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Diffstat (limited to 'security/security.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | security/security.c | 70 |
1 files changed, 48 insertions, 22 deletions
diff --git a/security/security.c b/security/security.c index e5ca08789f74..8cee5b6c6e6d 100644 --- a/security/security.c +++ b/security/security.c @@ -2278,7 +2278,20 @@ int security_inode_getattr(const struct path *path) * @size: size of xattr value * @flags: flags * - * Check permission before setting the extended attributes. + * This hook performs the desired permission checks before setting the extended + * attributes (xattrs) on @dentry. It is important to note that we have some + * additional logic before the main LSM implementation calls to detect if we + * need to perform an additional capability check at the LSM layer. + * + * Normally we enforce a capability check prior to executing the various LSM + * hook implementations, but if a LSM wants to avoid this capability check, + * it can register a 'inode_xattr_skipcap' hook and return a value of 1 for + * xattrs that it wants to avoid the capability check, leaving the LSM fully + * responsible for enforcing the access control for the specific xattr. If all + * of the enabled LSMs refrain from registering a 'inode_xattr_skipcap' hook, + * or return a 0 (the default return value), the capability check is still + * performed. If no 'inode_xattr_skipcap' hooks are registered the capability + * check is performed. * * Return: Returns 0 if permission is granted. */ @@ -2286,20 +2299,20 @@ int security_inode_setxattr(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct dentry *dentry, const char *name, const void *value, size_t size, int flags) { - int ret; + int rc; if (unlikely(IS_PRIVATE(d_backing_inode(dentry)))) return 0; - /* - * SELinux and Smack integrate the cap call, - * so assume that all LSMs supplying this call do so. - */ - ret = call_int_hook(inode_setxattr, idmap, dentry, name, value, size, - flags); - if (ret == 1) - ret = cap_inode_setxattr(dentry, name, value, size, flags); - return ret; + /* enforce the capability checks at the lsm layer, if needed */ + if (!call_int_hook(inode_xattr_skipcap, name)) { + rc = cap_inode_setxattr(dentry, name, value, size, flags); + if (rc) + return rc; + } + + return call_int_hook(inode_setxattr, idmap, dentry, name, value, size, + flags); } /** @@ -2452,26 +2465,39 @@ int security_inode_listxattr(struct dentry *dentry) * @dentry: file * @name: xattr name * - * Check permission before removing the extended attribute identified by @name - * for @dentry. + * This hook performs the desired permission checks before setting the extended + * attributes (xattrs) on @dentry. It is important to note that we have some + * additional logic before the main LSM implementation calls to detect if we + * need to perform an additional capability check at the LSM layer. + * + * Normally we enforce a capability check prior to executing the various LSM + * hook implementations, but if a LSM wants to avoid this capability check, + * it can register a 'inode_xattr_skipcap' hook and return a value of 1 for + * xattrs that it wants to avoid the capability check, leaving the LSM fully + * responsible for enforcing the access control for the specific xattr. If all + * of the enabled LSMs refrain from registering a 'inode_xattr_skipcap' hook, + * or return a 0 (the default return value), the capability check is still + * performed. If no 'inode_xattr_skipcap' hooks are registered the capability + * check is performed. * * Return: Returns 0 if permission is granted. */ int security_inode_removexattr(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct dentry *dentry, const char *name) { - int ret; + int rc; if (unlikely(IS_PRIVATE(d_backing_inode(dentry)))) return 0; - /* - * SELinux and Smack integrate the cap call, - * so assume that all LSMs supplying this call do so. - */ - ret = call_int_hook(inode_removexattr, idmap, dentry, name); - if (ret == 1) - ret = cap_inode_removexattr(idmap, dentry, name); - return ret; + + /* enforce the capability checks at the lsm layer, if needed */ + if (!call_int_hook(inode_xattr_skipcap, name)) { + rc = cap_inode_removexattr(idmap, dentry, name); + if (rc) + return rc; + } + + return call_int_hook(inode_removexattr, idmap, dentry, name); } /** |