[RFC PATCH] ima: audit log files opened with O_DIRECT flag

Mimi Zohar
2014-05-12T20:25:28Z

As a temporary fix, do not measure, appraise, or audit files
opened with the O_DIRECT flag set. Just audit log it.

Signed-off-by: Mimi Zohar <zohar@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
---
security/integrity/ima/ima_api.c | 10 +++++++++-
security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c | 5 ++++-
2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/security/integrity/ima/ima_api.c
b/security/integrity/ima/ima_api.c
index ba9e4d7..d719978 100644
--- a/security/integrity/ima/ima_api.c
+++ b/security/integrity/ima/ima_api.c
@@ -199,6 +199,7 @@ int ima_collect_measurement(struct
integrity_iint_cache *iint,
struct evm_ima_xattr_data **xattr_value,
int *xattr_len)
{
+ const char *audit_cause = "failed";
struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
const char *filename = file->f_dentry->d_name.name;
int result = 0;
@@ -213,6 +214,12 @@ int ima_collect_measurement(struct
integrity_iint_cache *iint,
if (!(iint->flags & IMA_COLLECTED)) {
u64 i_version = file_inode(file)->i_version;

+ if (file->f_flags & O_DIRECT) {
+ audit_cause = "failed(directio)";
+ result = -EACCES;
+ goto out;
+ }
+
/* use default hash algorithm */
hash.hdr.algo = ima_hash_algo;

@@ -233,9 +240,10 @@ int ima_collect_measurement(struct
integrity_iint_cache *iint,
result = -ENOMEM;
}
}
+out:
if (result)
integrity_audit_msg(AUDIT_INTEGRITY_DATA, inode,
- filename, "collect_data", "failed",
+ filename, "collect_data", audit_cause,
result, 0);
return result;
}
diff --git a/security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c
b/security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c
index 654111f..3e5b732 100644
--- a/security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c
+++ b/security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c
@@ -214,8 +214,11 @@ static int process_measurement(struct file *file,
const char *filename,
xattr_ptr = &xattr_value;

rc = ima_collect_measurement(iint, file, xattr_ptr, &xattr_len);
- if (rc != 0)
+ if (rc != 0) {
+ if (file->f_flags & O_DIRECT)
+ rc = 0;