Re: [PATCH v9 12/25] security: Introduce file_post_open hook

From: Christian Brauner
Date: Fri Feb 09 2024 - 06:35:15 EST


On Fri, Feb 09, 2024 at 11:46:16AM +0100, Roberto Sassu wrote:
> On Fri, 2024-02-09 at 11:12 +0100, Christian Brauner wrote:
> > On Mon, Jan 15, 2024 at 07:17:56PM +0100, Roberto Sassu wrote:
> > > From: Roberto Sassu <roberto.sassu@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > >
> > > In preparation to move IMA and EVM to the LSM infrastructure, introduce the
> > > file_post_open hook. Also, export security_file_post_open() for NFS.
> > >
> > > Based on policy, IMA calculates the digest of the file content and
> > > extends the TPM with the digest, verifies the file's integrity based on
> > > the digest, and/or includes the file digest in the audit log.
> > >
> > > LSMs could similarly take action depending on the file content and the
> > > access mask requested with open().
> > >
> > > The new hook returns a value and can cause the open to be aborted.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Roberto Sassu <roberto.sassu@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Reviewed-by: Stefan Berger <stefanb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Acked-by: Casey Schaufler <casey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Reviewed-by: Mimi Zohar <zohar@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > ---
> > > fs/namei.c | 2 ++
> > > fs/nfsd/vfs.c | 6 ++++++
> > > include/linux/lsm_hook_defs.h | 1 +
> > > include/linux/security.h | 6 ++++++
> > > security/security.c | 17 +++++++++++++++++
> > > 5 files changed, 32 insertions(+)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
> > > index 71c13b2990b4..fb93d3e13df6 100644
> > > --- a/fs/namei.c
> > > +++ b/fs/namei.c
> > > @@ -3620,6 +3620,8 @@ static int do_open(struct nameidata *nd,
> > > error = may_open(idmap, &nd->path, acc_mode, open_flag);
> > > if (!error && !(file->f_mode & FMODE_OPENED))
> > > error = vfs_open(&nd->path, file);
> > > + if (!error)
> > > + error = security_file_post_open(file, op->acc_mode);
> >
> > What does it do for O_CREAT? IOW, we managed to create that thing and we
> > managed to open that thing. Can security_file_post_open() and
> > ima_file_check() fail afterwards even for newly created files?
>
> $ strace touch test-file
> ...
> openat(AT_FDCWD, "test-file", O_WRONLY|O_CREAT|O_NOCTTY|O_NONBLOCK, 0666) = -1 EPERM (Operation not permitted)

Ah, meh. I was hoping IMA just wouldn't care about this case.