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[3/3] kernfs: Initialize security of newly created nodes

Message ID 20190109091028.24485-4-omosnace@redhat.com (mailing list archive)
State Superseded
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Series Allow initializing the kernfs node's secctx based on its parent | expand

Commit Message

Ondrej Mosnacek Jan. 9, 2019, 9:10 a.m. UTC
Use the new security_object_init_security() hook to allow LSMs to
possibly assign a non-default security context to newly created nodes
based on the context of their parent node.

This fixes an issue with cgroupfs under SELinux, where newly created
cgroup subdirectories would not inherit its parent's context if it had
been set explicitly to a non-default value (other than the genfs context
specified by the policy). This can be reproduced as follows:

    # mkdir /sys/fs/cgroup/unified/test
    # chcon -R system_u:object_r:cgroup_t:s0:c123 /sys/fs/cgroup/unified/test
    # ls -lZ /sys/fs/cgroup/unified
    total 0
    -r--r--r--.  1 root root system_u:object_r:cgroup_t:s0      0 Jan  8 05:00 cgroup.controllers
    -rw-r--r--.  1 root root system_u:object_r:cgroup_t:s0      0 Jan  8 05:00 cgroup.max.depth
    -rw-r--r--.  1 root root system_u:object_r:cgroup_t:s0      0 Jan  8 05:00 cgroup.max.descendants
    -rw-r--r--.  1 root root system_u:object_r:cgroup_t:s0      0 Jan  8 05:00 cgroup.procs
    -r--r--r--.  1 root root system_u:object_r:cgroup_t:s0      0 Jan  8 05:00 cgroup.stat
    -rw-r--r--.  1 root root system_u:object_r:cgroup_t:s0      0 Jan  8 05:00 cgroup.subtree_control
    -rw-r--r--.  1 root root system_u:object_r:cgroup_t:s0      0 Jan  8 05:00 cgroup.threads
    drwxr-xr-x.  2 root root system_u:object_r:cgroup_t:s0      0 Jan  8 04:54 init.scope
    drwxr-xr-x. 25 root root system_u:object_r:cgroup_t:s0      0 Jan  8 04:54 system.slice
    drwxr-xr-x.  2 root root system_u:object_r:cgroup_t:s0:c123 0 Jan  8 04:59 test
    drwxr-xr-x.  3 root root system_u:object_r:cgroup_t:s0      0 Jan  8 04:55 user.slice
    # mkdir /sys/fs/cgroup/unified/test/subdir

Actual result:

    # ls -ldZ /sys/fs/cgroup/unified/test/subdir
    drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root system_u:object_r:cgroup_t:s0 0 Jan  8 05:10 /sys/fs/cgroup/unified/test/subdir

Expected result:

    # ls -ldZ /sys/fs/cgroup/unified/test/subdir
    drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root unconfined_u:object_r:cgroup_t:s0:c123 0 Jan  8 05:10 /sys/fs/cgroup/unified/test/subdir

Link: https://github.com/SELinuxProject/selinux-kernel/issues/39
Signed-off-by: Ondrej Mosnacek <omosnace@redhat.com>
---
 fs/kernfs/dir.c             | 49 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
 fs/kernfs/inode.c           |  9 +++----
 fs/kernfs/kernfs-internal.h |  4 +++
 3 files changed, 54 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

Comments

Stephen Smalley Jan. 9, 2019, 3:44 p.m. UTC | #1
On 1/9/19 4:10 AM, Ondrej Mosnacek wrote:
> Use the new security_object_init_security() hook to allow LSMs to
> possibly assign a non-default security context to newly created nodes
> based on the context of their parent node.
> 
> This fixes an issue with cgroupfs under SELinux, where newly created
> cgroup subdirectories would not inherit its parent's context if it had
> been set explicitly to a non-default value (other than the genfs context
> specified by the policy). This can be reproduced as follows:
> 
>      # mkdir /sys/fs/cgroup/unified/test
>      # chcon -R system_u:object_r:cgroup_t:s0:c123 /sys/fs/cgroup/unified/test
>      # ls -lZ /sys/fs/cgroup/unified
>      total 0
>      -r--r--r--.  1 root root system_u:object_r:cgroup_t:s0      0 Jan  8 05:00 cgroup.controllers
>      -rw-r--r--.  1 root root system_u:object_r:cgroup_t:s0      0 Jan  8 05:00 cgroup.max.depth
>      -rw-r--r--.  1 root root system_u:object_r:cgroup_t:s0      0 Jan  8 05:00 cgroup.max.descendants
>      -rw-r--r--.  1 root root system_u:object_r:cgroup_t:s0      0 Jan  8 05:00 cgroup.procs
>      -r--r--r--.  1 root root system_u:object_r:cgroup_t:s0      0 Jan  8 05:00 cgroup.stat
>      -rw-r--r--.  1 root root system_u:object_r:cgroup_t:s0      0 Jan  8 05:00 cgroup.subtree_control
>      -rw-r--r--.  1 root root system_u:object_r:cgroup_t:s0      0 Jan  8 05:00 cgroup.threads
>      drwxr-xr-x.  2 root root system_u:object_r:cgroup_t:s0      0 Jan  8 04:54 init.scope
>      drwxr-xr-x. 25 root root system_u:object_r:cgroup_t:s0      0 Jan  8 04:54 system.slice
>      drwxr-xr-x.  2 root root system_u:object_r:cgroup_t:s0:c123 0 Jan  8 04:59 test
>      drwxr-xr-x.  3 root root system_u:object_r:cgroup_t:s0      0 Jan  8 04:55 user.slice
>      # mkdir /sys/fs/cgroup/unified/test/subdir
> 
> Actual result:
> 
>      # ls -ldZ /sys/fs/cgroup/unified/test/subdir
>      drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root system_u:object_r:cgroup_t:s0 0 Jan  8 05:10 /sys/fs/cgroup/unified/test/subdir
> 
> Expected result:
> 
>      # ls -ldZ /sys/fs/cgroup/unified/test/subdir
>      drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root unconfined_u:object_r:cgroup_t:s0:c123 0 Jan  8 05:10 /sys/fs/cgroup/unified/test/subdir
> 
> Link: https://github.com/SELinuxProject/selinux-kernel/issues/39
> Signed-off-by: Ondrej Mosnacek <omosnace@redhat.com>

Reviewed-by: Stephen Smalley <sds@tycho.nsa.gov>

> ---
>   fs/kernfs/dir.c             | 49 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
>   fs/kernfs/inode.c           |  9 +++----
>   fs/kernfs/kernfs-internal.h |  4 +++
>   3 files changed, 54 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/kernfs/dir.c b/fs/kernfs/dir.c
> index 4ca0b5c18192..8a678a934f65 100644
> --- a/fs/kernfs/dir.c
> +++ b/fs/kernfs/dir.c
> @@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
>   #include <linux/slab.h>
>   #include <linux/security.h>
>   #include <linux/hash.h>
> +#include <linux/stringhash.h>
>   
>   #include "kernfs-internal.h"
>   
> @@ -617,7 +618,43 @@ struct kernfs_node *kernfs_node_from_dentry(struct dentry *dentry)
>   	return NULL;
>   }
>   
> -static struct kernfs_node *__kernfs_new_node(struct kernfs_root *root,
> +static int kernfs_node_init_security(struct kernfs_node *parent,
> +				     struct kernfs_node *kn, umode_t mode)
> +{
> +	struct kernfs_iattrs *attrs;
> +	struct qstr q;
> +	void *ctx;
> +	u32 ctxlen;
> +	int ret;
> +
> +	/* If parent has no explicit context set, leave child unset as well */
> +	if (!parent->iattr)
> +		return 0;
> +	if (!parent->iattr->ia_secdata || !parent->iattr->ia_secdata_len)
> +		return 0;
> +
> +	q.name = kn->name;
> +	q.hash_len = hashlen_string(parent, kn->name);
> +
> +	ret = security_object_init_security(parent->iattr->ia_secdata,
> +					    parent->iattr->ia_secdata_len,
> +					    &q, (u16)mode, &ctx, &ctxlen);
> +	if (ret)
> +		return ret;
> +
> +	attrs = kernfs_iattrs(kn);
> +	if (!attrs) {
> +		security_release_secctx(ctx, ctxlen);
> +		return -ENOMEM;
> +	}
> +
> +	kernfs_node_setsecdata(attrs, &ctx, &ctxlen);
> +	/* The inode is fresh, so the returned ctx is always NULL. */
> +	return 0;
> +}
> +
> +static struct kernfs_node *__kernfs_new_node(struct kernfs_node *parent,
> +					     struct kernfs_root *root,
>   					     const char *name, umode_t mode,
>   					     kuid_t uid, kgid_t gid,
>   					     unsigned flags)
> @@ -674,6 +711,12 @@ static struct kernfs_node *__kernfs_new_node(struct kernfs_root *root,
>   			goto err_out3;
>   	}
>   
> +	if (parent) {
> +		ret = kernfs_node_init_security(parent, kn, mode);
> +		if (ret)
> +			goto err_out3;
> +	}
> +
>   	return kn;
>   
>    err_out3:
> @@ -692,7 +735,7 @@ struct kernfs_node *kernfs_new_node(struct kernfs_node *parent,
>   {
>   	struct kernfs_node *kn;
>   
> -	kn = __kernfs_new_node(kernfs_root(parent),
> +	kn = __kernfs_new_node(parent, kernfs_root(parent),
>   			       name, mode, uid, gid, flags);
>   	if (kn) {
>   		kernfs_get(parent);
> @@ -962,7 +1005,7 @@ struct kernfs_root *kernfs_create_root(struct kernfs_syscall_ops *scops,
>   	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&root->supers);
>   	root->next_generation = 1;
>   
> -	kn = __kernfs_new_node(root, "", S_IFDIR | S_IRUGO | S_IXUGO,
> +	kn = __kernfs_new_node(NULL, root, "", S_IFDIR | S_IRUGO | S_IXUGO,
>   			       GLOBAL_ROOT_UID, GLOBAL_ROOT_GID,
>   			       KERNFS_DIR);
>   	if (!kn) {
> diff --git a/fs/kernfs/inode.c b/fs/kernfs/inode.c
> index 80cebcd94c90..e6db8d23437b 100644
> --- a/fs/kernfs/inode.c
> +++ b/fs/kernfs/inode.c
> @@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ static const struct inode_operations kernfs_iops = {
>   	.listxattr	= kernfs_iop_listxattr,
>   };
>   
> -static struct kernfs_iattrs *kernfs_iattrs(struct kernfs_node *kn)
> +struct kernfs_iattrs *kernfs_iattrs(struct kernfs_node *kn)
>   {
>   	static DEFINE_MUTEX(iattr_mutex);
>   	struct kernfs_iattrs *ret;
> @@ -135,8 +135,8 @@ out:
>   	return error;
>   }
>   
> -static int kernfs_node_setsecdata(struct kernfs_iattrs *attrs, void **secdata,
> -				  u32 *secdata_len)
> +void kernfs_node_setsecdata(struct kernfs_iattrs *attrs, void **secdata,
> +			    u32 *secdata_len)
>   {
>   	void *old_secdata;
>   	size_t old_secdata_len;
> @@ -149,7 +149,6 @@ static int kernfs_node_setsecdata(struct kernfs_iattrs *attrs, void **secdata,
>   
>   	*secdata = old_secdata;
>   	*secdata_len = old_secdata_len;
> -	return 0;
>   }
>   
>   ssize_t kernfs_iop_listxattr(struct dentry *dentry, char *buf, size_t size)
> @@ -365,7 +364,7 @@ static int kernfs_security_xattr_set(const struct xattr_handler *handler,
>   		return error;
>   
>   	mutex_lock(&kernfs_mutex);
> -	error = kernfs_node_setsecdata(attrs, &secdata, &secdata_len);
> +	kernfs_node_setsecdata(attrs, &secdata, &secdata_len);
>   	mutex_unlock(&kernfs_mutex);
>   
>   	if (secdata)
> diff --git a/fs/kernfs/kernfs-internal.h b/fs/kernfs/kernfs-internal.h
> index 3d83b114bb08..f6fb2df24c30 100644
> --- a/fs/kernfs/kernfs-internal.h
> +++ b/fs/kernfs/kernfs-internal.h
> @@ -92,6 +92,10 @@ int kernfs_iop_getattr(const struct path *path, struct kstat *stat,
>   ssize_t kernfs_iop_listxattr(struct dentry *dentry, char *buf, size_t size);
>   int __kernfs_setattr(struct kernfs_node *kn, const struct iattr *iattr);
>   
> +struct kernfs_iattrs *kernfs_iattrs(struct kernfs_node *kn);
> +void kernfs_node_setsecdata(struct kernfs_iattrs *attrs, void **secdata,
> +			    u32 *secdata_len);
> +
>   /*
>    * dir.c
>    */
>
Paul Moore Jan. 11, 2019, 2:08 a.m. UTC | #2
On Wed, Jan 9, 2019 at 10:42 AM Stephen Smalley <sds@tycho.nsa.gov> wrote:
> On 1/9/19 4:10 AM, Ondrej Mosnacek wrote:
> > Use the new security_object_init_security() hook to allow LSMs to
> > possibly assign a non-default security context to newly created nodes
> > based on the context of their parent node.
> >
> > This fixes an issue with cgroupfs under SELinux, where newly created
> > cgroup subdirectories would not inherit its parent's context if it had
> > been set explicitly to a non-default value (other than the genfs context
> > specified by the policy). This can be reproduced as follows:
> >
> >      # mkdir /sys/fs/cgroup/unified/test
> >      # chcon -R system_u:object_r:cgroup_t:s0:c123 /sys/fs/cgroup/unified/test
> >      # ls -lZ /sys/fs/cgroup/unified
> >      total 0
> >      -r--r--r--.  1 root root system_u:object_r:cgroup_t:s0      0 Jan  8 05:00 cgroup.controllers
> >      -rw-r--r--.  1 root root system_u:object_r:cgroup_t:s0      0 Jan  8 05:00 cgroup.max.depth
> >      -rw-r--r--.  1 root root system_u:object_r:cgroup_t:s0      0 Jan  8 05:00 cgroup.max.descendants
> >      -rw-r--r--.  1 root root system_u:object_r:cgroup_t:s0      0 Jan  8 05:00 cgroup.procs
> >      -r--r--r--.  1 root root system_u:object_r:cgroup_t:s0      0 Jan  8 05:00 cgroup.stat
> >      -rw-r--r--.  1 root root system_u:object_r:cgroup_t:s0      0 Jan  8 05:00 cgroup.subtree_control
> >      -rw-r--r--.  1 root root system_u:object_r:cgroup_t:s0      0 Jan  8 05:00 cgroup.threads
> >      drwxr-xr-x.  2 root root system_u:object_r:cgroup_t:s0      0 Jan  8 04:54 init.scope
> >      drwxr-xr-x. 25 root root system_u:object_r:cgroup_t:s0      0 Jan  8 04:54 system.slice
> >      drwxr-xr-x.  2 root root system_u:object_r:cgroup_t:s0:c123 0 Jan  8 04:59 test
> >      drwxr-xr-x.  3 root root system_u:object_r:cgroup_t:s0      0 Jan  8 04:55 user.slice
> >      # mkdir /sys/fs/cgroup/unified/test/subdir
> >
> > Actual result:
> >
> >      # ls -ldZ /sys/fs/cgroup/unified/test/subdir
> >      drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root system_u:object_r:cgroup_t:s0 0 Jan  8 05:10 /sys/fs/cgroup/unified/test/subdir
> >
> > Expected result:
> >
> >      # ls -ldZ /sys/fs/cgroup/unified/test/subdir
> >      drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root unconfined_u:object_r:cgroup_t:s0:c123 0 Jan  8 05:10 /sys/fs/cgroup/unified/test/subdir
> >
> > Link: https://github.com/SELinuxProject/selinux-kernel/issues/39
> > Signed-off-by: Ondrej Mosnacek <omosnace@redhat.com>
>
> Reviewed-by: Stephen Smalley <sds@tycho.nsa.gov>

Looks okay to me as well.

Some part of me wonders if it might be smart to check for non-NULL
secdata being returned from kernfs_node_setsecdata and doing a WARN.
Maybe I'm overly pessimistic, but I'm pretty sure
kernfs_node_init_security() will get improperly used at some point.
At least we have a comment to *maybe* warn future abusers.

> > ---
> >   fs/kernfs/dir.c             | 49 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
> >   fs/kernfs/inode.c           |  9 +++----
> >   fs/kernfs/kernfs-internal.h |  4 +++
> >   3 files changed, 54 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/fs/kernfs/dir.c b/fs/kernfs/dir.c
> > index 4ca0b5c18192..8a678a934f65 100644
> > --- a/fs/kernfs/dir.c
> > +++ b/fs/kernfs/dir.c
> > @@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
> >   #include <linux/slab.h>
> >   #include <linux/security.h>
> >   #include <linux/hash.h>
> > +#include <linux/stringhash.h>
> >
> >   #include "kernfs-internal.h"
> >
> > @@ -617,7 +618,43 @@ struct kernfs_node *kernfs_node_from_dentry(struct dentry *dentry)
> >       return NULL;
> >   }
> >
> > -static struct kernfs_node *__kernfs_new_node(struct kernfs_root *root,
> > +static int kernfs_node_init_security(struct kernfs_node *parent,
> > +                                  struct kernfs_node *kn, umode_t mode)
> > +{
> > +     struct kernfs_iattrs *attrs;
> > +     struct qstr q;
> > +     void *ctx;
> > +     u32 ctxlen;
> > +     int ret;
> > +
> > +     /* If parent has no explicit context set, leave child unset as well */
> > +     if (!parent->iattr)
> > +             return 0;
> > +     if (!parent->iattr->ia_secdata || !parent->iattr->ia_secdata_len)
> > +             return 0;
> > +
> > +     q.name = kn->name;
> > +     q.hash_len = hashlen_string(parent, kn->name);
> > +
> > +     ret = security_object_init_security(parent->iattr->ia_secdata,
> > +                                         parent->iattr->ia_secdata_len,
> > +                                         &q, (u16)mode, &ctx, &ctxlen);
> > +     if (ret)
> > +             return ret;
> > +
> > +     attrs = kernfs_iattrs(kn);
> > +     if (!attrs) {
> > +             security_release_secctx(ctx, ctxlen);
> > +             return -ENOMEM;
> > +     }
> > +
> > +     kernfs_node_setsecdata(attrs, &ctx, &ctxlen);
> > +     /* The inode is fresh, so the returned ctx is always NULL. */
> > +     return 0;
> > +}
> > +
> > +static struct kernfs_node *__kernfs_new_node(struct kernfs_node *parent,
> > +                                          struct kernfs_root *root,
> >                                            const char *name, umode_t mode,
> >                                            kuid_t uid, kgid_t gid,
> >                                            unsigned flags)
> > @@ -674,6 +711,12 @@ static struct kernfs_node *__kernfs_new_node(struct kernfs_root *root,
> >                       goto err_out3;
> >       }
> >
> > +     if (parent) {
> > +             ret = kernfs_node_init_security(parent, kn, mode);
> > +             if (ret)
> > +                     goto err_out3;
> > +     }
> > +
> >       return kn;
> >
> >    err_out3:
> > @@ -692,7 +735,7 @@ struct kernfs_node *kernfs_new_node(struct kernfs_node *parent,
> >   {
> >       struct kernfs_node *kn;
> >
> > -     kn = __kernfs_new_node(kernfs_root(parent),
> > +     kn = __kernfs_new_node(parent, kernfs_root(parent),
> >                              name, mode, uid, gid, flags);
> >       if (kn) {
> >               kernfs_get(parent);
> > @@ -962,7 +1005,7 @@ struct kernfs_root *kernfs_create_root(struct kernfs_syscall_ops *scops,
> >       INIT_LIST_HEAD(&root->supers);
> >       root->next_generation = 1;
> >
> > -     kn = __kernfs_new_node(root, "", S_IFDIR | S_IRUGO | S_IXUGO,
> > +     kn = __kernfs_new_node(NULL, root, "", S_IFDIR | S_IRUGO | S_IXUGO,
> >                              GLOBAL_ROOT_UID, GLOBAL_ROOT_GID,
> >                              KERNFS_DIR);
> >       if (!kn) {
> > diff --git a/fs/kernfs/inode.c b/fs/kernfs/inode.c
> > index 80cebcd94c90..e6db8d23437b 100644
> > --- a/fs/kernfs/inode.c
> > +++ b/fs/kernfs/inode.c
> > @@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ static const struct inode_operations kernfs_iops = {
> >       .listxattr      = kernfs_iop_listxattr,
> >   };
> >
> > -static struct kernfs_iattrs *kernfs_iattrs(struct kernfs_node *kn)
> > +struct kernfs_iattrs *kernfs_iattrs(struct kernfs_node *kn)
> >   {
> >       static DEFINE_MUTEX(iattr_mutex);
> >       struct kernfs_iattrs *ret;
> > @@ -135,8 +135,8 @@ out:
> >       return error;
> >   }
> >
> > -static int kernfs_node_setsecdata(struct kernfs_iattrs *attrs, void **secdata,
> > -                               u32 *secdata_len)
> > +void kernfs_node_setsecdata(struct kernfs_iattrs *attrs, void **secdata,
> > +                         u32 *secdata_len)
> >   {
> >       void *old_secdata;
> >       size_t old_secdata_len;
> > @@ -149,7 +149,6 @@ static int kernfs_node_setsecdata(struct kernfs_iattrs *attrs, void **secdata,
> >
> >       *secdata = old_secdata;
> >       *secdata_len = old_secdata_len;
> > -     return 0;
> >   }
> >
> >   ssize_t kernfs_iop_listxattr(struct dentry *dentry, char *buf, size_t size)
> > @@ -365,7 +364,7 @@ static int kernfs_security_xattr_set(const struct xattr_handler *handler,
> >               return error;
> >
> >       mutex_lock(&kernfs_mutex);
> > -     error = kernfs_node_setsecdata(attrs, &secdata, &secdata_len);
> > +     kernfs_node_setsecdata(attrs, &secdata, &secdata_len);
> >       mutex_unlock(&kernfs_mutex);
> >
> >       if (secdata)
> > diff --git a/fs/kernfs/kernfs-internal.h b/fs/kernfs/kernfs-internal.h
> > index 3d83b114bb08..f6fb2df24c30 100644
> > --- a/fs/kernfs/kernfs-internal.h
> > +++ b/fs/kernfs/kernfs-internal.h
> > @@ -92,6 +92,10 @@ int kernfs_iop_getattr(const struct path *path, struct kstat *stat,
> >   ssize_t kernfs_iop_listxattr(struct dentry *dentry, char *buf, size_t size);
> >   int __kernfs_setattr(struct kernfs_node *kn, const struct iattr *iattr);
> >
> > +struct kernfs_iattrs *kernfs_iattrs(struct kernfs_node *kn);
> > +void kernfs_node_setsecdata(struct kernfs_iattrs *attrs, void **secdata,
> > +                         u32 *secdata_len);
> > +
> >   /*
> >    * dir.c
> >    */
> >
>
diff mbox series

Patch

diff --git a/fs/kernfs/dir.c b/fs/kernfs/dir.c
index 4ca0b5c18192..8a678a934f65 100644
--- a/fs/kernfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/kernfs/dir.c
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ 
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/security.h>
 #include <linux/hash.h>
+#include <linux/stringhash.h>
 
 #include "kernfs-internal.h"
 
@@ -617,7 +618,43 @@  struct kernfs_node *kernfs_node_from_dentry(struct dentry *dentry)
 	return NULL;
 }
 
-static struct kernfs_node *__kernfs_new_node(struct kernfs_root *root,
+static int kernfs_node_init_security(struct kernfs_node *parent,
+				     struct kernfs_node *kn, umode_t mode)
+{
+	struct kernfs_iattrs *attrs;
+	struct qstr q;
+	void *ctx;
+	u32 ctxlen;
+	int ret;
+
+	/* If parent has no explicit context set, leave child unset as well */
+	if (!parent->iattr)
+		return 0;
+	if (!parent->iattr->ia_secdata || !parent->iattr->ia_secdata_len)
+		return 0;
+
+	q.name = kn->name;
+	q.hash_len = hashlen_string(parent, kn->name);
+
+	ret = security_object_init_security(parent->iattr->ia_secdata,
+					    parent->iattr->ia_secdata_len,
+					    &q, (u16)mode, &ctx, &ctxlen);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	attrs = kernfs_iattrs(kn);
+	if (!attrs) {
+		security_release_secctx(ctx, ctxlen);
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	}
+
+	kernfs_node_setsecdata(attrs, &ctx, &ctxlen);
+	/* The inode is fresh, so the returned ctx is always NULL. */
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static struct kernfs_node *__kernfs_new_node(struct kernfs_node *parent,
+					     struct kernfs_root *root,
 					     const char *name, umode_t mode,
 					     kuid_t uid, kgid_t gid,
 					     unsigned flags)
@@ -674,6 +711,12 @@  static struct kernfs_node *__kernfs_new_node(struct kernfs_root *root,
 			goto err_out3;
 	}
 
+	if (parent) {
+		ret = kernfs_node_init_security(parent, kn, mode);
+		if (ret)
+			goto err_out3;
+	}
+
 	return kn;
 
  err_out3:
@@ -692,7 +735,7 @@  struct kernfs_node *kernfs_new_node(struct kernfs_node *parent,
 {
 	struct kernfs_node *kn;
 
-	kn = __kernfs_new_node(kernfs_root(parent),
+	kn = __kernfs_new_node(parent, kernfs_root(parent),
 			       name, mode, uid, gid, flags);
 	if (kn) {
 		kernfs_get(parent);
@@ -962,7 +1005,7 @@  struct kernfs_root *kernfs_create_root(struct kernfs_syscall_ops *scops,
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&root->supers);
 	root->next_generation = 1;
 
-	kn = __kernfs_new_node(root, "", S_IFDIR | S_IRUGO | S_IXUGO,
+	kn = __kernfs_new_node(NULL, root, "", S_IFDIR | S_IRUGO | S_IXUGO,
 			       GLOBAL_ROOT_UID, GLOBAL_ROOT_GID,
 			       KERNFS_DIR);
 	if (!kn) {
diff --git a/fs/kernfs/inode.c b/fs/kernfs/inode.c
index 80cebcd94c90..e6db8d23437b 100644
--- a/fs/kernfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/kernfs/inode.c
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@  static const struct inode_operations kernfs_iops = {
 	.listxattr	= kernfs_iop_listxattr,
 };
 
-static struct kernfs_iattrs *kernfs_iattrs(struct kernfs_node *kn)
+struct kernfs_iattrs *kernfs_iattrs(struct kernfs_node *kn)
 {
 	static DEFINE_MUTEX(iattr_mutex);
 	struct kernfs_iattrs *ret;
@@ -135,8 +135,8 @@  out:
 	return error;
 }
 
-static int kernfs_node_setsecdata(struct kernfs_iattrs *attrs, void **secdata,
-				  u32 *secdata_len)
+void kernfs_node_setsecdata(struct kernfs_iattrs *attrs, void **secdata,
+			    u32 *secdata_len)
 {
 	void *old_secdata;
 	size_t old_secdata_len;
@@ -149,7 +149,6 @@  static int kernfs_node_setsecdata(struct kernfs_iattrs *attrs, void **secdata,
 
 	*secdata = old_secdata;
 	*secdata_len = old_secdata_len;
-	return 0;
 }
 
 ssize_t kernfs_iop_listxattr(struct dentry *dentry, char *buf, size_t size)
@@ -365,7 +364,7 @@  static int kernfs_security_xattr_set(const struct xattr_handler *handler,
 		return error;
 
 	mutex_lock(&kernfs_mutex);
-	error = kernfs_node_setsecdata(attrs, &secdata, &secdata_len);
+	kernfs_node_setsecdata(attrs, &secdata, &secdata_len);
 	mutex_unlock(&kernfs_mutex);
 
 	if (secdata)
diff --git a/fs/kernfs/kernfs-internal.h b/fs/kernfs/kernfs-internal.h
index 3d83b114bb08..f6fb2df24c30 100644
--- a/fs/kernfs/kernfs-internal.h
+++ b/fs/kernfs/kernfs-internal.h
@@ -92,6 +92,10 @@  int kernfs_iop_getattr(const struct path *path, struct kstat *stat,
 ssize_t kernfs_iop_listxattr(struct dentry *dentry, char *buf, size_t size);
 int __kernfs_setattr(struct kernfs_node *kn, const struct iattr *iattr);
 
+struct kernfs_iattrs *kernfs_iattrs(struct kernfs_node *kn);
+void kernfs_node_setsecdata(struct kernfs_iattrs *attrs, void **secdata,
+			    u32 *secdata_len);
+
 /*
  * dir.c
  */