[PATCH v9 10/25] security: Introduce inode_post_setattr hook

From: Roberto Sassu
Date: Mon Jan 15 2024 - 13:23:21 EST


From: Roberto Sassu <roberto.sassu@xxxxxxxxxx>

In preparation for moving IMA and EVM to the LSM infrastructure, introduce
the inode_post_setattr hook.

At inode_setattr hook, EVM verifies the file's existing HMAC value. At
inode_post_setattr, EVM re-calculates the file's HMAC based on the modified
file attributes and other file metadata.

Other LSMs could similarly take some action after successful file attribute
change.

The new hook cannot return an error and cannot cause the operation to be
reverted.

Signed-off-by: Roberto Sassu <roberto.sassu@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Stefan Berger <stefanb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Mimi Zohar <zohar@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Casey Schaufler <casey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/attr.c | 1 +
include/linux/lsm_hook_defs.h | 2 ++
include/linux/security.h | 7 +++++++
security/security.c | 16 ++++++++++++++++
4 files changed, 26 insertions(+)

diff --git a/fs/attr.c b/fs/attr.c
index 498e673bdf06..221d2bb0a906 100644
--- a/fs/attr.c
+++ b/fs/attr.c
@@ -502,6 +502,7 @@ int notify_change(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct dentry *dentry,

if (!error) {
fsnotify_change(dentry, ia_valid);
+ security_inode_post_setattr(idmap, dentry, ia_valid);
ima_inode_post_setattr(idmap, dentry, ia_valid);
evm_inode_post_setattr(idmap, dentry, ia_valid);
}
diff --git a/include/linux/lsm_hook_defs.h b/include/linux/lsm_hook_defs.h
index a843bb5f6f4b..e1731d0b63f8 100644
--- a/include/linux/lsm_hook_defs.h
+++ b/include/linux/lsm_hook_defs.h
@@ -137,6 +137,8 @@ LSM_HOOK(int, 0, inode_follow_link, struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *inode,
LSM_HOOK(int, 0, inode_permission, struct inode *inode, int mask)
LSM_HOOK(int, 0, inode_setattr, struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct dentry *dentry,
struct iattr *attr)
+LSM_HOOK(void, LSM_RET_VOID, inode_post_setattr, struct mnt_idmap *idmap,
+ struct dentry *dentry, int ia_valid)
LSM_HOOK(int, 0, inode_getattr, const struct path *path)
LSM_HOOK(int, 0, inode_setxattr, struct mnt_idmap *idmap,
struct dentry *dentry, const char *name, const void *value,
diff --git a/include/linux/security.h b/include/linux/security.h
index d0eb20f90b26..56c841aa3994 100644
--- a/include/linux/security.h
+++ b/include/linux/security.h
@@ -361,6 +361,8 @@ int security_inode_follow_link(struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *inode,
int security_inode_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask);
int security_inode_setattr(struct mnt_idmap *idmap,
struct dentry *dentry, struct iattr *attr);
+void security_inode_post_setattr(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct dentry *dentry,
+ int ia_valid);
int security_inode_getattr(const struct path *path);
int security_inode_setxattr(struct mnt_idmap *idmap,
struct dentry *dentry, const char *name,
@@ -879,6 +881,11 @@ static inline int security_inode_setattr(struct mnt_idmap *idmap,
return 0;
}

+static inline void
+security_inode_post_setattr(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct dentry *dentry,
+ int ia_valid)
+{ }
+
static inline int security_inode_getattr(const struct path *path)
{
return 0;
diff --git a/security/security.c b/security/security.c
index 1d332e294704..06ffe0bcf711 100644
--- a/security/security.c
+++ b/security/security.c
@@ -2222,6 +2222,22 @@ int security_inode_setattr(struct mnt_idmap *idmap,
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(security_inode_setattr);

+/**
+ * security_inode_post_setattr() - Update the inode after a setattr operation
+ * @idmap: idmap of the mount
+ * @dentry: file
+ * @ia_valid: file attributes set
+ *
+ * Update inode security field after successful setting file attributes.
+ */
+void security_inode_post_setattr(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct dentry *dentry,
+ int ia_valid)
+{
+ if (unlikely(IS_PRIVATE(d_backing_inode(dentry))))
+ return;
+ call_void_hook(inode_post_setattr, idmap, dentry, ia_valid);
+}
+
/**
* security_inode_getattr() - Check if getting file attributes is allowed
* @path: file
--
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