[PATCH v2] ima: detect changes to the backing overlay file

From: Mimi Zohar
Date: Wed Oct 25 2023 - 07:29:55 EST


Commit 18b44bc5a672 ("ovl: Always reevaluate the file signature for
IMA") forced signature re-evaulation on every file access.

Instead of always re-evaluating the file's integrity, detect a change
to the backing file, by comparing the cached file metadata with the
backing file's metadata. Verifying just the i_version has not changed
is insufficient. In addition save and compare the i_ino and i_rdev
as well.

Signed-off-by: Mimi Zohar <zohar@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Changelog:
- Changes made based on Amir's review: removal of unnecessary overlay
magic test, verify i_version, i_ino and i_rdev haven't changed.

fs/overlayfs/super.c | 2 +-
security/integrity/ima/ima_api.c | 4 ++++
security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c | 16 +++++++++++++++-
security/integrity/integrity.h | 2 ++
4 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/super.c b/fs/overlayfs/super.c
index 3fa2416264a4..c71d185980c0 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/super.c
@@ -1489,7 +1489,7 @@ int ovl_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, struct fs_context *fc)
ovl_trusted_xattr_handlers;
sb->s_fs_info = ofs;
sb->s_flags |= SB_POSIXACL;
- sb->s_iflags |= SB_I_SKIP_SYNC | SB_I_IMA_UNVERIFIABLE_SIGNATURE;
+ sb->s_iflags |= SB_I_SKIP_SYNC;

err = -ENOMEM;
root_dentry = ovl_get_root(sb, ctx->upper.dentry, oe);
diff --git a/security/integrity/ima/ima_api.c b/security/integrity/ima/ima_api.c
index 452e80b541e5..f191bdcceef8 100644
--- a/security/integrity/ima/ima_api.c
+++ b/security/integrity/ima/ima_api.c
@@ -243,6 +243,7 @@ int ima_collect_measurement(struct integrity_iint_cache *iint,
{
const char *audit_cause = "failed";
struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
+ struct inode *real_inode = d_real_inode(file_dentry(file));
const char *filename = file->f_path.dentry->d_name.name;
struct ima_max_digest_data hash;
struct kstat stat;
@@ -272,6 +273,7 @@ int ima_collect_measurement(struct integrity_iint_cache *iint,
AT_STATX_SYNC_AS_STAT);
if (!result && (stat.result_mask & STATX_CHANGE_COOKIE))
i_version = stat.change_cookie;
+
hash.hdr.algo = algo;
hash.hdr.length = hash_digest_size[algo];

@@ -302,6 +304,8 @@ int ima_collect_measurement(struct integrity_iint_cache *iint,
iint->ima_hash = tmpbuf;
memcpy(iint->ima_hash, &hash, length);
iint->version = i_version;
+ iint->real_ino = real_inode->i_ino;
+ iint->real_rdev = real_inode->i_rdev;

/* Possibly temporary failure due to type of read (eg. O_DIRECT) */
if (!result)
diff --git a/security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c b/security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c
index 365db0e43d7c..4a6a22f8805b 100644
--- a/security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c
+++ b/security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
#include <linux/xattr.h>
#include <linux/ima.h>
#include <linux/fs.h>
+#include <linux/iversion.h>

#include "ima.h"

@@ -207,7 +208,7 @@ static int process_measurement(struct file *file, const struct cred *cred,
u32 secid, char *buf, loff_t size, int mask,
enum ima_hooks func)
{
- struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
+ struct inode *backing_inode, *inode = file_inode(file);
struct integrity_iint_cache *iint = NULL;
struct ima_template_desc *template_desc = NULL;
char *pathbuf = NULL;
@@ -284,6 +285,19 @@ static int process_measurement(struct file *file, const struct cred *cred,
iint->measured_pcrs = 0;
}

+ /* Detect and re-evaluate changes made to the backing file. */
+ backing_inode = d_real_inode(file_dentry(file));
+ if (backing_inode != inode &&
+ (action & IMA_DO_MASK) && (iint->flags & IMA_DONE_MASK)) {
+ if (!IS_I_VERSION(backing_inode) ||
+ backing_inode->i_rdev != iint->real_rdev ||
+ backing_inode->i_ino != iint->real_ino ||
+ !inode_eq_iversion(backing_inode, iint->version)) {
+ iint->flags &= ~IMA_DONE_MASK;
+ iint->measured_pcrs = 0;
+ }
+ }
+
/* Determine if already appraised/measured based on bitmask
* (IMA_MEASURE, IMA_MEASURED, IMA_XXXX_APPRAISE, IMA_XXXX_APPRAISED,
* IMA_AUDIT, IMA_AUDITED)
diff --git a/security/integrity/integrity.h b/security/integrity/integrity.h
index d7553c93f5c0..dd2bb2d150f6 100644
--- a/security/integrity/integrity.h
+++ b/security/integrity/integrity.h
@@ -164,6 +164,8 @@ struct integrity_iint_cache {
unsigned long flags;
unsigned long measured_pcrs;
unsigned long atomic_flags;
+ unsigned long real_ino;
+ dev_t real_rdev;
enum integrity_status ima_file_status:4;
enum integrity_status ima_mmap_status:4;
enum integrity_status ima_bprm_status:4;
--
2.39.3