Re: [PATCH v9 3/4] evm: Align evm_inode_init_security() definition with LSM infrastructure

From: Roberto Sassu
Date: Fri Mar 31 2023 - 08:21:19 EST

On Fri, 2023-03-31 at 09:32 +0200, Roberto Sassu wrote:
> On Thu, 2023-03-30 at 18:55 -0400, Paul Moore wrote:
> > On Wed, Mar 29, 2023 at 9:05 AM Roberto Sassu
> > <roberto.sassu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > From: Roberto Sassu <roberto.sassu@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > >
> > > Change the evm_inode_init_security() definition to align with the LSM
> > > infrastructure. Keep the existing behavior of including in the HMAC
> > > calculation only the first xattr provided by LSMs.
> > >
> > > Changing the evm_inode_init_security() definition requires passing the
> > > xattr array allocated by security_inode_init_security(), and the number of
> > > xattrs filled by previously invoked LSMs.
> > >
> > > Use the newly introduced lsm_find_xattr_slot() to position EVM correctly in
> > > the xattrs array, like a regular LSM, and to increment the number of filled
> > > slots. For now, the LSM infrastructure allocates enough xattrs slots to
> > > store the EVM xattr, without using the reservation mechanism.
> > >
> > > Finally, make evm_inode_init_security() return value compatible with the
> > > inode_init_security hook conventions, i.e. return -EOPNOTSUPP if it is not
> > > setting an xattr.
> > >
> > > EVM is a bit tricky, because xattrs is both an input and an output. If it
> > > was just output, EVM should have returned zero if xattrs is NULL. But,
> > > since xattrs is also input, EVM is unable to do its calculations, so return
> > > -EOPNOTSUPP and handle this error in security_inode_init_security().
> >
> > I don't quite understand why EVM would return EOPNOTSUPP if it is
> > enabled but there are not xattrs to measure. It seems like EVM should
> > return success/0 in the no-xattr case; there were no xattrs to
> > measure, so it succeeded in measuring nothing. Am I missing
> > something?
>
> From a very quick look at what other LSMs do, it seems that they return
> zero even if they are not initialized.
>
> So, it makes sense to return zero also here.

Oh, actually there was a reason to do that. If an LSM does not wish to
provide an xattr, it should return -EOPNOTSUPP.

As we are not checking this convention anymore, it is probably fine to
return zero. I already made the change, will send the new version
shortly.

Thanks

Roberto

> Thanks
>
> Roberto
>
> > > Signed-off-by: Roberto Sassu <roberto.sassu@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > ---
> > > include/linux/evm.h | 14 ++++++++------
> > > security/integrity/evm/evm_main.c | 18 +++++++++++-------
> > > security/security.c | 6 +++---
> > > 3 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/include/linux/evm.h b/include/linux/evm.h
> > > index 7dc1ee74169..3c0e8591b69 100644
> > > --- a/include/linux/evm.h
> > > +++ b/include/linux/evm.h
> > > @@ -56,9 +56,10 @@ static inline void evm_inode_post_set_acl(struct dentry *dentry,
> > > {
> > > return evm_inode_post_setxattr(dentry, acl_name, NULL, 0);
> > > }
> > > -extern int evm_inode_init_security(struct inode *inode,
> > > - const struct xattr *xattr_array,
> > > - struct xattr *evm);
> > > +extern int evm_inode_init_security(struct inode *inode, struct inode *dir,
> > > + const struct qstr *qstr,
> > > + struct xattr *xattrs,
> > > + int *num_filled_xattrs);
> > > extern bool evm_revalidate_status(const char *xattr_name);
> > > extern int evm_protected_xattr_if_enabled(const char *req_xattr_name);
> > > extern int evm_read_protected_xattrs(struct dentry *dentry, u8 *buffer,
> > > @@ -157,9 +158,10 @@ static inline void evm_inode_post_set_acl(struct dentry *dentry,
> > > return;
> > > }
> > >
> > > -static inline int evm_inode_init_security(struct inode *inode,
> > > - const struct xattr *xattr_array,
> > > - struct xattr *evm)
> > > +static inline int evm_inode_init_security(struct inode *inode, struct inode *dir,
> > > + const struct qstr *qstr,
> > > + struct xattr *xattrs,
> > > + int *num_filled_xattrs)
> > > {
> > > return 0;
> > > }
> > > diff --git a/security/integrity/evm/evm_main.c b/security/integrity/evm/evm_main.c
> > > index cf24c525558..9e75759150c 100644
> > > --- a/security/integrity/evm/evm_main.c
> > > +++ b/security/integrity/evm/evm_main.c
> > > @@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
> > > #include <linux/evm.h>
> > > #include <linux/magic.h>
> > > #include <linux/posix_acl_xattr.h>
> > > +#include <linux/lsm_hooks.h>
> > >
> > > #include <crypto/hash.h>
> > > #include <crypto/hash_info.h>
> > > @@ -864,23 +865,26 @@ void evm_inode_post_setattr(struct dentry *dentry, int ia_valid)
> > > /*
> > > * evm_inode_init_security - initializes security.evm HMAC value
> > > */
> > > -int evm_inode_init_security(struct inode *inode,
> > > - const struct xattr *lsm_xattr,
> > > - struct xattr *evm_xattr)
> > > +int evm_inode_init_security(struct inode *inode, struct inode *dir,
> > > + const struct qstr *qstr, struct xattr *xattrs,
> > > + int *num_filled_xattrs)
> > > {
> > > struct evm_xattr *xattr_data;
> > > + struct xattr *evm_xattr;
> > > int rc;
> > >
> > > - if (!(evm_initialized & EVM_INIT_HMAC) ||
> > > - !evm_protected_xattr(lsm_xattr->name))
> > > - return 0;
> > > + if (!(evm_initialized & EVM_INIT_HMAC) || !xattrs ||
> > > + !evm_protected_xattr(xattrs->name))
> > > + return -EOPNOTSUPP;
> > > +
> > > + evm_xattr = lsm_find_xattr_slot(xattrs, num_filled_xattrs);
> > >
> > > xattr_data = kzalloc(sizeof(*xattr_data), GFP_NOFS);
> > > if (!xattr_data)
> > > return -ENOMEM;
> > >
> > > xattr_data->data.type = EVM_XATTR_HMAC;
> > > - rc = evm_init_hmac(inode, lsm_xattr, xattr_data->digest);
> > > + rc = evm_init_hmac(inode, xattrs, xattr_data->digest);
> > > if (rc < 0)
> > > goto out;
> > >
> > > diff --git a/security/security.c b/security/security.c
> > > index be33d643a81..22ab4fb7ebf 100644
> > > --- a/security/security.c
> > > +++ b/security/security.c
> > > @@ -1674,9 +1674,9 @@ int security_inode_init_security(struct inode *inode, struct inode *dir,
> > > if (!num_filled_xattrs)
> > > goto out;
> > >
> > > - ret = evm_inode_init_security(inode, new_xattrs,
> > > - new_xattrs + num_filled_xattrs);
> > > - if (ret)
> > > + ret = evm_inode_init_security(inode, dir, qstr, new_xattrs,
> > > + &num_filled_xattrs);
> > > + if (ret && ret != -EOPNOTSUPP)
> > > goto out;
> > > ret = initxattrs(inode, new_xattrs, fs_data);
> > > out:
> > > --
> > > 2.25.1
> > >