This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
scsi: target: Fix SELinux error when systemd-modules loads the target module
to the 5.4-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
The filename of the patch is:
scsi-target-fix-selinux-error-when-systemd-modules-l.patch
and it can be found in the queue-5.4 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
commit 01858cda67563c536a6b5b7b9be341a6e0e6c277
Author: Maurizio Lombardi <mlombard@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu Feb 15 15:39:43 2024 +0100
scsi: target: Fix SELinux error when systemd-modules loads the target module
[ Upstream commit 97a54ef596c3fd24ec2b227ba8aaf2cf5415e779 ]
If the systemd-modules service loads the target module, the credentials of
that userspace process will be used to validate the access to the target db
directory. SELinux will prevent it, reporting an error like the following:
kernel: audit: type=1400 audit(1676301082.205:4): avc: denied { read }
for pid=1020 comm="systemd-modules" name="target" dev="dm-3"
ino=4657583 scontext=system_u:system_r:systemd_modules_load_t:s0
tcontext=system_u:object_r:targetd_etc_rw_t:s0 tclass=dir permissive=0
Fix the error by using the kernel credentials to access the db directory
Signed-off-by: Maurizio Lombardi <mlombard@xxxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240215143944.847184-2-mlombard@xxxxxxxxxx
Reviewed-by: Mike Christie <michael.christie@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Martin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>
diff --git a/drivers/target/target_core_configfs.c b/drivers/target/target_core_configfs.c
index e6e1755978602..4edabab65b879 100644
--- a/drivers/target/target_core_configfs.c
+++ b/drivers/target/target_core_configfs.c
@@ -3458,6 +3458,8 @@ static int __init target_core_init_configfs(void)
{
struct configfs_subsystem *subsys = &target_core_fabrics;
struct t10_alua_lu_gp *lu_gp;
+ struct cred *kern_cred;
+ const struct cred *old_cred;
int ret;
pr_debug("TARGET_CORE[0]: Loading Generic Kernel Storage"
@@ -3534,11 +3536,21 @@ static int __init target_core_init_configfs(void)
if (ret < 0)
goto out;
+ /* We use the kernel credentials to access the target directory */
+ kern_cred = prepare_kernel_cred(&init_task);
+ if (!kern_cred) {
+ ret = -ENOMEM;
+ goto out;
+ }
+ old_cred = override_creds(kern_cred);
target_init_dbroot();
+ revert_creds(old_cred);
+ put_cred(kern_cred);
return 0;
out:
+ target_xcopy_release_pt();
configfs_unregister_subsystem(subsys);
core_dev_release_virtual_lun0();
rd_module_exit();
