Re: [RFC PATCH 2/5] ima: Add ns_status for storing namespaced iint data

From: Mimi Zohar
Date: Tue Jul 25 2017 - 16:15:43 EST


On Tue, 2017-07-25 at 14:43 -0500, Serge E. Hallyn wrote:
> ...
> > +static void free_ns_status_cache(struct ima_namespace *ns)
> > +{
> > + struct ns_status *status, *next;
> > +
> > + write_lock(&ns->ns_status_lock);
> > + rbtree_postorder_for_each_entry_safe(status, next,
> > + &ns->ns_status_tree, rb_node)
> > + kmem_cache_free(ns->ns_status_cache, status);
> > + ns->ns_status_tree = RB_ROOT;
> > + write_unlock(&ns->ns_status_lock);
> > + kmem_cache_destroy(ns->ns_status_cache);
> > +}
> > +
> > static void destroy_ima_ns(struct ima_namespace *ns)
> > {
> > put_user_ns(ns->user_ns);
> > ns_free_inum(&ns->ns);
> > + free_ns_status_cache(ns);
> > kfree(ns);
> > }
> >
> > @@ -181,3 +198,106 @@ struct ima_namespace init_ima_ns = {
> > .parent = NULL,
> > };
> > EXPORT_SYMBOL(init_ima_ns);
> > +
> > +/*
> > + * __ima_ns_status_find - return the ns_status associated with an inode
> > + */
> > +static struct ns_status *__ima_ns_status_find(struct ima_namespace *ns,
> > + struct inode *inode)
> > +{
> > + struct ns_status *status;
> > + struct rb_node *n = ns->ns_status_tree.rb_node;
> > +
> > + while (n) {
> > + status = rb_entry(n, struct ns_status, rb_node);
> > +
> > + if (inode < status->inode)
> > + n = n->rb_left;
> > + else if (inode->i_ino > status->i_ino)
> > + n = n->rb_right;
> > + else
> > + break;
> > + }
> > + if (!n)
> > + return NULL;
> > +
> > + return status;
> > +}
> > +
> > +/*
> > + * ima_ns_status_find - return the ns_status associated with an inode
> > + */
> > +static struct ns_status *ima_ns_status_find(struct ima_namespace *ns,
> > + struct inode *inode)
> > +{
> > + struct ns_status *status;
> > +
> > + read_lock(&ns->ns_status_lock);
> > + status = __ima_ns_status_find(ns, inode);
> > + read_unlock(&ns->ns_status_lock);
> > +
> > + return status;
> > +}
> ...
> > +
> > +struct ns_status *ima_get_ns_status(struct ima_namespace *ns,
> > + struct inode *inode)
> > +{
> > + struct ns_status *status;
> > + int skip_insert = 0;
> > +
> > + status = ima_ns_status_find(ns, inode);
> > + if (status) {
> > + /*
> > + * Unlike integrity_iint_cache we are not free'ing the
> > + * ns_status data when the inode is free'd. So, in addition to
> > + * checking the inode pointer, we need to make sure the
> > + * (i_generation, i_ino) pair matches as well. In the future
> > + * we might want to add support for lazily walking the rbtree
> > + * to clean it up.
> > + */
> > + if (inode->i_ino == status->i_ino &&
> > + inode->i_generation == status->i_generation)
> > + return status;
> > +
> > + /* Same inode number is reused, overwrite the ns_status */
> > + skip_insert = 1;
> > + } else {
> > + status = kmem_cache_alloc(ns->ns_status_cache, GFP_NOFS);
> > + if (!status)
> > + return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
> > + }
>
> What prevents the status from being freed between the read_lock
> in ima_ns_status_find() and the write_lock in the following line?
>
> IIUC it's that ns is always current's ima_ns, which will pin the ns
> and cause no statuses to be freed. But then the ns should probably
> not be passed in here? Or a comment should say that ns must be
> pinned?
>
> Just trying to make sure I understand the locking.

iint's are only freed after the last reference to the inode is deleted
in __fput(). ÂRefer to ima_file_free(). Âns_status is a bit different
in that they are freed on namespace cleanup.

Mimi

> > + write_lock(&ns->ns_status_lock);
> > +
> > + if (!skip_insert)
> > + insert_ns_status(ns, inode, status);
> > +
> > + status->inode = inode;
> > + status->i_ino = inode->i_ino;
> > + status->i_generation = inode->i_generation;
> > + status->flags = 0UL;
> > + write_unlock(&ns->ns_status_lock);
> > +
> > + return status;
> > +}
> > --
> > 2.9.
>