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authorKees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>2018-09-19 23:11:41 +0300
committerKees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>2019-01-09 00:18:42 +0300
commit5ef4e41918b2dffffa445d8d3a45f3dc257920dc (patch)
tree90371b405247d9f12041780cec0be777d2b0610c /security
parenta8027fb0d188599ccdb2096f49f708bae04d86c4 (diff)
downloadlinux-5ef4e41918b2dffffa445d8d3a45f3dc257920dc.tar.xz
LSM: Prepare for reorganizing "security=" logic
This moves the string handling for "security=" boot parameter into a stored pointer instead of a string duplicate. This will allow easier handling of the string when switching logic to use the coming enable/disable infrastructure. Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> Reviewed-by: Casey Schaufler <casey@schaufler-ca.com> Reviewed-by: John Johansen <john.johansen@canonical.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'security')
-rw-r--r--security/security.c17
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/security/security.c b/security/security.c
index b6d3456978a4..1e1f34285e96 100644
--- a/security/security.c
+++ b/security/security.c
@@ -34,9 +34,6 @@
#define MAX_LSM_EVM_XATTR 2
-/* Maximum number of letters for an LSM name string */
-#define SECURITY_NAME_MAX 10
-
/* How many LSMs were built into the kernel? */
#define LSM_COUNT (__end_lsm_info - __start_lsm_info)
@@ -45,9 +42,8 @@ static ATOMIC_NOTIFIER_HEAD(lsm_notifier_chain);
char *lsm_names;
/* Boot-time LSM user choice */
-static __initdata char chosen_lsm[SECURITY_NAME_MAX + 1] =
- CONFIG_DEFAULT_SECURITY;
static __initdata const char *chosen_lsm_order;
+static __initdata const char *chosen_major_lsm;
static __initconst const char * const builtin_lsm_order = CONFIG_LSM;
@@ -138,7 +134,7 @@ static bool __init lsm_allowed(struct lsm_info *lsm)
return true;
/* Disabled if this LSM isn't the chosen one. */
- if (strcmp(lsm->name, chosen_lsm) != 0)
+ if (strcmp(lsm->name, chosen_major_lsm) != 0)
return false;
return true;
@@ -168,6 +164,9 @@ static void __init ordered_lsm_parse(const char *order, const char *origin)
struct lsm_info *lsm;
char *sep, *name, *next;
+ if (!chosen_major_lsm)
+ chosen_major_lsm = CONFIG_DEFAULT_SECURITY;
+
sep = kstrdup(order, GFP_KERNEL);
next = sep;
/* Walk the list, looking for matching LSMs. */
@@ -257,12 +256,12 @@ int __init security_init(void)
}
/* Save user chosen LSM */
-static int __init choose_lsm(char *str)
+static int __init choose_major_lsm(char *str)
{
- strncpy(chosen_lsm, str, SECURITY_NAME_MAX);
+ chosen_major_lsm = str;
return 1;
}
-__setup("security=", choose_lsm);
+__setup("security=", choose_major_lsm);
/* Explicitly choose LSM initialization order. */
static int __init choose_lsm_order(char *str)