Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v2 2/3] fs: define a firmware security filesystem named fwsecurityfs

From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2022 09:37:28 +0200

On Sun, Jun 26, 2022 at 11:48:06AM -0400, Mimi Zohar wrote:
> On Thu, 2022-06-23 at 09:23 -0400, James Bottomley wrote:
> > On Thu, 2022-06-23 at 10:54 +0200, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > [...]
> > > > diff --git a/fs/fwsecurityfs/inode.c b/fs/fwsecurityfs/inode.c
> > > > new file mode 100644
> > > > index 000000000000..5d06dc0de059
> > > > --- /dev/null
> > > > +++ b/fs/fwsecurityfs/inode.c
> > > > @@ -0,0 +1,159 @@
> > > > +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
> > > > +/*
> > > > + * Copyright (C) 2022 IBM Corporation
> > > > + * Author: Nayna Jain <[email-masked]>
> > > > + */
> > > > +
> > > > +#include <linux/sysfs.h>
> > > > +#include <linux/kobject.h>
> > > > +#include <linux/fs.h>
> > > > +#include <linux/fs_context.h>
> > > > +#include <linux/mount.h>
> > > > +#include <linux/pagemap.h>
> > > > +#include <linux/init.h>
> > > > +#include <linux/namei.h>
> > > > +#include <linux/security.h>
> > > > +#include <linux/lsm_hooks.h>
> > > > +#include <linux/magic.h>
> > > > +#include <linux/ctype.h>
> > > > +#include <linux/fwsecurityfs.h>
> > > > +
> > > > +#include "internal.h"
> > > > +
> > > > +int fwsecurityfs_remove_file(struct dentry *dentry)
> > > > +{
> > > > +	drop_nlink(d_inode(dentry));
> > > > +	dput(dentry);
> > > > +	return 0;
> > > > +};
> > > > +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(fwsecurityfs_remove_file);
> > > > +
> > > > +int fwsecurityfs_create_file(const char *name, umode_t mode,
> > > > +					u16 filesize, struct dentry
> > > > *parent,
> > > > +					struct dentry *dentry,
> > > > +					const struct file_operations
> > > > *fops)
> > > > +{
> > > > +	struct inode *inode;
> > > > +	int error;
> > > > +	struct inode *dir;
> > > > +
> > > > +	if (!parent)
> > > > +		return -EINVAL;
> > > > +
> > > > +	dir = d_inode(parent);
> > > > +	pr_debug("securityfs: creating file '%s'\n", name);
> > > 
> > > Did you forget to call simple_pin_fs() here or anywhere else?
> > > 
> > > And this can be just one function with the directory creation file,
> > > just check the mode and you will be fine.  Look at securityfs as an
> > > example of how to make this simpler.
> > 
> > Actually, before you go down this route can you consider the namespace
> > ramifications.  In fact we're just having to rework securityfs to pull
> > out all the simple_pin_... calls because simple_pin_... is completely
> > inimical to namespaces.
> > 
> > The first thing to consider is if you simply use securityfs you'll
> > inherit all the simple_pin_... removal work and be namespace ready.  It
> > could be that creating a new filesystem that can't be namespaced is the
> > right thing to do here, but at least ask the question: would we ever
> > want any of these files to be presented selectively inside containers? 
> > If the answer is "yes" then simple_pin_... is the wrong interface.
> 
> Greg, the securityfs changes James is referring to are part of the IMA
> namespacing patch set:
> https://lore.kernel.org/linux-integrity/[email-masked]/
> 
> I'd really appreciate your reviewing the first two patches:
> [PATCH v12 01/26] securityfs: rework dentry creation
> [PATCH v12 02/26] securityfs: Extend securityfs with namespacing
> support

Looks like others have already reviewed them, they seem sane to me if
they past testing.

thanks,

greg k-h