Thread (17 messages) 17 messages, 3 authors, 2018-08-21

[PATCH RFC v2 5/5] SELinux: Support SELinux determination of side-channel vulnerability

From: Stephen Smalley <hidden>
Date: 2018-08-20 16:01:15
Also in: lkml, selinux

On 08/17/2018 06:16 PM, Casey Schaufler wrote:
SELinux considers tasks to be side-channel safe if they
have PROCESS_SHARE access.
Now the description and the code no longer match.
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Signed-off-by: Casey Schaufler <redacted>
---
  security/selinux/hooks.c | 9 +++++++++
  1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
diff --git a/security/selinux/hooks.c b/security/selinux/hooks.c
index a8bf324130f5..7fbd7d7ac1cb 100644
--- a/security/selinux/hooks.c
+++ b/security/selinux/hooks.c
@@ -4219,6 +4219,14 @@ static void selinux_task_to_inode(struct task_struct *p,
  	spin_unlock(&isec->lock);
  }
  
+static int selinux_task_safe_sidechannel(struct task_struct *p)
+{
+	struct av_decision avd;
+
+	return avc_has_perm_noaudit(&selinux_state, current_sid(), task_sid(p),
+				    SECCLASS_FILE, FILE__READ, 0, &avd);
+}
And my question from before still stands:  why do we need a new hook and 
new security module instead of just using ptrace_may_access()?
quoted hunk ↗ jump to hunk
+
  /* Returns error only if unable to parse addresses */
  static int selinux_parse_skb_ipv4(struct sk_buff *skb,
  			struct common_audit_data *ad, u8 *proto)
@@ -7002,6 +7010,7 @@ static struct security_hook_list selinux_hooks[] __lsm_ro_after_init = {
  	LSM_HOOK_INIT(task_movememory, selinux_task_movememory),
  	LSM_HOOK_INIT(task_kill, selinux_task_kill),
  	LSM_HOOK_INIT(task_to_inode, selinux_task_to_inode),
+	LSM_HOOK_INIT(task_safe_sidechannel, selinux_task_safe_sidechannel),
  
  	LSM_HOOK_INIT(ipc_permission, selinux_ipc_permission),
  	LSM_HOOK_INIT(ipc_getsecid, selinux_ipc_getsecid),
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