[PATCH v3 12/16] securityfs: Extend securityfs with namespacing support

From: Stefan Berger
Date: Mon Dec 06 2021 - 12:27:07 EST


Extend 'securityfs' for support of IMA namespacing so that each
IMA (user) namespace can have its own front-end for showing the currently
active policy, the measurement list, number of violations and so on.

The filesystem can be mounted to the usual securityfs mount point like
this:

mount -t securityfs /sys/kernel/security /sys/kernel/security

Signed-off-by: Stefan Berger <stefanb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/security.h | 8 +++++
include/linux/user_namespace.h | 1 +
security/inode.c | 58 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
3 files changed, 65 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/security.h b/include/linux/security.h
index 7e0ba63b5dde..b5266bedef3f 100644
--- a/include/linux/security.h
+++ b/include/linux/security.h
@@ -1929,6 +1929,14 @@ struct dentry *securityfs_create_symlink(const char *name,
const struct inode_operations *iops);
extern void securityfs_remove(struct dentry *dentry);

+enum {
+ SECURITYFS_NS_ADD,
+ SECURITYFS_NS_REMOVE,
+};
+
+extern int securityfs_register_ns_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb);
+extern int securityfs_unregister_ns_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb);
+
#else /* CONFIG_SECURITYFS */

static inline struct dentry *securityfs_create_dir(const char *name,
diff --git a/include/linux/user_namespace.h b/include/linux/user_namespace.h
index 89663e6e0e85..6b8bd060d8c4 100644
--- a/include/linux/user_namespace.h
+++ b/include/linux/user_namespace.h
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ struct user_namespace {
#endif
#ifdef CONFIG_SECURITYFS
struct vfsmount *securityfs_mount;
+ bool securityfs_notifier_sent;
#endif
} __randomize_layout;

diff --git a/security/inode.c b/security/inode.c
index f1006cec6ce6..45211845fc31 100644
--- a/security/inode.c
+++ b/security/inode.c
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
#include <linux/pagemap.h>
#include <linux/init.h>
#include <linux/namei.h>
+#include <linux/notifier.h>
#include <linux/security.h>
#include <linux/lsm_hooks.h>
#include <linux/magic.h>
@@ -25,6 +26,8 @@

static int securityfs_mount_count;

+static BLOCKING_NOTIFIER_HEAD(securityfs_ns_notifier);
+
static void securityfs_free_inode(struct inode *inode)
{
if (S_ISLNK(inode->i_mode))
@@ -37,6 +40,32 @@ static const struct super_operations securityfs_super_operations = {
.free_inode = securityfs_free_inode,
};

+static struct file_system_type fs_type;
+
+static void securityfs_free_context(struct fs_context *fc)
+{
+ struct user_namespace *ns = fc->user_ns;
+
+ if (ns == &init_user_ns ||
+ ns->securityfs_notifier_sent)
+ return;
+
+ ns->securityfs_notifier_sent = true;
+
+ ns->securityfs_mount = vfs_kern_mount(&fs_type, SB_KERNMOUNT,
+ fs_type.name, NULL);
+ if (IS_ERR(ns->securityfs_mount)) {
+ printk(KERN_ERR "kern mount on securityfs ERROR: %ld\n",
+ PTR_ERR(ns->securityfs_mount));
+ ns->securityfs_mount = NULL;
+ return;
+ }
+
+ blocking_notifier_call_chain(&securityfs_ns_notifier,
+ SECURITYFS_NS_ADD, fc->user_ns);
+ mntput(ns->securityfs_mount);
+}
+
static int securityfs_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, struct fs_context *fc)
{
static const struct tree_descr files[] = {{""}};
@@ -53,11 +82,12 @@ static int securityfs_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, struct fs_context *fc)

static int securityfs_get_tree(struct fs_context *fc)
{
- return get_tree_single(fc, securityfs_fill_super);
+ return get_tree_keyed(fc, securityfs_fill_super, fc->user_ns);
}

static const struct fs_context_operations securityfs_context_ops = {
.get_tree = securityfs_get_tree,
+ .free = securityfs_free_context,
};

static int securityfs_init_fs_context(struct fs_context *fc)
@@ -66,13 +96,37 @@ static int securityfs_init_fs_context(struct fs_context *fc)
return 0;
}

+static void securityfs_kill_super(struct super_block *sb)
+{
+ struct user_namespace *ns = sb->s_fs_info;
+
+ if (ns != &init_user_ns)
+ blocking_notifier_call_chain(&securityfs_ns_notifier,
+ SECURITYFS_NS_REMOVE,
+ sb->s_fs_info);
+ ns->securityfs_notifier_sent = false;
+ ns->securityfs_mount = NULL;
+ kill_litter_super(sb);
+}
+
static struct file_system_type fs_type = {
.owner = THIS_MODULE,
.name = "securityfs",
.init_fs_context = securityfs_init_fs_context,
- .kill_sb = kill_litter_super,
+ .kill_sb = securityfs_kill_super,
+ .fs_flags = FS_USERNS_MOUNT,
};

+int securityfs_register_ns_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb)
+{
+ return blocking_notifier_chain_register(&securityfs_ns_notifier, nb);
+}
+
+int securityfs_unregister_ns_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb)
+{
+ return blocking_notifier_chain_unregister(&securityfs_ns_notifier, nb);
+}
+
/**
* securityfs_create_dentry - create a dentry in the securityfs filesystem
*
--
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