From: Nikolay Borisov <nik.borisov@suse.com>
To: sergeh@kernel.org
Cc: linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org, paul@paul-moore.com,
serge@hallyn.com, kees@kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com, linux-coco@lists.linux.dev
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] lockdown: Switch implementation to using bitmap
Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2025 18:18:49 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <472d6a3e-2d87-438f-b75b-c0e4eb0141d9@suse.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Z93NW3za1ilzVxLK@lei>
On 21.03.25 г. 22:34 ч., sergeh@kernel.org wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 21, 2025 at 12:24:20PM +0200, Nikolay Borisov wrote:
>> Tracking the lockdown at the depth granularity rather than at the
>> individual is somewhat inflexible as it provides an "all or nothing"
>> approach. Instead there are use cases where it will be useful to be
>> able to lockdown individual features - TDX for example wants to disable
>> access to just /dev/mem.
>>
>> To accommodate this use case switch the internal implementation to using
>> a bitmap so that individual lockdown features can be turned on. At the
>> same time retain the existing semantic where
>> INTEGRITY_MAX/CONFIDENTIALITY_MAX are treated as wildcards meaning "lock
>> everything below me".
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Nikolay Borisov <nik.borisov@suse.com>
>
> Reviewed-by: Serge Hallyn <sergeh@kernel.org>
>
> but one comment below
>
>> ---
>> security/lockdown/lockdown.c | 19 ++++++++++++-------
>> 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/security/lockdown/lockdown.c b/security/lockdown/lockdown.c
>> index cf83afa1d879..5014d18c423f 100644
>> --- a/security/lockdown/lockdown.c
>> +++ b/security/lockdown/lockdown.c
>> @@ -10,12 +10,13 @@
>> * 2 of the Licence, or (at your option) any later version.
>> */
>>
>> +#include <linux/bitmap.h>
>> #include <linux/security.h>
>> #include <linux/export.h>
>> #include <linux/lsm_hooks.h>
>> #include <uapi/linux/lsm.h>
>>
>> -static enum lockdown_reason kernel_locked_down;
>> +static DECLARE_BITMAP(kernel_locked_down, LOCKDOWN_CONFIDENTIALITY_MAX);
>>
>> static const enum lockdown_reason lockdown_levels[] = {LOCKDOWN_NONE,
>> LOCKDOWN_INTEGRITY_MAX,
>> @@ -26,10 +27,15 @@ static const enum lockdown_reason lockdown_levels[] = {LOCKDOWN_NONE,
>> */
>> static int lock_kernel_down(const char *where, enum lockdown_reason level)
>> {
>> - if (kernel_locked_down >= level)
>> - return -EPERM;
>>
>> - kernel_locked_down = level;
>> + if (level > LOCKDOWN_CONFIDENTIALITY_MAX)
>> + return -EINVAL;
>> +
>> + if (level == LOCKDOWN_INTEGRITY_MAX || level == LOCKDOWN_CONFIDENTIALITY_MAX)
>> + bitmap_set(kernel_locked_down, 1, level);
>> + else
>> + bitmap_set(kernel_locked_down, level, 1);
>> +
>> pr_notice("Kernel is locked down from %s; see man kernel_lockdown.7\n",
>> where);
>> return 0;
>> @@ -62,13 +68,12 @@ static int lockdown_is_locked_down(enum lockdown_reason what)
>> "Invalid lockdown reason"))
>> return -EPERM;
>>
>> - if (kernel_locked_down >= what) {
>> + if (test_bit(what, kernel_locked_down)) {
>> if (lockdown_reasons[what])
>> pr_notice_ratelimited("Lockdown: %s: %s is restricted; see man kernel_lockdown.7\n",
>> current->comm, lockdown_reasons[what]);
>> return -EPERM;
>> }
>> -
>> return 0;
>> }
>>
>> @@ -105,7 +110,7 @@ static ssize_t lockdown_read(struct file *filp, char __user *buf, size_t count,
>
> Context here is:
>
> static ssize_t lockdown_read(struct file *filp, char __user *buf, size_t count,
> loff_t *ppos)
> {
> char temp[80] = "";
> int i, offset = 0;
>
> for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(lockdown_levels); i++) {
> enum lockdown_reason level = lockdown_levels[i];
>
> ...
>
>> if (lockdown_reasons[level]) {
>> const char *label = lockdown_reasons[level];
>>
>> - if (kernel_locked_down == level)
>> + if (test_bit(level, kernel_locked_down))
>
> Right now this is still just looping over the lockdown_levels, and so
> it can't get longer than "none [integrity] [confidentiality]" which fits
> easily into the 80 chars of temp. But I'm worried that someone will
> change this loop i a way that violates that. Could you just switch
> this to a snprintf that checks its result for < 0 and >= n , or some
> other sanity check?
How about the following:
diff --git a/security/lockdown/lockdown.c b/security/lockdown/lockdown.c
index 412184121279..47b47c4f7b98 100644
--- a/security/lockdown/lockdown.c
+++ b/security/lockdown/lockdown.c
@@ -114,9 +114,9 @@ static ssize_t lockdown_read(struct file *filp, char __user *buf, size_t count,
const char *label = lockdown_reasons[level];
if (test_bit(level, kernel_locked_down))
- offset += sprintf(temp+offset, "[%s] ", label);
+ offset += snprintf(temp+offset, 80-offset, "[%s] ", label);
else
- offset += sprintf(temp+offset, "%s ", label);
+ offset += snprintf(temp+offset, 80-offset, "%s ", label);
}
}
It prevents buffer overflow but doesn't prevent buffer truncation.
>
>> offset += sprintf(temp+offset, "[%s] ", label);
>> else
>> offset += sprintf(temp+offset, "%s ", label);
>> --
>> 2.43.0
>>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-04-09 15:18 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-03-21 10:24 [PATCH 0/2] Allow individual features to be locked down Nikolay Borisov
2025-03-21 10:24 ` [PATCH 1/2] lockdown: Switch implementation to using bitmap Nikolay Borisov
2025-03-21 20:34 ` sergeh
2025-04-09 15:18 ` Nikolay Borisov [this message]
2025-03-21 10:24 ` [PATCH 2/2] lockdown/kunit: Introduce kunit tests Nikolay Borisov
2025-03-21 21:13 ` [PATCH 0/2] Allow individual features to be locked down Paul Moore
2025-04-09 15:45 ` Dan Williams
2025-04-09 15:47 ` Nikolay Borisov
2025-05-12 21:40 ` Dan Williams
2025-05-12 22:01 ` Paul Moore
2025-05-13 11:10 ` Nikolay Borisov
2025-05-13 23:07 ` Paul Moore
2025-04-13 19:25 ` Paul Moore
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