From e4e55b47ed9ae2c05ff062601ff6dacbe9dc4775 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tetsuo Handa Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2017 20:46:33 +0900 Subject: LSM: Revive security_task_alloc() hook and per "struct task_struct" security blob. MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit We switched from "struct task_struct"->security to "struct cred"->security in Linux 2.6.29. But not all LSM modules were happy with that change. TOMOYO LSM module is an example which want to use per "struct task_struct" security blob, for TOMOYO's security context is defined based on "struct task_struct" rather than "struct cred". AppArmor LSM module is another example which want to use it, for AppArmor is currently abusing the cred a little bit to store the change_hat and setexeccon info. Although security_task_free() hook was revived in Linux 3.4 because Yama LSM module wanted to release per "struct task_struct" security blob, security_task_alloc() hook and "struct task_struct"->security field were not revived. Nowadays, we are getting proposals of lightweight LSM modules which want to use per "struct task_struct" security blob. We are already allowing multiple concurrent LSM modules (up to one fully armored module which uses "struct cred"->security field or exclusive hooks like security_xfrm_state_pol_flow_match(), plus unlimited number of lightweight modules which do not use "struct cred"->security nor exclusive hooks) as long as they are built into the kernel. But this patch does not implement variable length "struct task_struct"->security field which will become needed when multiple LSM modules want to use "struct task_struct"-> security field. Although it won't be difficult to implement variable length "struct task_struct"->security field, let's think about it after we merged this patch. Signed-off-by: Tetsuo Handa Acked-by: John Johansen Acked-by: Serge Hallyn Acked-by: Casey Schaufler Tested-by: Djalal Harouni Acked-by: José Bollo Cc: Paul Moore Cc: Stephen Smalley Cc: Eric Paris Cc: Kees Cook Cc: James Morris Cc: José Bollo Signed-off-by: James Morris --- include/linux/sched.h | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) (limited to 'include/linux/sched.h') diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h index d67eee84fd43..71b8df306bb0 100644 --- a/include/linux/sched.h +++ b/include/linux/sched.h @@ -1037,6 +1037,10 @@ struct task_struct { #ifdef CONFIG_THREAD_INFO_IN_TASK /* A live task holds one reference: */ atomic_t stack_refcount; +#endif +#ifdef CONFIG_SECURITY + /* Used by LSM modules for access restriction: */ + void *security; #endif /* CPU-specific state of this task: */ struct thread_struct thread; -- cgit v1.2.3-59-g8ed1b