Re: [PATCH v5 3/6] fs: Enable to enforce noexec mounts or file exec through O_MAYEXEC

[Randy Dunlap]

On 5/5/20 9:55 AM, MickaÃl SalaÃn wrote:
> 
> 
> On 05/05/2020 17:44, Randy Dunlap wrote:
>> On 5/5/20 8:31 AM, MickaÃl SalaÃn wrote:
>>> diff --git a/security/Kconfig b/security/Kconfig
>>> index cd3cc7da3a55..d8fac9240d14 100644
>>> --- a/security/Kconfig
>>> +++ b/security/Kconfig
>>> @@ -230,6 +230,32 @@ config STATIC_USERMODEHELPER_PATH
>>>  	  If you wish for all usermode helper programs to be disabled,
>>>  	  specify an empty string here (i.e. "").
>>>  
>>> +menuconfig OMAYEXEC_STATIC
>>> +	tristate "Configure O_MAYEXEC behavior at build time"
>>> +	---help---
>>> +	  Enable to enforce O_MAYEXEC at build time, and disable the dedicated
>>> +	  fs.open_mayexec_enforce sysctl.
>>
>> That help message is a bit confusing IMO.  Does setting/enabling OMAYEXEC_STATIC
>> both enforce O_MAYEXEC at build time and also disable the dedicated sysctl?
> 
> Yes. What about this?
> "Define the O_MAYEXEC policy at build time only. As a side effect, this
> also disables the fs.open_mayexec_enforce sysctl."
> 

Yes, much better. Thanks.

>>
>> Or are these meant to be alternatives, one for what Enabling this kconfig symbol
>> does and the other for what Disabling this symbol does?  If so, it doesn't
>> say that.
>>
>>> +
>>> +	  See Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/fs.rst for more details.
>>> +
>>> +if OMAYEXEC_STATIC
>>> +
>>> +config OMAYEXEC_ENFORCE_MOUNT
>>> +	bool "Mount restriction"
>>> +	default y
>>> +	---help---
>>> +	  Forbid opening files with the O_MAYEXEC option if their underlying VFS is
>>> +	  mounted with the noexec option or if their superblock forbids execution
>>> +	  of its content (e.g., /proc).
>>> +
>>> +config OMAYEXEC_ENFORCE_FILE
>>> +	bool "File permission restriction"
>>> +	---help---
>>> +	  Forbid opening files with the O_MAYEXEC option if they are not marked as
>>> +	  executable for the current process (e.g., POSIX permissions).
>>> +
>>> +endif # OMAYEXEC_STATIC
>>> +
>>>  source "security/selinux/Kconfig"
>>>  source "security/smack/Kconfig"
>>>  source "security/tomoyo/Kconfig"
>>
>>


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~Randy