[patch 1/1] selinux: Extend selinuxfs context interface

From: Stephen Smalley
Date: Mon Nov 07 2005 - 12:30:34 EST


This patch extends the selinuxfs context interface to allow return the
canonical form of the context to userspace. Please apply, for 2.6.15 if
possible.

Signed-off-by: Stephen Smalley <sds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: James Morris <jmorris@xxxxxxxxx>

---

security/selinux/selinuxfs.c | 45 ++++++++++++++++++-------------------------
1 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-)

Index: linux-2.6/security/selinux/selinuxfs.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /nfshome/pal/CVS/linux-2.6/security/selinux/selinuxfs.c,v
retrieving revision 1.56
diff -u -p -r1.56 selinuxfs.c
--- linux-2.6/security/selinux/selinuxfs.c 31 Oct 2005 15:36:31 -0000 1.56
+++ linux-2.6/security/selinux/selinuxfs.c 31 Oct 2005 18:55:23 -0000
@@ -271,46 +271,38 @@ static struct file_operations sel_load_o
.write = sel_write_load,
};

-
-static ssize_t sel_write_context(struct file * file, const char __user * buf,
- size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
-
+static ssize_t sel_write_context(struct file * file, char *buf, size_t size)
{
- char *page;
- u32 sid;
+ char *canon;
+ u32 sid, len;
ssize_t length;

length = task_has_security(current, SECURITY__CHECK_CONTEXT);
if (length)
return length;

- if (count >= PAGE_SIZE)
- return -ENOMEM;
- if (*ppos != 0) {
- /* No partial writes. */
- return -EINVAL;
- }
- page = (char*)get_zeroed_page(GFP_KERNEL);
- if (!page)
- return -ENOMEM;
- length = -EFAULT;
- if (copy_from_user(page, buf, count))
- goto out;
+ length = security_context_to_sid(buf, size, &sid);
+ if (length < 0)
+ return length;

- length = security_context_to_sid(page, count, &sid);
+ length = security_sid_to_context(sid, &canon, &len);
if (length < 0)
+ return length;
+
+ if (len > SIMPLE_TRANSACTION_LIMIT) {
+ printk(KERN_ERR "%s: context size (%u) exceeds payload "
+ "max\n", __FUNCTION__, len);
+ length = -ERANGE;
goto out;
+ }

- length = count;
+ memcpy(buf, canon, len);
+ length = len;
out:
- free_page((unsigned long) page);
+ kfree(canon);
return length;
}

-static struct file_operations sel_context_ops = {
- .write = sel_write_context,
-};
-
static ssize_t sel_read_checkreqprot(struct file *filp, char __user *buf,
size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
{
@@ -375,6 +367,7 @@ static ssize_t (*write_op[])(struct file
[SEL_RELABEL] = sel_write_relabel,
[SEL_USER] = sel_write_user,
[SEL_MEMBER] = sel_write_member,
+ [SEL_CONTEXT] = sel_write_context,
};

static ssize_t selinux_transaction_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf, size_t size, loff_t *pos)
@@ -1220,7 +1213,7 @@ static int sel_fill_super(struct super_b
static struct tree_descr selinux_files[] = {
[SEL_LOAD] = {"load", &sel_load_ops, S_IRUSR|S_IWUSR},
[SEL_ENFORCE] = {"enforce", &sel_enforce_ops, S_IRUGO|S_IWUSR},
- [SEL_CONTEXT] = {"context", &sel_context_ops, S_IRUGO|S_IWUGO},
+ [SEL_CONTEXT] = {"context", &transaction_ops, S_IRUGO|S_IWUGO},
[SEL_ACCESS] = {"access", &transaction_ops, S_IRUGO|S_IWUGO},
[SEL_CREATE] = {"create", &transaction_ops, S_IRUGO|S_IWUGO},
[SEL_RELABEL] = {"relabel", &transaction_ops, S_IRUGO|S_IWUGO},

--
Stephen Smalley
National Security Agency

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