Re: [PATCH v4 1/3] lsm: introduce new hooks for setting/getting inode fsxattr
From: Andrey Albershteyn
Date: Thu Mar 27 2025 - 05:20:14 EST
On 2025-03-24 20:27:02, Mickaël Salaün wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 21, 2025 at 05:32:25PM -0400, Paul Moore wrote:
> > On Mar 21, 2025 Andrey Albershteyn <aalbersh@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > > Introduce new hooks for setting and getting filesystem extended
> > > attributes on inode (FS_IOC_FSGETXATTR).
> > >
> > > Cc: selinux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > Cc: Paul Moore <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Andrey Albershteyn <aalbersh@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > ---
> > > fs/ioctl.c | 7 ++++++-
> > > include/linux/lsm_hook_defs.h | 4 ++++
> > > include/linux/security.h | 16 ++++++++++++++++
> > > security/security.c | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> > > 4 files changed, 58 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > Thanks Andrey, one small change below, but otherwise this looks pretty
> > good. If you feel like trying to work up the SELinux implementation but
> > need some assitance please let me know, I'll be happy to help :)
> >
> > > diff --git a/fs/ioctl.c b/fs/ioctl.c
> > > index 638a36be31c14afc66a7fd6eb237d9545e8ad997..4434c97bc5dff5a3e8635e28745cd99404ff353e 100644
> > > --- a/fs/ioctl.c
> > > +++ b/fs/ioctl.c
> > > @@ -525,10 +525,15 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(fileattr_fill_flags);
> > > int vfs_fileattr_get(struct dentry *dentry, struct fileattr *fa)
> > > {
> > > struct inode *inode = d_inode(dentry);
> > > + int error;
> > >
> > > if (!inode->i_op->fileattr_get)
> > > return -ENOIOCTLCMD;
> > >
> > > + error = security_inode_getfsxattr(inode, fa);
> > > + if (error)
> > > + return error;
> > > +
> > > return inode->i_op->fileattr_get(dentry, fa);
> > > }
> > > EXPORT_SYMBOL(vfs_fileattr_get);
> > > @@ -692,7 +697,7 @@ int vfs_fileattr_set(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct dentry *dentry,
> > > fa->flags |= old_ma.flags & ~FS_COMMON_FL;
> > > }
> > > err = fileattr_set_prepare(inode, &old_ma, fa);
> > > - if (!err)
> > > + if (!err && !security_inode_setfsxattr(inode, fa))
> > > err = inode->i_op->fileattr_set(idmap, dentry, fa);
> > > }
> > > inode_unlock(inode);
> >
> > I don't believe we want to hide or otherwise drop the LSM return code as
> > that could lead to odd behavior, e.g. returning 0/success despite not
> > having executed the fileattr_set operation.
>
> Yes, this should look something like this:
>
> err = fileattr_set_prepare(inode, &old_ma, fa);
> if (err)
> goto out;
> err = security_inode_setfsxattr(dentry, fa);
> if (err)
> goto out;
> err = inode->i_op->fileattr_set(idmap, dentry, fa);
> if (err)
> goto out;
>
> >
> > --
> > paul-moore.com
> >
>
Sure, thanks for noticing, will switch to dentries and handle error
code it in v5
--
- Andrey