Add trusted_for(2) (was O_MAYEXEC)

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Hi,

This new patch series fix the syscall signature as suggested by
Alejandro Colomar.  It applies on Linus's master branch (v5.16-rc1) and
next-20211115.

Andrew, can you please consider to merge this into your tree?

Overview
========

The final goal of this patch series is to enable the kernel to be a
global policy manager by entrusting processes with access control at
their level.  To reach this goal, two complementary parts are required:
* user space needs to be able to know if it can trust some file
  descriptor content for a specific usage;
* and the kernel needs to make available some part of the policy
  configured by the system administrator.

Primary goal of trusted_for(2)
==============================

This new syscall enables user space to ask the kernel: is this file
descriptor's content trusted to be used for this purpose?  The set of
usage currently only contains execution, but other may follow (e.g.
configuration, sensitive data).  If the kernel identifies the file
descriptor as trustworthy for this usage, user space should then take
this information into account.  The "execution" usage means that the
content of the file descriptor is trusted according to the system policy
to be executed by user space, which means that it interprets the content
or (try to) maps it as executable memory.

A simple system-wide security policy can be set by the system
administrator through a sysctl configuration consistent with the mount
points or the file access rights.  The documentation explains the
prerequisites.

It is important to note that this can only enable to extend access
control managed by the kernel.  Hence it enables current access control
mechanism to be extended and become a superset of what they can

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[PATCH v17 3/3] selftest/interpreter: Add tests for trusted_for(2) policies

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From: Mickaël Salaün <redacted>

Test that checks performed by trusted_for(2) on file descriptors are
consistent with noexec mount points and file execute permissions,
according to the policy configured with the fs.trust_policy sysctl.

Cc: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Shuah Khan <shuah@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Mickaël Salaün <redacted>
Reviewed-by: Thibaut Sautereau <redacted>
Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <redacted>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20211115185304.198460-4-mic@digikod.net
---

Changes since v14:
* Add Reviewed-by Kees Cook.

Changes since v13:
* Move -I to CFLAGS (suggested by Kees Cook).
* Update sysctl name.

Changes since v12:
* Fix Makefile's license.

Changes since v10:
* Update selftest Makefile.

Changes since v9:
* Rename the syscall and the sysctl.
* Update tests for enum trusted_for_usage

Changes since v8:
* Update with the dedicated syscall introspect_access(2) and the renamed
  fs.introspection_policy sysctl.
* Remove check symlink which can't be use as is anymore.
* Use socketpair(2) to test UNIX socket.

Changes since v7:

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diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/Makefile
index c852eb40c4f7..3a032a545f74 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/Makefile
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ TARGETS += ftrace
 TARGETS += futex
 TARGETS += gpio
 TARGETS += intel_pstate
+TARGETS += interpreter
 TARGETS += ipc
 TARGETS += ir
 TARGETS += kcmp
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/interpreter/.gitignore b/tools/testing/selftests/interpreter/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..82a4846cbc4b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/interpreter/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+/*_test
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/interpreter/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/interpreter/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7402fdb6533f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/interpreter/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+CFLAGS += -Wall -O2 -I$(khdr_dir)
+LDLIBS += -lcap
+
+src_test := $(wildcard *_test.c)
+TEST_GEN_PROGS := $(src_test:.c=)
+
+KSFT_KHDR_INSTALL := 1
+include ../lib.mk
+
+khdr_dir = $(top_srcdir)/usr/include
+
+$(khdr_dir)/asm-generic/unistd.h: khdr
+	@:
+
+$(khdr_dir)/linux/trusted-for.h: khdr
+	@:
+
+$(OUTPUT)/%_test: %_test.c $(khdr_dir)/asm-generic/unistd.h $(khdr_dir)/linux/trusted-for.h ../kselftest_harness.h
+	$(LINK.c) $< $(LDLIBS) -o $@
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/interpreter/config b/tools/testing/selftests/interpreter/config
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..dd53c266bf52
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/interpreter/config
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+CONFIG_SYSCTL=y
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/interpreter/trust_policy_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/interpreter/trust_policy_test.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b59f07f537ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/interpreter/trust_policy_test.c
@@ -0,0 +1,362 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+/*
+ * Test trusted_for(2) with fs.trusted_for_policy sysctl
+ *
+ * Copyright © 2018-2020 ANSSI
+ *
+ * Author: Mickaël Salaün <mic@digikod.net>
+ */
+
+#define _GNU_SOURCE
+#include <asm-generic/unistd.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <linux/trusted-for.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <sys/capability.h>
+#include <sys/mman.h>
+#include <sys/mount.h>
+#include <sys/socket.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <sys/syscall.h>
+#include <sys/sysmacros.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+#include "../kselftest_harness.h"
+
+#ifndef trusted_for
+static int trusted_for(const int fd, const enum trusted_for_usage usage,
+		const __u32 flags)
+{
+	errno = 0;
+	return syscall(__NR_trusted_for, fd, usage, flags);
+}
+#endif
+
+static const char sysctl_path[] = "/proc/sys/fs/trusted_for_policy";
+
+static const char workdir_path[] = "./test-mount";
+static const char reg_file_path[] = "./test-mount/regular_file";
+static const char dir_path[] = "./test-mount/directory";
+static const char block_dev_path[] = "./test-mount/block_device";
+static const char char_dev_path[] = "./test-mount/character_device";
+static const char fifo_path[] = "./test-mount/fifo";
+
+static void ignore_dac(struct __test_metadata *_metadata, int override)
+{
+	cap_t caps;
+	const cap_value_t cap_val[2] = {
+		CAP_DAC_OVERRIDE,
+		CAP_DAC_READ_SEARCH,
+	};
+
+	caps = cap_get_proc();
+	ASSERT_NE(NULL, caps);
+	ASSERT_EQ(0, cap_set_flag(caps, CAP_EFFECTIVE, 2, cap_val,
+				override ? CAP_SET : CAP_CLEAR));
+	ASSERT_EQ(0, cap_set_proc(caps));
+	EXPECT_EQ(0, cap_free(caps));
+}
+
+static void ignore_sys_admin(struct __test_metadata *_metadata, int override)
+{
+	cap_t caps;
+	const cap_value_t cap_val[1] = {
+		CAP_SYS_ADMIN,
+	};
+
+	caps = cap_get_proc();
+	ASSERT_NE(NULL, caps);
+	ASSERT_EQ(0, cap_set_flag(caps, CAP_EFFECTIVE, 1, cap_val,
+				override ? CAP_SET : CAP_CLEAR));
+	ASSERT_EQ(0, cap_set_proc(caps));
+	EXPECT_EQ(0, cap_free(caps));
+}
+
+static void test_omx(struct __test_metadata *_metadata,
+		const char *const path, const int err_access)
+{
+	int flags = O_RDONLY | O_CLOEXEC;
+	int fd, access_ret, access_errno;
+
+	/* Do not block on pipes. */
+	if (path == fifo_path)
+		flags |= O_NONBLOCK;
+
+	fd = open(path, flags);
+	ASSERT_LE(0, fd) {
+		TH_LOG("Failed to open %s: %s", path, strerror(errno));
+	}
+	access_ret = trusted_for(fd, TRUSTED_FOR_EXECUTION, 0);
+	access_errno = errno;
+	if (err_access) {
+		ASSERT_EQ(err_access, access_errno) {
+			TH_LOG("Wrong error for trusted_for(2) with %s: %s",
+					path, strerror(access_errno));
+		}
+		ASSERT_EQ(-1, access_ret);
+	} else {
+		ASSERT_EQ(0, access_ret) {
+			TH_LOG("Access denied for %s: %s", path, strerror(access_errno));
+		}
+	}
+
+	/* Tests unsupported trusted usage. */
+	access_ret = trusted_for(fd, 0, 0);
+	ASSERT_EQ(-1, access_ret);
+	ASSERT_EQ(EINVAL, errno);
+
+	access_ret = trusted_for(fd, 2, 0);
+	ASSERT_EQ(-1, access_ret);
+	ASSERT_EQ(EINVAL, errno);
+
+	EXPECT_EQ(0, close(fd));
+}
+
+static void test_policy_fd(struct __test_metadata *_metadata, const int fd,
+		const bool has_policy)
+{
+	const int ret = trusted_for(fd, TRUSTED_FOR_EXECUTION, 0);
+
+	if (has_policy) {
+		ASSERT_EQ(-1, ret);
+		ASSERT_EQ(EACCES, errno) {
+			TH_LOG("Wrong error for trusted_for(2) with FD: %s", strerror(errno));
+		}
+	} else {
+		ASSERT_EQ(0, ret) {
+			TH_LOG("Access denied for FD: %s", strerror(errno));
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+FIXTURE(access) {
+	char initial_sysctl_value;
+	int memfd, pipefd;
+	int pipe_fds[2], socket_fds[2];
+};
+
+static void test_file_types(struct __test_metadata *_metadata, FIXTURE_DATA(access) *self,
+		const int err_code, const bool has_policy)
+{
+	/* Tests are performed on a tmpfs mount point. */
+	test_omx(_metadata, reg_file_path, err_code);
+	test_omx(_metadata, dir_path, has_policy ? EACCES : 0);
+	test_omx(_metadata, block_dev_path, has_policy ? EACCES : 0);
+	test_omx(_metadata, char_dev_path, has_policy ? EACCES : 0);
+	test_omx(_metadata, fifo_path, has_policy ? EACCES : 0);
+
+	/* Checks that exec is denied for any socket FD. */
+	test_policy_fd(_metadata, self->socket_fds[0], has_policy);
+
+	/* Checks that exec is denied for any memfd. */
+	test_policy_fd(_metadata, self->memfd, has_policy);
+
+	/* Checks that exec is denied for any pipefs FD. */
+	test_policy_fd(_metadata, self->pipefd, has_policy);
+}
+
+static void test_files(struct __test_metadata *_metadata, FIXTURE_DATA(access) *self,
+		const int err_code, const bool has_policy)
+{
+	/* Tests as root. */
+	ignore_dac(_metadata, 1);
+	test_file_types(_metadata, self, err_code, has_policy);
+
+	/* Tests without bypass. */
+	ignore_dac(_metadata, 0);
+	test_file_types(_metadata, self, err_code, has_policy);
+}
+
+static void sysctl_write_char(struct __test_metadata *_metadata, const char value)
+{
+	int fd;
+
+	fd = open(sysctl_path, O_WRONLY | O_CLOEXEC);
+	ASSERT_LE(0, fd);
+	ASSERT_EQ(1, write(fd, &value, 1));
+	EXPECT_EQ(0, close(fd));
+}
+
+static char sysctl_read_char(struct __test_metadata *_metadata)
+{
+	int fd;
+	char sysctl_value;
+
+	fd = open(sysctl_path, O_RDONLY | O_CLOEXEC);
+	ASSERT_LE(0, fd);
+	ASSERT_EQ(1, read(fd, &sysctl_value, 1));
+	EXPECT_EQ(0, close(fd));
+	return sysctl_value;
+}
+
+FIXTURE_VARIANT(access) {
+	const bool mount_exec;
+	const bool file_exec;
+	const int sysctl_err_code[3];
+};
+
+FIXTURE_VARIANT_ADD(access, mount_exec_file_exec) {
+	.mount_exec = true,
+	.file_exec = true,
+	.sysctl_err_code = {0, 0, 0},
+};
+
+FIXTURE_VARIANT_ADD(access, mount_exec_file_noexec)
+{
+	.mount_exec = true,
+	.file_exec = false,
+	.sysctl_err_code = {0, EACCES, EACCES},
+};
+
+FIXTURE_VARIANT_ADD(access, mount_noexec_file_exec)
+{
+	.mount_exec = false,
+	.file_exec = true,
+	.sysctl_err_code = {EACCES, 0, EACCES},
+};
+
+FIXTURE_VARIANT_ADD(access, mount_noexec_file_noexec)
+{
+	.mount_exec = false,
+	.file_exec = false,
+	.sysctl_err_code = {EACCES, EACCES, EACCES},
+};
+
+FIXTURE_SETUP(access)
+{
+	int procfd_path_size;
+	static const char path_template[] = "/proc/self/fd/%d";
+	char procfd_path[sizeof(path_template) + 10];
+
+	/*
+	 * Cleans previous workspace if any error previously happened (don't
+	 * check errors).
+	 */
+	umount(workdir_path);
+	rmdir(workdir_path);
+
+	/* Creates a clean mount point. */
+	ASSERT_EQ(0, mkdir(workdir_path, 00700));
+	ASSERT_EQ(0, mount("test", workdir_path, "tmpfs", MS_MGC_VAL |
+				(variant->mount_exec ? 0 : MS_NOEXEC),
+				"mode=0700,size=4k"));
+
+	/* Creates a regular file. */
+	ASSERT_EQ(0, mknod(reg_file_path, S_IFREG | (variant->file_exec ? 0500 : 0400), 0));
+	/* Creates a directory. */
+	ASSERT_EQ(0, mkdir(dir_path, variant->file_exec ? 0500 : 0400));
+	/* Creates a character device: /dev/null. */
+	ASSERT_EQ(0, mknod(char_dev_path, S_IFCHR | 0400, makedev(1, 3)));
+	/* Creates a block device: /dev/loop0 */
+	ASSERT_EQ(0, mknod(block_dev_path, S_IFBLK | 0400, makedev(7, 0)));
+	/* Creates a fifo. */
+	ASSERT_EQ(0, mknod(fifo_path, S_IFIFO | 0400, 0));
+
+	/* Creates a regular file without user mount point. */
+	self->memfd = memfd_create("test-interpreted", MFD_CLOEXEC);
+	ASSERT_LE(0, self->memfd);
+	/* Sets mode, which must be ignored by the exec check. */
+	ASSERT_EQ(0, fchmod(self->memfd, variant->file_exec ? 0500 : 0400));
+
+	/* Creates a pipefs file descriptor. */
+	ASSERT_EQ(0, pipe(self->pipe_fds));
+	procfd_path_size = snprintf(procfd_path, sizeof(procfd_path),
+			path_template, self->pipe_fds[0]);
+	ASSERT_LT(procfd_path_size, sizeof(procfd_path));
+	self->pipefd = open(procfd_path, O_RDONLY | O_CLOEXEC);
+	ASSERT_LE(0, self->pipefd);
+	ASSERT_EQ(0, fchmod(self->pipefd, variant->file_exec ? 0500 : 0400));
+
+	/* Creates a socket file descriptor. */
+	ASSERT_EQ(0, socketpair(AF_UNIX, SOCK_DGRAM | SOCK_CLOEXEC, 0, self->socket_fds));
+
+	/* Saves initial sysctl value. */
+	self->initial_sysctl_value = sysctl_read_char(_metadata);
+
+	/* Prepares for sysctl writes. */
+	ignore_sys_admin(_metadata, 1);
+}
+
+FIXTURE_TEARDOWN(access)
+{
+	EXPECT_EQ(0, close(self->memfd));
+	EXPECT_EQ(0, close(self->pipefd));
+	EXPECT_EQ(0, close(self->pipe_fds[0]));
+	EXPECT_EQ(0, close(self->pipe_fds[1]));
+	EXPECT_EQ(0, close(self->socket_fds[0]));
+	EXPECT_EQ(0, close(self->socket_fds[1]));
+
+	/* Restores initial sysctl value. */
+	sysctl_write_char(_metadata, self->initial_sysctl_value);
+
+	/* There is no need to unlink the test files. */
+	ASSERT_EQ(0, umount(workdir_path));
+	ASSERT_EQ(0, rmdir(workdir_path));
+}
+
+TEST_F(access, sysctl_0)
+{
+	/* Do not enforce anything. */
+	sysctl_write_char(_metadata, '0');
+	test_files(_metadata, self, 0, false);
+}
+
+TEST_F(access, sysctl_1)
+{
+	/* Enforces mount exec check. */
+	sysctl_write_char(_metadata, '1');
+	test_files(_metadata, self, variant->sysctl_err_code[0], true);
+}
+
+TEST_F(access, sysctl_2)
+{
+	/* Enforces file exec check. */
+	sysctl_write_char(_metadata, '2');
+	test_files(_metadata, self, variant->sysctl_err_code[1], true);
+}
+
+TEST_F(access, sysctl_3)
+{
+	/* Enforces mount and file exec check. */
+	sysctl_write_char(_metadata, '3');
+	test_files(_metadata, self, variant->sysctl_err_code[2], true);
+}
+
+FIXTURE(cleanup) {
+	char initial_sysctl_value;
+};
+
+FIXTURE_SETUP(cleanup)
+{
+	/* Saves initial sysctl value. */
+	self->initial_sysctl_value = sysctl_read_char(_metadata);
+}
+
+FIXTURE_TEARDOWN(cleanup)
+{
+	/* Restores initial sysctl value. */
+	ignore_sys_admin(_metadata, 1);
+	sysctl_write_char(_metadata, self->initial_sysctl_value);
+}
+
+TEST_F(cleanup, sysctl_access_write)
+{
+	int fd;
+	ssize_t ret;
+
+	ignore_sys_admin(_metadata, 1);
+	sysctl_write_char(_metadata, '0');
+
+	ignore_sys_admin(_metadata, 0);
+	fd = open(sysctl_path, O_WRONLY | O_CLOEXEC);
+	ASSERT_LE(0, fd);
+	ret = write(fd, "0", 1);
+	ASSERT_EQ(-1, ret);
+	ASSERT_EQ(EPERM, errno);
+	EXPECT_EQ(0, close(fd));
+}
+
+TEST_HARNESS_MAIN
-- 
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[PATCH v17 2/3] arch: Wire up trusted_for(2)

Message details and related content
From: Mickaël Salaün <redacted>

Wire up trusted_for(2) for all architectures.

Cc: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Cc: Kees Cook <redacted>
Signed-off-by: Mickaël Salaün <redacted>
Reviewed-by: Thibaut Sautereau <redacted>
Acked-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <redacted>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20211115185304.198460-3-mic@digikod.net
---

Changes since v15:
* Update syscall IDs to align with the new futex_waitv.

Changes since v13:
* Add Reviewed-by Kees Cook.

Changes since v12:
* Update syscall IDs to align with the new ones.

Changes since v11:
* Add Acked-by: Geert Uytterhoeven [off-list ref]
* Rebase and leave space for watch_mount(2) and epoll_pwait2(2) from
  -next.

Changes since v9:
* Rename introspect_access(2) to trusted_for(2).
* Increase syscall number to leave space for memfd_secret(2) in -next.

Changes since v7:
* New patch for the new syscall.
* Increase syscall numbers by 2 to leave space for new ones (in
  linux-next): watch_mount(2) and process_madvise(2).
---
 arch/alpha/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl      | 2 ++
 arch/arm/tools/syscall.tbl                  | 1 +

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diff --git a/arch/alpha/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl b/arch/alpha/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl
index e4a041cd5715..7943ed6455a2 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl
+++ b/arch/alpha/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl
@@ -488,3 +488,5 @@
 556	common	landlock_restrict_self		sys_landlock_restrict_self
 # 557 reserved for memfd_secret
 558	common	process_mrelease		sys_process_mrelease
+# 559 reserved for futex_waitv
+560	common	trusted_for			sys_trusted_for
diff --git a/arch/arm/tools/syscall.tbl b/arch/arm/tools/syscall.tbl
index 543100151f2b..ccfd831bcb96 100644
--- a/arch/arm/tools/syscall.tbl
+++ b/arch/arm/tools/syscall.tbl
@@ -463,3 +463,4 @@
 # 447 reserved for memfd_secret
 448	common	process_mrelease		sys_process_mrelease
 449	common	futex_waitv			sys_futex_waitv
+450	common	trusted_for			sys_trusted_for
diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/unistd.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/unistd.h
index 6bdb5f5db438..4e65da3445c7 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/unistd.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/unistd.h
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 #define __ARM_NR_compat_set_tls		(__ARM_NR_COMPAT_BASE + 5)
 #define __ARM_NR_COMPAT_END		(__ARM_NR_COMPAT_BASE + 0x800)
 
-#define __NR_compat_syscalls		450
+#define __NR_compat_syscalls		451
 #endif
 
 #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_CLONE
diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/unistd32.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/unistd32.h
index 41ea1195e44b..0e69743609ff 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/unistd32.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/unistd32.h
@@ -905,6 +905,8 @@ __SYSCALL(__NR_landlock_restrict_self, sys_landlock_restrict_self)
 __SYSCALL(__NR_process_mrelease, sys_process_mrelease)
 #define __NR_futex_waitv 449
 __SYSCALL(__NR_futex_waitv, sys_futex_waitv)
+#define __NR_trusted_for 450
+__SYSCALL(__NR_trusted_for, sys_trusted_for)
 
 /*
  * Please add new compat syscalls above this comment and update
diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl b/arch/ia64/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl
index 6fea1844fb95..362c1e837bd6 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl
@@ -369,3 +369,5 @@
 446	common	landlock_restrict_self		sys_landlock_restrict_self
 # 447 reserved for memfd_secret
 448	common	process_mrelease		sys_process_mrelease
+# 449 reserved for futex_waitv
+450	common	trusted_for			sys_trusted_for
diff --git a/arch/m68k/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl b/arch/m68k/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl
index 7976dff8f879..90306947817d 100644
--- a/arch/m68k/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl
+++ b/arch/m68k/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl
@@ -448,3 +448,5 @@
 446	common	landlock_restrict_self		sys_landlock_restrict_self
 # 447 reserved for memfd_secret
 448	common	process_mrelease		sys_process_mrelease
+# 449 reserved for futex_waitv
+450	common	trusted_for			sys_trusted_for
diff --git a/arch/microblaze/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl b/arch/microblaze/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl
index 6b0e11362bd2..8b19bbdaaf70 100644
--- a/arch/microblaze/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl
+++ b/arch/microblaze/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl
@@ -454,3 +454,5 @@
 446	common	landlock_restrict_self		sys_landlock_restrict_self
 # 447 reserved for memfd_secret
 448	common	process_mrelease		sys_process_mrelease
+# 449 reserved for futex_waitv
+450	common	trusted_for			sys_trusted_for
diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/syscalls/syscall_n32.tbl b/arch/mips/kernel/syscalls/syscall_n32.tbl
index 70e32de2bcaa..1a84e8d1c776 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/syscalls/syscall_n32.tbl
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/syscalls/syscall_n32.tbl
@@ -387,3 +387,5 @@
 446	n32	landlock_restrict_self		sys_landlock_restrict_self
 # 447 reserved for memfd_secret
 448	n32	process_mrelease		sys_process_mrelease
+# 449 reserved for futex_waitv
+450	n32	trusted_for			sys_trusted_for
diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/syscalls/syscall_n64.tbl b/arch/mips/kernel/syscalls/syscall_n64.tbl
index 1ca7bc337932..ced3db574de3 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/syscalls/syscall_n64.tbl
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/syscalls/syscall_n64.tbl
@@ -363,3 +363,5 @@
 446	n64	landlock_restrict_self		sys_landlock_restrict_self
 # 447 reserved for memfd_secret
 448	n64	process_mrelease		sys_process_mrelease
+# 449 reserved for futex_waitv
+450	n64	trusted_for			sys_trusted_for
diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/syscalls/syscall_o32.tbl b/arch/mips/kernel/syscalls/syscall_o32.tbl
index a61c35edaa74..94b77adc6165 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/syscalls/syscall_o32.tbl
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/syscalls/syscall_o32.tbl
@@ -436,3 +436,5 @@
 446	o32	landlock_restrict_self		sys_landlock_restrict_self
 # 447 reserved for memfd_secret
 448	o32	process_mrelease		sys_process_mrelease
+# 449 reserved for futex_waitv
+450	o32	trusted_for			sys_trusted_for
diff --git a/arch/parisc/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl b/arch/parisc/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl
index bf751e0732b7..11de0c191a0e 100644
--- a/arch/parisc/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl
+++ b/arch/parisc/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl
@@ -446,3 +446,5 @@
 446	common	landlock_restrict_self		sys_landlock_restrict_self
 # 447 reserved for memfd_secret
 448	common	process_mrelease		sys_process_mrelease
+# 449 reserved for futex_waitv
+450	common	trusted_for			sys_trusted_for
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl b/arch/powerpc/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl
index 7bef917cc84e..b7337d3843a7 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl
@@ -528,3 +528,5 @@
 446	common	landlock_restrict_self		sys_landlock_restrict_self
 # 447 reserved for memfd_secret
 448	common	process_mrelease		sys_process_mrelease
+# 449 reserved for futex_waitv
+450	common	trusted_for			sys_trusted_for
diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl b/arch/s390/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl
index df5261e5cfe1..98bab648cda6 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl
+++ b/arch/s390/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl
@@ -451,3 +451,5 @@
 446  common	landlock_restrict_self	sys_landlock_restrict_self	sys_landlock_restrict_self
 # 447 reserved for memfd_secret
 448  common	process_mrelease	sys_process_mrelease		sys_process_mrelease
+# 449 reserved for futex_waitv
+450  common	trusted_for		sys_trusted_for			sys_trusted_for
diff --git a/arch/sh/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl b/arch/sh/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl
index 208f131659c5..88c6cb3de23b 100644
--- a/arch/sh/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl
+++ b/arch/sh/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl
@@ -451,3 +451,5 @@
 446	common	landlock_restrict_self		sys_landlock_restrict_self
 # 447 reserved for memfd_secret
 448	common	process_mrelease		sys_process_mrelease
+# 449 reserved for futex_waitv
+450	common	trusted_for			sys_trusted_for
diff --git a/arch/sparc/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl b/arch/sparc/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl
index c37764dc764d..b0db960c5897 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl
+++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl
@@ -494,3 +494,5 @@
 446	common	landlock_restrict_self		sys_landlock_restrict_self
 # 447 reserved for memfd_secret
 448	common	process_mrelease		sys_process_mrelease
+# 449 reserved for futex_waitv
+450	common	trusted_for			sys_trusted_for
diff --git a/arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_32.tbl b/arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_32.tbl
index 7e25543693de..2f230c04f8a7 100644
--- a/arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_32.tbl
+++ b/arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_32.tbl
@@ -454,3 +454,4 @@
 447	i386	memfd_secret		sys_memfd_secret
 448	i386	process_mrelease	sys_process_mrelease
 449	i386	futex_waitv		sys_futex_waitv
+450	i386	trusted_for		sys_trusted_for
diff --git a/arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_64.tbl b/arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_64.tbl
index fe8f8dd157b4..678ab13ee1c1 100644
--- a/arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_64.tbl
+++ b/arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_64.tbl
@@ -371,6 +371,7 @@
 447	common	memfd_secret		sys_memfd_secret
 448	common	process_mrelease	sys_process_mrelease
 449	common	futex_waitv		sys_futex_waitv
+450	common	trusted_for		sys_trusted_for
 
 #
 # Due to a historical design error, certain syscalls are numbered differently
diff --git a/arch/xtensa/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl b/arch/xtensa/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl
index 104b327f8ac9..9dab1dfffc95 100644
--- a/arch/xtensa/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl
+++ b/arch/xtensa/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl
@@ -419,3 +419,5 @@
 446	common	landlock_restrict_self		sys_landlock_restrict_self
 # 447 reserved for memfd_secret
 448	common	process_mrelease		sys_process_mrelease
+# 449 reserved for futex_waitv
+450	common	trusted_for			sys_trusted_for
diff --git a/include/uapi/asm-generic/unistd.h b/include/uapi/asm-generic/unistd.h
index 4557a8b6086f..ded7a49616f2 100644
--- a/include/uapi/asm-generic/unistd.h
+++ b/include/uapi/asm-generic/unistd.h
@@ -882,9 +882,11 @@ __SYSCALL(__NR_process_mrelease, sys_process_mrelease)
 
 #define __NR_futex_waitv 449
 __SYSCALL(__NR_futex_waitv, sys_futex_waitv)
+#define __NR_trusted_for 450
+__SYSCALL(__NR_trusted_for, sys_trusted_for)
 
 #undef __NR_syscalls
-#define __NR_syscalls 450
+#define __NR_syscalls 451
 
 /*
  * 32 bit systems traditionally used different
-- 
2.33.1

[PATCH v17 1/3] fs: Add trusted_for(2) syscall implementation and related sysctl

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From: Mickaël Salaün <redacted>

The trusted_for() syscall enables user space tasks to check that files
are trusted to be executed or interpreted by user space.  This may allow
script interpreters to check execution permission before reading
commands from a file, or dynamic linkers to allow shared object loading.
This may be seen as a way for a trusted task (e.g. interpreter) to check
the trustworthiness of files (e.g. scripts) before extending its control
flow graph with new ones originating from these files.

The security policy is consistently managed by the kernel through the
new sysctl: fs.trusted_for_policy .  This enables system administrators
to enforce two complementary security policies according to the
installed system: enforce the noexec mount option, and enforce
executable file permission.  Indeed, because of compatibility with
installed systems, only system administrators are able to check that
this new enforcement is in line with the system mount points and file
permissions.

For this to be possible, script interpreters must use trusted_for(2)
with the TRUSTED_FOR_EXECUTION usage.  To be fully effective, these
interpreters also need to handle the other ways to execute code: command
line parameters (e.g., option -e for Perl), module loading (e.g., option
-m for Python), stdin, file sourcing, environment variables,
configuration files, etc.  According to the threat model, it may be
acceptable to allow some script interpreters (e.g. Bash) to interpret
commands from stdin, may it be a TTY or a pipe, because it may not be
enough to (directly) perform syscalls.

Even without enforced security policy, user space interpreters can use
this syscall to try as much as possible to enforce the system policy at
their level, knowing that it will not break anything on running systems
which do not care about this feature.  However, on systems which want
this feature enforced, there will be knowledgeable people (i.e. system
administrator who configured fs.trusted_for_policy deliberately) to
manage it.

Because trusted_for(2) is a mean to enforce a system-wide security
policy (but not application-centric policies), it does not make sense
for user space to check the sysctl value.  Indeed, this new syscall only

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diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/fs.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/fs.rst
index 2a501c9ddc55..e364d6c45790 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/fs.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/fs.rst
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ Currently, these files are in /proc/sys/fs:
 - suid_dumpable
 - super-max
 - super-nr
+- trusted_for_policy
 
 
 aio-nr & aio-max-nr
@@ -382,3 +383,52 @@ Each "watch" costs roughly 90 bytes on a 32bit kernel, and roughly 160 bytes
 on a 64bit one.
 The current default value for  max_user_watches  is the 1/25 (4%) of the
 available low memory, divided for the "watch" cost in bytes.
+
+
+trusted_for_policy
+------------------
+
+An interpreter can call :manpage:`trusted_for(2)` with a
+``TRUSTED_FOR_EXECUTION`` usage to check that opened regular files are expected
+to be executable.  If the file is not identified as executable, then the
+syscall returns -EACCES.  This may allow a script interpreter to check
+executable permission before reading commands from a file, or a dynamic linker
+to only load executable shared objects.  One interesting use case is to enforce
+a "write xor execute" policy through interpreters.
+
+The ability to restrict code execution must be thought as a system-wide policy,
+which first starts by restricting mount points with the ``noexec`` option.
+This option is also automatically applied to special filesystems such as /proc .
+This prevents files on such mount points to be directly executed by the kernel
+or mapped as executable memory (e.g. libraries).  With script interpreters
+using :manpage:`trusted_for(2)`, the executable permission can then be checked
+before reading commands from files.  This makes it possible to enforce the
+``noexec`` at the interpreter level, and thus propagates this security policy
+to scripts.  To be fully effective, these interpreters also need to handle the
+other ways to execute code: command line parameters (e.g., option ``-e`` for
+Perl), module loading (e.g., option ``-m`` for Python), stdin, file sourcing,
+environment variables, configuration files, etc.  According to the threat
+model, it may be acceptable to allow some script interpreters (e.g.  Bash) to
+interpret commands from stdin, may it be a TTY or a pipe, because it may not be
+enough to (directly) perform syscalls.
+
+There are two complementary security policies: enforce the ``noexec`` mount
+option, and enforce executable file permission.  These policies are handled by
+the ``fs.trusted_for_policy`` sysctl (writable only with ``CAP_SYS_ADMIN``) as
+a bitmask:
+
+1 - Mount restriction: checks that the mount options for the underlying VFS
+    mount do not prevent execution.
+
+2 - File permission restriction: checks that the file is marked as
+    executable for the current process (e.g., POSIX permissions, ACLs).
+
+Note that as long as a policy is enforced, checking any non-regular file with
+:manpage:`trusted_for(2)` returns -EACCES (e.g. TTYs, pipe), even when such a
+file is marked as executable or is on an executable mount point.
+
+Code samples can be found in
+tools/testing/selftests/interpreter/trust_policy_test.c and interpreter patches
+(for the original O_MAYEXEC) are available at
+https://github.com/clipos-archive/clipos4_portage-overlay/search?q=O_MAYEXEC .
+See also an overview article: https://lwn.net/Articles/820000/ .
diff --git a/fs/open.c b/fs/open.c
index f732fb94600c..0e5d5216d0cd 100644
--- a/fs/open.c
+++ b/fs/open.c
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@
 #include <linux/ima.h>
 #include <linux/dnotify.h>
 #include <linux/compat.h>
+#include <linux/sysctl.h>
+#include <uapi/linux/trusted-for.h>
 
 #include "internal.h"
 
@@ -480,6 +482,115 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE2(access, const char __user *, filename, int, mode)
 	return do_faccessat(AT_FDCWD, filename, mode, 0);
 }
 
+#define TRUST_POLICY_EXEC_MOUNT			BIT(0)
+#define TRUST_POLICY_EXEC_FILE			BIT(1)
+
+int sysctl_trusted_for_policy __read_mostly;
+
+/**
+ * sys_trusted_for - Check that a FD is trusted for a specific usage
+ *
+ * @fd: File descriptor to check.
+ * @usage: Identify the user space usage (defined by enum trusted_for_usage)
+ *         intended for the file descriptor (only TRUSTED_FOR_EXECUTION for
+ *         now).
+ *
+ * @flags: Must be 0.
+ *
+ * This system call enables user space to ask the kernel: is this file
+ * descriptor's content trusted to be used for this purpose?  The set of @usage
+ * currently only contains TRUSTED_FOR_EXECUTION, but other may follow (e.g.
+ * configuration, sensitive data).  If the kernel identifies the file
+ * descriptor as trustworthy for this usage, this call returns 0 and the caller
+ * should then take this information into account.
+ *
+ * The execution usage means that the content of the file descriptor is trusted
+ * according to the system policy to be executed by user space, which means
+ * that it interprets the content or (try to) maps it as executable memory.
+ *
+ * A simple system-wide security policy can be set by the system administrator
+ * through a sysctl configuration consistent with the mount points or the file
+ * access rights: Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/fs.rst
+ *
+ * @flags could be used in the future to do complementary checks (e.g.
+ * signature or integrity requirements, origin of the file).
+ *
+ * Possible returned errors are:
+ *
+ * - EINVAL: unknown @usage or unknown @flags;
+ * - EBADF: @fd is not a file descriptor for the calling thread;
+ * - EACCES: the requested usage is denied (and user space should enforce it).
+ */
+SYSCALL_DEFINE3(trusted_for, const int, fd, const int, usage, const u32, flags)
+{
+	int mask, err = -EACCES;
+	struct fd f;
+	struct inode *inode;
+
+	if (flags)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	/* Only handles execution for now. */
+	if (usage != TRUSTED_FOR_EXECUTION)
+		return -EINVAL;
+	mask = MAY_EXEC;
+
+	f = fdget(fd);
+	if (!f.file)
+		return -EBADF;
+	inode = file_inode(f.file);
+
+	/*
+	 * For compatibility reasons, without a defined security policy, we
+	 * must map the execute permission to the read permission.  Indeed,
+	 * from user space point of view, being able to execute data (e.g.
+	 * scripts) implies to be able to read this data.
+	 */
+	if ((mask & MAY_EXEC)) {
+		/*
+		 * If there is a system-wide execute policy enforced, then
+		 * forbids access to non-regular files and special superblocks.
+		 */
+		if ((sysctl_trusted_for_policy & (TRUST_POLICY_EXEC_MOUNT |
+						TRUST_POLICY_EXEC_FILE))) {
+			if (!S_ISREG(inode->i_mode))
+				goto out_fd;
+			/*
+			 * Denies access to pseudo filesystems that will never
+			 * be mountable (e.g. sockfs, pipefs) but can still be
+			 * reachable through /proc/self/fd, or memfd-like file
+			 * descriptors, or nsfs-like files.
+			 *
+			 * According to the selftests, SB_NOEXEC seems to be
+			 * only used by proc and nsfs filesystems.
+			 */
+			if ((f.file->f_path.dentry->d_sb->s_flags &
+						(SB_NOUSER | SB_KERNMOUNT | SB_NOEXEC)))
+				goto out_fd;
+		}
+
+		if ((sysctl_trusted_for_policy & TRUST_POLICY_EXEC_MOUNT) &&
+				path_noexec(&f.file->f_path))
+			goto out_fd;
+		/*
+		 * For compatibility reasons, if the system-wide policy doesn't
+		 * enforce file permission checks, then replaces the execute
+		 * permission request with a read permission request.
+		 */
+		if (!(sysctl_trusted_for_policy & TRUST_POLICY_EXEC_FILE))
+			mask &= ~MAY_EXEC;
+		/* To be executed *by* user space, files must be readable. */
+		mask |= MAY_READ;
+	}
+
+	err = inode_permission(file_mnt_user_ns(f.file), inode,
+			mask | MAY_ACCESS);
+
+out_fd:
+	fdput(f);
+	return err;
+}
+
 SYSCALL_DEFINE1(chdir, const char __user *, filename)
 {
 	struct path path;
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 1cb616fc1105..6a2f9b163816 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ extern int sysctl_protected_symlinks;
 extern int sysctl_protected_hardlinks;
 extern int sysctl_protected_fifos;
 extern int sysctl_protected_regular;
+extern int sysctl_trusted_for_policy;
 
 typedef __kernel_rwf_t rwf_t;
 
diff --git a/include/linux/syscalls.h b/include/linux/syscalls.h
index 528a478dbda8..20306eb8d133 100644
--- a/include/linux/syscalls.h
+++ b/include/linux/syscalls.h
@@ -462,6 +462,7 @@ asmlinkage long sys_fallocate(int fd, int mode, loff_t offset, loff_t len);
 asmlinkage long sys_faccessat(int dfd, const char __user *filename, int mode);
 asmlinkage long sys_faccessat2(int dfd, const char __user *filename, int mode,
 			       int flags);
+asmlinkage long sys_trusted_for(int fd, int usage, u32 flags);
 asmlinkage long sys_chdir(const char __user *filename);
 asmlinkage long sys_fchdir(unsigned int fd);
 asmlinkage long sys_chroot(const char __user *filename);
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/trusted-for.h b/include/uapi/linux/trusted-for.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..cc4f030c5103
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/trusted-for.h
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 WITH Linux-syscall-note */
+#ifndef _UAPI_LINUX_TRUSTED_FOR_H
+#define _UAPI_LINUX_TRUSTED_FOR_H
+
+/**
+ * enum trusted_for_usage - Usage for which a file descriptor is trusted
+ *
+ * Argument of trusted_for(2).
+ */
+enum trusted_for_usage {
+	/**
+	 * @TRUSTED_FOR_EXECUTION: Check that the data read from a file
+	 * descriptor is trusted to be executed or interpreted (e.g. scripts).
+	 */
+	TRUSTED_FOR_EXECUTION = 1,
+};
+
+#endif /* _UAPI_LINUX_TRUSTED_FOR_H */
diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c
index 083be6af29d7..002dc830c165 100644
--- a/kernel/sysctl.c
+++ b/kernel/sysctl.c
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ static int sixty = 60;
 
 static int __maybe_unused neg_one = -1;
 static int __maybe_unused two = 2;
+static int __maybe_unused three = 3;
 static int __maybe_unused four = 4;
 static unsigned long zero_ul;
 static unsigned long one_ul = 1;
@@ -936,7 +937,6 @@ static int proc_taint(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
 	return err;
 }
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_PRINTK
 static int proc_dointvec_minmax_sysadmin(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
 				void *buffer, size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos)
 {
@@ -945,7 +945,6 @@ static int proc_dointvec_minmax_sysadmin(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
 
 	return proc_dointvec_minmax(table, write, buffer, lenp, ppos);
 }
-#endif
 
 /**
  * struct do_proc_dointvec_minmax_conv_param - proc_dointvec_minmax() range checking structure
@@ -3357,6 +3356,15 @@ static struct ctl_table fs_table[] = {
 		.extra1		= SYSCTL_ZERO,
 		.extra2		= &two,
 	},
+	{
+		.procname       = "trusted_for_policy",
+		.data           = &sysctl_trusted_for_policy,
+		.maxlen         = sizeof(int),
+		.mode           = 0600,
+		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec_minmax_sysadmin,
+		.extra1		= SYSCTL_ZERO,
+		.extra2		= &three,
+	},
 #if defined(CONFIG_BINFMT_MISC) || defined(CONFIG_BINFMT_MISC_MODULE)
 	{
 		.procname	= "binfmt_misc",
-- 
2.33.1
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Hello Al,

I think there is no more comment on this series, everything has been addressed. Could you please consider to merge this into your tree or push it to linux-next?

Regards,
 Mickaël


On 15/11/2021 19:53, Mickaël Salaün wrote:
Hi,

This new patch series fix the syscall signature as suggested by
Alejandro Colomar.  It applies on Linus's master branch (v5.16-rc1) and
next-20211115.

Andrew, can you please consider to merge this into your tree?

Overview
========

The final goal of this patch series is to enable the kernel to be a
global policy manager by entrusting processes with access control at
their level.  To reach this goal, two complementary parts are required:
* user space needs to be able to know if it can trust some file
   descriptor content for a specific usage;
* and the kernel needs to make available some part of the policy
   configured by the system administrator.

Primary goal of trusted_for(2)
==============================

This new syscall enables user space to ask the kernel: is this file
descriptor's content trusted to be used for this purpose?  The set of
usage currently only contains execution, but other may follow (e.g.
configuration, sensitive data).  If the kernel identifies the file
descriptor as trustworthy for this usage, user space should then take
this information into account.  The "execution" usage means that the
content of the file descriptor is trusted according to the system policy
to be executed by user space, which means that it interprets the content
or (try to) maps it as executable memory.

A simple system-wide security policy can be set by the system
administrator through a sysctl configuration consistent with the mount
points or the file access rights.  The documentation explains the
prerequisites.

It is important to note that this can only enable to extend access
control managed by the kernel.  Hence it enables current access control
mechanism to be extended and become a superset of what they can

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On Mon, Nov 15, 2021 at 07:53:01PM +0100, Mickaël Salaün wrote:
Andrew, can you please consider to merge this into your tree?
Friendly ping to akpm. :)

Can this start living in -mm, or would a different tree be better?

Thanks!

-Kees

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Kees Cook
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