Provide a way to reorder LSM initialization using the new "lsm.order=" comma-separated list of LSMs. Any LSMs not listed will be added in builtin order. Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> --- Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 5 +++++ security/security.c | 15 ++++++++++++++- 2 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt index 32d323ee9218..5ac4c1056ffa 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -2276,6 +2276,11 @@ lsm.debug [SECURITY] Enable LSM initialization debugging output. + lsm.order=lsm1,...,lsmN + [SECURITY] Choose order of LSM initialization. Any + builtin LSMs not listed here will be implicitly + added to the list in builtin order. + machvec= [IA-64] Force the use of a particular machine-vector (machvec) in a generic kernel. Example: machvec=hpzx1_swiotlb diff --git a/security/security.c b/security/security.c index 063ee2466e58..4db194f81419 100644 --- a/security/security.c +++ b/security/security.c @@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ static ATOMIC_NOTIFIER_HEAD(lsm_notifier_chain); char *lsm_names; /* Boot-time LSM user choice */ static __initdata const char *chosen_major_lsm; +static __initdata const char *chosen_lsm_order; static __initconst const char * const builtin_lsm_order = CONFIG_LSM_ORDER; @@ -136,11 +137,15 @@ static void __init parse_lsm_order(const char *order, const char *origin) kfree(sep); } -/* Populate ordered LSMs list from builtin list of LSMs. */ +/* Populate ordered LSMs list from commandline and builtin list of LSMs. */ static void __init prepare_lsm_order(void) { struct lsm_info *lsm; + /* Parse order from commandline, if present. */ + if (chosen_lsm_order) + parse_lsm_order(chosen_lsm_order, "cmdline"); + /* Parse order from builtin list. */ parse_lsm_order(builtin_lsm_order, "builtin"); @@ -264,6 +269,14 @@ static int __init choose_major_lsm(char *str) } __setup("security=", choose_major_lsm); +/* Explicitly choose LSM initialization order. */ +static int __init choose_lsm_order(char *str) +{ + chosen_lsm_order = str; + return 1; +} +__setup("lsm.order=", choose_lsm_order); + /* Enable LSM order debugging. */ static int __init enable_debug(char *str) { -- 2.17.1