On 4/26/2017 8:02 AM, Sebastien Buisson wrote:
> From: Daniel Jurgens <danielj@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Add a generic notification mechanism in the LSM. Interested consumers
> can register a callback with the LSM and security modules can produce
> events.
Why is this a generic mechanism? Do you ever see anyone
other than SELinux using it?
> Add a call to the notification mechanism from SELinux when the AVC
> cache changes.
This seems like a whole lot of mechanism for
something you could accomplish with a log message.
What am I missing?
>
> Signed-off-by: Daniel Jurgens <danielj@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Sebastien Buisson <sbuisson@xxxxxxx>
> ---
> include/linux/security.h | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++
> security/security.c | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
> security/selinux/hooks.c | 12 ++++++++++++
> 3 files changed, 55 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/security.h b/include/linux/security.h
> index af675b5..73a9c93 100644
> --- a/include/linux/security.h
> +++ b/include/linux/security.h
> @@ -68,6 +68,10 @@
> struct user_namespace;
> struct timezone;
>
> +enum lsm_event {
> + LSM_POLICY_CHANGE,
> +};
> +
> /* These functions are in security/commoncap.c */
> extern int cap_capable(const struct cred *cred, struct user_namespace *ns,
> int cap, int audit);
> @@ -163,6 +167,10 @@ struct security_mnt_opts {
> int num_mnt_opts;
> };
>
> +int call_lsm_notifier(enum lsm_event event, void *data);
> +int register_lsm_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb);
> +int unregister_lsm_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb);
> +
> static inline void security_init_mnt_opts(struct security_mnt_opts *opts)
> {
> opts->mnt_opts = NULL;
> @@ -381,6 +389,21 @@ int security_sem_semop(struct sem_array *sma, struct sembuf *sops,
> struct security_mnt_opts {
> };
>
> +static inline int call_lsm_notifier(enum lsm_event event, void *data)
> +{
> + return 0;
> +}
> +
> +static inline int register_lsm_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb)
> +{
> + return 0;
> +}
> +
> +static inline int unregister_lsm_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb)
> +{
> + return 0;
> +}
> +
> static inline void security_init_mnt_opts(struct security_mnt_opts *opts)
> {
> }
> diff --git a/security/security.c b/security/security.c
> index b9fea39..ef9d9e1 100644
> --- a/security/security.c
> +++ b/security/security.c
> @@ -32,6 +32,8 @@
> /* Maximum number of letters for an LSM name string */
> #define SECURITY_NAME_MAX 10
>
> +static ATOMIC_NOTIFIER_HEAD(lsm_notifier_chain);
> +
> struct security_hook_heads security_hook_heads __lsm_ro_after_init;
> char *lsm_names;
> /* Boot-time LSM user choice */
> @@ -146,6 +148,24 @@ void __init security_add_hooks(struct security_hook_list *hooks, int count,
> panic("%s - Cannot get early memory.\n", __func__);
> }
>
> +int call_lsm_notifier(enum lsm_event event, void *data)
> +{
> + return atomic_notifier_call_chain(&lsm_notifier_chain, event, data);
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(call_lsm_notifier);
> +
> +int register_lsm_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb)
> +{
> + return atomic_notifier_chain_register(&lsm_notifier_chain, nb);
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(register_lsm_notifier);
> +
> +int unregister_lsm_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb)
> +{
> + return atomic_notifier_chain_unregister(&lsm_notifier_chain, nb);
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(unregister_lsm_notifier);
> +
> /*
> * Hook list operation macros.
> *
> diff --git a/security/selinux/hooks.c b/security/selinux/hooks.c
> index e67a526..a4d36f8 100644
> --- a/security/selinux/hooks.c
> +++ b/security/selinux/hooks.c
> @@ -171,6 +171,14 @@ static int selinux_netcache_avc_callback(u32 event)
> return 0;
> }
>
> +static int selinux_lsm_notifier_avc_callback(u32 event)
> +{
> + if (event == AVC_CALLBACK_RESET)
> + call_lsm_notifier(LSM_POLICY_CHANGE, NULL);
> +
> + return 0;
> +}
> +
> /*
> * initialise the security for the init task
> */
> @@ -6379,6 +6387,10 @@ static __init int selinux_init(void)
> if (avc_add_callback(selinux_netcache_avc_callback, AVC_CALLBACK_RESET))
> panic("SELinux: Unable to register AVC netcache callback\n");
>
> + if (avc_add_callback(selinux_lsm_notifier_avc_callback,
> + AVC_CALLBACK_RESET))
> + panic("SELinux: Unable to register AVC LSM notifier callback\n");
> +
> if (selinux_enforcing)
> printk(KERN_DEBUG "SELinux: Starting in enforcing mode\n");
> else
