Re: [PATCH 2/2] file caps: accomodate future 64-bit caps

From: Serge E. Hallyn
Date: Fri Feb 23 2007 - 10:44:13 EST


(Clearly the noop version of check_cap_sanity() needs a semicolon.
If there are no complaints about this approach in general I will send
an updated patch. And hopefully I can find a kbd without
broken ; and .)

-serge

Quoting Serge E. Hallyn (serue@xxxxxxxxxx):
> Here is another attempt. This format is compatible with
> KaiGai's current tools.
>
> Tested on s390 with 32 and 64-bit caps stored in the xattrs.
>
> -serge
>
>
> From: "Serge E. Hallyn" <serue@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [PATCH 2/2] file caps: accomodate future 64-bit caps
>
> As the capability set changes and distributions start tagging
> binaries with capabilities, we would like for running an older
> kernel to not necessarily make those binaries unusable.
>
> (1. Rename CONFIG_SECURITY_FS_CAPABILITIES to
> CONFIG_SECURITY_FILE_CAPABILITIES)
> 2. Introduce CONFIG_SECURITY_FILE_CAPABILITIES_STRICTXATTR
> which, when set, prevents loading binaries with capabilities
> set which the kernel doesn't know about. When not set,
> such capabilities run, ignoring the unknown caps.
> 3. To accomodate 64-bit caps, specify that capabilities are
> stored as
> u32 version; u32 eff0; u32 perm0; u32 inh0;
> u32 eff1; u32 perm1; u32 inh1; (etc)
>
> Signed-off-by: Serge E. Hallyn <serue@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> ---
>
> include/linux/capability.h | 23 ++++++
> security/Kconfig | 12 +++
> security/commoncap.c | 157 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------
> 3 files changed, 131 insertions(+), 61 deletions(-)
>
> 987fe7fcd60aaea6aaa86e6eb24a35f8bf2bdc68
> diff --git a/include/linux/capability.h b/include/linux/capability.h
> index 2776886..4dbfef3 100644
> --- a/include/linux/capability.h
> +++ b/include/linux/capability.h
> @@ -44,11 +44,28 @@ typedef struct __user_cap_data_struct {
>
> #define XATTR_CAPS_SUFFIX "capability"
> #define XATTR_NAME_CAPS XATTR_SECURITY_PREFIX XATTR_CAPS_SUFFIX
> +
> +/* size of caps that we work with */
> +#define XATTR_CAPS_SZ (4*sizeof(__le32))
> +
> +/*
> + * data[] is organized as:
> + * effective[0]
> + * permitted[0]
> + * inheritable[0]
> + * effective[1]
> + * ...
> + * this way we can just read as much of the on-disk capability as
> + * we know should exist and know we'll get the data we'll need.
> + */
> struct vfs_cap_data_disk {
> __le32 version;
> - __le32 effective;
> - __le32 permitted;
> - __le32 inheritable;
> + __le32 data[]; /* eff[0], perm[0], inh[0], eff[1], ... */
> +};
> +
> +struct vfs_cap_data_disk_v1 {
> + __le32 version;
> + __le32 data[3]; /* eff[0], perm[0], inh[0] */
> };
>
> #ifdef __KERNEL__
> diff --git a/security/Kconfig b/security/Kconfig
> index bc5b1be..3d5de26 100644
> --- a/security/Kconfig
> +++ b/security/Kconfig
> @@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ config SECURITY_CAPABILITIES
> This enables the "default" Linux capabilities functionality.
> If you are unsure how to answer this question, answer Y.
>
> -config SECURITY_FS_CAPABILITIES
> +config SECURITY_FILE_CAPABILITIES
> bool "File POSIX Capabilities"
> depends on SECURITY=n || SECURITY_CAPABILITIES!=n
> default n
> @@ -98,6 +98,16 @@ config SECURITY_FS_CAPABILITIES
>
> If in doubt, answer N.
>
> +config SECURITY_FILE_CAPABILITIES_STRICTXATTR
> + bool "Refuse to run files with unknown caps"
> + depends on SECURITY_FILE_CAPABILITIES
> + default y
> + help
> + Refuse to run files which have unknown capabilities set
> + in the security.capability xattr. This could prevent
> + running important binaries from an updated distribution
> + on an older kernel.
> +
> config SECURITY_ROOTPLUG
> tristate "Root Plug Support"
> depends on USB && SECURITY
> diff --git a/security/commoncap.c b/security/commoncap.c
> index be86acb..86894be 100644
> --- a/security/commoncap.c
> +++ b/security/commoncap.c
> @@ -110,36 +110,73 @@ void cap_capset_set (struct task_struct
> target->cap_permitted = *permitted;
> }
>
> -#ifdef CONFIG_SECURITY_FS_CAPABILITIES
> -static inline void cap_from_disk(struct vfs_cap_data_disk *dcap,
> - struct vfs_cap_data *cap)
> +#ifdef CONFIG_SECURITY_FILE_CAPABILITIES
> +
> +#ifdef CONFIG_SECURITY_FILE_CAPABILITIES_STRICTXATTR
> +static int check_cap_sanity(struct vfs_cap_data_disk *dcap, int size)
> {
> - cap->version = le32_to_cpu(dcap->version);
> - cap->effective = le32_to_cpu(dcap->effective);
> - cap->permitted = le32_to_cpu(dcap->permitted);
> - cap->inheritable = le32_to_cpu(dcap->inheritable);
> + int word, bit;
> + u32 eff, inh, perm;
> + int sz = (size-1)/3;
> +
> + word = CAP_NUMCAPS / 32;
> + bit = CAP_NUMCAPS % 32;
> +
> + eff = le32_to_cpu(dcap->data[3*word]);
> + perm = le32_to_cpu(dcap->data[3*word+1]);
> + inh = le32_to_cpu(dcap->data[3*word+2]);
> +
> + while (word < sz) {
> + if (bit == 32) {
> + bit = 0;
> + word++;
> + if (word >= sz)
> + break;
> + eff = le32_to_cpu(dcap->data[3*word]);
> + perm = le32_to_cpu(dcap->data[3*word+1]);
> + inh = le32_to_cpu(dcap->data[3*word+2]);
> + continue;
> + }
> + if (eff & CAP_TO_MASK(bit))
> + return -EINVAL;
> + if (inh & CAP_TO_MASK(bit))
> + return -EINVAL;
> + if (perm & CAP_TO_MASK(bit))
> + return -EINVAL;
> + bit++;
> + }
> +
> + return 0;
> }
> +#else
> +static int check_cap_sanity(struct vfs_cap_data_disk *dcap, int sz)
> +{ return 0 }
> +#endif
>
> -static int check_cap_sanity(struct vfs_cap_data *cap)
> +static inline int cap_from_disk(struct vfs_cap_data_disk *dcap,
> + struct linux_binprm *bprm, int size)
> {
> - int i;
> + int rc, version;
>
> - if (cap->version != _LINUX_CAPABILITY_VERSION)
> - return -EPERM;
> + version = le32_to_cpu(dcap->version);
> + if (version != _LINUX_CAPABILITY_VERSION)
> + return -EINVAL;
>
> - for (i = CAP_NUMCAPS; i < 8*sizeof(cap->effective); i++) {
> - if (cap->effective & CAP_TO_MASK(i))
> - return -EPERM;
> - }
> - for (i = CAP_NUMCAPS; i < 8*sizeof(cap->permitted); i++) {
> - if (cap->permitted & CAP_TO_MASK(i))
> - return -EPERM;
> - }
> - for (i = CAP_NUMCAPS; i < 8*sizeof(cap->inheritable); i++) {
> - if (cap->inheritable & CAP_TO_MASK(i))
> - return -EPERM;
> + size /= sizeof(u32);
> + if ((size-1)%3) {
> + printk(KERN_WARNING "%s: size is an invalid size (%d)\n",
> + __FUNCTION__, size);
> + return -EINVAL;
> }
>
> + rc = check_cap_sanity(dcap, size);
> + if (rc)
> + return rc;
> +
> + bprm->cap_effective = le32_to_cpu(dcap->data[0]);
> + bprm->cap_permitted = le32_to_cpu(dcap->data[1]);
> + bprm->cap_inheritable = le32_to_cpu(dcap->data[2]);
> +
> return 0;
> }
>
> @@ -147,52 +184,58 @@ static int check_cap_sanity(struct vfs_c
> static int set_file_caps(struct linux_binprm *bprm)
> {
> struct dentry *dentry;
> - ssize_t rc;
> - struct vfs_cap_data_disk dcaps;
> - struct vfs_cap_data caps;
> + int rc;
> + struct vfs_cap_data_disk_v1 v1caps;
> + struct vfs_cap_data_disk *dcaps;
> struct inode *inode;
> - int err;
>
> + dcaps = (struct vfs_cap_data_disk *)&v1caps;
> if (bprm->file->f_vfsmnt->mnt_flags & MNT_NOSUID)
> return 0;
>
> dentry = dget(bprm->file->f_dentry);
> inode = dentry->d_inode;
> - if (!inode->i_op || !inode->i_op->getxattr) {
> - dput(dentry);
> - return 0;
> - }
> -
> - rc = inode->i_op->getxattr(dentry, XATTR_NAME_CAPS, &dcaps,
> - sizeof(dcaps));
> - dput(dentry);
> -
> - if (rc == -ENODATA)
> - return 0;
> -
> - if (rc < 0) {
> - printk(KERN_NOTICE "%s: Error (%zd) getting xattr\n",
> - __FUNCTION__, rc);
> - return rc;
> + rc = 0;
> + if (!inode->i_op || !inode->i_op->getxattr)
> + goto out;
> +
> + rc = inode->i_op->getxattr(dentry, XATTR_NAME_CAPS, dcaps,
> + XATTR_CAPS_SZ);
> + if (rc == -ENODATA || rc == -EOPNOTSUPP) {
> + rc = 0;
> + goto out;
> + }
> + if (rc == -ERANGE) {
> + int size;
> + size = inode->i_op->getxattr(dentry, XATTR_NAME_CAPS, NULL, 0);
> + if (size <= 0) { /* shouldn't ever happen */
> + rc = -EINVAL;
> + goto out;
> + }
> + dcaps = kmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
> + if (!dcaps) {
> + rc = -ENOMEM;
> + goto out;
> + }
> + rc = inode->i_op->getxattr(dentry, XATTR_NAME_CAPS, dcaps,
> + size);
> }
> -
> - if (rc != sizeof(dcaps)) {
> - printk(KERN_NOTICE "%s: got wrong size for getxattr (%zd)\n",
> - __FUNCTION__, rc);
> - return -EPERM;
> + if (rc < 0)
> + goto out;
> + if (rc < sizeof(struct vfs_cap_data_disk_v1)) {
> + rc = -EINVAL;
> + goto out;
> }
>
> - cap_from_disk(&dcaps, &caps);
> - err = check_cap_sanity(&caps);
> - if (err)
> - return err;
> -
> - bprm->cap_effective = caps.effective;
> - bprm->cap_permitted = caps.permitted;
> - bprm->cap_inheritable = caps.inheritable;
> + rc = cap_from_disk(dcaps, bprm, rc);
>
> - return 0;
> +out:
> + dput(dentry);
> + if ((void *)dcaps != (void *)&v1caps)
> + kfree(dcaps);
> + return rc;
> }
> +
> #else
> static inline int set_file_caps(struct linux_binprm *bprm)
> {
> @@ -399,7 +442,7 @@ int cap_task_post_setuid (uid_t old_ruid
> return 0;
> }
>
> -#ifdef CONFIG_SECURITY_FS_CAPABILITIES
> +#ifdef CONFIG_SECURITY_FILE_CAPABILITIES
> /*
> * Rationale: code calling task_setscheduler, task_setioprio, and
> * task_setnice, assumes that
> --
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