linux/kernel
David Howells d84f4f992c CRED: Inaugurate COW credentials
Inaugurate copy-on-write credentials management.  This uses RCU to manage the
credentials pointer in the task_struct with respect to accesses by other tasks.
A process may only modify its own credentials, and so does not need locking to
access or modify its own credentials.

A mutex (cred_replace_mutex) is added to the task_struct to control the effect
of PTRACE_ATTACHED on credential calculations, particularly with respect to
execve().

With this patch, the contents of an active credentials struct may not be
changed directly; rather a new set of credentials must be prepared, modified
and committed using something like the following sequence of events:

	struct cred *new = prepare_creds();
	int ret = blah(new);
	if (ret < 0) {
		abort_creds(new);
		return ret;
	}
	return commit_creds(new);

There are some exceptions to this rule: the keyrings pointed to by the active
credentials may be instantiated - keyrings violate the COW rule as managing
COW keyrings is tricky, given that it is possible for a task to directly alter
the keys in a keyring in use by another task.

To help enforce this, various pointers to sets of credentials, such as those in
the task_struct, are declared const.  The purpose of this is compile-time
discouragement of altering credentials through those pointers.  Once a set of
credentials has been made public through one of these pointers, it may not be
modified, except under special circumstances:

  (1) Its reference count may incremented and decremented.

  (2) The keyrings to which it points may be modified, but not replaced.

The only safe way to modify anything else is to create a replacement and commit
using the functions described in Documentation/credentials.txt (which will be
added by a later patch).

This patch and the preceding patches have been tested with the LTP SELinux
testsuite.

This patch makes several logical sets of alteration:

 (1) execve().

     This now prepares and commits credentials in various places in the
     security code rather than altering the current creds directly.

 (2) Temporary credential overrides.

     do_coredump() and sys_faccessat() now prepare their own credentials and
     temporarily override the ones currently on the acting thread, whilst
     preventing interference from other threads by holding cred_replace_mutex
     on the thread being dumped.

     This will be replaced in a future patch by something that hands down the
     credentials directly to the functions being called, rather than altering
     the task's objective credentials.

 (3) LSM interface.

     A number of functions have been changed, added or removed:

     (*) security_capset_check(), ->capset_check()
     (*) security_capset_set(), ->capset_set()

     	 Removed in favour of security_capset().

     (*) security_capset(), ->capset()

     	 New.  This is passed a pointer to the new creds, a pointer to the old
     	 creds and the proposed capability sets.  It should fill in the new
     	 creds or return an error.  All pointers, barring the pointer to the
     	 new creds, are now const.

     (*) security_bprm_apply_creds(), ->bprm_apply_creds()

     	 Changed; now returns a value, which will cause the process to be
     	 killed if it's an error.

     (*) security_task_alloc(), ->task_alloc_security()

     	 Removed in favour of security_prepare_creds().

     (*) security_cred_free(), ->cred_free()

     	 New.  Free security data attached to cred->security.

     (*) security_prepare_creds(), ->cred_prepare()

     	 New. Duplicate any security data attached to cred->security.

     (*) security_commit_creds(), ->cred_commit()

     	 New. Apply any security effects for the upcoming installation of new
     	 security by commit_creds().

     (*) security_task_post_setuid(), ->task_post_setuid()

     	 Removed in favour of security_task_fix_setuid().

     (*) security_task_fix_setuid(), ->task_fix_setuid()

     	 Fix up the proposed new credentials for setuid().  This is used by
     	 cap_set_fix_setuid() to implicitly adjust capabilities in line with
     	 setuid() changes.  Changes are made to the new credentials, rather
     	 than the task itself as in security_task_post_setuid().

     (*) security_task_reparent_to_init(), ->task_reparent_to_init()

     	 Removed.  Instead the task being reparented to init is referred
     	 directly to init's credentials.

	 NOTE!  This results in the loss of some state: SELinux's osid no
	 longer records the sid of the thread that forked it.

     (*) security_key_alloc(), ->key_alloc()
     (*) security_key_permission(), ->key_permission()

     	 Changed.  These now take cred pointers rather than task pointers to
     	 refer to the security context.

 (4) sys_capset().

     This has been simplified and uses less locking.  The LSM functions it
     calls have been merged.

 (5) reparent_to_kthreadd().

     This gives the current thread the same credentials as init by simply using
     commit_thread() to point that way.

 (6) __sigqueue_alloc() and switch_uid()

     __sigqueue_alloc() can't stop the target task from changing its creds
     beneath it, so this function gets a reference to the currently applicable
     user_struct which it then passes into the sigqueue struct it returns if
     successful.

     switch_uid() is now called from commit_creds(), and possibly should be
     folded into that.  commit_creds() should take care of protecting
     __sigqueue_alloc().

 (7) [sg]et[ug]id() and co and [sg]et_current_groups.

     The set functions now all use prepare_creds(), commit_creds() and
     abort_creds() to build and check a new set of credentials before applying
     it.

     security_task_set[ug]id() is called inside the prepared section.  This
     guarantees that nothing else will affect the creds until we've finished.

     The calling of set_dumpable() has been moved into commit_creds().

     Much of the functionality of set_user() has been moved into
     commit_creds().

     The get functions all simply access the data directly.

 (8) security_task_prctl() and cap_task_prctl().

     security_task_prctl() has been modified to return -ENOSYS if it doesn't
     want to handle a function, or otherwise return the return value directly
     rather than through an argument.

     Additionally, cap_task_prctl() now prepares a new set of credentials, even
     if it doesn't end up using it.

 (9) Keyrings.

     A number of changes have been made to the keyrings code:

     (a) switch_uid_keyring(), copy_keys(), exit_keys() and suid_keys() have
     	 all been dropped and built in to the credentials functions directly.
     	 They may want separating out again later.

     (b) key_alloc() and search_process_keyrings() now take a cred pointer
     	 rather than a task pointer to specify the security context.

     (c) copy_creds() gives a new thread within the same thread group a new
     	 thread keyring if its parent had one, otherwise it discards the thread
     	 keyring.

     (d) The authorisation key now points directly to the credentials to extend
     	 the search into rather pointing to the task that carries them.

     (e) Installing thread, process or session keyrings causes a new set of
     	 credentials to be created, even though it's not strictly necessary for
     	 process or session keyrings (they're shared).

(10) Usermode helper.

     The usermode helper code now carries a cred struct pointer in its
     subprocess_info struct instead of a new session keyring pointer.  This set
     of credentials is derived from init_cred and installed on the new process
     after it has been cloned.

     call_usermodehelper_setup() allocates the new credentials and
     call_usermodehelper_freeinfo() discards them if they haven't been used.  A
     special cred function (prepare_usermodeinfo_creds()) is provided
     specifically for call_usermodehelper_setup() to call.

     call_usermodehelper_setkeys() adjusts the credentials to sport the
     supplied keyring as the new session keyring.

(11) SELinux.

     SELinux has a number of changes, in addition to those to support the LSM
     interface changes mentioned above:

     (a) selinux_setprocattr() no longer does its check for whether the
     	 current ptracer can access processes with the new SID inside the lock
     	 that covers getting the ptracer's SID.  Whilst this lock ensures that
     	 the check is done with the ptracer pinned, the result is only valid
     	 until the lock is released, so there's no point doing it inside the
     	 lock.

(12) is_single_threaded().

     This function has been extracted from selinux_setprocattr() and put into
     a file of its own in the lib/ directory as join_session_keyring() now
     wants to use it too.

     The code in SELinux just checked to see whether a task shared mm_structs
     with other tasks (CLONE_VM), but that isn't good enough.  We really want
     to know if they're part of the same thread group (CLONE_THREAD).

(13) nfsd.

     The NFS server daemon now has to use the COW credentials to set the
     credentials it is going to use.  It really needs to pass the credentials
     down to the functions it calls, but it can't do that until other patches
     in this series have been applied.

Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Acked-by: James Morris <jmorris@namei.org>
Signed-off-by: James Morris <jmorris@namei.org>
2008-11-14 10:39:23 +11:00
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irq irq: make variable static 2008-10-22 07:37:17 +02:00
power PM_TEST_SUSPEND should depend on RTC_CLASS, not RTC_LIB 2008-11-01 12:40:38 -07:00
time Merge branch 'timers/range-hrtimers' into v28-range-hrtimers-for-linus-v2 2008-10-22 09:48:06 +02:00
trace CRED: Separate task security context from task_struct 2008-11-14 10:39:16 +11:00
.gitignore
acct.c CRED: Wrap task credential accesses in the core kernel 2008-11-14 10:39:12 +11:00
audit_tree.c [PATCH] get rid of nameidata in audit_tree 2008-10-23 05:12:53 -04:00
audit.c
audit.h
auditfilter.c
auditsc.c CRED: Inaugurate COW credentials 2008-11-14 10:39:23 +11:00
backtracetest.c
bounds.c
capability.c CRED: Inaugurate COW credentials 2008-11-14 10:39:23 +11:00
cgroup_debug.c cgroups: fix probable race with put_css_set[_taskexit] and find_css_set 2008-10-20 08:52:38 -07:00
cgroup_freezer.c freezer_cg: simplify freezer_change_state() 2008-10-30 11:38:45 -07:00
cgroup.c CRED: Use RCU to access another task's creds and to release a task's own creds 2008-11-14 10:39:19 +11:00
compat.c Merge branches 'timers/clocksource', 'timers/hrtimers', 'timers/nohz', 'timers/ntp', 'timers/posixtimers' and 'timers/debug' into v28-timers-for-linus 2008-10-20 13:14:06 +02:00
configs.c kernel/configs.c: remove useless comments 2008-10-20 08:52:34 -07:00
cpu.c Merge branches 'sched/devel', 'sched/cpu-hotplug', 'sched/cpusets' and 'sched/urgent' into sched/core 2008-10-08 11:31:02 +02:00
cpuset.c cpuset: use seq_*mask_* to print masks 2008-10-20 08:52:39 -07:00
cred-internals.h CRED: Inaugurate COW credentials 2008-11-14 10:39:23 +11:00
cred.c CRED: Inaugurate COW credentials 2008-11-14 10:39:23 +11:00
delayacct.c
dma-coherent.c
dma.c kernel/dma.c: remove a CVS keyword 2008-10-16 11:21:30 -07:00
exec_domain.c proc: move /proc/execdomains to kernel/exec_domain.c 2008-10-23 14:30:41 +04:00
exit.c CRED: Inaugurate COW credentials 2008-11-14 10:39:23 +11:00
extable.c
fork.c CRED: Inaugurate COW credentials 2008-11-14 10:39:23 +11:00
freezer.c freezer_cg: use thaw_process() in unfreeze_cgroup() 2008-10-30 11:38:45 -07:00
futex_compat.c CRED: Use RCU to access another task's creds and to release a task's own creds 2008-11-14 10:39:19 +11:00
futex.c CRED: Use RCU to access another task's creds and to release a task's own creds 2008-11-14 10:39:19 +11:00
hrtimer.c Merge branch 'timers/range-hrtimers' into v28-range-hrtimers-for-linus-v2 2008-10-22 09:48:06 +02:00
itimer.c
kallsyms.c kernel/kallsyms.c: fix double return 2008-10-16 11:21:32 -07:00
Kconfig.freezer container freezer: implement freezer cgroup subsystem 2008-10-20 08:52:34 -07:00
Kconfig.hz
Kconfig.preempt
kexec.c kexec: fix crash_save_vmcoreinfo_init build problem 2008-10-20 15:28:50 -07:00
kfifo.c
kgdb.c kgdb: call touch_softlockup_watchdog on resume 2008-10-06 13:50:59 -05:00
kmod.c CRED: Inaugurate COW credentials 2008-11-14 10:39:23 +11:00
kprobes.c make kprobes.c:kretprobe_table_lock() static 2008-10-16 11:21:52 -07:00
ksysfs.c profiling: dynamically enable readprofile at runtime 2008-10-16 11:21:31 -07:00
kthread.c Merge branch 'tracing-v28-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip 2008-10-20 13:35:07 -07:00
latencytop.c
lockdep_internals.h
lockdep_proc.c
lockdep.c lockdep: fix irqs on/off ip tracing 2008-10-28 11:19:07 +01:00
Makefile CRED: Detach the credentials from task_struct 2008-11-14 10:39:17 +11:00
marker.c markers: bit-field is not thread-safe nor smp-safe 2008-10-14 10:38:45 +02:00
module.c Merge branch 'proc' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/adobriyan/proc 2008-10-23 12:04:37 -07:00
mutex-debug.c
mutex-debug.h
mutex.c
mutex.h
notifier.c ftrace: ignore functions that cannot be kprobe-ed 2008-10-14 10:34:22 +02:00
ns_cgroup.c
nsproxy.c
panic.c Make panic= and panic_on_oops into core_params 2008-10-22 10:00:25 +11:00
params.c Fix compile warning in kernel/params.c 2008-10-23 12:09:00 -07:00
pid_namespace.c
pid.c
pm_qos_params.c
posix-cpu-timers.c
posix-timers.c Merge branch 'timers/range-hrtimers' into v28-range-hrtimers-for-linus-v2 2008-10-22 09:48:06 +02:00
printk.c printk: remove unused code from kernel/printk.c 2008-10-23 21:54:29 +02:00
profile.c kernel/profile: fix profile_init() section mismatch 2008-10-30 11:38:46 -07:00
ptrace.c CRED: Inaugurate COW credentials 2008-11-14 10:39:23 +11:00
rcuclassic.c rcu: RCU-based detection of stalled CPUs for Classic RCU, fix 2008-10-03 10:41:00 +02:00
rcupdate.c rcupdate: fix bug of rcu_barrier*() 2008-10-21 15:59:53 +02:00
rcupreempt_trace.c
rcupreempt.c byteorder: remove direct includes of linux/byteorder/swab[b].h 2008-10-20 08:52:40 -07:00
rcutorture.c byteorder: remove direct includes of linux/byteorder/swab[b].h 2008-10-20 12:51:53 -07:00
relay.c
res_counter.c
resource.c reserve_region_with_split: Fix GFP_KERNEL usage under spinlock 2008-11-01 09:53:58 -07:00
rtmutex_common.h
rtmutex-debug.c
rtmutex-debug.h
rtmutex-tester.c
rtmutex.c
rtmutex.h
rwsem.c
sched_clock.c sched_clock: prevent scd->clock from moving backwards 2008-10-10 11:17:04 +02:00
sched_cpupri.c
sched_cpupri.h
sched_debug.c sched: change sched_debug's mode to 0444 2008-10-30 11:37:57 +01:00
sched_fair.c sched: virtual time buddy preemption 2008-10-24 12:51:03 +02:00
sched_features.h sched: disable the hrtick for now 2008-10-20 14:27:43 +02:00
sched_idletask.c sched: add CONFIG_SMP consistency 2008-10-22 10:01:52 +02:00
sched_rt.c Merge commit 'v2.6.28-rc1' into sched/urgent 2008-10-24 12:48:46 +02:00
sched_stats.h Merge branch 'proc' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/adobriyan/proc 2008-10-23 12:04:37 -07:00
sched.c CRED: Use RCU to access another task's creds and to release a task's own creds 2008-11-14 10:39:19 +11:00
seccomp.c
semaphore.c
signal.c CRED: Inaugurate COW credentials 2008-11-14 10:39:23 +11:00
smp.c
softirq.c Merge branches 'timers/clocksource', 'timers/hrtimers', 'timers/nohz', 'timers/ntp', 'timers/posixtimers' and 'timers/debug' into v28-timers-for-linus 2008-10-20 13:14:06 +02:00
softlockup.c Make the taint flags reliable 2008-10-16 11:21:31 -07:00
spinlock.c
srcu.c
stacktrace.c
stop_machine.c Revert "Call init_workqueues before pre smp initcalls." 2008-10-25 19:53:38 -07:00
sys_ni.c Configure out AIO support 2008-10-16 11:21:51 -07:00
sys.c CRED: Inaugurate COW credentials 2008-11-14 10:39:23 +11:00
sysctl_check.c
sysctl.c CRED: Wrap task credential accesses in the core kernel 2008-11-14 10:39:12 +11:00
taskstats.c
test_kprobes.c
time.c
timeconst.pl
timer.c CRED: Wrap task credential accesses in the core kernel 2008-11-14 10:39:12 +11:00
tracepoint.c tracepoint: check if the probe has been registered 2008-10-27 16:45:46 +01:00
tsacct.c CRED: Use RCU to access another task's creds and to release a task's own creds 2008-11-14 10:39:19 +11:00
uid16.c CRED: Wrap current->cred and a few other accessors 2008-11-14 10:39:18 +11:00
user_namespace.c CRED: Inaugurate COW credentials 2008-11-14 10:39:23 +11:00
user.c CRED: Inaugurate COW credentials 2008-11-14 10:39:23 +11:00
utsname_sysctl.c sysctl: simplify ->strategy 2008-10-16 11:21:47 -07:00
utsname.c
wait.c wait: kill is_sync_wait() 2008-10-16 11:21:31 -07:00
workqueue.c CRED: Rename is_single_threaded() to is_wq_single_threaded() 2008-11-14 10:39:21 +11:00