Re: [PATCH v2] integrity: track mtime in addition to i_version for assessment

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On Tue, 2017-07-11 at 12:13 -0400, J. Bruce Fields wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 07, 2017 at 10:05:30AM -0400, Jeff Layton wrote:
> > From: Jeff Layton <jlayton@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > 
> > The IMA assessment code tries to use the i_version counter to
> > detect
> > when changes to a file have occurred. Many filesystems don't
> > increment
> > it properly (or at all) so detecting changes with that is not
> > always
> > reliable.
> > 
> > That check should be gated on IS_I_VERSION, as you can't rely on
> > the
> > i_version field changing unless that returns true.
> > 
> > Have the code also track and check the mtime for the file. If the
> > IS_I_VERSION returns false, then use it to detect whether the
> > file's
> > contents might have changed.
> 
> Do they care about attribute changes?  It's still better than
> nothing, I
> suppose.
> 

Evidently not, which is why I switched from using ctime to mtime in
this patch.

> I also wonder whether they should be mixing in ctime as I plan to for
> nfsd--the difference is whether they use it to check changes across
> reboots.
> 

I don't think they record the i_version across reboots, so I don't
think there's any need.

> --b.
> 
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >  security/integrity/ima/ima_api.c  |  4 +++-
> >  security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++++---
> > -----
> >  security/integrity/integrity.h    |  1 +
> >  3 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
> > 
> > v2: switch to storing/checking mtime instead of ctime
> > 
> > diff --git a/security/integrity/ima/ima_api.c
> > b/security/integrity/ima/ima_api.c
> > index c2edba8de35e..b8d746bbc43d 100644
> > --- a/security/integrity/ima/ima_api.c
> > +++ b/security/integrity/ima/ima_api.c
> > @@ -205,7 +205,8 @@ int ima_collect_measurement(struct
> > integrity_iint_cache *iint,
> >  	} hash;
> >  
> >  	if (!(iint->flags & IMA_COLLECTED)) {
> > -		u64 i_version = file_inode(file)->i_version;
> > +		u64 i_version = inode->i_version;
> > +		struct timespec i_mtime = inode->i_mtime;
> >  
> >  		if (file->f_flags & O_DIRECT) {
> >  			audit_cause = "failed(directio)";
> > @@ -225,6 +226,7 @@ int ima_collect_measurement(struct
> > integrity_iint_cache *iint,
> >  				iint->ima_hash = tmpbuf;
> >  				memcpy(iint->ima_hash, &hash,
> > length);
> >  				iint->version = i_version;
> > +				iint->mtime = i_mtime;
> >  				iint->flags |= IMA_COLLECTED;
> >  			} else
> >  				result = -ENOMEM;
> > diff --git a/security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c
> > b/security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c
> > index 2aebb7984437..8d12ef2d3ba2 100644
> > --- a/security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c
> > +++ b/security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c
> > @@ -113,6 +113,25 @@ static void ima_rdwr_violation_check(struct
> > file *file,
> >  				  "invalid_pcr", "open_writers");
> >  }
> >  
> > +static bool ima_should_update_iint(struct integrity_iint_cache
> > *iint,
> > +				struct inode *inode)
> > +{
> > +	if (atomic_read(&inode->i_writecount) != 1)
> > +		return false;
> > +	if (iint->flags & IMA_NEW_FILE)
> > +		return true;
> > +	if (IS_I_VERSION(inode)) {
> > +		if (iint->version != inode->i_version)
> > +			return true;
> > +	} else {
> > +		if (iint->mtime.tv_sec != inode->i_mtime.tv_sec)
> > +			return true;
> > +		if (iint->mtime.tv_nsec != inode->i_mtime.tv_nsec)
> > +			return true;
> > +	}
> > +	return false;
> > +}
> > +
> >  static void ima_check_last_writer(struct integrity_iint_cache
> > *iint,
> >  				  struct inode *inode, struct file
> > *file)
> >  {
> > @@ -122,14 +141,11 @@ static void ima_check_last_writer(struct
> > integrity_iint_cache *iint,
> >  		return;
> >  
> >  	inode_lock(inode);
> > -	if (atomic_read(&inode->i_writecount) == 1) {
> > -		if ((iint->version != inode->i_version) ||
> > -		    (iint->flags & IMA_NEW_FILE)) {
> > -			iint->flags &= ~(IMA_DONE_MASK |
> > IMA_NEW_FILE);
> > -			iint->measured_pcrs = 0;
> > -			if (iint->flags & IMA_APPRAISE)
> > -				ima_update_xattr(iint, file);
> > -		}
> > +	if (ima_should_update_iint(iint, inode)) {
> > +		iint->flags &= ~(IMA_DONE_MASK | IMA_NEW_FILE);
> > +		iint->measured_pcrs = 0;
> > +		if (iint->flags & IMA_APPRAISE)
> > +			ima_update_xattr(iint, file);
> >  	}
> >  	inode_unlock(inode);
> >  }
> > diff --git a/security/integrity/integrity.h
> > b/security/integrity/integrity.h
> > index a53e7e4ab06c..61fffa7583bf 100644
> > --- a/security/integrity/integrity.h
> > +++ b/security/integrity/integrity.h
> > @@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ struct integrity_iint_cache {
> >  	struct rb_node rb_node;	/* rooted in
> > integrity_iint_tree */
> >  	struct inode *inode;	/* back pointer to inode in
> > question */
> >  	u64 version;		/* track inode changes */
> > +	struct timespec mtime;	/* track inode changes */
> >  	unsigned long flags;
> >  	unsigned long measured_pcrs;
> >  	enum integrity_status ima_file_status:4;
> > -- 
> > 2.13.0



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