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authorKees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>2020-10-02 20:38:20 +0300
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>2020-10-05 14:37:03 +0300
commitb64fcae74b6d6940d14243c963ab0089e8f0d82d (patch)
tree301791490a1bce0d017a380cc37475510ecee286 /include/linux/security.h
parent885352881f11f1f3113d8eb877786bcb6d720544 (diff)
downloadlinux-b64fcae74b6d6940d14243c963ab0089e8f0d82d.tar.xz
LSM: Introduce kernel_post_load_data() hook
There are a few places in the kernel where LSMs would like to have visibility into the contents of a kernel buffer that has been loaded or read. While security_kernel_post_read_file() (which includes the buffer) exists as a pairing for security_kernel_read_file(), no such hook exists to pair with security_kernel_load_data(). Earlier proposals for just using security_kernel_post_read_file() with a NULL file argument were rejected (i.e. "file" should always be valid for the security_..._file hooks, but it appears at least one case was left in the kernel during earlier refactoring. (This will be fixed in a subsequent patch.) Since not all cases of security_kernel_load_data() can have a single contiguous buffer made available to the LSM hook (e.g. kexec image segments are separately loaded), there needs to be a way for the LSM to reason about its expectations of the hook coverage. In order to handle this, add a "contents" argument to the "kernel_load_data" hook that indicates if the newly added "kernel_post_load_data" hook will be called with the full contents once loaded. That way, LSMs requiring full contents can choose to unilaterally reject "kernel_load_data" with contents=false (which is effectively the existing hook coverage), but when contents=true they can allow it and later evaluate the "kernel_post_load_data" hook once the buffer is loaded. With this change, LSMs can gain coverage over non-file-backed data loads (e.g. init_module(2) and firmware userspace helper), which will happen in subsequent patches. Additionally prepare IMA to start processing these cases. Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> Reviewed-by: KP Singh <kpsingh@google.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20201002173828.2099543-9-keescook@chromium.org Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/security.h')
-rw-r--r--include/linux/security.h14
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/security.h b/include/linux/security.h
index 42df0d9b4c37..51c8e4e6b7cc 100644
--- a/include/linux/security.h
+++ b/include/linux/security.h
@@ -387,7 +387,10 @@ void security_cred_getsecid(const struct cred *c, u32 *secid);
int security_kernel_act_as(struct cred *new, u32 secid);
int security_kernel_create_files_as(struct cred *new, struct inode *inode);
int security_kernel_module_request(char *kmod_name);
-int security_kernel_load_data(enum kernel_load_data_id id);
+int security_kernel_load_data(enum kernel_load_data_id id, bool contents);
+int security_kernel_post_load_data(char *buf, loff_t size,
+ enum kernel_load_data_id id,
+ char *description);
int security_kernel_read_file(struct file *file, enum kernel_read_file_id id);
int security_kernel_post_read_file(struct file *file, char *buf, loff_t size,
enum kernel_read_file_id id);
@@ -1014,7 +1017,14 @@ static inline int security_kernel_module_request(char *kmod_name)
return 0;
}
-static inline int security_kernel_load_data(enum kernel_load_data_id id)
+static inline int security_kernel_load_data(enum kernel_load_data_id id, bool contents)
+{
+ return 0;
+}
+
+static inline int security_kernel_post_load_data(char *buf, loff_t size,
+ enum kernel_load_data_id id,
+ char *description)
{
return 0;
}