xref: /openbmc/linux/fs/cachefiles/security.c (revision db181ce0)
1 /* CacheFiles security management
2  *
3  * Copyright (C) 2007 Red Hat, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
4  * Written by David Howells (dhowells@redhat.com)
5  *
6  * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
7  * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public Licence
8  * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version
9  * 2 of the Licence, or (at your option) any later version.
10  */
11 
12 #include <linux/fs.h>
13 #include <linux/cred.h>
14 #include "internal.h"
15 
16 /*
17  * determine the security context within which we access the cache from within
18  * the kernel
19  */
20 int cachefiles_get_security_ID(struct cachefiles_cache *cache)
21 {
22 	struct cred *new;
23 	int ret;
24 
25 	_enter("{%s}", cache->secctx);
26 
27 	new = prepare_kernel_cred(current);
28 	if (!new) {
29 		ret = -ENOMEM;
30 		goto error;
31 	}
32 
33 	if (cache->secctx) {
34 		ret = set_security_override_from_ctx(new, cache->secctx);
35 		if (ret < 0) {
36 			put_cred(new);
37 			pr_err("Security denies permission to nominate security context: error %d\n",
38 			       ret);
39 			goto error;
40 		}
41 	}
42 
43 	cache->cache_cred = new;
44 	ret = 0;
45 error:
46 	_leave(" = %d", ret);
47 	return ret;
48 }
49 
50 /*
51  * see if mkdir and create can be performed in the root directory
52  */
53 static int cachefiles_check_cache_dir(struct cachefiles_cache *cache,
54 				      struct dentry *root)
55 {
56 	int ret;
57 
58 	ret = security_inode_mkdir(root->d_inode, root, 0);
59 	if (ret < 0) {
60 		pr_err("Security denies permission to make dirs: error %d",
61 		       ret);
62 		return ret;
63 	}
64 
65 	ret = security_inode_create(root->d_inode, root, 0);
66 	if (ret < 0)
67 		pr_err("Security denies permission to create files: error %d",
68 		       ret);
69 
70 	return ret;
71 }
72 
73 /*
74  * check the security details of the on-disk cache
75  * - must be called with security override in force
76  * - must return with a security override in force - even in the case of an
77  *   error
78  */
79 int cachefiles_determine_cache_security(struct cachefiles_cache *cache,
80 					struct dentry *root,
81 					const struct cred **_saved_cred)
82 {
83 	struct cred *new;
84 	int ret;
85 
86 	_enter("");
87 
88 	/* duplicate the cache creds for COW (the override is currently in
89 	 * force, so we can use prepare_creds() to do this) */
90 	new = prepare_creds();
91 	if (!new)
92 		return -ENOMEM;
93 
94 	cachefiles_end_secure(cache, *_saved_cred);
95 
96 	/* use the cache root dir's security context as the basis with
97 	 * which create files */
98 	ret = set_create_files_as(new, root->d_inode);
99 	if (ret < 0) {
100 		abort_creds(new);
101 		cachefiles_begin_secure(cache, _saved_cred);
102 		_leave(" = %d [cfa]", ret);
103 		return ret;
104 	}
105 
106 	put_cred(cache->cache_cred);
107 	cache->cache_cred = new;
108 
109 	cachefiles_begin_secure(cache, _saved_cred);
110 	ret = cachefiles_check_cache_dir(cache, root);
111 
112 	if (ret == -EOPNOTSUPP)
113 		ret = 0;
114 	_leave(" = %d", ret);
115 	return ret;
116 }
117