Re: [PATCH 05/11] Creation of "check_vmflags" LSM hook

From: Casey Schaufler
Date: Mon Jun 12 2017 - 17:31:56 EST


On 6/12/2017 9:56 AM, Salvatore Mesoraca wrote:
> Creation of a new LSM hook to check if a given configuration of vmflags,
> for a new memory allocation request, should be allowed or not.
> It's placed in "do_mmap", "do_brk_flags" and "__install_special_mapping".
>
> Signed-off-by: Salvatore Mesoraca <s.mesoraca16@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: linux-mm@xxxxxxxxx
> ---
> include/linux/lsm_hooks.h | 6 ++++++
> include/linux/security.h | 6 ++++++
> mm/mmap.c | 9 +++++++++
> security/security.c | 5 +++++
> 4 files changed, 26 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/lsm_hooks.h b/include/linux/lsm_hooks.h
> index cc0937e..6934cc5 100644
> --- a/include/linux/lsm_hooks.h
> +++ b/include/linux/lsm_hooks.h
> @@ -483,6 +483,10 @@
> * @reqprot contains the protection requested by the application.
> * @prot contains the protection that will be applied by the kernel.
> * Return 0 if permission is granted.
> + * @check_vmflags:
> + * Check if the requested @vmflags are allowed.
> + * @vmflags contains requested the vmflags.
> + * Return 0 if the operation is allowed to continue.
> * @file_lock:
> * Check permission before performing file locking operations.
> * Note: this hook mediates both flock and fcntl style locks.
> @@ -1482,6 +1486,7 @@
> unsigned long prot, unsigned long flags);
> int (*file_mprotect)(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long reqprot,
> unsigned long prot);
> + int (*check_vmflags)(vm_flags_t vmflags);
> int (*file_lock)(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd);
> int (*file_fcntl)(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd,
> unsigned long arg);
> @@ -1753,6 +1758,7 @@ struct security_hook_heads {
> struct list_head mmap_addr;
> struct list_head mmap_file;
> struct list_head file_mprotect;
> + struct list_head check_vmflags;
> struct list_head file_lock;
> struct list_head file_fcntl;
> struct list_head file_set_fowner;
> diff --git a/include/linux/security.h b/include/linux/security.h
> index 19bc364..67e33b6 100644
> --- a/include/linux/security.h
> +++ b/include/linux/security.h
> @@ -302,6 +302,7 @@ int security_mmap_file(struct file *file, unsigned long prot,
> int security_mmap_addr(unsigned long addr);
> int security_file_mprotect(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long reqprot,
> unsigned long prot);
> +int security_check_vmflags(vm_flags_t vmflags);
> int security_file_lock(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd);
> int security_file_fcntl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg);
> void security_file_set_fowner(struct file *file);
> @@ -830,6 +831,11 @@ static inline int security_file_mprotect(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
> return 0;
> }
>
> +static inline int security_check_vmflags(vm_flags_t vmflags)
> +{
> + return 0;
> +}
> +
> static inline int security_file_lock(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd)
> {
> return 0;
> diff --git a/mm/mmap.c b/mm/mmap.c
> index f82741e..e19f04e 100644
> --- a/mm/mmap.c
> +++ b/mm/mmap.c
> @@ -1363,6 +1363,9 @@ unsigned long do_mmap(struct file *file, unsigned long addr,
> vm_flags |= calc_vm_prot_bits(prot, pkey) | calc_vm_flag_bits(flags) |
> mm->def_flags | VM_MAYREAD | VM_MAYWRITE | VM_MAYEXEC;
>
> + if (security_check_vmflags(vm_flags))
> + return -EPERM;
> +

Have the hook return a value and return that rather
than -EPERM. That way a security module can choose an
error that it determines is appropriate. It is possible
that a module might want to deny the access for a reason
other than lack of privilege.

> if (flags & MAP_LOCKED)
> if (!can_do_mlock())
> return -EPERM;
> @@ -2833,6 +2836,9 @@ static int do_brk_flags(unsigned long addr, unsigned long request, unsigned long
> return -EINVAL;
> flags |= VM_DATA_DEFAULT_FLAGS | VM_ACCOUNT | mm->def_flags;
>
> + if (security_check_vmflags(flags))
> + return -EPERM;
> +

Same here

> error = get_unmapped_area(NULL, addr, len, 0, MAP_FIXED);
> if (offset_in_page(error))
> return error;
> @@ -3208,6 +3214,9 @@ static struct vm_area_struct *__install_special_mapping(
> int ret;
> struct vm_area_struct *vma;
>
> + if (security_check_vmflags(vm_flags))
> + return ERR_PTR(-EPERM);
> +

And here.

> vma = kmem_cache_zalloc(vm_area_cachep, GFP_KERNEL);
> if (unlikely(vma == NULL))
> return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
> diff --git a/security/security.c b/security/security.c
> index e390f99..25d58f0 100644
> --- a/security/security.c
> +++ b/security/security.c
> @@ -905,6 +905,11 @@ int security_file_mprotect(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long reqprot,
> return call_int_hook(file_mprotect, 0, vma, reqprot, prot);
> }
>
> +int security_check_vmflags(vm_flags_t vmflags)
> +{
> + return call_int_hook(check_vmflags, 0, vmflags);
> +}
> +
> int security_file_lock(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd)
> {
> return call_int_hook(file_lock, 0, file, cmd);