Re: [PATCH v2] LSM: use 32 bit compatible data types in LSM syscalls.

From: Casey Schaufler
Date: Wed Mar 13 2024 - 15:52:11 EST


On 3/13/2024 11:46 AM, Paul Moore wrote:
> On Mar 13, 2024 Casey Schaufler <casey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> LSM: use 32 bit compatible data types in LSM syscalls.
>>
>> Change the size paramters in lsm_list_modules(), lsm_set_self_attr()
> s/paramters/parameters/
>
>> and lsm_get_self_attr() from size_t to u32. This avoids the need to
>> have different interfaces for 32 and 64 bit systems.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Casey Schaufler <casey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> We should add the following 'Fixes:' tags as well as a stable marking:
>
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Fixes: a04a1198088a ("LSM: syscalls for current process attributes")
> Fixes: ad4aff9ec25f ("LSM: Create lsm_list_modules system call")
>
>> ---
>> include/linux/lsm_hook_defs.h | 4 ++--
>> include/linux/security.h | 8 ++++----
>> security/apparmor/lsm.c | 4 ++--
>> security/lsm_syscalls.c | 10 +++++-----
>> security/security.c | 14 +++++++-------
>> security/selinux/hooks.c | 4 ++--
>> security/smack/smack_lsm.c | 4 ++--
>> tools/testing/selftests/lsm/common.h | 6 +++---
>> tools/testing/selftests/lsm/lsm_get_self_attr_test.c | 12 ++++++------
>> tools/testing/selftests/lsm/lsm_list_modules_test.c | 8 ++++----
>> tools/testing/selftests/lsm/lsm_set_self_attr_test.c | 6 +++---
>> 11 files changed, 40 insertions(+), 40 deletions(-)
> ..
>
>> diff --git a/security/security.c b/security/security.c
>> index 7035ee35a393..a0f9caf89ae1 100644
>> --- a/security/security.c
>> +++ b/security/security.c
>> @@ -810,7 +810,7 @@ int lsm_fill_user_ctx(struct lsm_ctx __user *uctx, size_t *uctx_len,
>> nctx->ctx_len = val_len;
>> memcpy(nctx->ctx, val, val_len);
>>
>> - if (copy_to_user(uctx, nctx, nctx_len))
>> + if (uctx && copy_to_user(uctx, nctx, nctx_len))
>> rc = -EFAULT;
> Hey, where did that @uctx check come from?
>
> I'm trying to work through if that is a good/bad change, but regardless
> of if we want to make that change, it really should be in a separate
> patch as it has nothing to do with the syscall parameter changes.
>
>> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/lsm/lsm_get_self_attr_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/lsm/lsm_get_self_attr_test.c
>> index e0e313d9047a..288302a444e0 100644
>> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/lsm/lsm_get_self_attr_test.c
>> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/lsm/lsm_get_self_attr_test.c
>> @@ -76,8 +76,8 @@ TEST(flags_zero_lsm_get_self_attr)
>> {
>> const long page_size = sysconf(_SC_PAGESIZE);
>> struct lsm_ctx *ctx = calloc(page_size, 1);
>> - __u64 *syscall_lsms = calloc(page_size, 1);
>> - size_t size;
>> + __u32 *syscall_lsms = calloc(page_size, 1);
> I believe that should remain a __u64 pointer as we didn't change the
> first parameter to lsm_list_modules(). I'm guessing this was an victim
> of an overzealous /u64/u32/ search-n-replace going from v1 to v2.
>
>> + __u32 size;
>> int lsmcount;
>> int i;
>>
> In the interest of speeding things along, I'm happy to make the above
> changes while merging Casey, but if you would prefer to do a respin
> that's fine with me - let me know either way so I can plan accordingly.

I'll respin. Shouldn't take very long.