Re: [PATCH v3 1/5] LSM: Ensure the correct LSM context releaser

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On Oct 23, 2024 Casey Schaufler <casey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> Add a new lsm_context data structure to hold all the information about a
> "security context", including the string, its size and which LSM allocated
> the string. The allocation information is necessary because LSMs have
> different policies regarding the lifecycle of these strings. SELinux
> allocates and destroys them on each use, whereas Smack provides a pointer
> to an entry in a list that never goes away.
> 
> Update security_release_secctx() to use the lsm_context instead of a
> (char *, len) pair. Change its callers to do likewise.  The LSMs
> supporting this hook have had comments added to remind the developer
> that there is more work to be done.
> 
> The BPF security module provides all LSM hooks. While there has yet to
> be a known instance of a BPF configuration that uses security contexts,
> the possibility is real. In the existing implementation there is
> potential for multiple frees in that case.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Casey Schaufler <casey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: linux-integrity@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: netdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: audit@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: netfilter-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> To: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: linux-nfs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: Todd Kjos <tkjos@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/android/binder.c                | 24 +++++++--------
>  fs/ceph/xattr.c                         |  6 +++-
>  fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c                       |  8 +++--
>  fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c                       |  8 +++--
>  include/linux/lsm_hook_defs.h           |  2 +-
>  include/linux/security.h                | 35 ++++++++++++++++++++--
>  include/net/scm.h                       | 11 +++----
>  kernel/audit.c                          | 30 +++++++++----------
>  kernel/auditsc.c                        | 23 +++++++-------
>  net/ipv4/ip_sockglue.c                  | 10 +++----
>  net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c    | 10 +++----
>  net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_standalone.c |  9 +++---
>  net/netfilter/nfnetlink_queue.c         | 13 +++++---
>  net/netlabel/netlabel_unlabeled.c       | 40 +++++++++++--------------
>  net/netlabel/netlabel_user.c            | 11 ++++---
>  security/apparmor/include/secid.h       |  2 +-
>  security/apparmor/secid.c               | 11 +++++--
>  security/security.c                     |  8 ++---
>  security/selinux/hooks.c                | 11 +++++--
>  19 files changed, 165 insertions(+), 107 deletions(-)

This revision looks okay to me, and with no real comments from the other
affected subsystems on this or the previous revision I'm going to go
ahead and merge this into the lsm/dev branch.

Thanks Casey.

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