Re: [PATCH][SMACK] add a socket_post_accept hook to fix netlabelissues with labeled TCP servers V1

From: etienne
Date: Wed Feb 25 2009 - 18:40:29 EST


Paul Moore wrote:
> On Tuesday 24 February 2009 06:36:59 pm Paul Moore wrote:
>> On Tuesday 24 February 2009 05:59:59 pm etienne wrote:
>>> Paul Moore wrote:
>>>> On Tuesday 24 February 2009 05:20:42 pm etienne wrote:
>>>>> Paul Moore wrote:
>>>>>> On Tuesday 24 February 2009 04:28:24 pm etienne wrote:
>>>>>>> /**
>>>>>>> + * smack_socket_post_access - post access check
>>>>>>> + * @sock: the socket
>>>>>>> + * @newsock : the grafted sock
>>>>>>> + *
>>>>>>> + * we have to match client IP against smack_host_label()
>>>>>>> + */
>>>>>>> +static void smack_socket_post_accept(struct socket *sock, struct
>>>>>>> socket *newsock) +{
>>>>>>> + char *hostsp;
>>>>>>> + struct sockaddr_storage address;
>>>>>>> + struct sockaddr_in *sin;
>>>>>>> + struct sockaddr_in6 *sin6;
>>>>>>> + struct in6_addr *addr6;
>>>>>>> + struct socket_smack *ssp = newsock->sk->sk_security;
>>>>>>> + int len;
>>>>>>> +
>>>>>>> + if (sock->sk == NULL)
>>>>>>> + return;
>>>>>>> +
>>>>>>> + /* sockets can listen on both IPv4 & IPv6,
>>>>>>> + and fallback to V4 if client is V4 */
>>>>>>> + if (newsock->sk->sk_family != AF_INET && newsock->sk->sk_family
>>>>>>> != AF_INET6) + return;
>>>>>>> +
>>>>>>> + /* get the client IP address **/
>>>>>>> + newsock->ops->getname(newsock, (struct sockaddr *)&address, &len,
>>>>>>> 2); +
>>>>>>> + switch (newsock->sk->sk_family) {
>>>>>>> + case AF_INET:
>>>>>>> + sin = (struct sockaddr_in *)&address;
>>>>>>> + break;
>>>>>>> + case AF_INET6:
>>>>>>> + sin6 = (struct sockaddr_in6 *)&address;
>>>>>>> + addr6 = &sin6->sin6_addr;
>>>>>>> + /* if a V4 client connects to a V6 listening server,
>>>>>>> + * we will get a IPV6_ADDR_MAPPED mapped address here
>>>>>>> + * we have to handle this case too
>>>>>>> + * the test below is ipv6_addr_type()== IPV6_ADDR_MAPPED
>>>>>>> + * without the requirement to have IPv6 compiled in
>>>>>>> + */
>>>>>>> + if ((addr6->s6_addr32[0] | addr6->s6_addr32[1]) == 0 &&
>>>>>>> + addr6->s6_addr32[2] == htonl(0x0000ffff)) {
>>>>>>> + __be32 addr = sin6->sin6_addr.s6_addr32[3];
>>>>>>> + __be16 port = sin6->sin6_port;
>>>>>>> + sin = (struct sockaddr_in *)&address;
>>>>>>> + sin->sin_family = AF_INET;
>>>>>>> + sin->sin_port = port;
>>>>>>> + sin->sin_addr.s_addr = addr;
>>>>>>> + } else {
>>>>>>> + /* standard IPv6, we'll send unlabeled */
>>>>>>> + smack_netlabel(newsock->sk, SMACK_UNLABELED_SOCKET);
>>>>>>> + return;
>>>>>>> + }
>>>>>>> + break;
>>>>>>> + default:
>>>>>>> + /** not possible to be there **/
>>>>>>> + return;
>>>>>>> + }
>>>>>>> + /* so, is there a label for the source IP **/
>>>>>>> + hostsp = smack_host_label(sin);
>>>>>>> +
>>>>>>> + if (hostsp == NULL) {
>>>>>>> + if (ssp->smk_labeled != SMACK_CIPSO_SOCKET)
>>>>>>> + smack_netlabel(newsock->sk, SMACK_CIPSO_SOCKET);
>>>>>>> + return;
>>>>>>> + }
>>>>>>> + if (ssp->smk_labeled != SMACK_UNLABELED_SOCKET)
>>>>>>> + smack_netlabel(newsock->sk, SMACK_UNLABELED_SOCKET);
>>>>>>> + return;
>>>>>>> +}
>>>>>> NAK, you can't ignore return values like that.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'm sorry I didn't get a chance to respond to your email from this
>>>>>> morning, but the problem with the post_accept() hook is that you
>>>>>> can't fail in this hook. There has been a _lot_ of discussion about
>>>>>> this over the past couple of years on the LSM list. You should check
>>>>>> the archives for all the details but the main problem is that the
>>>>>> post_accept() hook is too late to deny the incoming connection so you
>>>>>> can't reject the connection at that point in any sane manner.
>>>>> well, i don't want to reject the connection here :)
>>>>>
>>>>>> I think I'm going to draft a patch to remove the post_accept()
>>>>>> hook since no one in-tree is using it and it's existence seems to
>>>>>> cause more problems than it solves.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Now, I understand that your patch doesn't actually enforce any access
>>>>>> controls but it does call smack_netlabel() in several places and that
>>>>>> function can fail
>>>>> The smack_netlabel(newsock->sk, SMACK_CIPSO_SOCKET) can failed, but
>>>>> has no interest in this function (because the socket has already be
>>>>> SMACK_CIPSO_SOCKET labeled by the policy) I can remove it.
>>>>>
>>>>> but smack_netlabel(SMACK_UNLABELED_SOCKET) cannot fail, and that's
>>>>> what i'm interested in could this make the patch acceptable?
>>>> Please elaborate a bit more on how you would intend a user to configure
>>>> and make use of this. Also, in what cases would you remove the
>>>> NetLabel from a socket? What cases would you keep it?
>>> well, i think it is simple : let's say i want to run a "smack-labelled
>>> server" (apache, vsftpd, ...) clients connect from internet, so the
>>> server admin/user will want to add a "0.0.0.0/0 @" entry in netlabel
>>> that will _fail_ because the server will send back "labeled" packets.
>> I had to go back and look at the address based labeling patches, I had
>> somehow forgotten that the single label support in Smack can only be used
>> for removing labels, not adding them. With that in mind your approach
>> should work although you will still get really bizarre behavior in the
>> following case:
>>
>> * Service not running at the ambient label
>> * Only address based label loaded into Smack is "0.0.0.0/0 @" (everything
>> unlabeled)
>> * Client connects to service using labeled networking
>>
>> If you and Casey can live with labeled connection suddenly becoming
>> unlabeled (I doubt the remote host will deal with it very gracefully) then
>> go for it.
>
> The more I thought about this last night the more it bothered me so I decided
> to take a quick look to see if I could come up with something that would let
> me sleep easier. The patch below is likely whitespace mangled and probably
> won't apply cleanly but since I haven't done any testing I consider that a
> good thing.

Hi Paul,
sorry for the trouble. I'll do some testing of your patch
I guess you're right, you're approach seems more complete

thanks
Etienne

>
> Take a look at the patch below and see if it accomplishes what you want/need;
> I think this is a much better approach than the socket_post_accept() method.
>
> diff --git a/security/smack/smack_lsm.c b/security/smack/smack_lsm.c
> index 0278bc0..6419e83 100644
> --- a/security/smack/smack_lsm.c
> +++ b/security/smack/smack_lsm.c
> @@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
> #include <linux/ext2_fs.h>
> #include <linux/kd.h>
> #include <asm/ioctls.h>
> +#include <linux/ip.h>
> #include <linux/tcp.h>
> #include <linux/udp.h>
> #include <linux/mutex.h>
> @@ -2559,21 +2560,40 @@ static void smack_sock_graft(struct sock *sk, struct
> socket *parent)
> static int smack_inet_conn_request(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb,
> struct request_sock *req)
> {
> + u16 family = sk->sk_family;
> struct netlbl_lsm_secattr skb_secattr;
> struct socket_smack *ssp = sk->sk_security;
> char smack[SMK_LABELLEN];
> int rc;
>
> - if (skb == NULL)
> - return -EACCES;
> + /* handle mapped IPv4 packets arriving via IPv6 sockets */
> + if (family == PF_INET6 && skb->protocol == htons(ETH_P_IP))
> + family = PF_INET;
>
> netlbl_secattr_init(&skb_secattr);
> +
> rc = netlbl_skbuff_getattr(skb, sk->sk_family, &skb_secattr);
> - if (rc == 0)
> + if (rc == 0) {
> + if (family == PF_INET &&
> + skb_secattr.type != NETLBL_NLTYPE_UNLABELED) {
> + struct iphdr *hdr = ip_hdr(skb);
> + struct sockaddr_in addr;
> +
> + /* if we are going to treat the other side of this
> + * connection as a single label, unlabeled host we
> + * shouldn't allow it to initiate a labeled
> + * connection because we will end up confusing
> + * everyone when we suddenly drop the labeling later */
> + addr.sin_addr.s_addr = hdr->saddr;
> + if (smack_host_label(&addr) != NULL) {
> + rc = -EACCES;
> + goto inet_conn_request_return;
> + }
> + }
> smack_from_secattr(&skb_secattr, smack);
> - else
> + } else
> strncpy(smack, smack_known_huh.smk_known, SMK_MAXLEN);
> - netlbl_secattr_destroy(&skb_secattr);
> +
> /*
> * Receiving a packet requires that the other end
> * be able to write here. Read access is not required.
> @@ -2585,9 +2605,45 @@ static int smack_inet_conn_request(struct sock *sk,
> if (rc == 0)
> strncpy(ssp->smk_packet, smack, SMK_MAXLEN);
>
> +inet_conn_request_return:
> + netlbl_secattr_destroy(&skb_secattr);
> return rc;
> }
>
> +/**
> + * smack_inet_conn_established - Setup a new inbound connection
> + * @sk: the new child socket
> + * @skb: the inbound packet
> + *
> + * Perform the setup of a new inbound stream connection; this basically means
> + * check to see if the other end of the connection is configured as a single
> + * or multi-label host and enure the new connection's socket is configured
> + * correctly.
> + */
> +static void smack_inet_conn_established(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb)
> +{
> + struct iphdr *hdr;
> + struct sockaddr_in addr;
> +
> + /* we only need to bother with IPv4 since we don't do IPv6 labeling */
> + if (skb->protocol != htons(ETH_P_IP))
> + return;
> +
> + hdr = ip_hdr(skb);
> + addr.sin_addr.s_addr = hdr->saddr;
> + if (smack_host_label(&addr) == NULL)
> + return;
> +
> + /* the other end of this connection is configured as a single label,
> + * unlabeled host so we need to make sure we aren't going to label
> + * the socket */
> + /* NOTE: this is _very_ important - we can only _remove_ the label at
> + * this point, trying to add a label to the socket here could result
> + * in a failure which we can't safely catch here due to the inability
> + * to signal an error */
> + smack_netlabel(sk, SMACK_UNLABELED_SOCKET);
> +}
> +
> /*
> * Key management security hooks
> *
> @@ -2940,6 +2996,7 @@ struct security_operations smack_ops = {
> .sk_free_security = smack_sk_free_security,
> .sock_graft = smack_sock_graft,
> .inet_conn_request = smack_inet_conn_request,
> + .inet_conn_established = smack_inet_conn_established,
>
> /* key management security hooks */
> #ifdef CONFIG_KEYS
>

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