From: Etienne Basset <etienne.basset@numericable.fr>
To: Casey Schaufler <casey@schaufler-ca.com>
Cc: LSM <linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org>,
Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH] Smack: check for SMACK xattr validity in smack_inode_setxattr
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2009 23:58:42 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <49E7AA12.2090406@numericable.fr> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <49E60B2D.5080508@schaufler-ca.com>
the following patch moves checks for SMACK xattr validity
from smack_inode_post_setxattr (which cannot return an error to the user)
to smack_inode_setxattr (which can return an error).
Signed-off-by: Etienne Basset <etienne.basset@numericable.fr>
---
diff --git a/security/smack/smack_lsm.c b/security/smack/smack_lsm.c
index 9215149..98b3195 100644
--- a/security/smack/smack_lsm.c
+++ b/security/smack/smack_lsm.c
@@ -609,8 +609,12 @@ static int smack_inode_setxattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name,
strcmp(name, XATTR_NAME_SMACKIPOUT) == 0) {
if (!capable(CAP_MAC_ADMIN))
rc = -EPERM;
- /* a label cannot be void and cannot begin with '-' */
- if (size == 0 || (size > 0 && ((char *)value)[0] == '-'))
+ /*
+ * check label validity here so import wont fail on
+ * post_setxattr
+ */
+ if (size == 0 || size >= SMK_LABELLEN ||
+ smk_import(value, size) == NULL)
rc = -EINVAL;
} else
rc = cap_inode_setxattr(dentry, name, value, size, flags);
@@ -644,9 +648,6 @@ static void smack_inode_post_setxattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name,
if (strcmp(name, XATTR_NAME_SMACK))
return;
- if (size >= SMK_LABELLEN)
- return;
-
isp = dentry->d_inode->i_security;
/*
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-04-16 21:58 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-04-14 18:28 [PATCH] Smack: check for SMACK xattr max size in smack_inode_setxattr Etienne Basset
2009-04-15 4:25 ` Casey Schaufler
2009-04-15 6:26 ` Etienne Basset
2009-04-15 16:28 ` Casey Schaufler
2009-04-16 21:58 ` Etienne Basset [this message]
2009-04-17 3:48 ` [PATCH] Smack: check for SMACK xattr validity " Casey Schaufler
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