[PATCH v1] landlock: Clean up ruleset validation checks
From: Mickaël Salaün <mic@digikod.net>
Date: 2026-09-07 12:21:42
Subsystem:
landlock security module, security subsystem, the rest · Maintainers:
Mickaël Salaün, Paul Moore, James Morris, "Serge E. Hallyn", Linus Torvalds
landlock_merge_ruleset() checks for a NULL ruleset after dereferencing it in lockdep_assert_held(). Move the assertion after the check so the defensive path remains effective. The mask-validation comment originated in landlock_add_fs_access_mask() to explain that its WARN_ON_ONCE() checked a caller invariant. It became self-referential when this helper and its network and scope counterparts were inlined into landlock_create_ruleset(). Restate the invariant without naming the caller. Keep both as defensive callee checks. Moving the assertion preserves the NULL check's ability to warn and return -EINVAL, while invalid masks remain warned about and masked. Reported-by: Günther Noack <gnoack@google.com> Closes: https://patch.msgid.link/aobYhIt3vcs2xN0b@google.com Closes: https://patch.msgid.link/aobasxUDQ8b7GYXl@google.com Signed-off-by: Mickaël Salaün <mic@digikod.net> --- security/landlock/domain.c | 3 ++- security/landlock/ruleset.c | 2 +- 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/security/landlock/domain.c b/security/landlock/domain.c
index 93c7104fd6b2..4031b581be07 100644
--- a/security/landlock/domain.c
+++ b/security/landlock/domain.c@@ -439,10 +439,11 @@ landlock_merge_ruleset(struct landlock_domain *const parent, int err; might_sleep(); - lockdep_assert_held(&ruleset->lock); if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!ruleset)) return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL); + lockdep_assert_held(&ruleset->lock); + if (parent) { if (parent->num_layers >= LANDLOCK_MAX_NUM_LAYERS) return ERR_PTR(-E2BIG);
diff --git a/security/landlock/ruleset.c b/security/landlock/ruleset.c
index 0d07707523cd..a5d135d085cb 100644
--- a/security/landlock/ruleset.c
+++ b/security/landlock/ruleset.c@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ landlock_create_ruleset(const access_mask_t fs_access_mask, new_ruleset->id = landlock_get_id_range(1); #endif /* CONFIG_TRACEPOINTS */ - /* Should already be checked in landlock_create_ruleset(). */ + /* The caller must only pass supported access rights and scopes. */ if (fs_access_mask) { const access_mask_t mask = fs_access_mask & LANDLOCK_MASK_ACCESS_FS;
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