[PATCH][RFC] security: revalidate rw permissions for sys_splice andsys_vmsplice

From: James Morris
Date: Tue May 29 2007 - 16:22:34 EST


Revalidate read/write permissions for splice(2) and vmslice(2), in case
security policy has changed since the files were opened.

Signed-off-by: James Morris <jmorris@xxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Stephen Smalley <sds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

---

Please review. Note that this brings the splice code into line with other
mechanisms for reading and writing files, where an LSM check is made on
open, then revalidated on read or write as a form of partial revocation.

fs/splice.c | 14 ++++++++++++++
1 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/splice.c b/fs/splice.c
index 12f2828..e0f68d9 100644
--- a/fs/splice.c
+++ b/fs/splice.c
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
#include <linux/module.h>
#include <linux/syscalls.h>
#include <linux/uio.h>
+#include <linux/security.h>

struct partial_page {
unsigned int offset;
@@ -912,6 +913,10 @@ static long do_splice_from(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe, struct file *out,
if (unlikely(ret < 0))
return ret;

+ ret = security_file_permission(out, MAY_WRITE);
+ if (unlikely(ret < 0))
+ return ret;
+
return out->f_op->splice_write(pipe, out, ppos, len, flags);
}

@@ -935,6 +940,10 @@ static long do_splice_to(struct file *in, loff_t *ppos,
if (unlikely(ret < 0))
return ret;

+ ret = security_file_permission(in, MAY_READ);
+ if (unlikely(ret < 0))
+ return ret;
+
isize = i_size_read(in->f_mapping->host);
if (unlikely(*ppos >= isize))
return 0;
@@ -1263,6 +1272,7 @@ static int get_iovec_page_array(const struct iovec __user *iov,
static long do_vmsplice(struct file *file, const struct iovec __user *iov,
unsigned long nr_segs, unsigned int flags)
{
+ long err;
struct pipe_inode_info *pipe;
struct page *pages[PIPE_BUFFERS];
struct partial_page partial[PIPE_BUFFERS];
@@ -1281,6 +1291,10 @@ static long do_vmsplice(struct file *file, const struct iovec __user *iov,
else if (unlikely(!nr_segs))
return 0;

+ err = security_file_permission(file, MAY_WRITE);
+ if (unlikely(err < 0))
+ return err;
+
spd.nr_pages = get_iovec_page_array(iov, nr_segs, pages, partial,
flags & SPLICE_F_GIFT);
if (spd.nr_pages <= 0)
--
1.5.0.6

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