security: Introduce path_post_mknod hook

In preparation for moving IMA and EVM to the LSM infrastructure, introduce
the path_post_mknod hook.

IMA-appraisal requires all existing files in policy to have a file
hash/signature stored in security.ima. An exception is made for empty files
created by mknod, by tagging them as new files.

LSMs could also take some action after files are created.

The new hook cannot return an error and cannot cause the operation to be
reverted.

Signed-off-by: Roberto Sassu <[email protected]>
Acked-by: Casey Schaufler <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Mimi Zohar <[email protected]>
Acked-by: Christian Brauner <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Stefan Berger <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Paul Moore <[email protected]>

Author: robertosassu

fs/namei.c

@@ -4063,6 +4063,11 @@ static int do_mknodat(int dfd, struct filename *name, umode_t mode,
 					  dentry, mode, 0);
 			break;
 	}
+
+	if (error)
+		goto out2;
+
+	security_path_post_mknod(idmap, dentry);
 out2:
 	done_path_create(&path, dentry);
 	if (retry_estale(error, lookup_flags)) {

include/linux/lsm_hook_defs.h

@@ -94,6 +94,8 @@ LSM_HOOK(int, 0, path_mkdir, const struct path *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 LSM_HOOK(int, 0, path_rmdir, const struct path *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
 LSM_HOOK(int, 0, path_mknod, const struct path *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 	 umode_t mode, unsigned int dev)
+LSM_HOOK(void, LSM_RET_VOID, path_post_mknod, struct mnt_idmap *idmap,
+	 struct dentry *dentry)
 LSM_HOOK(int, 0, path_truncate, const struct path *path)
 LSM_HOOK(int, 0, path_symlink, const struct path *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 	 const char *old_name)

include/linux/security.h

@@ -1893,6 +1893,7 @@ int security_path_mkdir(const struct path *dir, struct dentry *dentry, umode_t m
 int security_path_rmdir(const struct path *dir, struct dentry *dentry);
 int security_path_mknod(const struct path *dir, struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode,
 			unsigned int dev);
+void security_path_post_mknod(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct dentry *dentry);
 int security_path_truncate(const struct path *path);
 int security_path_symlink(const struct path *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 			  const char *old_name);
@@ -1927,6 +1928,10 @@ static inline int security_path_mknod(const struct path *dir, struct dentry *den
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static inline void security_path_post_mknod(struct mnt_idmap *idmap,
+					    struct dentry *dentry)
+{ }
+
 static inline int security_path_truncate(const struct path *path)
 {
 	return 0;

security/security.c

@@ -1800,6 +1800,20 @@ int security_path_mknod(const struct path *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(security_path_mknod);
 
+/**
+ * security_path_post_mknod() - Update inode security field after file creation
+ * @idmap: idmap of the mount
+ * @dentry: new file
+ *
+ * Update inode security field after a file has been created.
+ */
+void security_path_post_mknod(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct dentry *dentry)
+{
+	if (unlikely(IS_PRIVATE(d_backing_inode(dentry))))
+		return;
+	call_void_hook(path_post_mknod, idmap, dentry);
+}
+
 /**
  * security_path_mkdir() - Check if creating a new directory is allowed
  * @dir: parent directory