[PATCH 35/64] cachefiles: Add security derivation

From: David Howells
Date: Mon Nov 29 2021 - 09:33:55 EST



---

fs/cachefiles/Makefile | 3 +
fs/cachefiles/internal.h | 20 ++++++++
fs/cachefiles/security.c | 112 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
3 files changed, 134 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
create mode 100644 fs/cachefiles/security.c

diff --git a/fs/cachefiles/Makefile b/fs/cachefiles/Makefile
index 183fb5f3b8b1..28bbb0d14868 100644
--- a/fs/cachefiles/Makefile
+++ b/fs/cachefiles/Makefile
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@
#

cachefiles-y := \
- main.o
+ main.o \
+ security.o

cachefiles-$(CONFIG_CACHEFILES_ERROR_INJECTION) += error_inject.o

diff --git a/fs/cachefiles/internal.h b/fs/cachefiles/internal.h
index b2adcb59b4ce..e57ce5ef875c 100644
--- a/fs/cachefiles/internal.h
+++ b/fs/cachefiles/internal.h
@@ -104,6 +104,26 @@ static inline int cachefiles_inject_remove_error(void)
return cachefiles_error_injection_state & 2 ? -EIO : 0;
}

+/*
+ * security.c
+ */
+extern int cachefiles_get_security_ID(struct cachefiles_cache *cache);
+extern int cachefiles_determine_cache_security(struct cachefiles_cache *cache,
+ struct dentry *root,
+ const struct cred **_saved_cred);
+
+static inline void cachefiles_begin_secure(struct cachefiles_cache *cache,
+ const struct cred **_saved_cred)
+{
+ *_saved_cred = override_creds(cache->cache_cred);
+}
+
+static inline void cachefiles_end_secure(struct cachefiles_cache *cache,
+ const struct cred *saved_cred)
+{
+ revert_creds(saved_cred);
+}
+
/*
* Error handling
*/
diff --git a/fs/cachefiles/security.c b/fs/cachefiles/security.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..fe777164f1d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fs/cachefiles/security.c
@@ -0,0 +1,112 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+/* CacheFiles security management
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2007, 2021 Red Hat, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
+ * Written by David Howells (dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx)
+ */
+
+#include <linux/fs.h>
+#include <linux/cred.h>
+#include "internal.h"
+
+/*
+ * determine the security context within which we access the cache from within
+ * the kernel
+ */
+int cachefiles_get_security_ID(struct cachefiles_cache *cache)
+{
+ struct cred *new;
+ int ret;
+
+ _enter("{%s}", cache->secctx);
+
+ new = prepare_kernel_cred(current);
+ if (!new) {
+ ret = -ENOMEM;
+ goto error;
+ }
+
+ if (cache->secctx) {
+ ret = set_security_override_from_ctx(new, cache->secctx);
+ if (ret < 0) {
+ put_cred(new);
+ pr_err("Security denies permission to nominate security context: error %d\n",
+ ret);
+ goto error;
+ }
+ }
+
+ cache->cache_cred = new;
+ ret = 0;
+error:
+ _leave(" = %d", ret);
+ return ret;
+}
+
+/*
+ * see if mkdir and create can be performed in the root directory
+ */
+static int cachefiles_check_cache_dir(struct cachefiles_cache *cache,
+ struct dentry *root)
+{
+ int ret;
+
+ ret = security_inode_mkdir(d_backing_inode(root), root, 0);
+ if (ret < 0) {
+ pr_err("Security denies permission to make dirs: error %d",
+ ret);
+ return ret;
+ }
+
+ ret = security_inode_create(d_backing_inode(root), root, 0);
+ if (ret < 0)
+ pr_err("Security denies permission to create files: error %d",
+ ret);
+
+ return ret;
+}
+
+/*
+ * check the security details of the on-disk cache
+ * - must be called with security override in force
+ * - must return with a security override in force - even in the case of an
+ * error
+ */
+int cachefiles_determine_cache_security(struct cachefiles_cache *cache,
+ struct dentry *root,
+ const struct cred **_saved_cred)
+{
+ struct cred *new;
+ int ret;
+
+ _enter("");
+
+ /* duplicate the cache creds for COW (the override is currently in
+ * force, so we can use prepare_creds() to do this) */
+ new = prepare_creds();
+ if (!new)
+ return -ENOMEM;
+
+ cachefiles_end_secure(cache, *_saved_cred);
+
+ /* use the cache root dir's security context as the basis with
+ * which create files */
+ ret = set_create_files_as(new, d_backing_inode(root));
+ if (ret < 0) {
+ abort_creds(new);
+ cachefiles_begin_secure(cache, _saved_cred);
+ _leave(" = %d [cfa]", ret);
+ return ret;
+ }
+
+ put_cred(cache->cache_cred);
+ cache->cache_cred = new;
+
+ cachefiles_begin_secure(cache, _saved_cred);
+ ret = cachefiles_check_cache_dir(cache, root);
+
+ if (ret == -EOPNOTSUPP)
+ ret = 0;
+ _leave(" = %d", ret);
+ return ret;
+}