* [RFC PATCH selinuxns 1/3] selinux: do not cache sblabel mount flag in superblock
@ 2025-11-18 15:46 Stephen Smalley
2025-11-18 15:46 ` [RFC PATCH selinuxns 2/3] selinux: do not cache genfs xattr flag in superblock security blob Stephen Smalley
2025-11-18 15:46 ` [RFC PATCH selinuxns 3/3] selinux: ignore invalid contexts in kernfs_init_security in child namespace Stephen Smalley
0 siblings, 2 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Stephen Smalley @ 2025-11-18 15:46 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: mertsas; +Cc: selinux, paul, omosnace, Stephen Smalley
Currently SELinux determines whether the superblock supports
security labeling at superblock creation time and caches it
as a SBLABEL_MNT flag in the superblock security blob. However,
with the introduciton of SELinux namespaces, this can change
within a child SELinux namespace due to a different value for
the cgroupseclabel policy capability in its policy. Stop
precomputing and caching this flag and instead check it on use.
Signed-off-by: Stephen Smalley <stephen.smalley.work@gmail.com>
---
security/selinux/hooks.c | 22 ++++++----------------
security/selinux/include/security.h | 1 -
2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)
diff --git a/security/selinux/hooks.c b/security/selinux/hooks.c
index 7003a3f96ead..61171c45329f 100644
--- a/security/selinux/hooks.c
+++ b/security/selinux/hooks.c
@@ -581,16 +581,6 @@ static int sb_finish_set_opts(struct super_block *sb)
sbsec->flags |= SE_SBINITIALIZED;
- /*
- * Explicitly set or clear SBLABEL_MNT. It's not sufficient to simply
- * leave the flag untouched because sb_clone_mnt_opts might be handing
- * us a superblock that needs the flag to be cleared.
- */
- if (selinux_is_sblabel_mnt(sb))
- sbsec->flags |= SBLABEL_MNT;
- else
- sbsec->flags &= ~SBLABEL_MNT;
-
/* Initialize the root inode. */
rc = inode_doinit_with_dentry(root_inode, root);
@@ -1141,7 +1131,7 @@ static int selinux_sb_show_options(struct seq_file *m, struct super_block *sb)
if (rc)
return rc;
}
- if (sbsec->flags & SBLABEL_MNT) {
+ if (selinux_is_sblabel_mnt(sb)) {
seq_putc(m, ',');
seq_puts(m, SECLABEL_STR);
}
@@ -1815,7 +1805,7 @@ selinux_determine_inode_label(const struct task_security_struct *tsec,
if ((sbsec->flags & SE_SBINITIALIZED) &&
(sbsec->behavior == SECURITY_FS_USE_MNTPOINT)) {
*_new_isid = sbsec->mntpoint_sid;
- } else if ((sbsec->flags & SBLABEL_MNT) &&
+ } else if (selinux_is_sblabel_mnt(dir->i_sb) &&
tsec->create_sid) {
*_new_isid = tsec->create_sid;
} else {
@@ -3023,7 +3013,7 @@ static int selinux_inode_init_security(struct inode *inode, struct inode *dir,
}
if (!selinux_initialized(current_selinux_state) ||
- !(sbsec->flags & SBLABEL_MNT))
+ !selinux_is_sblabel_mnt(dir->i_sb))
return -EOPNOTSUPP;
if (xattr) {
@@ -3454,7 +3444,7 @@ static int selinux_inode_setxattr(struct mnt_idmap *idmap,
return (inode_owner_or_capable(idmap, inode) ? 0 : -EPERM);
sbsec = selinux_superblock(inode->i_sb);
- if (!(sbsec->flags & SBLABEL_MNT))
+ if (!selinux_is_sblabel_mnt(inode->i_sb))
return -EOPNOTSUPP;
if (!inode_owner_or_capable(idmap, inode))
@@ -3730,7 +3720,7 @@ static int selinux_inode_setsecurity(struct inode *inode, const char *name,
return -EOPNOTSUPP;
sbsec = selinux_superblock(inode->i_sb);
- if (!(sbsec->flags & SBLABEL_MNT))
+ if (!selinux_is_sblabel_mnt(inode->i_sb))
return -EOPNOTSUPP;
if (!value || !size)
@@ -7105,7 +7095,7 @@ static int selinux_inode_notifysecctx(struct inode *inode, void *ctx, u32 ctxlen
{
int rc = selinux_inode_setsecurity(inode, XATTR_SELINUX_SUFFIX,
ctx, ctxlen, 0);
- /* Do not return error when suppressing label (SBLABEL_MNT not set). */
+ /* Do not return error when suppressing label. */
return rc == -EOPNOTSUPP ? 0 : rc;
}
diff --git a/security/selinux/include/security.h b/security/selinux/include/security.h
index e3e0b1eb7575..c5df7a0b0069 100644
--- a/security/selinux/include/security.h
+++ b/security/selinux/include/security.h
@@ -63,7 +63,6 @@
#define FSCONTEXT_MNT 0x02
#define ROOTCONTEXT_MNT 0x04
#define DEFCONTEXT_MNT 0x08
-#define SBLABEL_MNT 0x10
/* Non-mount related flags */
#define SE_SBINITIALIZED 0x0100
#define SE_SBPROC 0x0200
--
2.51.1
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* [RFC PATCH selinuxns 2/3] selinux: do not cache genfs xattr flag in superblock security blob
2025-11-18 15:46 [RFC PATCH selinuxns 1/3] selinux: do not cache sblabel mount flag in superblock Stephen Smalley
@ 2025-11-18 15:46 ` Stephen Smalley
2025-11-18 15:46 ` [RFC PATCH selinuxns 3/3] selinux: ignore invalid contexts in kernfs_init_security in child namespace Stephen Smalley
1 sibling, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Stephen Smalley @ 2025-11-18 15:46 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: mertsas; +Cc: selinux, paul, omosnace, Stephen Smalley
We should only try to fetch the xattr for cgroup or cgroup2 inodes if
the cgroup_seclabel policy capability is enabled in the policy.
Since this may differ in a child SELinux namespace, we need to check
it at inode labeling time rather than only on superblock initialization.
Signed-off-by: Stephen Smalley <stephen.smalley.work@gmail.com>
---
security/selinux/hooks.c | 12 ++++++++----
security/selinux/include/security.h | 1 -
2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/security/selinux/hooks.c b/security/selinux/hooks.c
index 61171c45329f..5cfb7d8106fb 100644
--- a/security/selinux/hooks.c
+++ b/security/selinux/hooks.c
@@ -749,7 +749,7 @@ static int selinux_set_mnt_opts(struct super_block *sb,
if (!strcmp(sb->s_type->name, "sysfs") ||
!strcmp(sb->s_type->name, "cgroup") ||
!strcmp(sb->s_type->name, "cgroup2"))
- sbsec->flags |= SE_SBGENFS | SE_SBGENFS_XATTR;
+ sbsec->flags |= SE_SBGENFS;
if (!sbsec->behavior) {
/*
@@ -1428,6 +1428,7 @@ static int inode_doinit_use_xattr(struct selinux_state *state,
static int inode_doinit_with_dentry(struct inode *inode, struct dentry *opt_dentry)
{
struct selinux_state *state = current_selinux_state;
+ struct super_block *sb = inode->i_sb;
struct superblock_security_struct *sbsec = NULL;
struct inode_security_struct *isec = selinux_inode(inode);
u32 task_sid, sid = 0;
@@ -1451,7 +1452,7 @@ static int inode_doinit_with_dentry(struct inode *inode, struct dentry *opt_dent
while (state && !selinux_initialized(state))
state = state->parent;
- sbsec = selinux_superblock(inode->i_sb);
+ sbsec = selinux_superblock(sb);
if (!state || !(sbsec->flags & SE_SBINITIALIZED)) {
/* Defer initialization until selinux_complete_init,
after the initial policy is loaded and the security
@@ -1571,8 +1572,11 @@ static int inode_doinit_with_dentry(struct inode *inode, struct dentry *opt_dent
goto out;
}
- if ((sbsec->flags & SE_SBGENFS_XATTR) &&
- (inode->i_opflags & IOP_XATTR)) {
+ if ((inode->i_opflags & IOP_XATTR) &&
+ (!strcmp(sb->s_type->name, "sysfs") ||
+ (selinux_policycap_cgroupseclabel() &&
+ (!strcmp(sb->s_type->name, "cgroup") ||
+ !strcmp(sb->s_type->name, "cgroup2"))))) {
rc = inode_doinit_use_xattr(state, inode,
dentry, sid,
&sid);
diff --git a/security/selinux/include/security.h b/security/selinux/include/security.h
index c5df7a0b0069..8d39137c6ebc 100644
--- a/security/selinux/include/security.h
+++ b/security/selinux/include/security.h
@@ -67,7 +67,6 @@
#define SE_SBINITIALIZED 0x0100
#define SE_SBPROC 0x0200
#define SE_SBGENFS 0x0400
-#define SE_SBGENFS_XATTR 0x0800
#define SE_SBNATIVE 0x1000
#define CONTEXT_STR "context"
--
2.51.1
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* [RFC PATCH selinuxns 3/3] selinux: ignore invalid contexts in kernfs_init_security in child namespace
2025-11-18 15:46 [RFC PATCH selinuxns 1/3] selinux: do not cache sblabel mount flag in superblock Stephen Smalley
2025-11-18 15:46 ` [RFC PATCH selinuxns 2/3] selinux: do not cache genfs xattr flag in superblock security blob Stephen Smalley
@ 2025-11-18 15:46 ` Stephen Smalley
1 sibling, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Stephen Smalley @ 2025-11-18 15:46 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: mertsas; +Cc: selinux, paul, omosnace, Stephen Smalley
kernfs_init_security() tries to propagate the parent directory's
SELinux xattr to the child (or compute a transition, depending on
policy) when a child node is created. In the case of cgroup2,
this can cause a hard failure when trying to create any files
in the cgroup2 mount for a child SELinux namespace if the
context in the parent is invalid in the child. Treat this
the same way as if the parent lacked a SELinux xattr and just
let the child be labeled based on policy.
Signed-off-by: Stephen Smalley <stephen.smalley.work@gmail.com>
---
security/selinux/hooks.c | 7 ++++++-
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/security/selinux/hooks.c b/security/selinux/hooks.c
index 5cfb7d8106fb..bdfa97e32c67 100644
--- a/security/selinux/hooks.c
+++ b/security/selinux/hooks.c
@@ -3830,8 +3830,13 @@ static int selinux_kernfs_init_security(struct kernfs_node *kn_dir,
rc = security_context_to_sid(current_selinux_state, context, clen,
&parent_sid, GFP_KERNEL);
kfree(context);
- if (rc)
+ if (rc) {
+ if (rc == -EINVAL &&
+ current_selinux_state != init_selinux_state) {
+ return 0;
+ }
return rc;
+ }
if (tsec->create_sid) {
newsid = tsec->create_sid;
--
2.51.1
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