From f9b2a735bdddf836214b5dca74f6ca7712e5a08c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mimi Zohar Date: Mon, 12 May 2014 09:28:11 -0400 Subject: ima: audit log files opened with O_DIRECT flag Files are measured or appraised based on the IMA policy. When a file, in policy, is opened with the O_DIRECT flag, a deadlock occurs. The first attempt at resolving this lockdep temporarily removed the O_DIRECT flag and restored it, after calculating the hash. The second attempt introduced the O_DIRECT_HAVELOCK flag. Based on this flag, do_blockdev_direct_IO() would skip taking the i_mutex a second time. The third attempt, by Dmitry Kasatkin, resolves the i_mutex locking issue, by re-introducing the IMA mutex, but uncovered another problem. Reading a file with O_DIRECT flag set, writes directly to userspace pages. A second patch allocates a user-space like memory. This works for all IMA hooks, except ima_file_free(), which is called on __fput() to recalculate the file hash. Until this last issue is addressed, do not 'collect' the measurement for measuring, appraising, or auditing files opened with the O_DIRECT flag set. Based on policy, permit or deny file access. This patch defines a new IMA policy rule option named 'permit_directio'. Policy rules could be defined, based on LSM or other criteria, to permit specific applications to open files with the O_DIRECT flag set. Changelog v1: - permit or deny file access based IMA policy rules Signed-off-by: Mimi Zohar Acked-by: Dmitry Kasatkin Cc: --- security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c') diff --git a/security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c b/security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c index 52ac6cf41f88..dcc98cf542d8 100644 --- a/security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c +++ b/security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c @@ -214,8 +214,11 @@ static int process_measurement(struct file *file, const char *filename, xattr_ptr = &xattr_value; rc = ima_collect_measurement(iint, file, xattr_ptr, &xattr_len); - if (rc != 0) + if (rc != 0) { + if (file->f_flags & O_DIRECT) + rc = (iint->flags & IMA_PERMIT_DIRECTIO) ? 0 : -EACCES; goto out_digsig; + } pathname = filename ?: ima_d_path(&file->f_path, &pathbuf); -- cgit v1.2.1