Re: [PATCH v11 2/4] smack: Set the SMACK64TRANSMUTE xattr in smack_inode_init_security()

From: Mengchi Cheng
Date: Fri Jun 23 2023 - 15:32:54 EST


On Mon, 2023-06-05 08:38:29 +0000, Roberto Sassu wrote:
>
> On Sat, 2023-06-03 at 21:15 +0200, Roberto Sassu wrote:
> > From: Roberto Sassu <roberto.sassu@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > With the newly added ability of LSMs to supply multiple xattrs, set
> > SMACK64TRASMUTE in smack_inode_init_security(), instead of d_instantiate().
> > Do it by incrementing SMACK_INODE_INIT_XATTRS to 2 and by calling
> > lsm_get_xattr_slot() a second time, if the transmuting conditions are met.
> >
> > The LSM infrastructure passes all xattrs provided by LSMs to the
> > filesystems through the initxattrs() callback, so that filesystems can
> > store xattrs in the disk.
> >
> > After the change, the SMK_INODE_TRANSMUTE inode flag is always set by
> > d_instantiate() after fetching SMACK64TRANSMUTE from the disk. Before it
> > was done by smack_inode_post_setxattr() as result of the __vfs_setxattr()
> > call.
> >
> > Removing __vfs_setxattr() also prevents invalidating the EVM HMAC, by
> > adding a new xattr without checking and updating the existing HMAC.
>
> Hi Mengchi
>
> could you please redo your tests with this patch set applied?
>
> https://lore.kernel.org/linux-integrity/20230603191518.1397490-1-roberto.sassu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
>
> You need:
>
> https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/pcmoore/lsm.git/log/?h=next
>
> https://github.com/cschaufler/smack-next/commits/next
>
> Thanks
>
> Roberto

Sorry for the later reply. It turned out lsm.git repo needs your previous
two overlay fs fixes before applying these four patches.
With v12 I did not see the issue I reported anymore.

Best,
Mengchi

>
> > Signed-off-by: Roberto Sassu <roberto.sassu@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > security/smack/smack.h | 2 +-
> > security/smack/smack_lsm.c | 43 +++++++++++++++++++++++---------------
> > 2 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/security/smack/smack.h b/security/smack/smack.h
> > index aa15ff56ed6..041688e5a77 100644
> > --- a/security/smack/smack.h
> > +++ b/security/smack/smack.h
> > @@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ struct task_smack {
> >
> > #define SMK_INODE_INSTANT 0x01 /* inode is instantiated */
> > #define SMK_INODE_TRANSMUTE 0x02 /* directory is transmuting */
> > -#define SMK_INODE_CHANGED 0x04 /* smack was transmuted */
> > +#define SMK_INODE_CHANGED 0x04 /* smack was transmuted (unused) */
> > #define SMK_INODE_IMPURE 0x08 /* involved in an impure transaction */
> >
> > /*
> > diff --git a/security/smack/smack_lsm.c b/security/smack/smack_lsm.c
> > index a1c30275692..b67d901ee74 100644
> > --- a/security/smack/smack_lsm.c
> > +++ b/security/smack/smack_lsm.c
> > @@ -52,7 +52,14 @@
> > #define SMK_RECEIVING 1
> > #define SMK_SENDING 2
> >
> > -#define SMACK_INODE_INIT_XATTRS 1
> > +/*
> > + * Smack uses multiple xattrs.
> > + * SMACK64 - for access control,
> > + * SMACK64TRANSMUTE - label initialization,
> > + * Not saved on files - SMACK64IPIN and SMACK64IPOUT,
> > + * Must be set explicitly - SMACK64EXEC and SMACK64MMAP
> > + */
> > +#define SMACK_INODE_INIT_XATTRS 2
> >
> > #ifdef SMACK_IPV6_PORT_LABELING
> > static DEFINE_MUTEX(smack_ipv6_lock);
> > @@ -935,7 +942,6 @@ static int smack_inode_init_security(struct inode *inode, struct inode *dir,
> > struct xattr *xattrs, int *xattr_count)
> > {
> > struct task_smack *tsp = smack_cred(current_cred());
> > - struct inode_smack *issp = smack_inode(inode);
> > struct smack_known *skp = smk_of_task(tsp);
> > struct smack_known *isp = smk_of_inode(inode);
> > struct smack_known *dsp = smk_of_inode(dir);
> > @@ -963,6 +969,8 @@ static int smack_inode_init_security(struct inode *inode, struct inode *dir,
> > if ((tsp->smk_task == tsp->smk_transmuted) ||
> > (may > 0 && ((may & MAY_TRANSMUTE) != 0) &&
> > smk_inode_transmutable(dir))) {
> > + struct xattr *xattr_transmute;
> > +
> > /*
> > * The caller of smack_dentry_create_files_as()
> > * should have overridden the current cred, so the
> > @@ -971,7 +979,16 @@ static int smack_inode_init_security(struct inode *inode, struct inode *dir,
> > */
> > if (tsp->smk_task != tsp->smk_transmuted)
> > isp = dsp;
> > - issp->smk_flags |= SMK_INODE_CHANGED;
> > + xattr_transmute = lsm_get_xattr_slot(xattrs, xattr_count);
> > + if (xattr_transmute) {
> > + xattr_transmute->value = kmemdup(TRANS_TRUE,
> > + TRANS_TRUE_SIZE, GFP_NOFS);
> > + if (xattr_transmute->value == NULL)
> > + return -ENOMEM;
> > +
> > + xattr_transmute->value_len = TRANS_TRUE_SIZE;
> > + xattr_transmute->name = XATTR_SMACK_TRANSMUTE;
> > + }
> > }
> >
> > xattr->value = kstrdup(isp->smk_known, GFP_NOFS);
> > @@ -3518,20 +3535,12 @@ static void smack_d_instantiate(struct dentry *opt_dentry, struct inode *inode)
> > * If there is a transmute attribute on the
> > * directory mark the inode.
> > */
> > - if (isp->smk_flags & SMK_INODE_CHANGED) {
> > - isp->smk_flags &= ~SMK_INODE_CHANGED;
> > - rc = __vfs_setxattr(&nop_mnt_idmap, dp, inode,
> > - XATTR_NAME_SMACKTRANSMUTE,
> > - TRANS_TRUE, TRANS_TRUE_SIZE,
> > - 0);
> > - } else {
> > - rc = __vfs_getxattr(dp, inode,
> > - XATTR_NAME_SMACKTRANSMUTE, trattr,
> > - TRANS_TRUE_SIZE);
> > - if (rc >= 0 && strncmp(trattr, TRANS_TRUE,
> > - TRANS_TRUE_SIZE) != 0)
> > - rc = -EINVAL;
> > - }
> > + rc = __vfs_getxattr(dp, inode,
> > + XATTR_NAME_SMACKTRANSMUTE, trattr,
> > + TRANS_TRUE_SIZE);
> > + if (rc >= 0 && strncmp(trattr, TRANS_TRUE,
> > + TRANS_TRUE_SIZE) != 0)
> > + rc = -EINVAL;
> > if (rc >= 0)
> > transflag = SMK_INODE_TRANSMUTE;
> > }
>
>