[PATCH] -mm (2.6.24-rc3-mm1) Smack using capabilities 32 and 33
From: Casey Schaufler
Date: Sun Nov 25 2007 - 00:54:13 EST
From: Casey Schaufler <casey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
This patch takes advantage of the increase in capability bits
to allocate capabilities for Mandatory Access Control. Whereas
Smack was overloading a previously allocated capability it is
now using a pair, one for overriding access control checks and
the other for changes to the MAC configuration.
The two capabilities allocated should be obvious in their intent.
The comments in capability.h are intended to make it clear that
there is no intention that implementations of MAC LSM modules
be any more constrained by the presence of these capabilities
than an implementation of DAC LSM modules are by the analogous
DAC capabilities.
Signed-off-by: Casey Schaufler <casey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
The companion patch for libcap-2.02 is provided as an attachment.
The attachment is not a kernel patch, although it would be easy to
mistake it for one.
Thank you.
include/linux/capability.h | 20 +++++++++++++++++++-
security/smack/smack.h | 8 --------
security/smack/smack_lsm.c | 8 ++++----
security/smack/smackfs.c | 12 ++++++------
4 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
diff -uprN -X linux-2.6.24-rc3-mm1-base/Documentation/dontdiff linux-2.6.24-rc3-mm1-base/include/linux/capability.h linux-2.6.24-rc3-mm1-smack/include/linux/capability.h
--- linux-2.6.24-rc3-mm1-base/include/linux/capability.h 2007-11-22 01:51:36.000000000 -0800
+++ linux-2.6.24-rc3-mm1-smack/include/linux/capability.h 2007-11-24 11:26:51.000000000 -0800
@@ -314,6 +314,23 @@ typedef struct kernel_cap_struct {
#define CAP_SETFCAP 31
+/* Override MAC access.
+ The base kernel enforces no MAC policy.
+ An LSM may enforce a MAC policy, and if it does and it chooses
+ to implement capability based overrides of that policy, this is
+ the capability it should use to do so. */
+
+#define CAP_MAC_OVERRIDE 32
+
+/* Allow MAC configuration or state changes.
+ The base kernel requires no MAC configuration.
+ An LSM may enforce a MAC policy, and if it does and it chooses
+ to implement capability based checks on modifications to that
+ policy or the data required to maintain it, this is the
+ capability it should use to do so. */
+
+#define CAP_MAC_ADMIN 33
+
/*
* Bit location of each capability (used by user-space library and kernel)
*/
@@ -334,7 +351,8 @@ typedef struct kernel_cap_struct {
| CAP_TO_MASK(CAP_DAC_OVERRIDE) \
| CAP_TO_MASK(CAP_DAC_READ_SEARCH) \
| CAP_TO_MASK(CAP_FOWNER) \
- | CAP_TO_MASK(CAP_FSETID))
+ | CAP_TO_MASK(CAP_FSETID) \
+ | CAP_TO_MASK(CAP_MAC_OVERRIDE))
#if _LINUX_CAPABILITY_U32S != 2
# error Fix up hand-coded capability macro initializers
diff -uprN -X linux-2.6.24-rc3-mm1-base/Documentation/dontdiff linux-2.6.24-rc3-mm1-base/security/smack/smackfs.c linux-2.6.24-rc3-mm1-smack/security/smack/smackfs.c
--- linux-2.6.24-rc3-mm1-base/security/smack/smackfs.c 2007-11-22 01:51:43.000000000 -0800
+++ linux-2.6.24-rc3-mm1-smack/security/smack/smackfs.c 2007-11-24 11:29:29.000000000 -0800
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ static ssize_t smk_write_load(struct fil
* No partial writes.
* Enough data must be present.
*/
- if (!capable(CAP_MAC_OVERRIDE))
+ if (!capable(CAP_MAC_ADMIN))
return -EPERM;
if (*ppos != 0)
return -EINVAL;
@@ -474,7 +474,7 @@ static ssize_t smk_write_cipso(struct fi
* No partial writes.
* Enough data must be present.
*/
- if (!capable(CAP_MAC_OVERRIDE))
+ if (!capable(CAP_MAC_ADMIN))
return -EPERM;
if (*ppos != 0)
return -EINVAL;
@@ -601,7 +601,7 @@ static ssize_t smk_write_doi(struct file
char temp[80];
int i;
- if (!capable(CAP_MAC_OVERRIDE))
+ if (!capable(CAP_MAC_ADMIN))
return -EPERM;
if (count >= sizeof(temp) || count == 0)
@@ -666,7 +666,7 @@ static ssize_t smk_write_direct(struct f
char temp[80];
int i;
- if (!capable(CAP_MAC_OVERRIDE))
+ if (!capable(CAP_MAC_ADMIN))
return -EPERM;
if (count >= sizeof(temp) || count == 0)
@@ -747,7 +747,7 @@ static ssize_t smk_write_ambient(struct
char in[SMK_LABELLEN];
char *smack;
- if (!capable(CAP_MAC_OVERRIDE))
+ if (!capable(CAP_MAC_ADMIN))
return -EPERM;
if (count >= SMK_LABELLEN)
@@ -840,7 +840,7 @@ static ssize_t smk_write_nltype(struct f
char *cp;
int i;
- if (!capable(CAP_MAC_OVERRIDE))
+ if (!capable(CAP_MAC_ADMIN))
return -EPERM;
if (count >= 40)
diff -uprN -X linux-2.6.24-rc3-mm1-base/Documentation/dontdiff linux-2.6.24-rc3-mm1-base/security/smack/smack.h linux-2.6.24-rc3-mm1-smack/security/smack/smack.h
--- linux-2.6.24-rc3-mm1-base/security/smack/smack.h 2007-11-22 01:51:43.000000000 -0800
+++ linux-2.6.24-rc3-mm1-smack/security/smack/smack.h 2007-11-22 03:03:19.000000000 -0800
@@ -162,14 +162,6 @@ struct smack_known {
#define MAY_NOT 0
/*
- * There are not enough CAP bits available to make this
- * real, so Casey borrowed the capability that looks to
- * him like it has the best balance of similarity amd
- * low use.
- */
-#define CAP_MAC_OVERRIDE CAP_LINUX_IMMUTABLE
-
-/*
* These functions are in smack_lsm.c
*/
struct inode_smack *new_inode_smack(char *);
diff -uprN -X linux-2.6.24-rc3-mm1-base/Documentation/dontdiff linux-2.6.24-rc3-mm1-base/security/smack/smack_lsm.c linux-2.6.24-rc3-mm1-smack/security/smack/smack_lsm.c
--- linux-2.6.24-rc3-mm1-base/security/smack/smack_lsm.c 2007-11-22 01:51:43.000000000 -0800
+++ linux-2.6.24-rc3-mm1-smack/security/smack/smack_lsm.c 2007-11-24 11:31:43.000000000 -0800
@@ -585,7 +585,7 @@ static int smack_inode_setxattr(struct d
void *value, size_t size, int flags)
{
if (strcmp(name, XATTR_NAME_SMACK) == 0 &&
- !__capable(current, CAP_MAC_OVERRIDE))
+ !__capable(current, CAP_MAC_ADMIN))
return -EPERM;
return smk_curacc(smk_of_inode(dentry->d_inode), MAY_WRITE);
@@ -649,14 +649,14 @@ static int smack_inode_getxattr(struct d
* @dentry: the object
* @name: name of the attribute
*
- * Removing the Smack attribute requires CAP_MAC_OVERRIDE
+ * Removing the Smack attribute requires CAP_MAC_ADMIN
*
* Returns 0 if access is permitted, an error code otherwise
*/
static int smack_inode_removexattr(struct dentry *dentry, char *name)
{
if (strcmp(name, XATTR_NAME_SMACK) == 0 &&
- !__capable(current, CAP_MAC_OVERRIDE))
+ !__capable(current, CAP_MAC_ADMIN))
return -EPERM;
return smk_curacc(smk_of_inode(dentry->d_inode), MAY_WRITE);
@@ -1956,7 +1956,7 @@ static int smack_setprocattr(struct task
{
char *newsmack;
- if (!__capable(p, CAP_MAC_OVERRIDE))
+ if (!__capable(p, CAP_MAC_ADMIN))
return -EPERM;
/*
diff -uprN libcap-2.02/libcap/include/linux/capability.h libcap-2.02-smack/libcap/include/linux/capability.h
--- libcap-2.02/libcap/include/linux/capability.h 2007-11-10 09:34:04.000000000 -0800
+++ libcap-2.02-smack/libcap/include/linux/capability.h 2007-11-24 13:35:38.000000000 -0800
@@ -314,6 +314,23 @@ typedef struct kernel_cap_struct {
#define CAP_SETFCAP 31
+/* Override MAC access.
+ The base kernel enforces no MAC policy.
+ An LSM may enforce a MAC policy, and if it does and it chooses
+ to implement capability based overrides of that policy, this is
+ the capability it should use to do so. */
+
+#define CAP_MAC_OVERRIDE 32
+
+/* Allow MAC configuration or state changes.
+ The base kernel requires no MAC configuration.
+ An LSM may enforce a MAC policy, and if it does and it chooses
+ to implement capability based checks on modifications to that
+ policy or the data required to maintain it, this is the
+ capability it should use to do so. */
+
+#define CAP_MAC_ADMIN 33
+
/*
* Bit location of each capability (used by user-space library and kernel)
*/
@@ -334,7 +351,8 @@ typedef struct kernel_cap_struct {
|CAP_TO_MASK(CAP_DAC_OVERRIDE) \
|CAP_TO_MASK(CAP_DAC_READ_SEARCH) \
|CAP_TO_MASK(CAP_FOWNER) \
- |CAP_TO_MASK(CAP_FSETID))
+ |CAP_TO_MASK(CAP_FSETID) \
+ |CAP_TO_MASK(CAP_MAC_OVERRIDE))
#if _LINUX_CAPABILITY_U32S != 2
# error Fix up hand-coded capability macro initializers