[PATCH v3 7/7] Smack: Handle labels consistently in untrusted mounts

Casey Schaufler casey at schaufler-ca.com
Tue Nov 17 10:24:10 PST 2015


On 11/17/2015 8:39 AM, Seth Forshee wrote:
> The SMACK64, SMACK64EXEC, and SMACK64MMAP labels are all handled
> differently in untrusted mounts. This is confusing and
> potentically problematic. Change this to handle them all the same
> way that SMACK64 is currently handled; that is, read the label
> from disk and check it at use time. For SMACK64 and SMACK64MMAP
> access is denied if the label does not match smk_root. To be
> consistent with suid, a SMACK64EXEC label which does not match
> smk_root will still allow execution of the file but will not run
> with the label supplied in the xattr.
>
> Signed-off-by: Seth Forshee <seth.forshee at canonical.com>

Acked-by: Casey Schaufler <casey at schaufler-ca.com>

> ---
>   security/smack/smack_lsm.c | 29 +++++++++++++++++++----------
>   1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/security/smack/smack_lsm.c b/security/smack/smack_lsm.c
> index 621200f86b56..9b7ff781df9a 100644
> --- a/security/smack/smack_lsm.c
> +++ b/security/smack/smack_lsm.c
> @@ -891,6 +891,7 @@ static int smack_bprm_set_creds(struct linux_binprm *bprm)
>   	struct inode *inode = file_inode(bprm->file);
>   	struct task_smack *bsp = bprm->cred->security;
>   	struct inode_smack *isp;
> +	struct superblock_smack *sbsp;
>   	int rc;
>   
>   	if (bprm->cred_prepared)
> @@ -900,6 +901,11 @@ static int smack_bprm_set_creds(struct linux_binprm *bprm)
>   	if (isp->smk_task == NULL || isp->smk_task == bsp->smk_task)
>   		return 0;
>   
> +	sbsp = inode->i_sb->s_security;
> +	if ((sbsp->smk_flags & SMK_SB_UNTRUSTED) &&
> +	    isp->smk_task != sbsp->smk_root)
> +		return 0;
> +
>   	if (bprm->unsafe & (LSM_UNSAFE_PTRACE | LSM_UNSAFE_PTRACE_CAP)) {
>   		struct task_struct *tracer;
>   		rc = 0;
> @@ -1703,6 +1709,7 @@ static int smack_mmap_file(struct file *file,
>   	struct task_smack *tsp;
>   	struct smack_known *okp;
>   	struct inode_smack *isp;
> +	struct superblock_smack *sbsp;
>   	int may;
>   	int mmay;
>   	int tmay;
> @@ -1714,6 +1721,10 @@ static int smack_mmap_file(struct file *file,
>   	isp = file_inode(file)->i_security;
>   	if (isp->smk_mmap == NULL)
>   		return 0;
> +	sbsp = file_inode(file)->i_sb->s_security;
> +	if (sbsp->smk_flags & SMK_SB_UNTRUSTED &&
> +	    isp->smk_mmap != sbsp->smk_root)
> +		return -EACCES;
>   	mkp = isp->smk_mmap;
>   
>   	tsp = current_security();
> @@ -3492,16 +3503,14 @@ static void smack_d_instantiate(struct dentry *opt_dentry, struct inode *inode)
>   			if (rc >= 0)
>   				transflag = SMK_INODE_TRANSMUTE;
>   		}
> -		if (!(sbsp->smk_flags & SMK_SB_UNTRUSTED)) {
> -			/*
> -			 * Don't let the exec or mmap label be "*" or "@".
> -			 */
> -			skp = smk_fetch(XATTR_NAME_SMACKEXEC, inode, dp);
> -			if (IS_ERR(skp) || skp == &smack_known_star ||
> -			    skp == &smack_known_web)
> -				skp = NULL;
> -			isp->smk_task = skp;
> -		}
> +		/*
> +		 * Don't let the exec or mmap label be "*" or "@".
> +		 */
> +		skp = smk_fetch(XATTR_NAME_SMACKEXEC, inode, dp);
> +		if (IS_ERR(skp) || skp == &smack_known_star ||
> +		    skp == &smack_known_web)
> +			skp = NULL;
> +		isp->smk_task = skp;
>   
>   		skp = smk_fetch(XATTR_NAME_SMACKMMAP, inode, dp);
>   		if (IS_ERR(skp) || skp == &smack_known_star ||




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