From: Casey Schaufler <casey@schaufler-ca.com>
To: Paul Moore <paul@paul-moore.com>
Cc: linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org, jmorris@namei.org,
serge@hallyn.com, keescook@chromium.org,
john.johansen@canonical.com, penguin-kernel@i-love.sakura.ne.jp,
stephen.smalley.work@gmail.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
mic@digikod.net, Casey Schaufler <casey@schaufler-ca.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v39 02/42] SM: Infrastructure management of the sock security
Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2024 15:24:20 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <aae5d7de-d3ff-4a67-a8f6-fea293bee0f6@schaufler-ca.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAHC9VhQnzrHPRWKvWPSuFLWHhcXkwqeAfXsFbEdBBOMcACZorg@mail.gmail.com>
On 6/21/2024 1:31 PM, Paul Moore wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 15, 2023 at 5:18 PM Casey Schaufler <casey@schaufler-ca.com> wrote:
>> Move management of the sock->sk_security blob out
>> of the individual security modules and into the security
>> infrastructure. Instead of allocating the blobs from within
>> the modules the modules tell the infrastructure how much
>> space is required, and the space is allocated there.
>>
>> Acked-by: Paul Moore <paul@paul-moore.com>
>> Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
>> Reviewed-by: John Johansen <john.johansen@canonical.com>
>> Acked-by: Stephen Smalley <stephen.smalley.work@gmail.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Casey Schaufler <casey@schaufler-ca.com>
>> ---
>> include/linux/lsm_hooks.h | 1 +
>> security/apparmor/include/net.h | 3 +-
>> security/apparmor/lsm.c | 20 +-------
>> security/apparmor/net.c | 2 +-
>> security/security.c | 36 ++++++++++++++-
>> security/selinux/hooks.c | 76 ++++++++++++++-----------------
>> security/selinux/include/objsec.h | 5 ++
>> security/selinux/netlabel.c | 23 +++++-----
>> security/smack/smack.h | 5 ++
>> security/smack/smack_lsm.c | 70 ++++++++++++++--------------
>> security/smack/smack_netfilter.c | 4 +-
>> 11 files changed, 131 insertions(+), 114 deletions(-)
> I had to do some minor merge fixups, but I just merged this into the
> lsm/dev-staging branch to do some testing, assuming all goes well I'll
> move this over to the lsm/dev branch; I'll send another note if/when
> that happens.
>
> One of the things that has bothered me about the LSM framework is the
> inconsistency around allocation and management of the LSM security
> blobs (the `void *security` fields present in many kernel objects).
> In some cases the framework itself manages these fields, in other
> cases it is left up to the individual LSMs; while there are reasons
> for this (move to the framework on an as-needed basis), it is a little
> odd and with any inconsistency I worry about the potential for bugs.
> I think moving the allocation and management of all the LSM blobs into
> the LSM framework, similar to what was done here with the sock's
> sk_security field, would be a Very Good Thing and help bring some
> additional consistency to the LSM interfaces. Looking quickly at only
> the SELinux code, I see six additional blobs that would need to be
> converted; it's possible there are others in use by other LSMs, but I
> haven't checked.
>
> Casey, is this something you would be interested in pursuing or would
> you rather I give it a shot?
I'm happy to do it. Would you like a separate patch set for this, or
should I add it to the stacking mega-set?
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[not found] <20231215221636.105680-1-casey.ref@schaufler-ca.com>
2023-12-15 22:15 ` [PATCH v39 00/42] LSM: General module stacking Casey Schaufler
2023-12-15 22:15 ` [PATCH v39 01/42] integrity: disassociate ima_filter_rule from security_audit_rule Casey Schaufler
2024-03-06 9:54 ` Roberto Sassu
2024-03-06 16:56 ` Casey Schaufler
2024-03-07 7:56 ` Roberto Sassu
2024-06-21 16:50 ` Paul Moore
2024-06-21 19:07 ` Paul Moore
2024-06-21 20:23 ` Mimi Zohar
2024-06-21 20:34 ` Roberto Sassu
2024-06-21 21:19 ` Paul Moore
2024-06-24 8:45 ` Roberto Sassu
2024-06-24 13:57 ` Mimi Zohar
2024-06-24 22:03 ` Paul Moore
2024-06-24 22:19 ` Casey Schaufler
2024-06-24 23:05 ` Paul Moore
2024-06-24 23:16 ` Casey Schaufler
2024-06-24 23:06 ` Mimi Zohar
2024-06-21 21:18 ` Paul Moore
2024-06-24 13:58 ` Mimi Zohar
2023-12-15 22:15 ` [PATCH v39 02/42] SM: Infrastructure management of the sock security Casey Schaufler
2024-06-21 20:31 ` Paul Moore
2024-06-21 22:24 ` Casey Schaufler [this message]
2024-06-23 19:57 ` Paul Moore
2024-06-24 22:07 ` Paul Moore
2023-12-15 22:15 ` [PATCH v39 03/42] LSM: Add the lsmblob data structure Casey Schaufler
2023-12-15 22:15 ` [PATCH v39 04/42] IMA: avoid label collisions with stacked LSMs Casey Schaufler
2024-03-06 10:09 ` Roberto Sassu
2024-03-06 17:04 ` Casey Schaufler
2024-03-07 8:15 ` Roberto Sassu
2024-03-07 17:36 ` Casey Schaufler
2023-12-15 22:15 ` [PATCH v39 05/42] LSM: Use lsmblob in security_audit_rule_match Casey Schaufler
2023-12-15 22:16 ` [PATCH v39 06/42] LSM: Add lsmblob_to_secctx hook Casey Schaufler
2023-12-15 22:16 ` [PATCH v39 07/42] Audit: maintain an lsmblob in audit_context Casey Schaufler
2023-12-15 22:16 ` [PATCH v39 08/42] LSM: Use lsmblob in security_ipc_getsecid Casey Schaufler
2023-12-15 22:16 ` [PATCH v39 09/42] Audit: Update shutdown LSM data Casey Schaufler
2023-12-15 22:16 ` [PATCH v39 10/42] LSM: Use lsmblob in security_current_getsecid Casey Schaufler
2023-12-15 22:16 ` [PATCH v39 11/42] LSM: Use lsmblob in security_inode_getsecid Casey Schaufler
2023-12-15 22:16 ` [PATCH v39 12/42] Audit: use an lsmblob in audit_names Casey Schaufler
2023-12-15 22:16 ` [PATCH v39 13/42] LSM: Create new security_cred_getlsmblob LSM hook Casey Schaufler
2023-12-15 22:16 ` [PATCH v39 14/42] Audit: Change context data from secid to lsmblob Casey Schaufler
2023-12-15 22:16 ` [PATCH v39 15/42] Netlabel: Use lsmblob for audit data Casey Schaufler
2023-12-15 22:16 ` [PATCH v39 16/42] LSM: Ensure the correct LSM context releaser Casey Schaufler
2023-12-15 22:16 ` [PATCH v39 17/42] LSM: Use lsmcontext in security_secid_to_secctx Casey Schaufler
2023-12-15 22:16 ` [PATCH v39 18/42] LSM: Use lsmcontext in security_lsmblob_to_secctx Casey Schaufler
2023-12-15 22:16 ` [PATCH v39 19/42] LSM: Use lsmcontext in security_inode_getsecctx Casey Schaufler
2023-12-15 22:16 ` [PATCH v39 20/42] LSM: Use lsmcontext in security_dentry_init_security Casey Schaufler
2023-12-18 2:50 ` Xiubo Li
2023-12-18 16:55 ` Casey Schaufler
2023-12-15 22:16 ` [PATCH v39 21/42] LSM: security_lsmblob_to_secctx module selection Casey Schaufler
2023-12-15 22:16 ` [PATCH v39 22/42] Audit: Create audit_stamp structure Casey Schaufler
2023-12-15 22:16 ` [PATCH v39 23/42] Audit: Allow multiple records in an audit_buffer Casey Schaufler
2023-12-15 22:16 ` [PATCH v39 24/42] Audit: Add record for multiple task security contexts Casey Schaufler
2023-12-15 22:16 ` [PATCH v39 25/42] audit: multiple subject lsm values for netlabel Casey Schaufler
2023-12-15 22:16 ` [PATCH v39 26/42] Audit: Add record for multiple object contexts Casey Schaufler
2023-12-15 22:16 ` [PATCH v39 27/42] LSM: Remove unused lsmcontext_init() Casey Schaufler
2023-12-15 22:16 ` [PATCH v39 28/42] LSM: Improve logic in security_getprocattr Casey Schaufler
2023-12-15 22:16 ` [PATCH v39 29/42] LSM: secctx provider check on release Casey Schaufler
2023-12-15 22:16 ` [PATCH v39 30/42] LSM: Single calls in socket_getpeersec hooks Casey Schaufler
2023-12-15 22:16 ` [PATCH v39 31/42] LSM: Exclusive secmark usage Casey Schaufler
2023-12-15 22:16 ` [PATCH v39 32/42] LSM: Identify which LSM handles the context string Casey Schaufler
2023-12-15 22:16 ` [PATCH v39 33/42] AppArmor: Remove the exclusive flag Casey Schaufler
2023-12-15 22:16 ` [PATCH v39 34/42] LSM: Add mount opts blob size tracking Casey Schaufler
2023-12-15 22:16 ` [PATCH v39 35/42] LSM: allocate mnt_opts blobs instead of module specific data Casey Schaufler
2023-12-15 22:16 ` [PATCH v39 36/42] LSM: Infrastructure management of the key security blob Casey Schaufler
2023-12-15 22:16 ` [PATCH v39 37/42] LSM: Infrastructure management of the mnt_opts " Casey Schaufler
2023-12-15 22:16 ` [PATCH v39 38/42] LSM: Correct handling of ENOSYS in inode_setxattr Casey Schaufler
2023-12-15 22:16 ` [PATCH v39 39/42] LSM: Remove lsmblob scaffolding Casey Schaufler
2023-12-15 22:16 ` [PATCH v39 40/42] LSM: Allow reservation of netlabel Casey Schaufler
2023-12-15 22:16 ` [PATCH v39 41/42] LSM: restrict security_cred_getsecid() to a single LSM Casey Schaufler
2023-12-15 22:16 ` [PATCH v39 42/42] Smack: Remove LSM_FLAG_EXCLUSIVE Casey Schaufler
2023-12-18 2:18 ` Leesoo Ahn
2024-02-02 0:24 ` [PATCH v39 00/42] LSM: General module stacking John Johansen
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