Re: [PATCH] LSM: Add /sys/kernel/security/lsm

[John Johansen]

On 01/17/2017 03:42 PM, Casey Schaufler wrote:
> Subject: [PATCH] LSM: Add /sys/kernel/security/lsm
> 
> I am still tired of having to find indirect ways to determine
> what security modules are active on a system. I have added
> /sys/kernel/security/lsm, which contains a comma separated
> list of the active secuirty modules. No more groping around
> in /proc/filesystems or other clever hacks.
> 
> Unchanged from previous versions except for being updated
> to the latest security next branch.
> 

If Tetsuo ever gets his way and gets module loading back in,
constructing the list in lsm_read instead of constructing it
using lsm_append at init would be beter, but that is an if and
can be done later if needed.

> Signed-off-by: Casey Schaufler <casey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: John Johansen <john.johansen@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>


> 
> ---
>  Documentation/security/LSM.txt |  7 +++++++
>  include/linux/lsm_hooks.h      | 12 ++++--------
>  security/apparmor/lsm.c        |  3 ++-
>  security/commoncap.c           |  3 ++-
>  security/inode.c               | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++--
>  security/loadpin/loadpin.c     |  2 +-
>  security/security.c            | 38 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  security/selinux/hooks.c       |  2 +-
>  security/smack/smack_lsm.c     |  2 +-
>  security/tomoyo/tomoyo.c       |  2 +-
>  security/yama/yama_lsm.c       |  2 +-
>  11 files changed, 82 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/security/LSM.txt b/Documentation/security/LSM.txt
> index 3db7e67..c2683f2 100644
> --- a/Documentation/security/LSM.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/security/LSM.txt
> @@ -22,6 +22,13 @@ system, building their checks on top of the defined capability hooks.
>  For more details on capabilities, see capabilities(7) in the Linux
>  man-pages project.
>  
> +A list of the active security modules can be found by reading
> +/sys/kernel/security/lsm. This is a comma separated list, and
> +will always include the capability module. The list reflects the
> +order in which checks are made. The capability module will always
> +be first, followed by any "minor" modules (e.g. Yama) and then
> +the one "major" module (e.g. SELinux) if there is one configured.
> +
>  Based on https://lkml.org/lkml/2007/10/26/215,
>  a new LSM is accepted into the kernel when its intent (a description of
>  what it tries to protect against and in what cases one would expect to
> diff --git a/include/linux/lsm_hooks.h b/include/linux/lsm_hooks.h
> index 558adfa..132650d 100644
> --- a/include/linux/lsm_hooks.h
> +++ b/include/linux/lsm_hooks.h
> @@ -1876,6 +1876,7 @@ struct security_hook_list {
>  	struct list_head		list;
>  	struct list_head		*head;
>  	union security_list_options	hook;
> +	char				*lsm;
>  };
>  
>  /*
> @@ -1888,15 +1889,10 @@ struct security_hook_list {
>  	{ .head = &security_hook_heads.HEAD, .hook = { .HEAD = HOOK } }
>  
>  extern struct security_hook_heads security_hook_heads;
> +extern char *lsm_names;
>  
> -static inline void security_add_hooks(struct security_hook_list *hooks,
> -				      int count)
> -{
> -	int i;
> -
> -	for (i = 0; i < count; i++)
> -		list_add_tail_rcu(&hooks[i].list, hooks[i].head);
> -}
> +extern void security_add_hooks(struct security_hook_list *hooks, int count,
> +				char *lsm);
>  
>  #ifdef CONFIG_SECURITY_SELINUX_DISABLE
>  /*
> diff --git a/security/apparmor/lsm.c b/security/apparmor/lsm.c
> index 41b8cb1..1d4843d 100644
> --- a/security/apparmor/lsm.c
> +++ b/security/apparmor/lsm.c
> @@ -886,7 +886,8 @@ static int __init apparmor_init(void)
>  		aa_free_root_ns();
>  		goto alloc_out;
>  	}
> -	security_add_hooks(apparmor_hooks, ARRAY_SIZE(apparmor_hooks));
> +	security_add_hooks(apparmor_hooks, ARRAY_SIZE(apparmor_hooks),
> +				"apparmor");
>  
>  	/* Report that AppArmor successfully initialized */
>  	apparmor_initialized = 1;
> diff --git a/security/commoncap.c b/security/commoncap.c
> index 8df676f..6d4d586 100644
> --- a/security/commoncap.c
> +++ b/security/commoncap.c
> @@ -1093,7 +1093,8 @@ struct security_hook_list capability_hooks[] = {
>  
>  void __init capability_add_hooks(void)
>  {
> -	security_add_hooks(capability_hooks, ARRAY_SIZE(capability_hooks));
> +	security_add_hooks(capability_hooks, ARRAY_SIZE(capability_hooks),
> +				"capability");
>  }
>  
>  #endif /* CONFIG_SECURITY */
> diff --git a/security/inode.c b/security/inode.c
> index c83db05..546e786 100644
> --- a/security/inode.c
> +++ b/security/inode.c
> @@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
>  #include <linux/init.h>
>  #include <linux/namei.h>
>  #include <linux/security.h>
> +#include <linux/lsm_hooks.h>
>  #include <linux/magic.h>
>  
>  static struct vfsmount *mount;
> @@ -204,6 +205,21 @@ void securityfs_remove(struct dentry *dentry)
>  }
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(securityfs_remove);
>  
> +#ifdef CONFIG_SECURITY
> +static struct dentry *lsm_dentry;
> +static ssize_t lsm_read(struct file *filp, char __user *buf, size_t count,
> +			loff_t *ppos)
> +{
> +	return simple_read_from_buffer(buf, count, ppos, lsm_names,
> +		strlen(lsm_names));
> +}
> +
> +static const struct file_operations lsm_ops = {
> +	.read = lsm_read,
> +	.llseek = generic_file_llseek,
> +};
> +#endif
> +
>  static int __init securityfs_init(void)
>  {
>  	int retval;
> @@ -213,9 +229,15 @@ static int __init securityfs_init(void)
>  		return retval;
>  
>  	retval = register_filesystem(&fs_type);
> -	if (retval)
> +	if (retval) {
>  		sysfs_remove_mount_point(kernel_kobj, "security");
> -	return retval;
> +		return retval;
> +	}
> +#ifdef CONFIG_SECURITY
> +	lsm_dentry = securityfs_create_file("lsm", 0444, NULL, NULL,
> +						&lsm_ops);
> +#endif
> +	return 0;
>  }
>  
>  core_initcall(securityfs_init);
> diff --git a/security/loadpin/loadpin.c b/security/loadpin/loadpin.c
> index 89a46f1..1d82eae 100644
> --- a/security/loadpin/loadpin.c
> +++ b/security/loadpin/loadpin.c
> @@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ static struct security_hook_list loadpin_hooks[] = {
>  void __init loadpin_add_hooks(void)
>  {
>  	pr_info("ready to pin (currently %sabled)", enabled ? "en" : "dis");
> -	security_add_hooks(loadpin_hooks, ARRAY_SIZE(loadpin_hooks));
> +	security_add_hooks(loadpin_hooks, ARRAY_SIZE(loadpin_hooks), "loadpin");
>  }
>  
>  /* Should not be mutable after boot, so not listed in sysfs (perm == 0). */
> diff --git a/security/security.c b/security/security.c
> index f825304..f0a802ee 100644
> --- a/security/security.c
> +++ b/security/security.c
> @@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
>  /* Maximum number of letters for an LSM name string */
>  #define SECURITY_NAME_MAX	10
>  
> +char *lsm_names;
>  /* Boot-time LSM user choice */
>  static __initdata char chosen_lsm[SECURITY_NAME_MAX + 1] =
>  	CONFIG_DEFAULT_SECURITY;
> @@ -78,6 +79,22 @@ static int __init choose_lsm(char *str)
>  }
>  __setup("security=", choose_lsm);
>  
> +static int lsm_append(char *new, char **result)
> +{
> +	char *cp;
> +
> +	if (*result == NULL) {
> +		*result = kstrdup(new, GFP_KERNEL);
> +	} else {
> +		cp = kasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, "%s,%s", *result, new);
> +		if (cp == NULL)
> +			return -ENOMEM;
> +		kfree(*result);
> +		*result = cp;
> +	}
> +	return 0;
> +}
> +
>  /**
>   * security_module_enable - Load given security module on boot ?
>   * @module: the name of the module
> @@ -97,6 +114,27 @@ int __init security_module_enable(const char *module)
>  	return !strcmp(module, chosen_lsm);
>  }
>  
> +/**
> + * security_add_hooks - Add a modules hooks to the hook lists.
> + * @hooks: the hooks to add
> + * @count: the number of hooks to add
> + * @lsm: the name of the security module
> + *
> + * Each LSM has to register its hooks with the infrastructure.
> + */
> +void __init security_add_hooks(struct security_hook_list *hooks, int count,
> +				char *lsm)
> +{
> +	int i;
> +
> +	for (i = 0; i < count; i++) {
> +		hooks[i].lsm = lsm;
> +		list_add_tail_rcu(&hooks[i].list, hooks[i].head);
> +	}
> +	if (lsm_append(lsm, &lsm_names) < 0)
> +		panic("%s - Cannot get early memory.\n", __func__);
> +}
> +
>  /*
>   * Hook list operation macros.
>   *
> diff --git a/security/selinux/hooks.c b/security/selinux/hooks.c
> index c7c6619..fdc24ea 100644
> --- a/security/selinux/hooks.c
> +++ b/security/selinux/hooks.c
> @@ -6349,7 +6349,7 @@ static __init int selinux_init(void)
>  					    0, SLAB_PANIC, NULL);
>  	avc_init();
>  
> -	security_add_hooks(selinux_hooks, ARRAY_SIZE(selinux_hooks));
> +	security_add_hooks(selinux_hooks, ARRAY_SIZE(selinux_hooks), "selinux");
>  
>  	if (avc_add_callback(selinux_netcache_avc_callback, AVC_CALLBACK_RESET))
>  		panic("SELinux: Unable to register AVC netcache callback\n");
> diff --git a/security/smack/smack_lsm.c b/security/smack/smack_lsm.c
> index 94dc9d4..839150e 100644
> --- a/security/smack/smack_lsm.c
> +++ b/security/smack/smack_lsm.c
> @@ -4819,7 +4819,7 @@ static __init int smack_init(void)
>  	/*
>  	 * Register with LSM
>  	 */
> -	security_add_hooks(smack_hooks, ARRAY_SIZE(smack_hooks));
> +	security_add_hooks(smack_hooks, ARRAY_SIZE(smack_hooks), "smack");
>  
>  	return 0;
>  }
> diff --git a/security/tomoyo/tomoyo.c b/security/tomoyo/tomoyo.c
> index 75c9987..edc52d6 100644
> --- a/security/tomoyo/tomoyo.c
> +++ b/security/tomoyo/tomoyo.c
> @@ -542,7 +542,7 @@ static int __init tomoyo_init(void)
>  	if (!security_module_enable("tomoyo"))
>  		return 0;
>  	/* register ourselves with the security framework */
> -	security_add_hooks(tomoyo_hooks, ARRAY_SIZE(tomoyo_hooks));
> +	security_add_hooks(tomoyo_hooks, ARRAY_SIZE(tomoyo_hooks), "tomoyo");
>  	printk(KERN_INFO "TOMOYO Linux initialized\n");
>  	cred->security = &tomoyo_kernel_domain;
>  	tomoyo_mm_init();
> diff --git a/security/yama/yama_lsm.c b/security/yama/yama_lsm.c
> index 968e5e0..88271a3 100644
> --- a/security/yama/yama_lsm.c
> +++ b/security/yama/yama_lsm.c
> @@ -485,6 +485,6 @@ static inline void yama_init_sysctl(void) { }
>  void __init yama_add_hooks(void)
>  {
>  	pr_info("Yama: becoming mindful.\n");
> -	security_add_hooks(yama_hooks, ARRAY_SIZE(yama_hooks));
> +	security_add_hooks(yama_hooks, ARRAY_SIZE(yama_hooks), "yama");
>  	yama_init_sysctl();
>  }
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