state_lsms_count; inx++)
+ measure_security_state(&(security_state_lsms[inx]));
+
+ schedule_delayed_work(&security_state_delayed_work,
+ msecs_to_jiffies(security_state_timeout));
+}
+
/* Populate ordered LSMs list from comma-separated LSM name list. */
static void __init ordered_lsm_parse(const char *order, const char *origin)
{
@@ -417,6 +442,7 @@ static void __init ordered_lsm_init(void)
}

initialize_security_state_lsms();
+ initialize_security_state_monitor();

kfree(ordered_lsms);
}
--
2.27.0