From b64fcae74b6d6940d14243c963ab0089e8f0d82d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Kees Cook Date: Fri, 2 Oct 2020 10:38:20 -0700 Subject: LSM: Introduce kernel_post_load_data() hook There are a few places in the kernel where LSMs would like to have visibility into the contents of a kernel buffer that has been loaded or read. While security_kernel_post_read_file() (which includes the buffer) exists as a pairing for security_kernel_read_file(), no such hook exists to pair with security_kernel_load_data(). Earlier proposals for just using security_kernel_post_read_file() with a NULL file argument were rejected (i.e. "file" should always be valid for the security_..._file hooks, but it appears at least one case was left in the kernel during earlier refactoring. (This will be fixed in a subsequent patch.) Since not all cases of security_kernel_load_data() can have a single contiguous buffer made available to the LSM hook (e.g. kexec image segments are separately loaded), there needs to be a way for the LSM to reason about its expectations of the hook coverage. In order to handle this, add a "contents" argument to the "kernel_load_data" hook that indicates if the newly added "kernel_post_load_data" hook will be called with the full contents once loaded. That way, LSMs requiring full contents can choose to unilaterally reject "kernel_load_data" with contents=false (which is effectively the existing hook coverage), but when contents=true they can allow it and later evaluate the "kernel_post_load_data" hook once the buffer is loaded. With this change, LSMs can gain coverage over non-file-backed data loads (e.g. init_module(2) and firmware userspace helper), which will happen in subsequent patches. Additionally prepare IMA to start processing these cases. Signed-off-by: Kees Cook Reviewed-by: KP Singh Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20201002173828.2099543-9-keescook@chromium.org Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- kernel/kexec.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'kernel/kexec.c') diff --git a/kernel/kexec.c b/kernel/kexec.c index f977786fe498..c82c6c06f051 100644 --- a/kernel/kexec.c +++ b/kernel/kexec.c @@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ static inline int kexec_load_check(unsigned long nr_segments, return -EPERM; /* Permit LSMs and IMA to fail the kexec */ - result = security_kernel_load_data(LOADING_KEXEC_IMAGE); + result = security_kernel_load_data(LOADING_KEXEC_IMAGE, false); if (result < 0) return result; -- cgit v1.2.3-70-g09d2