Re: [PATCH v2 13/25] security: Introduce inode_post_removexattr hook

From: Roberto Sassu
Date: Tue Sep 05 2023 - 12:46:59 EST


On Tue, 2023-09-05 at 00:11 +0300, Jarkko Sakkinen wrote:
> On Thu Aug 31, 2023 at 1:41 PM EEST, Roberto Sassu wrote:
> > From: Roberto Sassu <roberto.sassu@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > In preparation for moving IMA and EVM to the LSM infrastructure, introduce
> > the inode_post_removexattr hook.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Roberto Sassu <roberto.sassu@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Reviewed-by: Stefan Berger <stefanb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > fs/xattr.c | 9 +++++----
> > include/linux/lsm_hook_defs.h | 2 ++
> > include/linux/security.h | 5 +++++
> > security/security.c | 14 ++++++++++++++
> > 4 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/fs/xattr.c b/fs/xattr.c
> > index e7bbb7f57557..4a0280295686 100644
> > --- a/fs/xattr.c
> > +++ b/fs/xattr.c
> > @@ -552,11 +552,12 @@ __vfs_removexattr_locked(struct mnt_idmap *idmap,
> > goto out;
> >
> > error = __vfs_removexattr(idmap, dentry, name);
> > + if (error)
> > + goto out;
> >
> > - if (!error) {
> > - fsnotify_xattr(dentry);
> > - evm_inode_post_removexattr(dentry, name);
> > - }
> > + fsnotify_xattr(dentry);
> > + security_inode_post_removexattr(dentry, name);
> > + evm_inode_post_removexattr(dentry, name);
> >
> > out:
> > return error;
> > diff --git a/include/linux/lsm_hook_defs.h b/include/linux/lsm_hook_defs.h
> > index 995d30336cfa..1153e7163b8b 100644
> > --- a/include/linux/lsm_hook_defs.h
> > +++ b/include/linux/lsm_hook_defs.h
> > @@ -148,6 +148,8 @@ LSM_HOOK(int, 0, inode_getxattr, struct dentry *dentry, const char *name)
> > LSM_HOOK(int, 0, inode_listxattr, struct dentry *dentry)
> > LSM_HOOK(int, 0, inode_removexattr, struct mnt_idmap *idmap,
> > struct dentry *dentry, const char *name)
> > +LSM_HOOK(void, LSM_RET_VOID, inode_post_removexattr, struct dentry *dentry,
> > + const char *name)
> > LSM_HOOK(int, 0, inode_set_acl, struct mnt_idmap *idmap,
> > struct dentry *dentry, const char *acl_name, struct posix_acl *kacl)
> > LSM_HOOK(int, 0, inode_get_acl, struct mnt_idmap *idmap,
> > diff --git a/include/linux/security.h b/include/linux/security.h
> > index 820899db5276..665bba3e0081 100644
> > --- a/include/linux/security.h
> > +++ b/include/linux/security.h
> > @@ -374,6 +374,7 @@ int security_inode_getxattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name);
> > int security_inode_listxattr(struct dentry *dentry);
> > int security_inode_removexattr(struct mnt_idmap *idmap,
> > struct dentry *dentry, const char *name);
> > +void security_inode_post_removexattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name);
> > int security_inode_need_killpriv(struct dentry *dentry);
> > int security_inode_killpriv(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct dentry *dentry);
> > int security_inode_getsecurity(struct mnt_idmap *idmap,
> > @@ -919,6 +920,10 @@ static inline int security_inode_removexattr(struct mnt_idmap *idmap,
> > return cap_inode_removexattr(idmap, dentry, name);
> > }
> >
> > +static inline void security_inode_post_removexattr(struct dentry *dentry,
> > + const char *name)
> > +{ }
>
> static inline void security_inode_post_removexattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name)
> {
> }
>
> > +
> > static inline int security_inode_need_killpriv(struct dentry *dentry)
> > {
> > return cap_inode_need_killpriv(dentry);
> > diff --git a/security/security.c b/security/security.c
> > index 764a6f28b3b9..3947159ba5e9 100644
> > --- a/security/security.c
> > +++ b/security/security.c
> > @@ -2354,6 +2354,20 @@ int security_inode_removexattr(struct mnt_idmap *idmap,
> > return evm_inode_removexattr(idmap, dentry, name);
> > }
> >
> > +/**
> > + * security_inode_post_removexattr() - Update the inode after a removexattr op
> > + * @dentry: file
> > + * @name: xattr name
> > + *
> > + * Update the inode after a successful removexattr operation.
> > + */
> > +void security_inode_post_removexattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name)
> > +{
> > + if (unlikely(IS_PRIVATE(d_backing_inode(dentry))))
> > + return;
> > + call_void_hook(inode_post_removexattr, dentry, name);
> > +}
> > +
> > /**
> > * security_inode_need_killpriv() - Check if security_inode_killpriv() required
> > * @dentry: associated dentry
> > --
> > 2.34.1
>
>
> These odd splits are everywhere in the patch set. Just (nit)picking some.
>
> It is huge patch set so I don't really get for addign extra lines for no
> good reason.

Thanks for the review, Jarkko.

I don't know... to be honest I still prefer to stay within 80
characters.

Roberto