[PATCH v8] Add flags option to get xattr method paired to __vfs_getxattr

Jeff Layton jlayton at kernel.org
Wed Aug 28 01:49:41 AEST 2019


On Tue, 2019-08-27 at 08:05 -0700, Mark Salyzyn wrote:
> Replace arguments for get and set xattr methods, and __vfs_getxattr
> and __vfs_setaxtr functions with a reference to the following now
> common argument structure:
> 
> struct xattr_gs_args {
> 	struct dentry *dentry;
> 	struct inode *inode;
> 	const char *name;
> 	union {
> 		void *buffer;
> 		const void *value;
> 	};
> 	size_t size;
> 	int flags;
> };
> 
> Which in effect adds a flags option to the get method and
> __vfs_getxattr function.
> 
> Add a flag option to get xattr method that has bit flag of
> XATTR_NOSECURITY passed to it.  XATTR_NOSECURITY is generally then
> set in the __vfs_getxattr path when called by security
> infrastructure.
> 
> This handles the case of a union filesystem driver that is being
> requested by the security layer to report back the xattr data.
> 
> For the use case where access is to be blocked by the security layer.
> 
> The path then could be security(dentry) ->
> __vfs_getxattr({dentry...XATTR_NOSECURITY}) ->
> handler->get({dentry...XATTR_NOSECURITY}) ->
> __vfs_getxattr({lower_dentry...XATTR_NOSECURITY}) ->
> lower_handler->get({lower_dentry...XATTR_NOSECURITY})
> which would report back through the chain data and success as
> expected, the logging security layer at the top would have the
> data to determine the access permissions and report back the target
> context that was blocked.
> 
> Without the get handler flag, the path on a union filesystem would be
> the errant security(dentry) -> __vfs_getxattr(dentry) ->
> handler->get(dentry) -> vfs_getxattr(lower_dentry) -> nested ->
> security(lower_dentry, log off) -> lower_handler->get(lower_dentry)
> which would report back through the chain no data, and -EACCES.
> 
> For selinux for both cases, this would translate to a correctly
> determined blocked access. In the first case with this change a correct avc
> log would be reported, in the second legacy case an incorrect avc log
> would be reported against an uninitialized u:object_r:unlabeled:s0
> context making the logs cosmetically useless for audit2allow.
> 
> This patch series is inert and is the wide-spread addition of the
> flags option for xattr functions, and a replacement of __vfs_getxattr
> with __vfs_getxattr({...XATTR_NOSECURITY}).
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mark Salyzyn <salyzyn at android.com>
> Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack at suse.cz>
> Cc: Stephen Smalley <sds at tycho.nsa.gov>
> Cc: linux-kernel at vger.kernel.org
> Cc: kernel-team at android.com
> Cc: linux-security-module at vger.kernel.org
> Cc: stable at vger.kernel.org # 4.4, 4.9, 4.14 & 4.19
> ---
> v8:
> - Documentation reported 'struct xattr_gs_flags' rather than
>   'struct xattr_gs_flags *args' as argument to get and set methods.
> 
> v7:
> - missed spots in fs/9p/acl.c, fs/afs/xattr.c, fs/ecryptfs/crypto.c,
>   fs/ubifs/xattr.c, fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_attr.c,
>   security/integrity/evm/evm_main.c and security/smack/smack_lsm.c.
> 
> v6:
> - kernfs missed a spot
> 
> v5:
> - introduce struct xattr_gs_args for get and set methods,
>   __vfs_getxattr and __vfs_setxattr functions.
> - cover a missing spot in ext2.
> - switch from snprintf to scnprintf for correctness.
> 
> v4:
> - ifdef __KERNEL__ around XATTR_NOSECURITY to
>   keep it colocated in uapi headers.
> 
> v3:
> - poor aim on ubifs not ubifs_xattr_get, but static xattr_get
> 
> v2:
> - Missed a spot: ubifs, erofs and afs.
> 
> v1:
> - Removed from an overlayfs patch set, and made independent.
>   Expect this to be the basis of some security improvements.
> ---
>  Documentation/filesystems/Locking |  10 ++-
>  drivers/staging/erofs/xattr.c     |   8 +--
>  fs/9p/acl.c                       |  51 +++++++-------
>  fs/9p/xattr.c                     |  19 +++--
>  fs/afs/xattr.c                    | 112 +++++++++++++-----------------
>  fs/btrfs/xattr.c                  |  36 +++++-----
>  fs/ceph/xattr.c                   |  40 +++++------
>  fs/cifs/xattr.c                   |  72 +++++++++----------
>  fs/ecryptfs/crypto.c              |  20 +++---
>  fs/ecryptfs/inode.c               |  36 ++++++----
>  fs/ecryptfs/mmap.c                |  39 ++++++-----
>  fs/ext2/xattr_security.c          |  16 ++---
>  fs/ext2/xattr_trusted.c           |  15 ++--
>  fs/ext2/xattr_user.c              |  19 +++--
>  fs/ext4/xattr_security.c          |  15 ++--
>  fs/ext4/xattr_trusted.c           |  15 ++--
>  fs/ext4/xattr_user.c              |  19 +++--
>  fs/f2fs/xattr.c                   |  42 +++++------
>  fs/fuse/xattr.c                   |  23 +++---
>  fs/gfs2/xattr.c                   |  18 ++---
>  fs/hfs/attr.c                     |  15 ++--
>  fs/hfsplus/xattr.c                |  17 +++--
>  fs/hfsplus/xattr_security.c       |  13 ++--
>  fs/hfsplus/xattr_trusted.c        |  13 ++--
>  fs/hfsplus/xattr_user.c           |  13 ++--
>  fs/jffs2/security.c               |  16 ++---
>  fs/jffs2/xattr_trusted.c          |  16 ++---
>  fs/jffs2/xattr_user.c             |  16 ++---
>  fs/jfs/xattr.c                    |  33 ++++-----
>  fs/kernfs/inode.c                 |  23 +++---
>  fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c                 |  28 ++++----
>  fs/ocfs2/xattr.c                  |  52 ++++++--------
>  fs/orangefs/xattr.c               |  19 ++---
>  fs/overlayfs/inode.c              |  43 ++++++------
>  fs/overlayfs/overlayfs.h          |   6 +-
>  fs/overlayfs/super.c              |  53 ++++++--------
>  fs/posix_acl.c                    |  23 +++---
>  fs/reiserfs/xattr.c               |   2 +-
>  fs/reiserfs/xattr_security.c      |  22 +++---
>  fs/reiserfs/xattr_trusted.c       |  22 +++---
>  fs/reiserfs/xattr_user.c          |  22 +++---
>  fs/squashfs/xattr.c               |  10 +--
>  fs/ubifs/xattr.c                  |  33 +++++----
>  fs/xattr.c                        | 112 ++++++++++++++++++------------
>  fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_attr.c          |   4 +-
>  fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_attr.h          |   2 +-
>  fs/xfs/xfs_xattr.c                |  35 +++++-----
>  include/linux/xattr.h             |  26 ++++---
>  include/uapi/linux/xattr.h        |   7 +-
>  mm/shmem.c                        |  21 +++---
>  net/socket.c                      |  16 ++---
>  security/commoncap.c              |  29 +++++---
>  security/integrity/evm/evm_main.c |  13 +++-
>  security/selinux/hooks.c          |  28 ++++++--
>  security/smack/smack_lsm.c        |  38 ++++++----
>  55 files changed, 732 insertions(+), 734 deletions(-)
> 
> 

[...]

>  
> diff --git a/fs/ceph/xattr.c b/fs/ceph/xattr.c
> index 939eab7aa219..c4fee624291b 100644
> --- a/fs/ceph/xattr.c
> +++ b/fs/ceph/xattr.c
> @@ -1179,22 +1179,21 @@ int __ceph_setxattr(struct inode *inode, const char *name,
>  }
>  
>  static int ceph_get_xattr_handler(const struct xattr_handler *handler,
> -				  struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *inode,
> -				  const char *name, void *value, size_t size)
> +				  struct xattr_gs_args *args)
>  {
> -	if (!ceph_is_valid_xattr(name))
> +	if (!ceph_is_valid_xattr(args->name))
>  		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
> -	return __ceph_getxattr(inode, name, value, size);
> +	return __ceph_getxattr(args->inode, args->name,
> +			       args->buffer, args->size);
>  }
>  
>  static int ceph_set_xattr_handler(const struct xattr_handler *handler,
> -				  struct dentry *unused, struct inode *inode,
> -				  const char *name, const void *value,
> -				  size_t size, int flags)
> +				  struct xattr_gs_args *args)
>  {
> -	if (!ceph_is_valid_xattr(name))
> +	if (!ceph_is_valid_xattr(args->name))
>  		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
> -	return __ceph_setxattr(inode, name, value, size, flags);
> +	return __ceph_setxattr(args->inode, args->name,
> +			       args->value, args->size, args->flags);
>  }
>  
>  static const struct xattr_handler ceph_other_xattr_handler = {
> @@ -1300,25 +1299,22 @@ void ceph_security_invalidate_secctx(struct inode *inode)
>  }
>  
>  static int ceph_xattr_set_security_label(const struct xattr_handler *handler,
> -				    struct dentry *unused, struct inode *inode,
> -				    const char *key, const void *buf,
> -				    size_t buflen, int flags)
> +					 struct xattr_gs_args *args)
>  {
> -	if (security_ismaclabel(key)) {
> -		const char *name = xattr_full_name(handler, key);
> -		return __ceph_setxattr(inode, name, buf, buflen, flags);
> -	}
> +	if (security_ismaclabel(args->name))
> +		return __ceph_setxattr(args->inode,
> +				       xattr_full_name(handler, args->name),
> +				       args->value, args->size, args->flags);
>  	return  -EOPNOTSUPP;
>  }
>  
>  static int ceph_xattr_get_security_label(const struct xattr_handler *handler,
> -				    struct dentry *unused, struct inode *inode,
> -				    const char *key, void *buf, size_t buflen)
> +					 struct xattr_gs_args *args)
>  {
> -	if (security_ismaclabel(key)) {
> -		const char *name = xattr_full_name(handler, key);
> -		return __ceph_getxattr(inode, name, buf, buflen);
> -	}
> +	if (security_ismaclabel(args->name))
> +		return __ceph_getxattr(args->inode,
> +				       xattr_full_name(handler, args->name),
> +				       args->buffer, args->size);
>  	return  -EOPNOTSUPP;
>  }
>  

The ceph bits look fine to me. Note that we do have some patches queued
up for v5.4 that might have some merge conflicts here. Shouldn't be too
hard to fix it up though.

Acked-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton at kernel.org>




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