Re: [PATCH] SELinux: Measure state and hash of policy using IMA

From: Lakshmi Ramasubramanian
Date: Mon Aug 24 2020 - 10:36:07 EST


On 8/24/20 7:00 AM, Stephen Smalley wrote:
On Fri, Aug 21, 2020 at 9:00 PM Lakshmi Ramasubramanian


+int security_read_policy_kernel(struct selinux_state *state,
+ void **data, size_t *len)
+{
+ int rc;
+
+ rc = security_read_policy_len(state, len);
+ if (rc)
+ return rc;
+
+ *data = vmalloc(*len);
+ if (!*data)
+ return -ENOMEM;

+ return security_read_selinux_policy(state, data, len);
}

See the discussion here:
https://lore.kernel.org/selinux/20200824113015.1375857-1-omosnace@xxxxxxxxxx/T/#t

In order for this to be safe, you need to ensure that all callers of
security_read_policy_kernel() have taken fsi->mutex in selinuxfs and
any use of security_read_policy_len() occurs while holding the mutex.
Otherwise, the length can change between security_read_policy_len()
and security_read_selinux_policy() if policy is reloaded.


Thanks. I'll make this change.

-lakshmi