Re: [PATCH v7 05/11] LSM: Create lsm_list_modules system call

From: Paul Moore
Date: Mon Apr 10 2023 - 19:37:41 EST


On Mon, Apr 3, 2023 at 8:04 AM Mickaël Salaün <mic@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> It looks like you missed my preview reviews on these patches.

For reference, I believe this is Mickaël's review of the associated v6 patch:

https://lore.kernel.org/linux-security-module/1ca41f67-ffa1-56c2-b4ee-f5deece95130@xxxxxxxxxxx/

> On 15/03/2023 23:46, Casey Schaufler wrote:
> > Create a system call to report the list of Linux Security Modules
> > that are active on the system. The list is provided as an array
> > of LSM ID numbers.
> >
> > The calling application can use this list determine what LSM
> > specific actions it might take. That might include chosing an
> > output format, determining required privilege or bypassing
> > security module specific behavior.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Casey Schaufler <casey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > Documentation/userspace-api/lsm.rst | 3 +++
> > include/linux/syscalls.h | 1 +
> > kernel/sys_ni.c | 1 +
> > security/lsm_syscalls.c | 39 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> > 4 files changed, 44 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/Documentation/userspace-api/lsm.rst b/Documentation/userspace-api/lsm.rst
> > index b45e402302b3..a86e3817f062 100644
> > --- a/Documentation/userspace-api/lsm.rst
> > +++ b/Documentation/userspace-api/lsm.rst
> > @@ -63,6 +63,9 @@ Get the specified security attributes of the current process
> > .. kernel-doc:: security/lsm_syscalls.c
> > :identifiers: sys_lsm_get_self_attr
> >
> > +.. kernel-doc:: security/lsm_syscalls.c
> > + :identifiers: sys_lsm_list_modules
> > +
> > Additional documentation
> > ========================
> >
> > diff --git a/include/linux/syscalls.h b/include/linux/syscalls.h
> > index 3feca00cb0c1..f755c583f949 100644
> > --- a/include/linux/syscalls.h
> > +++ b/include/linux/syscalls.h
> > @@ -1063,6 +1063,7 @@ asmlinkage long sys_lsm_get_self_attr(unsigned int attr, struct lsm_ctx *ctx,
> > size_t *size, __u64 flags);
> > asmlinkage long sys_lsm_set_self_attr(unsigned int attr, struct lsm_ctx *ctx,
> > __u64 flags);
> > +asmlinkage long sys_lsm_list_modules(u64 *ids, size_t *size, u32 flags);
> >
> > /*
> > * Architecture-specific system calls
> > diff --git a/kernel/sys_ni.c b/kernel/sys_ni.c
> > index d03c78ef1562..ceb3d21a62d0 100644
> > --- a/kernel/sys_ni.c
> > +++ b/kernel/sys_ni.c
> > @@ -265,6 +265,7 @@ COND_SYSCALL(mremap);
> > /* security/lsm_syscalls.c */
> > COND_SYSCALL(lsm_get_self_attr);
> > COND_SYSCALL(lsm_set_self_attr);
> > +COND_SYSCALL(lsm_list_modules);
> >
> > /* security/keys/keyctl.c */
> > COND_SYSCALL(add_key);
> > diff --git a/security/lsm_syscalls.c b/security/lsm_syscalls.c
> > index feee31600219..6efbe244d304 100644
> > --- a/security/lsm_syscalls.c
> > +++ b/security/lsm_syscalls.c
> > @@ -53,3 +53,42 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE4(lsm_get_self_attr, unsigned int, attr, struct lsm_ctx __user *,
> > {
> > return security_getselfattr(attr, ctx, size, flags);
> > }
> > +
> > +/**
> > + * sys_lsm_list_modules - Return a list of the active security modules
> > + * @ids: the LSM module ids
> > + * @size: size of @ids, updated on return
> > + * @flags: reserved for future use, must be zero
> > + *
> > + * Returns a list of the active LSM ids. On success this function
> > + * returns the number of @ids array elements. This value may be zero
> > + * if there are no LSMs active. If @size is insufficient to contain
> > + * the return data -E2BIG is returned and @size is set to the minimum
> > + * required size. In all other cases a negative value indicating the
> > + * error is returned.
> > + */
> > +SYSCALL_DEFINE3(lsm_list_modules, u64 __user *, ids, size_t __user *, size,
> > + u32, flags)
> > +{
> > + size_t total_size = lsm_active_cnt * sizeof(*ids);
> > + size_t usize;
> > + int i;
> > +
> > + if (flags)
> > + return -EINVAL;
> > +
> > + if (get_user(usize, size))
> > + return -EFAULT;
> > +
> > + if (put_user(total_size, size) != 0)
> > + return -EFAULT;
> > +
> > + if (usize < total_size)
> > + return -E2BIG;
> > +
> > + for (i = 0; i < lsm_active_cnt; i++)
> > + if (put_user(lsm_idlist[i]->id, ids++))
> > + return -EFAULT;
> > +
> > + return lsm_active_cnt;
> > +}

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