Re: [PATCH v4 2/3] Teach SELinux about anonymous inodes
From: Stephen Smalley <hidden>
Date: 2020-03-27 13:48:25
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On 3/26/20 4:06 PM, Daniel Colascione wrote:
This change uses the anon_inodes and LSM infrastructure introduced in
the previous patch to give SELinux the ability to control
anonymous-inode files that are created using the new _secure()
anon_inodes functions.
A SELinux policy author detects and controls these anonymous inodes by
adding a name-based type_transition rule that assigns a new security
type to anonymous-inode files created in some domain. The name used
for the name-based transition is the name associated with the
anonymous inode for file listings --- e.g., "[userfaultfd]" or
"[perf_event]".
Example:
type uffd_t;
type_transition sysadm_t sysadm_t : anon_inode uffd_t "[userfaultfd]";
allow sysadm_t uffd_t:anon_inode { create };
(The next patch in this series is necessary for making userfaultfd
support this new interface. The example above is just
for exposition.)
Signed-off-by: Daniel Colascione <redacted>Acked-by: Stephen Smalley <redacted>