Re: [PATCH 13/14] NFSD: Server implementation of MAC Labeling

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On Fri, Mar 29, 2013 at 08:18:59AM -0700, Casey Schaufler wrote:
> On 3/29/2013 7:49 AM, David Quigley wrote:
> > On 03/29/2013 10:40, J. Bruce Fields wrote:
> >> On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 11:35:31PM -0400, Dave Quigley wrote:
> >>> On 3/28/2013 12:14 PM, J. Bruce Fields wrote:
> >>> >On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 09:54:04AM -0400, Steve Dickson wrote:
> >>> >>From: David Quigley <dpquigl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >>> >>
> >>> >>This patch adds the ability to encode and decode file labels on
> >>> the server for
> >>> >>the purpose of sending them to the client and also to process
> >>> label change
> >>> >>requests from the client.
> >>> >>
> >>> >>Signed-off-by: Matthew N. Dodd <Matthew.Dodd@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >>> >>Signed-off-by: Miguel Rodel Felipe <Rodel_FM@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >>> >>Signed-off-by: Phua Eu Gene <PHUA_Eu_Gene@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >>> >>Signed-off-by: Khin Mi Mi Aung <Mi_Mi_AUNG@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >>> >>---
> >>> >>  fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c |  41 +++++++++++++++++++
> >>> >>  fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c  | 116
> >>> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
> >>> >>  fs/nfsd/nfsd.h     |   6 ++-
> >>> >>  fs/nfsd/vfs.c      |  29 ++++++++++++++
> >>> >>  fs/nfsd/vfs.h      |   2 +
> >>> >>  fs/nfsd/xdr4.h     |   3 ++
> >>> >>  6 files changed, 191 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> >>> >>
> >>> >>diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c
> >>> >>index ae73175..bb17589 100644
> >>> >>--- a/fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c
> >>> >>+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c
> >>> >>@@ -42,6 +42,36 @@
> >>> >>  #include "current_stateid.h"
> >>> >>  #include "netns.h"
> >>> >>
> >>> >>+#ifdef CONFIG_NFSD_V4_SECURITY_LABEL
> >>> >>+#include <linux/security.h>
> >>> >>+
> >>> >>+static inline void
> >>> >>+nfsd4_security_inode_setsecctx(struct svc_fh *resfh, struct
> >>> nfs4_label *label, u32 *bmval)
> >>> >>+{
> >>> >>+    struct inode *inode = resfh->fh_dentry->d_inode;
> >>> >>+    int status;
> >>> >>+
> >>> >>+    mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex);
> >>> >>+    status = security_inode_setsecctx(resfh->fh_dentry,
> >>> >>+        label->label, label->len);
> >>> >>+    mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);
> >>> >>+
> >>> >>+    if (status)
> >>> >>+        /*
> >>> >>+         * We should probably fail the whole open at this point,
> >>> >>+         * but we've already created or opened the file, so it's
> >>> >>+         * too late; So this seems the least of evils:
> >>> >>+         */
> >>> >>+        bmval[2] &= ~FATTR4_WORD2_SECURITY_LABEL;
> >>> >
> >>> >Is there any way to avoid this?
> >>> >
> >>> >How does the vfs open code handle this?  It has to be able to set a
> >>> >security contexts atomically on open(O_CREAT), doesn't it?
> >>> >
> >>>
> >>> I believe the way this is handled is that the inode is created and
> >>> labeled and then only after that is it bound to the namespace.
> >>> Because of that ordering we can fail and release the inode without
> >>> it ever having a dentry in the namespace.
> >>
> >> Grepping around....  Looks like that's done by
> >> security_inode_init_security(), from the filesystem's create method.
> >>
> >> So we'd need to be able to pass something down to there.
> >>
> >> Is the current client actually expected to use this?  (So are we going
> >> to see a lot of opens that set the label?)
> >>
> >> --b.
> >
> > I don't have all the code infront of me but we have a different hook
> > to do that. The call to nfsd4_security_inode_setsecctx is supposed to
> > be used from the setattr handlers to do the equivalent of a setxattr
> > on the file over NFS. The actual creation gets done with something
> > like security_dentry_init_security which should be in an earlier
> > patch. I'd have to look more clearly at the code to find out. Also
> > where did we come up with 128 for label length? The SELinux code
> > assumes a starting point of 255 and goes up from there as needed. The
> > MLS policies will definitely exceed a 128 byte label.
> 
> If anyone cares, Smack labels can (now) be 255 characters.
> Also, when (if) we get multiple concurrent LSMs the
> "security context" may include information for more than
> one LSM. 128 bytes is going to look pretty tiny then.
> 
> smack='com.corportation.service'selinux='system_u:object_r:bin_t:s0'

OK.  We need a number.  2k?

--b.
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