Re: [PATCH v1 6/8] LSM: lsm_self_attr syscall for LSM self attributes

From: Greg KH
Date: Wed Oct 26 2022 - 02:02:53 EST


On Tue, Oct 25, 2022 at 11:45:17AM -0700, Casey Schaufler wrote:
> Create a system call lsm_self_attr() to provide the security
> module maintained attributes of the current process. Historically
> these attributes have been exposed to user space via entries in
> procfs under /proc/self/attr.
>
> Attributes are provided as a collection of lsm_ctx structures
> which are placed into a user supplied buffer. Each structure
> identifys the security module providing the attribute, which
> of the possible attributes is provided, the size of the
> attribute, and finally the attribute value. The format of the
> attribute value is defined by the security module, but will
> always be \0 terminated. The ctx_len value will be larger than
> strlen(ctx).
>
> ------------------------------
> | unsigned int id |
> ------------------------------
> | unsigned int flags |
> ------------------------------
> | __kernel_size_t ctx_len |
> ------------------------------
> | unsigned char ctx[ctx_len] |
> ------------------------------
> | unsigned int id |
> ------------------------------
> | unsigned int flags |
> ------------------------------
> | __kernel_size_t ctx_len |
> ------------------------------
> | unsigned char ctx[ctx_len] |
> ------------------------------
>
> Signed-off-by: Casey Schaufler <casey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> include/linux/syscalls.h | 2 +
> include/uapi/linux/lsm.h | 21 ++++++
> kernel/sys_ni.c | 3 +
> security/Makefile | 1 +
> security/lsm_syscalls.c | 156 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 5 files changed, 183 insertions(+)
> create mode 100644 security/lsm_syscalls.c
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/syscalls.h b/include/linux/syscalls.h
> index a34b0f9a9972..2d9033e9e5a0 100644
> --- a/include/linux/syscalls.h
> +++ b/include/linux/syscalls.h
> @@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ struct clone_args;
> struct open_how;
> struct mount_attr;
> struct landlock_ruleset_attr;
> +struct lsm_cxt;
> enum landlock_rule_type;
>
> #include <linux/types.h>
> @@ -1056,6 +1057,7 @@ asmlinkage long sys_memfd_secret(unsigned int flags);
> asmlinkage long sys_set_mempolicy_home_node(unsigned long start, unsigned long len,
> unsigned long home_node,
> unsigned long flags);
> +asmlinkage long sys_lsm_self_attr(struct lsm_ctx *ctx, size_t *size, int flags);
>
> /*
> * Architecture-specific system calls
> diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/lsm.h b/include/uapi/linux/lsm.h
> index 61e13b1b9ece..1d27fb5b7746 100644
> --- a/include/uapi/linux/lsm.h
> +++ b/include/uapi/linux/lsm.h
> @@ -9,6 +9,27 @@
> #ifndef _UAPI_LINUX_LSM_H
> #define _UAPI_LINUX_LSM_H
>
> +#include <linux/types.h>
> +#include <linux/unistd.h>
> +
> +/**
> + * struct lsm_ctx - LSM context
> + * @id: the LSM id number, see LSM_ID_XXX
> + * @flags: context specifier and LSM specific flags
> + * @ctx_len: the size of @ctx
> + * @ctx: the LSM context, a nul terminated string
> + *
> + * @ctx in a nul terminated string.
> + * (strlen(@ctx) < @ctx_len) is always true.
> + * (strlen(@ctx) == @ctx_len + 1) is not guaranteed.
> + */
> +struct lsm_ctx {
> + unsigned int id;
> + unsigned int flags;
> + __kernel_size_t ctx_len;
> + unsigned char ctx[];

Please use data types that are allowed to cross the user/kernel boundry
in a safe way. That would mean this would use __u64 instead of unsigned
int, and __u8 instead of unsigned char.

thanks,

greg k-h