[PATCH v3 08/11] evm: Allow setxattr() and setattr() for unmodified metadata

From: Roberto Sassu
Date: Wed Nov 11 2020 - 04:25:45 EST


With the patch to allow xattr/attr operations if a portable signature
verification fails, cp and tar can copy all xattrs/attrs so that at the
end of the process verification succeeds.

However, it might happen that the xattrs/attrs are already set to the
correct value (taken at signing time) and signature verification succeeds
before the copy has completed. For example, an archive might contains files
owned by root and the archive is extracted by root.

Then, since portable signatures are immutable, all subsequent operations
fail (e.g. fchown()), even if the operation is legitimate (does not alter
the current value).

This patch avoids this problem by reporting successful operation to user
space when that operation does not alter the current value of xattrs/attrs.

Signed-off-by: Roberto Sassu <roberto.sassu@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
security/integrity/evm/evm_main.c | 94 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 94 insertions(+)

diff --git a/security/integrity/evm/evm_main.c b/security/integrity/evm/evm_main.c
index 60ab700735ea..1b2eea30e11e 100644
--- a/security/integrity/evm/evm_main.c
+++ b/security/integrity/evm/evm_main.c
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
#include <linux/integrity.h>
#include <linux/evm.h>
#include <linux/magic.h>
+#include <linux/posix_acl_xattr.h>

#include <crypto/hash.h>
#include <crypto/hash_info.h>
@@ -310,6 +311,78 @@ static enum integrity_status evm_verify_current_integrity(struct dentry *dentry)
return evm_verify_hmac(dentry, NULL, NULL, 0, NULL);
}

+/*
+ * evm_xattr_acl_change - check if passed ACL changes the inode mode
+ * @dentry: pointer to the affected dentry
+ * @xattr_name: requested xattr
+ * @xattr_value: requested xattr value
+ * @xattr_value_len: requested xattr value length
+ *
+ * Check if passed ACL changes the inode mode, which is protected by EVM.
+ *
+ * Returns 1 if passed ACL causes inode mode change, 0 otherwise.
+ */
+static int evm_xattr_acl_change(struct dentry *dentry, const char *xattr_name,
+ const void *xattr_value, size_t xattr_value_len)
+{
+ umode_t mode;
+ struct posix_acl *acl = NULL, *acl_res;
+ struct inode *inode = d_backing_inode(dentry);
+ int rc;
+
+ /* UID/GID in ACL have been already converted from user to init ns */
+ acl = posix_acl_from_xattr(&init_user_ns, xattr_value, xattr_value_len);
+ if (!acl)
+ return 1;
+
+ acl_res = acl;
+ rc = posix_acl_update_mode(inode, &mode, &acl_res);
+
+ posix_acl_release(acl);
+
+ if (rc)
+ return 1;
+
+ if (acl_res && inode->i_mode != mode)
+ return 1;
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * evm_xattr_change - check if passed xattr value differs from current value
+ * @dentry: pointer to the affected dentry
+ * @xattr_name: requested xattr
+ * @xattr_value: requested xattr value
+ * @xattr_value_len: requested xattr value length
+ *
+ * Check if passed xattr value differs from current value.
+ *
+ * Returns 1 if passed xattr value differs from current value, 0 otherwise.
+ */
+static int evm_xattr_change(struct dentry *dentry, const char *xattr_name,
+ const void *xattr_value, size_t xattr_value_len)
+{
+ char *xattr_data = NULL;
+ int rc = 0;
+
+ if (posix_xattr_acl(xattr_name))
+ return evm_xattr_acl_change(dentry, xattr_name, xattr_value,
+ xattr_value_len);
+
+ rc = vfs_getxattr_alloc(dentry, xattr_name, &xattr_data, 0, GFP_NOFS);
+ if (rc < 0)
+ return 1;
+
+ if (rc == xattr_value_len)
+ rc = memcmp(xattr_value, xattr_data, rc);
+ else
+ rc = 1;
+
+ kfree(xattr_data);
+ return rc;
+}
+
/*
* evm_protect_xattr - protect the EVM extended attribute
*
@@ -376,6 +449,10 @@ static int evm_protect_xattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *xattr_name,
if (evm_status == INTEGRITY_FAIL_IMMUTABLE)
return 0;

+ if (evm_status == INTEGRITY_PASS_IMMUTABLE &&
+ !evm_xattr_change(dentry, xattr_name, xattr_value, xattr_value_len))
+ return 0;
+
if (evm_status != INTEGRITY_PASS)
integrity_audit_msg(AUDIT_INTEGRITY_METADATA, d_backing_inode(dentry),
dentry->d_name.name, "appraise_metadata",
@@ -515,6 +592,19 @@ void evm_inode_post_removexattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *xattr_name)
evm_update_evmxattr(dentry, xattr_name, NULL, 0);
}

+static int evm_attr_change(struct dentry *dentry, struct iattr *attr)
+{
+ struct inode *inode = d_backing_inode(dentry);
+ unsigned int ia_valid = attr->ia_valid;
+
+ if ((!(ia_valid & ATTR_UID) || uid_eq(attr->ia_uid, inode->i_uid)) &&
+ (!(ia_valid & ATTR_GID) || gid_eq(attr->ia_gid, inode->i_gid)) &&
+ (!(ia_valid & ATTR_MODE) || attr->ia_mode == inode->i_mode))
+ return 0;
+
+ return 1;
+}
+
/**
* evm_inode_setattr - prevent updating an invalid EVM extended attribute
* @dentry: pointer to the affected dentry
@@ -551,6 +641,10 @@ int evm_inode_setattr(struct dentry *dentry, struct iattr *attr)
!(evm_initialized & EVM_INIT_HMAC)))
return 0;

+ if (evm_status == INTEGRITY_PASS_IMMUTABLE &&
+ !evm_attr_change(dentry, attr))
+ return 0;
+
integrity_audit_msg(AUDIT_INTEGRITY_METADATA, d_backing_inode(dentry),
dentry->d_name.name, "appraise_metadata",
integrity_status_msg[evm_status], -EPERM, 0);
--
2.27.GIT