Re: [PATCH 03/14] Security: Add hook to calculate context based ona negative dentry.

From: David P. Quigley
Date: Fri Oct 10 2008 - 15:07:06 EST


Should I implement this hook in the capabilities module as well?

Dave


On Tue, 2008-09-30 at 15:15 -0500, Serge E. Hallyn wrote:
> Quoting David P. Quigley (dpquigl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx):
> > There is a time where we need to calculate a context without the
> > inode having been created yet. To do this we take the negative dentry and
> > calculate a context based on the process and the parent directory contexts.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Matthew N. Dodd <Matthew.Dodd@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: David P. Quigley <dpquigl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > include/linux/security.h | 14 ++++++++++++++
> > security/security.c | 7 +++++++
> > security/selinux/hooks.c | 36 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> > 3 files changed, 57 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/include/linux/security.h b/include/linux/security.h
> > index 8b5b041..42b9128 100644
> > --- a/include/linux/security.h
> > +++ b/include/linux/security.h
> > @@ -1379,6 +1379,9 @@ struct security_operations {
> > void (*sb_clone_mnt_opts) (const struct super_block *oldsb,
> > struct super_block *newsb);
> > int (*sb_parse_opts_str) (char *options, struct security_mnt_opts *opts);
> > + int (*dentry_init_security) (struct dentry *dentry, int mode,
> > + void **ctx, u32 *ctxlen);
>
> This of course needs a description at top of include/linux/security.h.
>
> > +
> >
> > int (*inode_alloc_security) (struct inode *inode);
> > void (*inode_free_security) (struct inode *inode);
> > @@ -1651,6 +1654,8 @@ int security_sb_set_mnt_opts(struct super_block *sb, struct security_mnt_opts *o
> > void security_sb_clone_mnt_opts(const struct super_block *oldsb,
> > struct super_block *newsb);
> > int security_sb_parse_opts_str(char *options, struct security_mnt_opts *opts);
> > +int security_dentry_init_security (struct dentry *dentry, int mode,
> > + void **ctx, u32 *ctxlen);
> >
> > int security_inode_alloc(struct inode *inode);
> > void security_inode_free(struct inode *inode);
> > @@ -1994,6 +1999,15 @@ static inline int security_inode_alloc(struct inode *inode)
> > static inline void security_inode_free(struct inode *inode)
> > { }
> >
> > +static inline int security_dentry_init_security (struct dentry *dentry,
> > + int mode,
> > + void **ctx,
> > + u32 *ctxlen)
> > +{
> > + return -EOPNOTSUPP;
> > +}
> > +
> > +
> > static inline int security_inode_init_security(struct inode *inode,
> > struct inode *dir,
> > char **name,
> > diff --git a/security/security.c b/security/security.c
> > index d0fd42a..b22a110 100644
> > --- a/security/security.c
> > +++ b/security/security.c
> > @@ -349,6 +349,13 @@ void security_inode_free(struct inode *inode)
> > security_ops->inode_free_security(inode);
> > }
> >
> > +int security_dentry_init_security (struct dentry *dentry, int mode,
> > + void **ctx, u32 *ctxlen)
> > +{
> > + return security_ops->dentry_init_security (dentry, mode, ctx, ctxlen);
> > +}
> > +EXPORT_SYMBOL(security_dentry_init_security);
> > +
> > int security_inode_init_security(struct inode *inode, struct inode *dir,
> > char **name, void **value, size_t *len)
> > {
> > diff --git a/security/selinux/hooks.c b/security/selinux/hooks.c
> > index b07871b..680db1d 100644
> > --- a/security/selinux/hooks.c
> > +++ b/security/selinux/hooks.c
> > @@ -2504,6 +2504,41 @@ static void selinux_inode_free_security(struct inode *inode)
> > inode_free_security(inode);
> > }
> >
> > +/*
> > + * For now, we need a way to compute a SID for
>
> Just 'Compute a SID for...' ?
>
> > + * a dentry as the inode is not yet available
> > + * (and under NFSv4 has no label backed by an EA anyway.
> > + */
> > +static int selinux_dentry_init_security(struct dentry *dentry, int mode, void **ctx, u32 *ctxlen)
> > +{
> > + struct task_security_struct *tsec;
> > + struct inode_security_struct *dsec;
> > + struct superblock_security_struct *sbsec;
> > + struct inode *dir = dentry->d_parent->d_inode;
> > + u32 newsid;
> > + int rc;
> > +
> > + tsec = current->security;
> > + dsec = dir->i_security;
> > + sbsec = dir->i_sb->s_security;
> > +
> > + if (tsec->create_sid && sbsec->behavior != SECURITY_FS_USE_MNTPOINT) {
> > + newsid = tsec->create_sid;
> > + } else {
> > + rc = security_transition_sid(tsec->sid, dsec->sid,
> > + inode_mode_to_security_class(mode),
> > + &newsid);
> > + if (rc) {
> > + printk(KERN_WARNING "%s: "
> > + "security_transition_sid failed, rc=%d\n",
> > + __FUNCTION__, -rc);
> > + return rc;
> > + }
> > + }
> > +
> > + return security_sid_to_context(newsid, (char **)ctx, ctxlen);
> > +}
> > +
> > static int selinux_inode_init_security(struct inode *inode, struct inode *dir,
> > char **name, void **value,
> > size_t *len)
> > @@ -5413,6 +5448,7 @@ static struct security_operations selinux_ops = {
> > .sb_clone_mnt_opts = selinux_sb_clone_mnt_opts,
> > .sb_parse_opts_str = selinux_parse_opts_str,
> >
> > + .dentry_init_security = selinux_dentry_init_security,
> >
> > .inode_alloc_security = selinux_inode_alloc_security,
> > .inode_free_security = selinux_inode_free_security,
> > --
> > 1.5.5.1
> >
> >
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