From: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
To: stable@vger.kernel.org
Cc: "Christian Göttsche" <cgzones@googlemail.com>,
"Paul Moore" <paul@paul-moore.com>,
"Sasha Levin" <sashal@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 6.6.y 4/9] selinux: avoid unnecessary indirection in struct level_datum
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2026 07:24:35 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260825112440.3543785-4-sashal@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260825112440.3543785-1-sashal@kernel.org>
From: Christian Göttsche <cgzones@googlemail.com>
[ Upstream commit 749153636643aaa793f14e84e864fdaf5ed0620d ]
Store the owned member of type struct mls_level directly in the parent
struct instead of an extra heap allocation.
Signed-off-by: Christian Göttsche <cgzones@googlemail.com>
Signed-off-by: Paul Moore <paul@paul-moore.com>
Stable-dep-of: b98a8ac50775 ("selinux: require a class's permission values to cover its permission count")
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---
security/selinux/ss/mls.c | 6 +++---
security/selinux/ss/policydb.c | 19 ++++++-------------
security/selinux/ss/policydb.h | 2 +-
3 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)
diff --git a/security/selinux/ss/mls.c b/security/selinux/ss/mls.c
index cd38f5913b630..e7883e2aead5d 100644
--- a/security/selinux/ss/mls.c
+++ b/security/selinux/ss/mls.c
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ int mls_level_isvalid(struct policydb *p, struct mls_level *l)
* levdatum->level->cat and no bit in l->cat is larger than
* p->p_cats.nprim.
*/
- return ebitmap_contains(&levdatum->level->cat, &l->cat,
+ return ebitmap_contains(&levdatum->level.cat, &l->cat,
p->p_cats.nprim);
}
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ int mls_context_to_sid(struct policydb *pol,
levdatum = symtab_search(&pol->p_levels, sensitivity);
if (!levdatum)
return -EINVAL;
- context->range.level[l].sens = levdatum->level->sens;
+ context->range.level[l].sens = levdatum->level.sens;
/* Extract category set. */
while (next_cat != NULL) {
@@ -466,7 +466,7 @@ int mls_convert_context(struct policydb *oldp,
if (!levdatum)
return -EINVAL;
- newc->range.level[l].sens = levdatum->level->sens;
+ newc->range.level[l].sens = levdatum->level.sens;
ebitmap_for_each_positive_bit(&oldc->range.level[l].cat,
node, i) {
diff --git a/security/selinux/ss/policydb.c b/security/selinux/ss/policydb.c
index 3e96d7119c3f2..8e0c368e5f4d0 100644
--- a/security/selinux/ss/policydb.c
+++ b/security/selinux/ss/policydb.c
@@ -296,9 +296,7 @@ static int sens_destroy(void *key, void *datum, void *p)
kfree(key);
if (datum) {
levdatum = datum;
- if (levdatum->level)
- ebitmap_destroy(&levdatum->level->cat);
- kfree(levdatum->level);
+ ebitmap_destroy(&levdatum->level.cat);
}
kfree(datum);
return 0;
@@ -636,11 +634,11 @@ static int sens_index(void *key, void *datum, void *datap)
p = datap;
if (!levdatum->isalias) {
- if (!levdatum->level->sens ||
- levdatum->level->sens > p->p_levels.nprim)
+ if (!levdatum->level.sens ||
+ levdatum->level.sens > p->p_levels.nprim)
return -EINVAL;
- p->sym_val_to_name[SYM_LEVELS][levdatum->level->sens - 1] = key;
+ p->sym_val_to_name[SYM_LEVELS][levdatum->level.sens - 1] = key;
}
return 0;
@@ -1612,12 +1610,7 @@ static int sens_read(struct policydb *p, struct symtab *s, struct policy_file *f
if (rc)
goto bad;
- rc = -ENOMEM;
- levdatum->level = kmalloc(sizeof(*levdatum->level), GFP_KERNEL);
- if (!levdatum->level)
- goto bad;
-
- rc = mls_read_level(levdatum->level, fp);
+ rc = mls_read_level(&levdatum->level, fp);
if (rc)
goto bad;
@@ -2835,7 +2828,7 @@ static int sens_write(void *vkey, void *datum, void *ptr)
if (rc)
return rc;
- rc = mls_write_level(levdatum->level, fp);
+ rc = mls_write_level(&levdatum->level, fp);
if (rc)
return rc;
diff --git a/security/selinux/ss/policydb.h b/security/selinux/ss/policydb.h
index e01de17e569bf..e7a6f1a6c1461 100644
--- a/security/selinux/ss/policydb.h
+++ b/security/selinux/ss/policydb.h
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ struct user_datum {
/* Sensitivity attributes */
struct level_datum {
- struct mls_level *level; /* sensitivity and associated categories */
+ struct mls_level level; /* sensitivity and associated categories */
unsigned char isalias; /* is this sensitivity an alias for another? */
};
--
2.53.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-08-25 11:24 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-20 10:41 FAILED: patch "[PATCH] selinux: require a class's permission values to cover its" failed to apply to 6.6-stable tree gregkh
2026-08-25 11:24 ` [PATCH 6.6.y 1/9] selinux: fix style issues in security/selinux/ss/policydb.h Sasha Levin
2026-08-25 11:24 ` [PATCH 6.6.y 2/9] selinux: fix style issues in security/selinux/ss/policydb.c Sasha Levin
2026-08-25 11:24 ` [PATCH 6.6.y 3/9] selinux: use known type instead of void pointer Sasha Levin
2026-08-25 11:24 ` Sasha Levin [this message]
2026-08-25 11:24 ` [PATCH 6.6.y 5/9] selinux: make more use of str_read() when loading the policy Sasha Levin
2026-08-25 11:24 ` [PATCH 6.6.y 6/9] selinux: use u16 for security classes Sasha Levin
2026-08-25 11:24 ` [PATCH 6.6.y 7/9] selinux: more strict policy parsing Sasha Levin
2026-08-25 11:24 ` [PATCH 6.6.y 8/9] selinux: reject a permission value exceeding the class permission count Sasha Levin
2026-08-25 11:24 ` [PATCH 6.6.y 9/9] selinux: require a class's permission values to cover its " Sasha Levin
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