Re: [PATCH v9 13/25] security: Introduce file_release hook

From: Stefan Berger
Date: Mon Feb 12 2024 - 12:22:33 EST




On 1/15/24 13:17, Roberto Sassu wrote:
From: Roberto Sassu <roberto.sassu@xxxxxxxxxx>

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

IMA calculates at file close the new digest of the file content and writes
it to security.ima, so that appraisal at next file access succeeds.

An LSM could implement an exclusive access scheme for files, only allowing
access to files that have no references.

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>

---
fs/file_table.c | 1 +
include/linux/lsm_hook_defs.h | 1 +
include/linux/security.h | 4 ++++
security/security.c | 11 +++++++++++
4 files changed, 17 insertions(+)

diff --git a/fs/file_table.c b/fs/file_table.c
index de4a2915bfd4..c72dc75f2bd3 100644
--- a/fs/file_table.c
+++ b/fs/file_table.c
@@ -385,6 +385,7 @@ static void __fput(struct file *file)
eventpoll_release(file);
locks_remove_file(file);
+ security_file_release(file);
ima_file_free(file);
if (unlikely(file->f_flags & FASYNC)) {
if (file->f_op->fasync)
diff --git a/include/linux/lsm_hook_defs.h b/include/linux/lsm_hook_defs.h
index c3fecc7dcb0b..229f84ce12ae 100644
--- a/include/linux/lsm_hook_defs.h
+++ b/include/linux/lsm_hook_defs.h
@@ -173,6 +173,7 @@ LSM_HOOK(int, 0, kernfs_init_security, struct kernfs_node *kn_dir,
struct kernfs_node *kn)
LSM_HOOK(int, 0, file_permission, struct file *file, int mask)
LSM_HOOK(int, 0, file_alloc_security, struct file *file)
+LSM_HOOK(void, LSM_RET_VOID, file_release, struct file *file)
LSM_HOOK(void, LSM_RET_VOID, file_free_security, struct file *file)
LSM_HOOK(int, 0, file_ioctl, struct file *file, unsigned int cmd,
unsigned long arg)
diff --git a/include/linux/security.h b/include/linux/security.h
index 97f2212c13b6..2997348afcb7 100644
--- a/include/linux/security.h
+++ b/include/linux/security.h
@@ -395,6 +395,7 @@ int security_kernfs_init_security(struct kernfs_node *kn_dir,
struct kernfs_node *kn);
int security_file_permission(struct file *file, int mask);
int security_file_alloc(struct file *file);
+void security_file_release(struct file *file);
void security_file_free(struct file *file);
int security_file_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg);
int security_file_ioctl_compat(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd,
@@ -1008,6 +1009,9 @@ static inline int security_file_alloc(struct file *file)
return 0;
}
+static inline void security_file_release(struct file *file)
+{ }
+
static inline void security_file_free(struct file *file)
{ }
diff --git a/security/security.c b/security/security.c
index f3d92bffd02f..7d10724872f8 100644
--- a/security/security.c
+++ b/security/security.c
@@ -2724,6 +2724,17 @@ int security_file_alloc(struct file *file)
return rc;
}
+/**
+ * security_file_release() - Perform actions before releasing the file ref
+ * @file: the file
+ *
+ * Perform actions before releasing the last reference to a file.
+ */
+void security_file_release(struct file *file)
+{
+ call_void_hook(file_release, file);
+}
+
/**
* security_file_free() - Free a file's LSM blob
* @file: the file