Re: [RFC PATCH] selinux: randomize layout of key structures

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On Tue, Dec 17, 2019 at 07:12:28PM -0500, Wenhui Zhang wrote:
> Hi, Sorry for bothering you again.
> 
> However I came into some *evm code* in LSM, which calculates HMAC for data
> structures.
> It looks like HMAC could protect integrity of LSM data structures.
> 
> IMHO, __randomize_layout and evm might duplicate the work, any instructions
> on this please?

When does the EVM code perform the checking? I would assume these are
complimentary features rather than duplicate.

-Kees

> 
> 
> On Tue, Dec 17, 2019 at 6:50 PM Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > On Fri, Dec 13, 2019 at 03:28:38PM -0500, Stephen Smalley wrote:
> > > Randomize the layout of key selinux data structures.
> > > Initially this is applied to the selinux_state, selinux_ss,
> > > policydb, and task_security_struct data structures.
> > >
> > > NB To test/use this mechanism, one must install the
> > > necessary build-time dependencies, e.g. gcc-plugin-devel on Fedora,
> > > and enable CONFIG_GCC_PLUGIN_RANDSTRUCT in the kernel configuration.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Stephen Smalley <sds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > -Kees
> >
> > > ---
> > > I would have expected that two kernels built with the same config
> > > with this enabled would have yielded different struct layouts in
> > > pahole vmlinux output, but that doesn't appear to be the case. They
> > > do have different seeds.  Am I doing something wrong?
> > > Also, does DEBUG_INFO_BTF effectively undermine/negate the benefits of
> > this
> > > change if enabled?
> > >
> > >  security/selinux/include/objsec.h   | 2 +-
> > >  security/selinux/include/security.h | 2 +-
> > >  security/selinux/ss/policydb.h      | 2 +-
> > >  security/selinux/ss/services.h      | 2 +-
> > >  4 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/security/selinux/include/objsec.h
> > b/security/selinux/include/objsec.h
> > > index a4a86cbcfb0a..330b7b6d44e0 100644
> > > --- a/security/selinux/include/objsec.h
> > > +++ b/security/selinux/include/objsec.h
> > > @@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ struct task_security_struct {
> > >       u32 create_sid;         /* fscreate SID */
> > >       u32 keycreate_sid;      /* keycreate SID */
> > >       u32 sockcreate_sid;     /* fscreate SID */
> > > -};
> > > +} __randomize_layout;
> > >
> > >  enum label_initialized {
> > >       LABEL_INVALID,          /* invalid or not initialized */
> > > diff --git a/security/selinux/include/security.h
> > b/security/selinux/include/security.h
> > > index 49737087ad33..3ea406ad91b6 100644
> > > --- a/security/selinux/include/security.h
> > > +++ b/security/selinux/include/security.h
> > > @@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ struct selinux_state {
> > >       bool policycap[__POLICYDB_CAPABILITY_MAX];
> > >       struct selinux_avc *avc;
> > >       struct selinux_ss *ss;
> > > -};
> > > +} __randomize_layout;
> > >
> > >  void selinux_ss_init(struct selinux_ss **ss);
> > >  void selinux_avc_init(struct selinux_avc **avc);
> > > diff --git a/security/selinux/ss/policydb.h
> > b/security/selinux/ss/policydb.h
> > > index bc56b14e2216..98afe52a3d19 100644
> > > --- a/security/selinux/ss/policydb.h
> > > +++ b/security/selinux/ss/policydb.h
> > > @@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ struct policydb {
> > >
> > >       u16 process_class;
> > >       u32 process_trans_perms;
> > > -};
> > > +} __randomize_layout;;
> > >
> > >  extern void policydb_destroy(struct policydb *p);
> > >  extern int policydb_load_isids(struct policydb *p, struct sidtab *s);
> > > diff --git a/security/selinux/ss/services.h
> > b/security/selinux/ss/services.h
> > > index fc40640a9725..c5896f39e8f6 100644
> > > --- a/security/selinux/ss/services.h
> > > +++ b/security/selinux/ss/services.h
> > > @@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ struct selinux_ss {
> > >       struct selinux_map map;
> > >       struct page *status_page;
> > >       struct mutex status_lock;
> > > -};
> > > +} __randomize_layout;
> > >
> > >  void services_compute_xperms_drivers(struct extended_perms *xperms,
> > >                               struct avtab_node *node);
> > > --
> > > 2.23.0
> > >
> >
> > --
> > Kees Cook
> >
> 
> 
> -- 
> V/R,
> 
> Wenhui Zhang
> 
> Email: wenhui@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>            Telephone: 1-(703) 424 3193

-- 
Kees Cook



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