Re: [PATCH v5 04/12] ima: Move ima_reset_appraise_flags() call to post hooks

[Casey Schaufler]

On 4/7/2021 3:52 AM, Roberto Sassu wrote:
> ima_inode_setxattr() and ima_inode_removexattr() hooks are called before an
> operation is performed. Thus, ima_reset_appraise_flags() should not be
> called there, as flags might be unnecessarily reset if the operation is
> denied.
>
> This patch introduces the post hooks ima_inode_post_setxattr() and
> ima_inode_post_removexattr(), and adds the call to
> ima_reset_appraise_flags() in the new functions.
>
> Cc: Casey Schaufler <casey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Roberto Sassu <roberto.sassu@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  fs/xattr.c                            |  2 ++
>  include/linux/ima.h                   | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
>  security/integrity/ima/ima_appraise.c | 25 ++++++++++++++++++++++---
>  security/security.c                   |  1 +
>  4 files changed, 43 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/xattr.c b/fs/xattr.c
> index b3444e06cded..81847f132d26 100644
> --- a/fs/xattr.c
> +++ b/fs/xattr.c
> @@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
>  #include <linux/namei.h>
>  #include <linux/security.h>
>  #include <linux/evm.h>
> +#include <linux/ima.h>
>  #include <linux/syscalls.h>
>  #include <linux/export.h>
>  #include <linux/fsnotify.h>
> @@ -502,6 +503,7 @@ __vfs_removexattr_locked(struct user_namespace *mnt_userns,
>  
>  	if (!error) {
>  		fsnotify_xattr(dentry);
> +		ima_inode_post_removexattr(dentry, name);
>  		evm_inode_post_removexattr(dentry, name);
>  	}
>  
> diff --git a/include/linux/ima.h b/include/linux/ima.h
> index 61d5723ec303..5e059da43857 100644
> --- a/include/linux/ima.h
> +++ b/include/linux/ima.h
> @@ -171,7 +171,13 @@ extern void ima_inode_post_setattr(struct user_namespace *mnt_userns,
>  				   struct dentry *dentry);
>  extern int ima_inode_setxattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *xattr_name,
>  		       const void *xattr_value, size_t xattr_value_len);
> +extern void ima_inode_post_setxattr(struct dentry *dentry,
> +				    const char *xattr_name,
> +				    const void *xattr_value,
> +				    size_t xattr_value_len);
>  extern int ima_inode_removexattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *xattr_name);
> +extern void ima_inode_post_removexattr(struct dentry *dentry,
> +				       const char *xattr_name);
>  #else
>  static inline bool is_ima_appraise_enabled(void)
>  {
> @@ -192,11 +198,23 @@ static inline int ima_inode_setxattr(struct dentry *dentry,
>  	return 0;
>  }
>  
> +static inline void ima_inode_post_setxattr(struct dentry *dentry,
> +					   const char *xattr_name,
> +					   const void *xattr_value,
> +					   size_t xattr_value_len)
> +{
> +}
> +
>  static inline int ima_inode_removexattr(struct dentry *dentry,
>  					const char *xattr_name)
>  {
>  	return 0;
>  }
> +
> +static inline void ima_inode_post_removexattr(struct dentry *dentry,
> +					      const char *xattr_name)
> +{
> +}
>  #endif /* CONFIG_IMA_APPRAISE */
>  
>  #if defined(CONFIG_IMA_APPRAISE) && defined(CONFIG_INTEGRITY_TRUSTED_KEYRING)
> diff --git a/security/integrity/ima/ima_appraise.c b/security/integrity/ima/ima_appraise.c
> index 565e33ff19d0..1f029e4c8d7f 100644
> --- a/security/integrity/ima/ima_appraise.c
> +++ b/security/integrity/ima/ima_appraise.c
> @@ -577,21 +577,40 @@ int ima_inode_setxattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *xattr_name,
>  	if (result == 1) {
>  		if (!xattr_value_len || (xvalue->type >= IMA_XATTR_LAST))
>  			return -EINVAL;
> -		ima_reset_appraise_flags(d_backing_inode(dentry),
> -			xvalue->type == EVM_IMA_XATTR_DIGSIG);
>  		result = 0;
>  	}
>  	return result;
>  }
>  
> +void ima_inode_post_setxattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *xattr_name,
> +			     const void *xattr_value, size_t xattr_value_len)
> +{
> +	const struct evm_ima_xattr_data *xvalue = xattr_value;
> +	int result;
> +
> +	result = ima_protect_xattr(dentry, xattr_name, xattr_value,
> +				   xattr_value_len);
> +	if (result == 1)
> +		ima_reset_appraise_flags(d_backing_inode(dentry),
> +			xvalue->type == EVM_IMA_XATTR_DIGSIG);
> +}
> +

Now you're calling ima_protect_xattr() twice for each setxattr.
Is that safe? Is it performant? Does it matter?

>  int ima_inode_removexattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *xattr_name)
>  {
>  	int result;
>  
>  	result = ima_protect_xattr(dentry, xattr_name, NULL, 0);
>  	if (result == 1) {
> -		ima_reset_appraise_flags(d_backing_inode(dentry), 0);
>  		result = 0;
>  	}
>  	return result;
>  }
> +
> +void ima_inode_post_removexattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *xattr_name)
> +{
> +	int result;
> +
> +	result = ima_protect_xattr(dentry, xattr_name, NULL, 0);
> +	if (result == 1)
> +		ima_reset_appraise_flags(d_backing_inode(dentry), 0);
> +}

Now you're calling ima_protect_xattr() twice for each removexattr.
Is that safe? Is it performant? Does it matter?

> diff --git a/security/security.c b/security/security.c
> index 5ac96b16f8fa..efb1f874dc41 100644
> --- a/security/security.c
> +++ b/security/security.c
> @@ -1319,6 +1319,7 @@ void security_inode_post_setxattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name,
>  	if (unlikely(IS_PRIVATE(d_backing_inode(dentry))))
>  		return;
>  	call_void_hook(inode_post_setxattr, dentry, name, value, size, flags);
> +	ima_inode_post_setxattr(dentry, name, value, size);
>  	evm_inode_post_setxattr(dentry, name, value, size);
>  }
>