From: Stephen Smalley <stephen.smalley.work@gmail.com>
To: selinux@vger.kernel.org
Cc: paul@paul-moore.com, omosnace@redhat.com, netdev@vger.kernel.org,
horms@kernel.org,
Stephen Smalley <stephen.smalley.work@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH v6 15/42] selinuxfs: restrict write operations to the same selinux namespace
Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2025 13:44:27 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250620174502.1838-16-stephen.smalley.work@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20250620174502.1838-1-stephen.smalley.work@gmail.com>
This ensures that once a process unshares its selinux namespace,
it can no longer act on the parent namespace's selinuxfs instance,
irrespective of policy. This is a safety measure so that even if
an otherwise unconfined process unshares its selinux namespace, it
won't be able to subsequently affect the enforcing mode or policy of the
parent. This also helps avoid common mistakes like failing to create
a mount namespace and mount a new selinuxfs instance in order to act
on one's own selinux namespace after unsharing.
Signed-off-by: Stephen Smalley <stephen.smalley.work@gmail.com>
---
security/selinux/selinuxfs.c | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 30 insertions(+)
diff --git a/security/selinux/selinuxfs.c b/security/selinux/selinuxfs.c
index 39a60d221143..09d22af6e3ea 100644
--- a/security/selinux/selinuxfs.c
+++ b/security/selinux/selinuxfs.c
@@ -150,6 +150,9 @@ static ssize_t sel_write_enforce(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
int scan_value;
bool old_value, new_value;
+ if (state != current_selinux_state)
+ return -EPERM;
+
if (count >= PAGE_SIZE)
return -ENOMEM;
@@ -338,11 +341,16 @@ static ssize_t sel_write_unshare(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
{
+ struct selinux_fs_info *fsi = file_inode(file)->i_sb->s_fs_info;
+ struct selinux_state *state = fsi->state;
char *page;
ssize_t length;
bool set;
int rc;
+ if (state != current_selinux_state)
+ return -EPERM;
+
if (count >= PAGE_SIZE)
return -ENOMEM;
@@ -795,6 +803,9 @@ static ssize_t sel_write_load(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
if (!count)
return -EINVAL;
+ if (fsi->state != current_selinux_state)
+ return -EPERM;
+
mutex_lock(&fsi->state->policy_mutex);
length = avc_has_perm(current_selinux_state,
current_sid(), SECINITSID_SECURITY,
@@ -899,6 +910,9 @@ static ssize_t sel_write_checkreqprot(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
ssize_t length;
unsigned int new_value;
+ if (fsi->state != current_selinux_state)
+ return -EPERM;
+
length = avc_has_perm(current_selinux_state,
current_sid(), SECINITSID_SECURITY,
SECCLASS_SECURITY, SECURITY__SETCHECKREQPROT,
@@ -955,6 +969,9 @@ static ssize_t sel_write_validatetrans(struct file *file,
u16 tclass;
int rc;
+ if (state != current_selinux_state)
+ return -EPERM;
+
rc = avc_has_perm(current_selinux_state,
current_sid(), SECINITSID_SECURITY,
SECCLASS_SECURITY, SECURITY__VALIDATE_TRANS, NULL);
@@ -1042,10 +1059,14 @@ static ssize_t (*const write_op[])(struct file *, char *, size_t) = {
static ssize_t selinux_transaction_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf, size_t size, loff_t *pos)
{
+ struct selinux_fs_info *fsi = file_inode(file)->i_sb->s_fs_info;
ino_t ino = file_inode(file)->i_ino;
char *data;
ssize_t rv;
+ if (fsi->state != current_selinux_state)
+ return -EPERM;
+
if (ino >= ARRAY_SIZE(write_op) || !write_op[ino])
return -EINVAL;
@@ -1486,6 +1507,9 @@ static ssize_t sel_write_bool(struct file *filep, const char __user *buf,
unsigned index = file_inode(filep)->i_ino & SEL_INO_MASK;
const char *name = filep->f_path.dentry->d_name.name;
+ if (fsi->state != current_selinux_state)
+ return -EPERM;
+
if (count >= PAGE_SIZE)
return -ENOMEM;
@@ -1542,6 +1566,9 @@ static ssize_t sel_commit_bools_write(struct file *filep,
ssize_t length;
int new_value;
+ if (fsi->state != current_selinux_state)
+ return -EPERM;
+
if (count >= PAGE_SIZE)
return -ENOMEM;
@@ -1673,6 +1700,9 @@ static ssize_t sel_write_avc_cache_threshold(struct file *file,
ssize_t ret;
unsigned int new_value;
+ if (state != current_selinux_state)
+ return -EPERM;
+
ret = avc_has_perm(current_selinux_state,
current_sid(), SECINITSID_SECURITY,
SECCLASS_SECURITY, SECURITY__SETSECPARAM,
--
2.49.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-06-20 17:45 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 43+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-06-20 17:44 [PATCH v6 00/42] SELinux namespace support Stephen Smalley
2025-06-20 17:44 ` [PATCH v6 01/42] selinux: restore passing of selinux_state Stephen Smalley
2025-06-20 17:44 ` [PATCH v6 02/42] selinux: introduce current_selinux_state Stephen Smalley
2025-06-20 17:44 ` [PATCH v6 03/42] selinux: support multiple selinuxfs instances Stephen Smalley
2025-06-20 17:44 ` [PATCH v6 04/42] selinux: dynamically allocate selinux namespace Stephen Smalley
2025-06-20 17:44 ` [PATCH v6 05/42] netstate,selinux: create the selinux netlink socket per network namespace Stephen Smalley
2025-06-20 17:44 ` [PATCH v6 06/42] selinux: limit selinux netlink notifications to init namespace Stephen Smalley
2025-06-20 17:44 ` [PATCH v6 07/42] selinux: support per-task/cred selinux namespace Stephen Smalley
2025-06-20 17:44 ` [PATCH v6 08/42] selinux: introduce cred_selinux_state() and use it Stephen Smalley
2025-06-20 17:44 ` [PATCH v6 09/42] selinux: init inode from nearest initialized namespace Stephen Smalley
2025-06-20 17:44 ` [PATCH v6 10/42] selinux: add a selinuxfs interface to unshare selinux namespace Stephen Smalley
2025-06-20 17:44 ` [PATCH v6 11/42] selinux: add limits for SELinux namespaces Stephen Smalley
2025-06-20 17:44 ` [PATCH v6 12/42] selinux: exempt creation of init SELinux namespace from limits Stephen Smalley
2025-06-20 17:44 ` [PATCH v6 13/42] selinux: refactor selinux_state_create() Stephen Smalley
2025-06-20 17:44 ` [PATCH v6 14/42] selinux: allow userspace to detect non-init SELinux namespace Stephen Smalley
2025-06-20 17:44 ` Stephen Smalley [this message]
2025-06-20 17:44 ` [PATCH v6 16/42] selinux: introduce a global SID table Stephen Smalley
2025-06-20 17:44 ` [PATCH v6 17/42] selinux: wrap security server interfaces to use the " Stephen Smalley
2025-06-20 17:44 ` [PATCH v6 18/42] selinux: introduce a Kconfig option for SELinux namespaces Stephen Smalley
2025-06-20 17:44 ` [PATCH v6 19/42] selinux: eliminate global SID table if !CONFIG_SECURITY_SELINUX_NS Stephen Smalley
2025-06-20 17:44 ` [PATCH v6 20/42] selinux: maintain a small cache in the global SID table Stephen Smalley
2025-06-20 17:44 ` [PATCH v6 21/42] selinux: update hook functions to use correct selinux namespace Stephen Smalley
2025-06-20 17:44 ` [PATCH v6 22/42] selinux: introduce cred_task_has_perm() Stephen Smalley
2025-06-20 17:44 ` [PATCH v6 23/42] selinux: introduce cred_has_extended_perms() Stephen Smalley
2025-06-20 17:44 ` [PATCH v6 24/42] selinux: introduce cred_self_has_perm() Stephen Smalley
2025-06-20 17:44 ` [PATCH v6 25/42] selinux: introduce cred_has_perm() Stephen Smalley
2025-06-20 17:44 ` [PATCH v6 26/42] selinux: introduce cred_ssid_has_perm() and cred_other_has_perm() Stephen Smalley
2025-06-20 17:44 ` [PATCH v6 27/42] selinux: introduce task_obj_has_perm() Stephen Smalley
2025-06-20 17:44 ` [PATCH v6 28/42] selinux: update bprm hooks for selinux namespaces Stephen Smalley
2025-06-20 17:44 ` [PATCH v6 29/42] selinux: add kerneldoc to new permission checking functions Stephen Smalley
2025-06-20 17:44 ` [PATCH v6 30/42] selinux: convert selinux_file_send_sigiotask() to namespace-aware helper Stephen Smalley
2025-06-20 17:44 ` [PATCH v6 31/42] selinux: rename cred_has_perm*() to cred_tsid_has_perm*() Stephen Smalley
2025-06-20 17:44 ` [PATCH v6 32/42] selinux: update cred_tsid_has_perm_noaudit() to return the combined avd Stephen Smalley
2025-06-20 17:44 ` [PATCH v6 33/42] selinux: convert additional checks to cred_ssid_has_perm() Stephen Smalley
2025-06-20 17:44 ` [PATCH v6 34/42] selinux: introduce selinux_state_has_perm() Stephen Smalley
2025-06-20 17:44 ` [PATCH v6 35/42] selinux: annotate selinuxfs permission checks Stephen Smalley
2025-06-20 17:44 ` [PATCH v6 36/42] selinux: annotate process transition " Stephen Smalley
2025-06-20 17:44 ` [PATCH v6 37/42] selinux: convert xfrm and netlabel " Stephen Smalley
2025-06-20 17:44 ` [PATCH v6 38/42] selinux: switch selinux_lsm_setattr() checks to current namespace Stephen Smalley
2025-06-20 17:44 ` [PATCH v6 39/42] selinux: make open_perms namespace-aware Stephen Smalley
2025-06-20 17:44 ` [PATCH v6 40/42] selinux: split cred_ssid_has_perm() into two cases Stephen Smalley
2025-06-20 17:44 ` [PATCH v6 41/42] selinux: convert nlmsg_sock_has_extended_perms() to namespace-aware Stephen Smalley
2025-06-20 17:44 ` [PATCH v6 42/42] selinux: disallow writes to /sys/fs/selinux/user in non-init namespaces Stephen Smalley
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