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From: "Ahmed S. Darwish" <darwish.07@gmail.com>
To: Casey Schaufler <casey@schaufler-ca.com>
Cc: LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	Linus <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Subject: [PATCH BUGFIX -rc3] Smack: Don't register smackfs if we're not loaded
Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2008 15:10:55 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20080304131055.GA25577@ubuntu> (raw)

Hi all,

Smackfs initialization without an enabled Smack leads to
an early Oops that renders the system unusable.

Introduce a global smack_enabled variable that will be used
to make sure that no smack components will be registered 
(ala smackfs) if we are not already enabled.

Signed-off-by: Ahmed S. Darwish <darwish.07@gmail.com>
---

The Oops is triggered by the security= patch that will be sent
soon.

I can't imagine an SELinux guru finding /smackfs instead of 
his usual /selinuxfs when he hits a tab completion after 's' ;).
As a bonus, this patch will handle that case too.

 smack.h     |    9 +++++++++
 smack_lsm.c |    8 ++++++++
 smackfs.c   |    3 +++

 3 files changed, 20 insertions(+)

diff --git a/security/smack/smack.h b/security/smack/smack.h
index a21a0e9..17c55ad 100644
--- a/security/smack/smack.h
+++ b/security/smack/smack.h
@@ -18,6 +18,15 @@
 #include <net/netlabel.h>
 
 /*
+ * We must not bother the rest of the kernel by exporting our
+ * own stuff if we are not already enabled. We may not be loaded
+ * if another or no LSM was chosen on boot.
+ * Smackfs is currently the only exported component, but this
+ * may change in the future.
+ */
+extern int smack_enabled;
+
+/*
  * Why 23? CIPSO is constrained to 30, so a 32 byte buffer is
  * bigger than can be used, and 24 is the next lower multiple
  * of 8, and there are too many issues if there isn't space set
diff --git a/security/smack/smack_lsm.c b/security/smack/smack_lsm.c
index 770eb06..6fe7869 100644
--- a/security/smack/smack_lsm.c
+++ b/security/smack/smack_lsm.c
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@
 #define SOCKFS_MAGIC		0x534F434B
 #define TMPFS_MAGIC		0x01021994
 
+int smack_enabled;
+
 /**
  * smk_fetch - Fetch the smack label from a file.
  * @ip: a pointer to the inode
@@ -2589,6 +2591,12 @@ static __init int smack_init(void)
 	if (register_security(&smack_ops))
 		panic("smack: Unable to register with kernel.\n");
 
+	/*
+	 * Notify other Smack components that it's now safe to
+	 * to register themselves.
+	 */
+	smack_enabled = 1;
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/security/smack/smackfs.c b/security/smack/smackfs.c
index 358c92c..e1687c0 100644
--- a/security/smack/smackfs.c
+++ b/security/smack/smackfs.c
@@ -992,6 +992,9 @@ static int __init init_smk_fs(void)
 {
 	int err;
 
+	if (!smack_enabled)
+		return 0;
+
 	err = register_filesystem(&smk_fs_type);
 	if (!err) {
 		smackfs_mount = kern_mount(&smk_fs_type);

-- 

"Better to light a candle, than curse the darkness"

Ahmed S. Darwish
Homepage: http://darwish.07.googlepages.com
Blog: http://darwish-07.blogspot.com


             reply	other threads:[~2008-03-04 13:14 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-03-04 13:10 Ahmed S. Darwish [this message]
2008-03-04 13:58 ` [PATCH -rc3] Security: Introduce security= boot parameter Ahmed S. Darwish
2008-03-05 15:29   ` [PATCH -v7 " Ahmed S. Darwish
2008-03-05 16:33     ` Casey Schaufler
2008-03-05 16:55       ` Ahmed S. Darwish
2008-03-05 17:43         ` Casey Schaufler
2008-03-05 18:46   ` [PATCH -v7b " Ahmed S. Darwish
2008-03-04 17:21 ` [PATCH BUGFIX -rc3] Smack: Don't register smackfs if we're not loaded Linus Torvalds
2008-03-04 18:24   ` Ahmed S. Darwish
2008-03-04 16:42 Casey Schaufler
2008-03-04 17:45 Casey Schaufler
2008-03-04 18:12 ` Linus Torvalds
2008-03-05  0:58   ` James Morris
2008-03-05 12:12     ` Ahmed S. Darwish
2008-03-05 12:44 ` Ahmed S. Darwish
2008-03-05 12:51   ` Ahmed S. Darwish

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