Re: [PATCH v2] security: Restore passing final prot to ima_file_mmap()

[Mimi Zohar]

On Thu, 2023-01-12 at 13:36 +0100, Roberto Sassu wrote:
> On Wed, 2023-01-11 at 09:25 -0500, Paul Moore wrote:
> > On Wed, Jan 11, 2023 at 4:31 AM Roberto Sassu
> > <roberto.sassu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > On Fri, 2023-01-06 at 16:14 -0500, Paul Moore wrote:
> > > > On Wed, Dec 21, 2022 at 9:10 AM Roberto Sassu
> > > > <roberto.sassu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > > > From: Roberto Sassu <roberto.sassu@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > > 
> > > > > Commit 98de59bfe4b2f ("take calculation of final prot in
> > > > > security_mmap_file() into a helper") moved the code to update prot with the
> > > > > actual protection flags to be granted to the requestor by the kernel to a
> > > > > helper called mmap_prot(). However, the patch didn't update the argument
> > > > > passed to ima_file_mmap(), making it receive the requested prot instead of
> > > > > the final computed prot.
> > > > > 
> > > > > A possible consequence is that files mmapped as executable might not be
> > > > > measured/appraised if PROT_EXEC is not requested but subsequently added in
> > > > > the final prot.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Replace prot with mmap_prot(file, prot) as the second argument of
> > > > > ima_file_mmap() to restore the original behavior.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > > > Fixes: 98de59bfe4b2 ("take calculation of final prot in security_mmap_file() into a helper")
> > > > > Signed-off-by: Roberto Sassu <roberto.sassu@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > > ---
> > > > >  security/security.c | 2 +-
> > > > >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > > > > 
> > > > > diff --git a/security/security.c b/security/security.c
> > > > > index d1571900a8c7..0d2359d588a1 100644
> > > > > --- a/security/security.c
> > > > > +++ b/security/security.c
> > > > > @@ -1666,7 +1666,7 @@ int security_mmap_file(struct file *file, unsigned long prot,
> > > > >                                         mmap_prot(file, prot), flags);
> > > > >         if (ret)
> > > > >                 return ret;
> > > > > -       return ima_file_mmap(file, prot);
> > > > > +       return ima_file_mmap(file, mmap_prot(file, prot));
> > > > >  }
> > > > 
> > > > This seems like a reasonable fix, although as the original commit is
> > > > ~10 years old at this point I am a little concerned about the impact
> > > > this might have on IMA.  Mimi, what do you think?
> 
> As a user, I probably would like to know that my system is not
> measuring what it is supposed to measure. The rule:

Agreed, that it is measuring what it is supposed to measure.

> 
> measure func=MMAP_CHECK mask=MAY_EXEC
> 
> is looking for executable code mapped in memory. If it is requested by
> the application or the kernel, probably it does not make too much
> difference from the perspective of measurement goals.

Currently, it's limited to measuring file's being mmapped.  From what I
can tell from looking at the code, additional measurements would be
included when "current->personality & READ_IMPLIES_EXEC".

> 
> If we add a new policy keyword, existing policies would not be updated
> unless the system administrator notices it. If a remote attestation
> fails, the administrator has to look into it.

Verifying the measurement list against a TPM quote should work
regardless of additional measurements.  The attestation server,
however, should also check for unknown files.

> 
> Maybe we can introduce a new hook called MMAP_CHECK_REQ, so that an
> administrator could change the policy to have the current behavior, if
> the administrator wishes so.

Agreed, for backwards compatibility this would be good.  Would you
support it afterward transitioning IMA to an LSM?

However "_REQ" could mean either requested or required.

> > > > Beyond that, my only other comment would be to only call mmap_prot()
> > > > once and cache the results in a local variable.  You could also fix up
> > > > some of the ugly indentation crimes in security_mmap_file() while you
> > > > are at it, e.g. something like this:
> > > 
> > > Hi Paul
> > > 
> > > thanks for the comments. With the patch set to move IMA and EVM to the
> > > LSM infrastructure we will be back to calling mmap_prot() only once,
> > > but I guess we could do anyway, as the patch (if accepted) would be
> > > likely backported to stable kernels.
> > 
> > I think there is value in fixing this now and keeping it separate from
> > the IMA-to-LSM work as they really are disjoint.
> > 
>