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2015-10-19Smack: limited capability for changing process labelZbigniew Jasinski
This feature introduces new kernel interface: - <smack_fs>/relabel-self - for setting transition labels list This list is used to control smack label transition mechanism. List is set by, and per process. Process can transit to new label only if label is on the list. Only process with CAP_MAC_ADMIN capability can add labels to this list. With this list, process can change it's label without CAP_MAC_ADMIN but only once. After label changing, list is unset. Changes in v2: * use list_for_each_entry instead of _rcu during label write * added missing description in security/Smack.txt Changes in v3: * squashed into one commit Changes in v4: * switch from global list to per-task list * since the per-task list is accessed only by the task itself there is no need to use synchronization mechanisms on it Changes in v5: * change smackfs interface of relabel-self to the one used for onlycap multiple labels are accepted, separated by space, which replace the previous list upon write Signed-off-by: Zbigniew Jasinski <z.jasinski@samsung.com> Signed-off-by: Rafal Krypa <r.krypa@samsung.com> Acked-by: Casey Schaufler <casey@schaufler-ca.com>
2015-07-28Smack: IPv6 host labelingCasey Schaufler
IPv6 appears to be (finally) coming of age with the influx of autonomous devices. In support of this, add the ability to associate a Smack label with IPv6 addresses. This patch also cleans up some of the conditional compilation associated with the introduction of secmark processing. It's now more obvious which bit of code goes with which feature. Signed-off-by: Casey Schaufler <casey@schaufler-ca.com>
2015-06-02Smack: allow multiple labels in onlycapRafal Krypa
Smack onlycap allows limiting of CAP_MAC_ADMIN and CAP_MAC_OVERRIDE to processes running with the configured label. But having single privileged label is not enough in some real use cases. On a complex system like Tizen, there maybe few programs that need to configure Smack policy in run-time and running them all with a single label is not always practical. This patch extends onlycap feature for multiple labels. They are configured in the same smackfs "onlycap" interface, separated by spaces. Signed-off-by: Rafal Krypa <r.krypa@samsung.com>
2015-03-31Smack: Updates for Smack documentationCasey Schaufler
Document the Smack bringup features. Update the proper location for mounting smackfs from /smack to /sys/fs/smackfs. Fix some spelling errors. Suggest the use of the load2 interface instead of the load interface. Signed-off-by: Casey Schaufler <casey@schaufler-ca.com>
2014-06-10Merge branch 'serge-next-1' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/sergeh/linux-security Pull security layer updates from Serge Hallyn: "This is a merge of James Morris' security-next tree from 3.14 to yesterday's master, plus four patches from Paul Moore which are in linux-next, plus one patch from Mimi" * 'serge-next-1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/sergeh/linux-security: ima: audit log files opened with O_DIRECT flag selinux: conditionally reschedule in hashtab_insert while loading selinux policy selinux: conditionally reschedule in mls_convert_context while loading selinux policy selinux: reject setexeccon() on MNT_NOSUID applications with -EACCES selinux: Report permissive mode in avc: denied messages. Warning in scanf string typing Smack: Label cgroup files for systemd Smack: Verify read access on file open - v3 security: Convert use of typedef ctl_table to struct ctl_table Smack: bidirectional UDS connect check Smack: Correctly remove SMACK64TRANSMUTE attribute SMACK: Fix handling value==NULL in post setxattr bugfix patch for SMACK Smack: adds smackfs/ptrace interface Smack: unify all ptrace accesses in the smack Smack: fix the subject/object order in smack_ptrace_traceme() Minor improvement of 'smack_sb_kern_mount' smack: fix key permission verification KEYS: Move the flags representing required permission to linux/key.h
2014-04-11Smack: adds smackfs/ptrace interfaceLukasz Pawelczyk
This allows to limit ptrace beyond the regular smack access rules. It adds a smackfs/ptrace interface that allows smack to be configured to require equal smack labels for PTRACE_MODE_ATTACH access. See the changes in Documentation/security/Smack.txt below for details. Signed-off-by: Lukasz Pawelczyk <l.pawelczyk@partner.samsung.com> Signed-off-by: Rafal Krypa <r.krypa@samsung.com>
2014-03-21doc: fix double wordsMasanari Iida
Fix double words "the the" in various files within Documentations. Signed-off-by: Masanari Iida <standby24x7@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz>
2013-03-19Smack: add support for modification of existing rulesRafal Krypa
Rule modifications are enabled via /smack/change-rule. Format is as follows: "Subject Object rwaxt rwaxt" First two strings are subject and object labels up to 255 characters. Third string contains permissions to enable. Fourth string contains permissions to disable. All unmentioned permissions will be left unchanged. If no rule previously existed, it will be created. Targeted for git://git.gitorious.org/smack-next/kernel.git Signed-off-by: Rafal Krypa <r.krypa@samsung.com>
2012-09-26Documentation: Update git repository URL for Smack userland toolsDaniel Wagner
The userland git repository has been moved to a new place. Signed-off-by: Daniel Wagner <daniel.wagner@bmw-carit.de> Cc: Casey Schaufler <casey@schaufler-ca.com> Cc: Rob Landley <rob@landley.net> Cc: linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org Cc: lkml@vger.kernel.org
2012-09-18Smack: implement revoking all rules for a subject labelRafal Krypa
Add /smack/revoke-subject special file. Writing a SMACK label to this file will set the access to '-' for all access rules with that subject label. Targeted for git://git.gitorious.org/smack-next/kernel.git Signed-off-by: Rafal Krypa <r.krypa@samsung.com>
2012-05-14Smack: allow for significantly longer Smack labels v4Casey Schaufler
V4 updated to current linux-security#next Targeted for git://gitorious.org/smack-next/kernel.git Modern application runtime environments like to use naming schemes that are structured and generated without human intervention. Even though the Smack limit of 23 characters for a label name is perfectly rational for human use there have been complaints that the limit is a problem in environments where names are composed from a set or sources, including vendor, author, distribution channel and application name. Names like softwarehouse-pgwodehouse-coolappstore-mellowmuskrats are becoming harder to avoid. This patch introduces long label support in Smack. Labels are now limited to 255 characters instead of the old 23. The primary reason for limiting the labels to 23 characters was so they could be directly contained in CIPSO category sets. This is still done were possible, but for labels that are too large a mapping is required. This is perfectly safe for communication that stays "on the box" and doesn't require much coordination between boxes beyond what would have been required to keep label names consistent. The bulk of this patch is in smackfs, adding and updating administrative interfaces. Because existing APIs can't be changed new ones that do much the same things as old ones have been introduced. The Smack specific CIPSO data representation has been removed and replaced with the data format used by netlabel. The CIPSO header is now computed when a label is imported rather than on use. This results in improved IP performance. The smack label is now allocated separately from the containing structure, allowing for larger strings. Four new /smack interfaces have been introduced as four of the old interfaces strictly required labels be specified in fixed length arrays. The access interface is supplemented with the check interface: access "Subject Object rwxat" access2 "Subject Object rwaxt" The load interface is supplemented with the rules interface: load "Subject Object rwxat" load2 "Subject Object rwaxt" The load-self interface is supplemented with the self-rules interface: load-self "Subject Object rwxat" load-self2 "Subject Object rwaxt" The cipso interface is supplemented with the wire interface: cipso "Subject lvl cnt c1 c2 ..." cipso2 "Subject lvl cnt c1 c2 ..." The old interfaces are maintained for compatibility. Signed-off-by: Casey Schaufler <casey@schaufler-ca.com>
2012-03-07Documentation: Fix multiple typo in DocumentationMasanari Iida
Signed-off-by: Masanari Iida <standby24x7@gmail.com> Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net> Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz>
2011-05-19Create Documentation/security/,Randy Dunlap
move LSM-, credentials-, and keys-related files from Documentation/ to Documentation/security/, add Documentation/security/00-INDEX, and update all occurrences of Documentation/<moved_file> to Documentation/security/<moved_file>.