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authorMimi Zohar <zohar@linux.vnet.ibm.com>2018-07-13 21:05:56 +0300
committerJames Morris <james.morris@microsoft.com>2018-07-16 22:31:57 +0300
commit377179cd28cd417dcfb4396edb824533431e607e (patch)
tree65c6670521648ce4a307cae400786f442952c532 /include/linux/lsm_hooks.h
parent57b54d74dd5c559bd35f2affaf11d8828aaf5733 (diff)
downloadlinux-377179cd28cd417dcfb4396edb824533431e607e.tar.xz
security: define new LSM hook named security_kernel_load_data
Differentiate between the kernel reading a file specified by userspace from the kernel loading a buffer containing data provided by userspace. This patch defines a new LSM hook named security_kernel_load_data(). Signed-off-by: Mimi Zohar <zohar@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Cc: Eric Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com> Cc: Luis R. Rodriguez <mcgrof@kernel.org> Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> Cc: Casey Schaufler <casey@schaufler-ca.com> Acked-by: Serge Hallyn <serge@hallyn.com> Acked-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> Signed-off-by: James Morris <james.morris@microsoft.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/lsm_hooks.h')
-rw-r--r--include/linux/lsm_hooks.h6
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/lsm_hooks.h b/include/linux/lsm_hooks.h
index 8f1131c8dd54..a08bc2587b96 100644
--- a/include/linux/lsm_hooks.h
+++ b/include/linux/lsm_hooks.h
@@ -576,6 +576,10 @@
* userspace to load a kernel module with the given name.
* @kmod_name name of the module requested by the kernel
* Return 0 if successful.
+ * @kernel_load_data:
+ * Load data provided by userspace.
+ * @id kernel load data identifier
+ * Return 0 if permission is granted.
* @kernel_read_file:
* Read a file specified by userspace.
* @file contains the file structure pointing to the file being read
@@ -1582,6 +1586,7 @@ union security_list_options {
int (*kernel_act_as)(struct cred *new, u32 secid);
int (*kernel_create_files_as)(struct cred *new, struct inode *inode);
int (*kernel_module_request)(char *kmod_name);
+ int (*kernel_load_data)(enum kernel_load_data_id id);
int (*kernel_read_file)(struct file *file, enum kernel_read_file_id id);
int (*kernel_post_read_file)(struct file *file, char *buf, loff_t size,
enum kernel_read_file_id id);
@@ -1872,6 +1877,7 @@ struct security_hook_heads {
struct hlist_head cred_getsecid;
struct hlist_head kernel_act_as;
struct hlist_head kernel_create_files_as;
+ struct hlist_head kernel_load_data;
struct hlist_head kernel_read_file;
struct hlist_head kernel_post_read_file;
struct hlist_head kernel_module_request;