security: Place security_path_post_mknod() where the original IMA call was
authorRoberto Sassu <roberto.sassu@huawei.com>
Wed, 3 Apr 2024 07:57:29 +0000 (09:57 +0200)
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Wed, 3 Apr 2024 17:21:32 +0000 (10:21 -0700)
commit701b38995e5bdd2a293936c55782140423827fb1
tree77973f752aeb407fdb5a431f28582492065d692f
parent0e110732473e14d6520e49d75d2c88ef7d46fe67
security: Place security_path_post_mknod() where the original IMA call was

Commit 08abce60d63f ("security: Introduce path_post_mknod hook")
introduced security_path_post_mknod(), to replace the IMA-specific call
to ima_post_path_mknod().

For symmetry with security_path_mknod(), security_path_post_mknod() was
called after a successful mknod operation, for any file type, rather
than only for regular files at the time there was the IMA call.

However, as reported by VFS maintainers, successful mknod operation does
not mean that the dentry always has an inode attached to it (for
example, not for FIFOs on a SAMBA mount).

If that condition happens, the kernel crashes when
security_path_post_mknod() attempts to verify if the inode associated to
the dentry is private.

Move security_path_post_mknod() where the ima_post_path_mknod() call was,
which is obviously correct from IMA/EVM perspective. IMA/EVM are the only
in-kernel users, and only need to inspect regular files.

Reported-by: Steve French <smfrench@gmail.com>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-kernel/CAH2r5msAVzxCUHHG8VKrMPUKQHmBpE6K9_vjhgDa1uAvwx4ppw@mail.gmail.com/
Suggested-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Fixes: 08abce60d63f ("security: Introduce path_post_mknod hook")
Signed-off-by: Roberto Sassu <roberto.sassu@huawei.com>
Reviewed-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Mimi Zohar <zohar@linux.ibm.com>
Acked-by: Paul Moore <paul@paul-moore.com>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
fs/namei.c
security/security.c