From: Mimi Zohar <zohar@linux.ibm.com>
To: Stefan Berger <stefanb@linux.ibm.com>,
Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>,
Stefan Berger <stefanb@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: linux-integrity@vger.kernel.org, serge@hallyn.com,
christian.brauner@ubuntu.com, containers@lists.linux.dev,
dmitry.kasatkin@gmail.com, ebiederm@xmission.com,
krzysztof.struczynski@huawei.com, roberto.sassu@huawei.com,
mpeters@redhat.com, lhinds@redhat.com, lsturman@redhat.com,
puiterwi@redhat.com, jejb@linux.ibm.com, jamjoom@us.ibm.com,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, paul@paul-moore.com,
rgb@redhat.com, linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org,
jmorris@namei.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v9 10/23] ima: Move IMA securityfs files into ima_namespace or onto stack
Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2022 22:13:04 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <714ef8a702e162fd9110f54801c02d626ee48a6b.camel@linux.ibm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <af944c80-aaa0-357d-eac3-f902c196fa0b@linux.ibm.com>
On Thu, 2022-01-27 at 12:02 -0500, Stefan Berger wrote:
> On 1/26/22 04:40, Christian Brauner wrote:
> > On Tue, Jan 25, 2022 at 05:46:32PM -0500, Stefan Berger wrote:
> >> From: Stefan Berger <stefanb@linux.ibm.com>
> >>
> >> Only the securityfs IMA policy file is ever removed based on Kconfig
> >> options. For this reason, move the IMA securityfs policy file variable
> >> 'ima_policy' into the ima_namespace.
> >>
> >> Move the other IMA securityfs files onto the stack since they are not
> >> needed outside the function where they are created in. Also, their cleanup
> >> is automatically handled by the filesystem upon umount of a virtualized
> >> securityfs instance, so they don't need to be explicitly freed.
> > I'd reverse the explantion in the commit and mention the securityfs
> > change that makes this move possible which is patch 3 in this version of
> > the series ("securityfs: rework dentry creation"); something like:
> >
> > Earlier we simplified how dentry creation and deletion is manged in
> > securityfs. This allows us to move IMA securityfs files from global
> > variables directly into ima_fs_ns_init() itself. We can now rely on
> > those dentries to be cleaned up when the securityfs instance is cleaned
> > when the last reference to it is dropped.
> >
> > Things are slightly different for the initial ima namespace. In contrast
> > to non-initial ima namespaces it has pinning logic binding the lifetime
> > of the securityfs superblock to created dentries. We need to keep this
> > behavior to not regress userspace. Since ima never removes most of the
> > securityfs files the initial securityfs instance stays pinned. This also
> > means even for the initial ima namespace we don't need to keep
> > references to these dentries anywhere.
> >
> > The ima_policy file is the exception since ima can end up removing it if
> > a non-default policy is written at some point.
> >
> > Last sentence should be checked for sensibility by ima folks.
>
> I remove the if clause and took the other text as-is...
Or replace it with, "on systems that don't allow reading or extending
the IMA custom policy."
thanks,
Mimi
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-01-28 3:13 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 65+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-01-25 22:46 [PATCH v9 00/23] ima: Namespace IMA with audit support in IMA-ns Stefan Berger
2022-01-25 22:46 ` [PATCH v9 01/23] ima: Remove ima_policy file before directory Stefan Berger
2022-01-26 8:30 ` Christian Brauner
2022-01-25 22:46 ` [PATCH v9 02/23] ima: Do not print policy rule with inactive LSM labels Stefan Berger
2022-01-26 8:38 ` Christian Brauner
2022-01-27 14:12 ` Mimi Zohar
2022-01-25 22:46 ` [PATCH v9 03/23] securityfs: rework dentry creation Stefan Berger
2022-01-25 22:46 ` [PATCH v9 04/23] securityfs: Extend securityfs with namespacing support Stefan Berger
2022-01-27 16:53 ` Mimi Zohar
2022-01-31 22:28 ` Stefan Berger
2022-01-31 23:43 ` Mimi Zohar
2022-01-25 22:46 ` [PATCH v9 05/23] ima: Define ima_namespace struct and start moving variables into it Stefan Berger
2022-01-26 8:47 ` Christian Brauner
2022-01-25 22:46 ` [PATCH v9 06/23] ima: Move arch_policy_entry into ima_namespace Stefan Berger
2022-01-26 9:11 ` Christian Brauner
2022-01-27 19:42 ` Mimi Zohar
2022-01-25 22:46 ` [PATCH v9 07/23] ima: Move ima_htable " Stefan Berger
2022-01-26 9:16 ` Christian Brauner
2022-01-25 22:46 ` [PATCH v9 08/23] ima: Move measurement list related variables " Stefan Berger
2022-01-26 9:21 ` Christian Brauner
2022-01-26 22:23 ` Stefan Berger
2022-01-27 21:48 ` Mimi Zohar
2022-01-28 14:06 ` Stefan Berger
2022-01-25 22:46 ` [PATCH v9 09/23] ima: Move some IMA policy and filesystem " Stefan Berger
2022-01-26 9:23 ` Christian Brauner
2022-01-27 22:30 ` Mimi Zohar
2022-01-28 15:44 ` Stefan Berger
2022-01-28 16:03 ` Mimi Zohar
2022-01-25 22:46 ` [PATCH v9 10/23] ima: Move IMA securityfs files into ima_namespace or onto stack Stefan Berger
2022-01-26 9:40 ` Christian Brauner
2022-01-27 17:02 ` Stefan Berger
2022-01-28 3:13 ` Mimi Zohar [this message]
2022-01-25 22:46 ` [PATCH v9 11/23] ima: Move ima_lsm_policy_notifier into ima_namespace Stefan Berger
2022-01-26 13:05 ` Christian Brauner
2022-01-26 21:54 ` Stefan Berger
2022-01-25 22:46 ` [PATCH v9 12/23] ima: Define mac_admin_ns_capable() as a wrapper for ns_capable() Stefan Berger
2022-01-26 13:43 ` Christian Brauner
2022-01-25 22:46 ` [PATCH v9 13/23] ima: Only accept AUDIT rules for non-init_ima_ns namespaces for now Stefan Berger
2022-01-26 13:44 ` Christian Brauner
2022-01-25 22:46 ` [PATCH v9 14/23] userns: Add pointer to ima_namespace to user_namespace Stefan Berger
2022-01-26 14:46 ` Christian Brauner
2022-01-25 22:46 ` [PATCH v9 15/23] ima: Implement hierarchical processing of file accesses Stefan Berger
2022-01-26 12:39 ` Christian Brauner
2022-01-26 22:05 ` Stefan Berger
2022-01-25 22:46 ` [PATCH v9 16/23] ima: Implement ima_free_policy_rules() for freeing of an ima_namespace Stefan Berger
2022-01-28 14:02 ` Mimi Zohar
2022-01-31 18:56 ` Stefan Berger
2022-01-25 22:46 ` [PATCH v9 17/23] ima: Add functions for creating and " Stefan Berger
2022-01-26 13:56 ` Christian Brauner
2022-01-25 22:46 ` [PATCH v9 18/23] integrity/ima: Define ns_status for storing namespaced iint data Stefan Berger
2022-01-25 22:46 ` [PATCH v9 19/23] ima: Namespace audit status flags Stefan Berger
2022-01-25 22:46 ` [PATCH v9 20/23] ima: Setup securityfs for IMA namespace Stefan Berger
2022-01-26 14:03 ` Christian Brauner
2022-01-25 22:46 ` [PATCH v9 21/23] ima: Introduce securityfs file to activate an " Stefan Berger
2022-01-26 14:31 ` Christian Brauner
2022-01-27 15:24 ` Stefan Berger
2022-01-25 22:46 ` [PATCH v9 22/23] ima: Show owning user namespace's uid and gid when displaying policy Stefan Berger
2022-01-26 14:43 ` Christian Brauner
2022-01-26 14:43 ` Christian Brauner
2022-01-26 23:13 ` Stefan Berger
2022-01-25 22:46 ` [PATCH v9 23/23] ima: Enable IMA namespaces Stefan Berger
2022-01-26 14:57 ` Christian Brauner
2022-01-26 13:19 ` [PATCH v9 00/23] ima: Namespace IMA with audit support in IMA-ns Christian Brauner
2022-01-28 18:34 ` Stefan Berger
2022-01-26 16:52 ` Stefan Berger
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