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[RESEND,v6,05/11] evm: Introduce evm_hmac_disabled() to safely ignore verification errors

Message ID 20210507133114.2138653-1-roberto.sassu@huawei.com (mailing list archive)
State New, archived
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Roberto Sassu May 7, 2021, 1:31 p.m. UTC 
When a file is being created, LSMs can set the initial label with the
inode_init_security hook. If no HMAC key is loaded, the new file will have
LSM xattrs but not the HMAC. It is also possible that the file remains
without protected xattrs after creation if no active LSM provided it.

Unfortunately, EVM will deny any further metadata operation on new files,
as evm_protect_xattr() will always return the INTEGRITY_NOLABEL error, or
INTEGRITY_NOXATTRS if no protected xattrs exist. This would limit the
usability of EVM when only a public key is loaded, as commands such as cp
or tar with the option to preserve xattrs won't work.

This patch introduces the evm_hmac_disabled() function to determine whether
or not it is safe to ignore verification errors, based on the ability of
EVM to calculate HMACs. If the HMAC key is not loaded, and it cannot be
loaded in the future due to the EVM_SETUP_COMPLETE initialization flag,
allowing an operation despite the attrs/xattrs being found invalid will not
make them valid.

Since the post hooks can be executed even when the HMAC key is not loaded,
this patch also ensures that the EVM_INIT_HMAC initialization flag is set
before the post hooks call evm_update_evmxattr().

Signed-off-by: Roberto Sassu <roberto.sassu@huawei.com>
Suggested-by: Mimi Zohar <zohar@linux.ibm.com>
---
 security/integrity/evm/evm_main.c | 37 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 36 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

Comments

Mimi Zohar May 11, 2021, 1:42 p.m. UTC | #1 
On Fri, 2021-05-07 at 15:31 +0200, Roberto Sassu wrote:
> When a file is being created, LSMs can set the initial label with the
> inode_init_security hook. If no HMAC key is loaded, the new file will have
> LSM xattrs but not the HMAC. It is also possible that the file remains
> without protected xattrs after creation if no active LSM provided it.
> 
> Unfortunately, EVM will deny any further metadata operation on new files,
> as evm_protect_xattr() will always return the INTEGRITY_NOLABEL error, or
> INTEGRITY_NOXATTRS if no protected xattrs exist. This would limit the
> usability of EVM when only a public key is loaded, as commands such as cp
> or tar with the option to preserve xattrs won't work.
> 
> This patch introduces the evm_hmac_disabled() function to determine whether
> or not it is safe to ignore verification errors, based on the ability of
> EVM to calculate HMACs. If the HMAC key is not loaded, and it cannot be
> loaded in the future due to the EVM_SETUP_COMPLETE initialization flag,
> allowing an operation despite the attrs/xattrs being found invalid will not
> make them valid.
> 
> Since the post hooks can be executed even when the HMAC key is not loaded,
> this patch also ensures that the EVM_INIT_HMAC initialization flag is set
> before the post hooks call evm_update_evmxattr().
> 
> Signed-off-by: Roberto Sassu <roberto.sassu@huawei.com>
> Suggested-by: Mimi Zohar <zohar@linux.ibm.com>

Thanks, Robert!

Reviewed-by:  Mimi Zohar <zohar@linux.ibm.com>
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diff --git a/security/integrity/evm/evm_main.c b/security/integrity/evm/evm_main.c
index 998818283fda..940e5f0a5f93 100644
--- a/security/integrity/evm/evm_main.c
+++ b/security/integrity/evm/evm_main.c
@@ -90,6 +90,24 @@  static bool evm_key_loaded(void)
 	return (bool)(evm_initialized & EVM_KEY_MASK);
 }
 
+/*
+ * This function determines whether or not it is safe to ignore verification
+ * errors, based on the ability of EVM to calculate HMACs. If the HMAC key
+ * is not loaded, and it cannot be loaded in the future due to the
+ * EVM_SETUP_COMPLETE initialization flag, allowing an operation despite the
+ * attrs/xattrs being found invalid will not make them valid.
+ */
+static bool evm_hmac_disabled(void)
+{
+	if (evm_initialized & EVM_INIT_HMAC)
+		return false;
+
+	if (!(evm_initialized & EVM_SETUP_COMPLETE))
+		return false;
+
+	return true;
+}
+
 static int evm_find_protected_xattrs(struct dentry *dentry)
 {
 	struct inode *inode = d_backing_inode(dentry);
@@ -338,6 +356,10 @@  static int evm_protect_xattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *xattr_name,
 	if (evm_status == INTEGRITY_NOXATTRS) {
 		struct integrity_iint_cache *iint;
 
+		/* Exception if the HMAC is not going to be calculated. */
+		if (evm_hmac_disabled())
+			return 0;
+
 		iint = integrity_iint_find(d_backing_inode(dentry));
 		if (iint && (iint->flags & IMA_NEW_FILE))
 			return 0;
@@ -354,6 +376,9 @@  static int evm_protect_xattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *xattr_name,
 				    -EPERM, 0);
 	}
 out:
+	/* Exception if the HMAC is not going to be calculated. */
+	if (evm_hmac_disabled() && evm_status == INTEGRITY_NOLABEL)
+		return 0;
 	if (evm_status != INTEGRITY_PASS)
 		integrity_audit_msg(AUDIT_INTEGRITY_METADATA, d_backing_inode(dentry),
 				    dentry->d_name.name, "appraise_metadata",
@@ -470,6 +495,9 @@  void evm_inode_post_setxattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *xattr_name,
 
 	evm_reset_status(dentry->d_inode);
 
+	if (!(evm_initialized & EVM_INIT_HMAC))
+		return;
+
 	evm_update_evmxattr(dentry, xattr_name, xattr_value, xattr_value_len);
 }
 
@@ -490,6 +518,9 @@  void evm_inode_post_removexattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *xattr_name)
 
 	evm_reset_status(dentry->d_inode);
 
+	if (!(evm_initialized & EVM_INIT_HMAC))
+		return;
+
 	evm_update_evmxattr(dentry, xattr_name, NULL, 0);
 }
 
@@ -515,7 +546,8 @@  int evm_inode_setattr(struct dentry *dentry, struct iattr *attr)
 		return 0;
 	evm_status = evm_verify_current_integrity(dentry);
 	if ((evm_status == INTEGRITY_PASS) ||
-	    (evm_status == INTEGRITY_NOXATTRS))
+	    (evm_status == INTEGRITY_NOXATTRS) ||
+	    (evm_hmac_disabled() && evm_status == INTEGRITY_NOLABEL))
 		return 0;
 	integrity_audit_msg(AUDIT_INTEGRITY_METADATA, d_backing_inode(dentry),
 			    dentry->d_name.name, "appraise_metadata",
@@ -541,6 +573,9 @@  void evm_inode_post_setattr(struct dentry *dentry, int ia_valid)
 
 	evm_reset_status(dentry->d_inode);
 
+	if (!(evm_initialized & EVM_INIT_HMAC))
+		return;
+
 	if (ia_valid & (ATTR_MODE | ATTR_UID | ATTR_GID))
 		evm_update_evmxattr(dentry, NULL, NULL, 0);
 }