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From: Paul Moore <paul.moore@hp.com>
To: Venkat Yekkirala <vyekkirala@trustedcs.com>
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, selinux@tycho.nsa.gov, jmorris@namei.org,
	sds@tycho.nsa.gov, eparis@redhat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] secid reconcialiation: Replace unlabeled_t with the network_t
Date: Wed, 04 Oct 2006 10:33:57 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4523C655.7010008@hp.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <45231F6F.4030509@trustedcs.com>

Venkat Yekkirala wrote:
> The following replaces unlabeled_t with network_t for
> better characterization of the flow out/in checks in
> SELinux, as well as to allow for mls packets to
> flow out/in from the network since network_t would allow
> the full range of MLS labels, as opposed to the unlabeled init sid
> that only allows system-hi.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Venkat Yekkirala <vyekkirala@TrustedCS.com>
> ---
> This is an incremental patch the secid-reconcilation v4 patchset.
> 
> --- net-2.6.sid3/security/selinux/hooks.c	2006-10-01 15:43:12.000000000 -0500
> +++ net-2.6/security/selinux/hooks.c	2006-10-03 16:43:21.000000000 -0500
> @@ -3703,7 +3703,8 @@ static int selinux_skb_flow_in(struct sk
>  	err = selinux_xfrm_decode_session(skb, &xfrm_sid, 0);
>  	BUG_ON(err);
>  
> -	err = avc_has_perm(xfrm_sid, skb->secmark, SECCLASS_PACKET,
> +	err = avc_has_perm(xfrm_sid, skb->secmark? : SECINITSID_NETMSG,
> +					SECCLASS_PACKET,
>  					PACKET__FLOW_IN, NULL);
>  	if (err)
>  		goto out;
> @@ -3900,7 +3901,7 @@ static unsigned int selinux_ip_postroute
>  				skb->secmark = sksec->sid;
>  			}
>  		}
> -		err = avc_has_perm(skb->secmark, SECINITSID_UNLABELED,
> +		err = avc_has_perm(skb->secmark, SECINITSID_NETMSG,
>  				   SECCLASS_PACKET, PACKET__FLOW_OUT, &ad);
>  	}
>  out:

Considering the above change, I wonder if it would also make sense to
update the secmark to SECINITSID_UNLABELED in the abscence of any
external labeling (labeled IPsec or NetLabel)?

-- 
paul moore
linux security @ hp

  reply	other threads:[~2006-10-04 14:34 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2006-10-04  2:41 [PATCH 1/1] secid reconcialiation: Replace unlabeled_t with the network_t Venkat Yekkirala
2006-10-04 14:33 ` Paul Moore [this message]
2006-10-04 14:43   ` Paul Moore
2006-10-04 14:47   ` Christopher J. PeBenito
2006-10-04 14:53     ` Paul Moore

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