Re: [PATCH v12 11/26] ima: Define mac_admin_ns_capable() as a wrapper for ns_capable()

Serge E. Hallyn
2022-05-22T17:31:18Z

On Wed, Apr 20, 2022 at 10:06:18AM -0400, Stefan Berger wrote:
> Define mac_admin_ns_capable() as a wrapper for the combined ns_capable()
> checks on CAP_MAC_ADMIN and CAP_SYS_ADMIN in a user namespace. Return
> true on the check if either capability or both are available.
>
> Use mac_admin_ns_capable() in place of capable(SYS_ADMIN). This will allow
> an IMA namespace to read the policy with only CAP_MAC_ADMIN, which has
> less privileges than CAP_SYS_ADMIN.
>
> Since CAP_MAC_ADMIN is an additional capability added to an existing gate
> avoid auditing in case it is not set.

It would probably be best to become a user of
https://lore.kernel.org/all/20220217145003.78982-2-cgzones@googlemail.com/

when that lands.

> Signed-off-by: Denis Semakin <denis.semakin@huawei.com>
> Signed-off-by: Stefan Berger <stefanb@linux.ibm.com>
>
> ---
> v11:
> - use ns_capable_noaudit for CAP_MAC_ADMIN to avoid auditing in this case
> ---
> include/linux/capability.h | 6 ++++++
> security/integrity/ima/ima.h | 6 ++++++
> security/integrity/ima/ima_fs.c | 5 ++++-
> 3 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/capability.h b/include/linux/capability.h
> index 65efb74c3585..dc3e1230b365 100644
> --- a/include/linux/capability.h
> +++ b/include/linux/capability.h
> @@ -270,6 +270,12 @@ static inline bool checkpoint_restore_ns_capable(struct user_namespace *ns)
> ns_capable(ns, CAP_SYS_ADMIN);
> }
>
> +static inline bool mac_admin_ns_capable(struct user_namespace *ns)
> +{
> + return ns_capable_noaudit(ns, CAP_MAC_ADMIN) ||
> + ns_capable(ns, CAP_SYS_ADMIN);
> +}
> +
> /* audit system wants to get cap info from files as well */
> int get_vfs_caps_from_disk(struct user_namespace *mnt_userns,
> const struct dentry *dentry,
> diff --git a/security/integrity/ima/ima.h b/security/integrity/ima/ima.h
> index 5bf7f080c2be..626a6ce2453c 100644
> --- a/security/integrity/ima/ima.h
> +++ b/security/integrity/ima/ima.h
> @@ -491,4 +491,10 @@ static inline int ima_filter_rule_match(u32 secid, u32 field, u32 op,
> #define POLICY_FILE_FLAGS S_IWUSR
> #endif /* CONFIG_IMA_READ_POLICY */
>
> +static inline
> +struct user_namespace *ima_user_ns_from_file(const struct file *filp)
> +{
> + return file_inode(filp)->i_sb->s_user_ns;
> +}

include/linux/fs.h has file_mnt_user_ns(). Maybe you should add a
file_sb_user_ns() next to that?

> +
> #endif /* __LINUX_IMA_H */
> diff --git a/security/integrity/ima/ima_fs.c b/security/integrity/ima/ima_fs.c
> index 89d3113ceda1..c41aa61b7393 100644
> --- a/security/integrity/ima/ima_fs.c
> +++ b/security/integrity/ima/ima_fs.c
> @@ -377,6 +377,9 @@ static const struct seq_operations ima_policy_seqops = {
> */
> static int ima_open_policy(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
> {
> +#ifdef CONFIG_IMA_READ_POLICY
> + struct user_namespace *user_ns = ima_user_ns_from_file(filp);
> +#endif
> struct ima_namespace *ns = &init_ima_ns;
>
> if (!(filp->f_flags & O_WRONLY)) {
> @@ -385,7 +388,7 @@ static int ima_open_policy(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
> #else
> if ((filp->f_flags & O_ACCMODE) != O_RDONLY)
> return -EACCES;
> - if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
> + if (!mac_admin_ns_capable(user_ns))
> return -EPERM;
> return seq_open(filp, &ima_policy_seqops);
> #endif
> --
> 2.34.1