From: Sargun Dhillon <sargun@sargun.me>
To: linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: penguin-kernel@i-love.sakura.ne.jp, keescook@chromium.org,
igor.stoppa@huawei.com, casey@schaufler-ca.com
Subject: [PATCH v4 0/3] Safe, dynamically loadable LSM hooks
Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2018 07:22:55 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <cover.1520407240.git.sargun@sargun.me> (raw)
This patchset introduces safe dynamic LSM support. These are currently
not unloadable, until we figure out a use case that needs that. Adding
an unload hook is trivial given the way the patch is written.
This exposes a second mechanism of loading hooks which are in modules.
These hooks are behind static keys, so they should come at low performance
overhead. The built-in hook heads are read-only, whereas the dynamic hooks
are mutable.
Not all hooks can be loaded into. Some hooks are blacklisted, and therefore
trying to load a module which plugs into those hooks will fail.
One of the big benefits with loadable security modules is to help with
"unknown unknowns". Although, livepatch is excellent, sometimes, a
surgical LSM is simpler.
It includes an example LSM that prevents specific time travel.
Changes since v3:
* readded hook blacklisted
* return error, rather than panic if unable to allocate memory
Changes since v2:
* inode get/set security is readded
* xfrm singleton hook readded
* Security hooks are turned into an array
* Security hooks and dynamic hooks enum is collapsed
Changes since v1:
* It no longer allows unloading of modules
* prctl is fixed
* inode get/set security is removed
* xfrm singleton hook removed
Sargun Dhillon (3):
security: Refactor LSM hooks into an array and enum
security: Expose a mechanism to load lsm hooks dynamically at runtime
security: Add an example sample dynamic LSM
include/linux/lsm_hooks.h | 459 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------------
samples/Kconfig | 6 +
samples/Makefile | 2 +-
samples/lsm/Makefile | 4 +
samples/lsm/lsm_example.c | 33 ++++
security/Kconfig | 9 +
security/inode.c | 13 +-
security/security.c | 222 ++++++++++++++++++++--
8 files changed, 508 insertions(+), 240 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 samples/lsm/Makefile
create mode 100644 samples/lsm/lsm_example.c
--
2.14.1
next reply other threads:[~2018-03-07 7:23 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-03-07 7:22 Sargun Dhillon [this message]
2018-03-07 7:23 ` [PATCH v4 1/3] security: Refactor LSM hooks into an array and enum Sargun Dhillon
2018-03-07 17:45 ` Casey Schaufler
2018-03-07 19:18 ` Sargun Dhillon
2018-03-07 20:23 ` Casey Schaufler
2018-03-07 22:22 ` Sargun Dhillon
2018-03-07 7:23 ` [PATCH v4 2/3] security: Expose a mechanism to load lsm hooks dynamically at runtime Sargun Dhillon
2018-03-07 17:59 ` Casey Schaufler
2018-03-07 20:29 ` Sargun Dhillon
2018-03-07 7:23 ` [PATCH v4 3/3] security: Add an example sample dynamic LSM Sargun Dhillon
2018-03-07 17:40 ` [PATCH v4 0/3] Safe, dynamically loadable LSM hooks Casey Schaufler
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