[v30,01/12] landlock: Add object management

Commit Message

Mickaël Salaün March 16, 2021, 8:42 p.m. UTC

From: Mickaël Salaün <[e-mail]>

A Landlock object enables to identify a kernel object (e.g. an inode).
A Landlock rule is a set of access rights allowed on an object.  Rules
are grouped in rulesets that may be tied to a set of processes (i.e.
subjects) to enforce a scoped access-control (i.e. a domain).

Because Landlock's goal is to empower any process (especially
unprivileged ones) to sandbox themselves, we cannot rely on a
system-wide object identification such as file extended attributes.
Indeed, we need innocuous, composable and modular access-controls.

The main challenge with these constraints is to identify kernel objects
while this identification is useful (i.e. when a security policy makes
use of this object).  But this identification data should be freed once
no policy is using it.  This ephemeral tagging should not and may not be
written in the filesystem.  We then need to manage the lifetime of a
rule according to the lifetime of its objects.  To avoid a global lock,
this implementation make use of RCU and counters to safely reference
objects.

A following commit uses this generic object management for inodes.

Cc: James Morris <[e-mail]>
Cc: Kees Cook <[e-mail]>
Signed-off-by: Mickaël Salaün <[e-mail]>
Reviewed-by: Jann Horn <[e-mail]>
Acked-by: Serge Hallyn <[e-mail]>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/[e-mail]
---

Changes since v28:
* Improve Kconfig description (suggested by Serge Hallyn).
* Add Acked-by Serge Hallyn.
* Clean up comment.

Changes since v27:
* Update Kconfig for landlock_restrict_self(2).
* Cosmetic fixes: use 80 columns in Kconfig and align Makefile
  declarations.

Changes since v26:
* Update Kconfig for landlock_enforce_ruleset_self(2).
* Fix spelling.

Changes since v24:
* Fix typo in comment (spotted by Jann Horn).
* Add Reviewed-by: Jann Horn <[e-mail]>

Changes since v23:
* Update landlock_create_object() to return error codes instead of NULL.
  This help error handling in callers.
* When using make oldconfig with a previous configuration already
  including the CONFIG_LSM variable, no question is asked to update its
  content.  Update the Kconfig help to warn about LSM stacking
  configuration.
* Constify variable (spotted by Vincent Dagonneau).

Changes since v22:
* Fix spelling (spotted by Jann Horn).

Changes since v21:
* Update Kconfig help.
* Clean up comments.

Changes since v18:
* Account objects to kmemcg.

Changes since v14:
* Simplify the object, rule and ruleset management at the expense of a
  less aggressive memory freeing (contributed by Jann Horn, with
  additional modifications):
  - Remove object->list aggregating the rules tied to an object.
  - Remove landlock_get_object(), landlock_drop_object(),
    {get,put}_object_cleaner() and landlock_rule_is_disabled().
  - Rewrite landlock_put_object() to use a more simple mechanism
    (no tricky RCU).
  - Replace enum landlock_object_type and landlock_release_object() with
    landlock_object_underops->release()
  - Adjust unions and Sparse annotations.
  Cf. https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/[e-mail]/
* Merge struct landlock_rule into landlock_ruleset_elem to simplify the
  rule management.
* Constify variables.
* Improve kernel documentation.
* Cosmetic variable renames.
* Remove the "default" in the Kconfig (suggested by Jann Horn).
* Only use refcount_inc() through getter helpers.
* Update Kconfig description.

Changes since v13:
* New dedicated implementation, removing the need for eBPF.

Previous changes:
https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/[e-mail]/
---
 MAINTAINERS                | 10 +++++
 security/Kconfig           |  1 +
 security/Makefile          |  2 +
 security/landlock/Kconfig  | 21 +++++++++
 security/landlock/Makefile |  3 ++
 security/landlock/object.c | 67 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 security/landlock/object.h | 91 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 195 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 security/landlock/Kconfig
 create mode 100644 security/landlock/Makefile
 create mode 100644 security/landlock/object.c
 create mode 100644 security/landlock/object.h

Comments

Kees Cook March 19, 2021, 6:13 p.m. UTC | #1

On Tue, Mar 16, 2021 at 09:42:41PM +0100, Mickaël Salaün wrote:
> From: Mickaël Salaün <[e-mail]>
> 
> A Landlock object enables to identify a kernel object (e.g. an inode).
> A Landlock rule is a set of access rights allowed on an object.  Rules
> are grouped in rulesets that may be tied to a set of processes (i.e.
> subjects) to enforce a scoped access-control (i.e. a domain).
> 
> Because Landlock's goal is to empower any process (especially
> unprivileged ones) to sandbox themselves, we cannot rely on a
> system-wide object identification such as file extended attributes.
> Indeed, we need innocuous, composable and modular access-controls.
> 
> The main challenge with these constraints is to identify kernel objects
> while this identification is useful (i.e. when a security policy makes
> use of this object).  But this identification data should be freed once
> no policy is using it.  This ephemeral tagging should not and may not be
> written in the filesystem.  We then need to manage the lifetime of a
> rule according to the lifetime of its objects.  To avoid a global lock,
> this implementation make use of RCU and counters to safely reference
> objects.
> 
> A following commit uses this generic object management for inodes.
> 
> Cc: James Morris <[e-mail]>
> Cc: Kees Cook <[e-mail]>
> Signed-off-by: Mickaël Salaün <[e-mail]>
> Reviewed-by: Jann Horn <[e-mail]>
> Acked-by: Serge Hallyn <[e-mail]>
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/[e-mail]
> ---
> 
> Changes since v28:
> * Improve Kconfig description (suggested by Serge Hallyn).
> * Add Acked-by Serge Hallyn.
> * Clean up comment.
> 
> Changes since v27:
> * Update Kconfig for landlock_restrict_self(2).
> * Cosmetic fixes: use 80 columns in Kconfig and align Makefile
>   declarations.
> 
> Changes since v26:
> * Update Kconfig for landlock_enforce_ruleset_self(2).
> * Fix spelling.
> 
> Changes since v24:
> * Fix typo in comment (spotted by Jann Horn).
> * Add Reviewed-by: Jann Horn <[e-mail]>
> 
> Changes since v23:
> * Update landlock_create_object() to return error codes instead of NULL.
>   This help error handling in callers.
> * When using make oldconfig with a previous configuration already
>   including the CONFIG_LSM variable, no question is asked to update its
>   content.  Update the Kconfig help to warn about LSM stacking
>   configuration.
> * Constify variable (spotted by Vincent Dagonneau).
> 
> Changes since v22:
> * Fix spelling (spotted by Jann Horn).
> 
> Changes since v21:
> * Update Kconfig help.
> * Clean up comments.
> 
> Changes since v18:
> * Account objects to kmemcg.
> 
> Changes since v14:
> * Simplify the object, rule and ruleset management at the expense of a
>   less aggressive memory freeing (contributed by Jann Horn, with
>   additional modifications):
>   - Remove object->list aggregating the rules tied to an object.
>   - Remove landlock_get_object(), landlock_drop_object(),
>     {get,put}_object_cleaner() and landlock_rule_is_disabled().
>   - Rewrite landlock_put_object() to use a more simple mechanism
>     (no tricky RCU).
>   - Replace enum landlock_object_type and landlock_release_object() with
>     landlock_object_underops->release()
>   - Adjust unions and Sparse annotations.
>   Cf. https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/[e-mail]/
> * Merge struct landlock_rule into landlock_ruleset_elem to simplify the
>   rule management.
> * Constify variables.
> * Improve kernel documentation.
> * Cosmetic variable renames.
> * Remove the "default" in the Kconfig (suggested by Jann Horn).
> * Only use refcount_inc() through getter helpers.
> * Update Kconfig description.
> 
> Changes since v13:
> * New dedicated implementation, removing the need for eBPF.
> 
> Previous changes:
> https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/[e-mail]/
> ---
>  MAINTAINERS                | 10 +++++
>  security/Kconfig           |  1 +
>  security/Makefile          |  2 +
>  security/landlock/Kconfig  | 21 +++++++++
>  security/landlock/Makefile |  3 ++
>  security/landlock/object.c | 67 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  security/landlock/object.h | 91 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  7 files changed, 195 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100644 security/landlock/Kconfig
>  create mode 100644 security/landlock/Makefile
>  create mode 100644 security/landlock/object.c
>  create mode 100644 security/landlock/object.h
> 
> diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
> index aa84121c5611..87a2738dfdec 100644
> --- a/MAINTAINERS
> +++ b/MAINTAINERS
> @@ -9997,6 +9997,16 @@ F:	net/core/sock_map.c
>  F:	net/ipv4/tcp_bpf.c
>  F:	net/ipv4/udp_bpf.c
>  
> +LANDLOCK SECURITY MODULE
> +M:	Mickaël Salaün <[e-mail]>
> +L:	[e-mail]
> +S:	Supported
> +W:	https://landlock.io
> +T:	git https://github.com/landlock-lsm/linux.git
> +F:	security/landlock/
> +K:	landlock
> +K:	LANDLOCK
> +
>  LANTIQ / INTEL Ethernet drivers
>  M:	Hauke Mehrtens <[e-mail]>
>  L:	[e-mail]
> diff --git a/security/Kconfig b/security/Kconfig
> index 7561f6f99f1d..15a4342b5d01 100644
> --- a/security/Kconfig
> +++ b/security/Kconfig
> @@ -238,6 +238,7 @@ source "security/loadpin/Kconfig"
>  source "security/yama/Kconfig"
>  source "security/safesetid/Kconfig"
>  source "security/lockdown/Kconfig"
> +source "security/landlock/Kconfig"
>  
>  source "security/integrity/Kconfig"
>  
> diff --git a/security/Makefile b/security/Makefile
> index 3baf435de541..47e432900e24 100644
> --- a/security/Makefile
> +++ b/security/Makefile
> @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ subdir-$(CONFIG_SECURITY_LOADPIN)	+= loadpin
>  subdir-$(CONFIG_SECURITY_SAFESETID)    += safesetid
>  subdir-$(CONFIG_SECURITY_LOCKDOWN_LSM)	+= lockdown
>  subdir-$(CONFIG_BPF_LSM)		+= bpf
> +subdir-$(CONFIG_SECURITY_LANDLOCK)	+= landlock
>  
>  # always enable default capabilities
>  obj-y					+= commoncap.o
> @@ -32,6 +33,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_SECURITY_SAFESETID)       += safesetid/
>  obj-$(CONFIG_SECURITY_LOCKDOWN_LSM)	+= lockdown/
>  obj-$(CONFIG_CGROUPS)			+= device_cgroup.o
>  obj-$(CONFIG_BPF_LSM)			+= bpf/
> +obj-$(CONFIG_SECURITY_LANDLOCK)		+= landlock/
>  
>  # Object integrity file lists
>  subdir-$(CONFIG_INTEGRITY)		+= integrity
> diff --git a/security/landlock/Kconfig b/security/landlock/Kconfig
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..c1e862a38410
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/security/landlock/Kconfig
> @@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
> +# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
> +
> +config SECURITY_LANDLOCK
> +	bool "Landlock support"
> +	depends on SECURITY
> +	select SECURITY_PATH
> +	help
> +	  Landlock is a sandboxing mechanism that enables processes to restrict
> +	  themselves (and their future children) by gradually enforcing
> +	  tailored access control policies.  A Landlock security policy is a
> +	  set of access rights (e.g. open a file in read-only, make a
> +	  directory, etc.) tied to a file hierarchy.  Such policy can be
> +	  configured and enforced by any processes for themselves using the
> +	  dedicated system calls: landlock_create_ruleset(),
> +	  landlock_add_rule(), and landlock_restrict_self().
> +
> +	  See Documentation/userspace-api/landlock.rst for further information.
> +
> +	  If you are unsure how to answer this question, answer N.  Otherwise,
> +	  you should also prepend "landlock," to the content of CONFIG_LSM to
> +	  enable Landlock at boot time.
> diff --git a/security/landlock/Makefile b/security/landlock/Makefile
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..cb6deefbf4c0
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/security/landlock/Makefile
> @@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
> +obj-$(CONFIG_SECURITY_LANDLOCK) := landlock.o
> +
> +landlock-y := object.o
> diff --git a/security/landlock/object.c b/security/landlock/object.c
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..d674fdf9ff04
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/security/landlock/object.c
> @@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
> +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
> +/*
> + * Landlock LSM - Object management
> + *
> + * Copyright © 2016-2020 Mickaël Salaün <[e-mail]>
> + * Copyright © 2018-2020 ANSSI
> + */
> +
> +#include <linux/bug.h>
> +#include <linux/compiler_types.h>
> +#include <linux/err.h>
> +#include <linux/kernel.h>
> +#include <linux/rcupdate.h>
> +#include <linux/refcount.h>
> +#include <linux/slab.h>
> +#include <linux/spinlock.h>
> +
> +#include "object.h"
> +
> +struct landlock_object *landlock_create_object(
> +		const struct landlock_object_underops *const underops,
> +		void *const underobj)
> +{
> +	struct landlock_object *new_object;
> +
> +	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!underops || !underobj))
> +		return ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
> +	new_object = kzalloc(sizeof(*new_object), GFP_KERNEL_ACCOUNT);

Is there any benefit to using a dedicated kmem_cache instead of kmalloc?
I see later that you end up with variable-sized allocations, so this
might be fine as-is.

> +	if (!new_object)
> +		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
> +	refcount_set(&new_object->usage, 1);
> +	spin_lock_init(&new_object->lock);
> +	new_object->underops = underops;
> +	new_object->underobj = underobj;
> +	return new_object;
> +}
> +
> +/*
> + * The caller must own the object (i.e. thanks to object->usage) to safely put
> + * it.
> + */
> +void landlock_put_object(struct landlock_object *const object)
> +{
> +	/*
> +	 * The call to @object->underops->release(object) might sleep, e.g.
> +	 * because of iput().
> +	 */
> +	might_sleep();
> +	if (!object)
> +		return;
> +
> +	/*
> +	 * If the @object's refcount cannot drop to zero, we can just decrement
> +	 * the refcount without holding a lock. Otherwise, the decrement must
> +	 * happen under @object->lock for synchronization with things like
> +	 * get_inode_object().
> +	 */
> +	if (refcount_dec_and_lock(&object->usage, &object->lock)) {
> +		__acquire(&object->lock);
> +		/*
> +		 * With @object->lock initially held, remove the reference from
> +		 * @object->underobj to @object (if it still exists).
> +		 */
> +		object->underops->release(object);
> +		kfree_rcu(object, rcu_free);
> +	}
> +}
> diff --git a/security/landlock/object.h b/security/landlock/object.h
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..3e5d5b6941c3
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/security/landlock/object.h
> @@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
> +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
> +/*
> + * Landlock LSM - Object management
> + *
> + * Copyright © 2016-2020 Mickaël Salaün <[e-mail]>
> + * Copyright © 2018-2020 ANSSI
> + */
> +
> +#ifndef _SECURITY_LANDLOCK_OBJECT_H
> +#define _SECURITY_LANDLOCK_OBJECT_H
> +
> +#include <linux/compiler_types.h>
> +#include <linux/refcount.h>
> +#include <linux/spinlock.h>
> +
> +struct landlock_object;
> +
> +/**
> + * struct landlock_object_underops - Operations on an underlying object
> + */
> +struct landlock_object_underops {
> +	/**
> +	 * @release: Releases the underlying object (e.g. iput() for an inode).
> +	 */
> +	void (*release)(struct landlock_object *const object)
> +		__releases(object->lock);
> +};
> +
> +/**
> + * struct landlock_object - Security blob tied to a kernel object
> + *
> + * The goal of this structure is to enable to tie a set of ephemeral access
> + * rights (pertaining to different domains) to a kernel object (e.g an inode)
> + * in a safe way.  This implies to handle concurrent use and modification.
> + *
> + * The lifetime of a &struct landlock_object depends of the rules referring to
> + * it.
> + */
> +struct landlock_object {
> +	/**
> +	 * @usage: This counter is used to tie an object to the rules matching
> +	 * it or to keep it alive while adding a new rule.  If this counter
> +	 * reaches zero, this struct must not be modified, but this counter can
> +	 * still be read from within an RCU read-side critical section.  When
> +	 * adding a new rule to an object with a usage counter of zero, we must
> +	 * wait until the pointer to this object is set to NULL (or recycled).
> +	 */
> +	refcount_t usage;
> +	/**
> +	 * @lock: Protects against concurrent modifications.  This lock must be
> +	 * held from the time @usage drops to zero until any weak references
> +	 * from @underobj to this object have been cleaned up.
> +	 *
> +	 * Lock ordering: inode->i_lock nests inside this.
> +	 */
> +	spinlock_t lock;
> +	/**
> +	 * @underobj: Used when cleaning up an object and to mark an object as
> +	 * tied to its underlying kernel structure.  This pointer is protected
> +	 * by @lock.  Cf. landlock_release_inodes() and release_inode().
> +	 */
> +	void *underobj;
> +	union {
> +		/**
> +		 * @rcu_free: Enables lockless use of @usage, @lock and
> +		 * @underobj from within an RCU read-side critical section.
> +		 * @rcu_free and @underops are only used by
> +		 * landlock_put_object().
> +		 */
> +		struct rcu_head rcu_free;
> +		/**
> +		 * @underops: Enables landlock_put_object() to release the
> +		 * underlying object (e.g. inode).
> +		 */
> +		const struct landlock_object_underops *underops;
> +	};
> +};
> +
> +struct landlock_object *landlock_create_object(
> +		const struct landlock_object_underops *const underops,
> +		void *const underobj);
> +
> +void landlock_put_object(struct landlock_object *const object);
> +
> +static inline void landlock_get_object(struct landlock_object *const object)
> +{
> +	if (object)
> +		refcount_inc(&object->usage);
> +}
> +
> +#endif /* _SECURITY_LANDLOCK_OBJECT_H */
> -- 
> 2.30.2
> 

Either way, this object lifetime management looks okay to me:

Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <[e-mail]>

Mickaël Salaün March 19, 2021, 6:57 p.m. UTC | #2

On 19/03/2021 19:13, Kees Cook wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 16, 2021 at 09:42:41PM +0100, Mickaël Salaün wrote:
>> From: Mickaël Salaün <[e-mail]>
>>
>> A Landlock object enables to identify a kernel object (e.g. an inode).
>> A Landlock rule is a set of access rights allowed on an object.  Rules
>> are grouped in rulesets that may be tied to a set of processes (i.e.
>> subjects) to enforce a scoped access-control (i.e. a domain).
>>
>> Because Landlock's goal is to empower any process (especially
>> unprivileged ones) to sandbox themselves, we cannot rely on a
>> system-wide object identification such as file extended attributes.
>> Indeed, we need innocuous, composable and modular access-controls.
>>
>> The main challenge with these constraints is to identify kernel objects
>> while this identification is useful (i.e. when a security policy makes
>> use of this object).  But this identification data should be freed once
>> no policy is using it.  This ephemeral tagging should not and may not be
>> written in the filesystem.  We then need to manage the lifetime of a
>> rule according to the lifetime of its objects.  To avoid a global lock,
>> this implementation make use of RCU and counters to safely reference
>> objects.
>>
>> A following commit uses this generic object management for inodes.
>>
>> Cc: James Morris <[e-mail]>
>> Cc: Kees Cook <[e-mail]>
>> Signed-off-by: Mickaël Salaün <[e-mail]>
>> Reviewed-by: Jann Horn <[e-mail]>
>> Acked-by: Serge Hallyn <[e-mail]>
>> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/[e-mail]
>> ---
>>
>> Changes since v28:
>> * Improve Kconfig description (suggested by Serge Hallyn).
>> * Add Acked-by Serge Hallyn.
>> * Clean up comment.
>>
>> Changes since v27:
>> * Update Kconfig for landlock_restrict_self(2).
>> * Cosmetic fixes: use 80 columns in Kconfig and align Makefile
>>   declarations.
>>
>> Changes since v26:
>> * Update Kconfig for landlock_enforce_ruleset_self(2).
>> * Fix spelling.
>>
>> Changes since v24:
>> * Fix typo in comment (spotted by Jann Horn).
>> * Add Reviewed-by: Jann Horn <[e-mail]>
>>
>> Changes since v23:
>> * Update landlock_create_object() to return error codes instead of NULL.
>>   This help error handling in callers.
>> * When using make oldconfig with a previous configuration already
>>   including the CONFIG_LSM variable, no question is asked to update its
>>   content.  Update the Kconfig help to warn about LSM stacking
>>   configuration.
>> * Constify variable (spotted by Vincent Dagonneau).
>>
>> Changes since v22:
>> * Fix spelling (spotted by Jann Horn).
>>
>> Changes since v21:
>> * Update Kconfig help.
>> * Clean up comments.
>>
>> Changes since v18:
>> * Account objects to kmemcg.
>>
>> Changes since v14:
>> * Simplify the object, rule and ruleset management at the expense of a
>>   less aggressive memory freeing (contributed by Jann Horn, with
>>   additional modifications):
>>   - Remove object->list aggregating the rules tied to an object.
>>   - Remove landlock_get_object(), landlock_drop_object(),
>>     {get,put}_object_cleaner() and landlock_rule_is_disabled().
>>   - Rewrite landlock_put_object() to use a more simple mechanism
>>     (no tricky RCU).
>>   - Replace enum landlock_object_type and landlock_release_object() with
>>     landlock_object_underops->release()
>>   - Adjust unions and Sparse annotations.
>>   Cf. https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/[e-mail]/
>> * Merge struct landlock_rule into landlock_ruleset_elem to simplify the
>>   rule management.
>> * Constify variables.
>> * Improve kernel documentation.
>> * Cosmetic variable renames.
>> * Remove the "default" in the Kconfig (suggested by Jann Horn).
>> * Only use refcount_inc() through getter helpers.
>> * Update Kconfig description.
>>
>> Changes since v13:
>> * New dedicated implementation, removing the need for eBPF.
>>
>> Previous changes:
>> https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/[e-mail]/
>> ---
>>  MAINTAINERS                | 10 +++++
>>  security/Kconfig           |  1 +
>>  security/Makefile          |  2 +
>>  security/landlock/Kconfig  | 21 +++++++++
>>  security/landlock/Makefile |  3 ++
>>  security/landlock/object.c | 67 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>  security/landlock/object.h | 91 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>  7 files changed, 195 insertions(+)
>>  create mode 100644 security/landlock/Kconfig
>>  create mode 100644 security/landlock/Makefile
>>  create mode 100644 security/landlock/object.c
>>  create mode 100644 security/landlock/object.h
>>
>> diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
>> index aa84121c5611..87a2738dfdec 100644
>> --- a/MAINTAINERS
>> +++ b/MAINTAINERS
>> @@ -9997,6 +9997,16 @@ F:	net/core/sock_map.c
>>  F:	net/ipv4/tcp_bpf.c
>>  F:	net/ipv4/udp_bpf.c
>>  
>> +LANDLOCK SECURITY MODULE
>> +M:	Mickaël Salaün <[e-mail]>
>> +L:	[e-mail]
>> +S:	Supported
>> +W:	https://landlock.io
>> +T:	git https://github.com/landlock-lsm/linux.git
>> +F:	security/landlock/
>> +K:	landlock
>> +K:	LANDLOCK
>> +
>>  LANTIQ / INTEL Ethernet drivers
>>  M:	Hauke Mehrtens <[e-mail]>
>>  L:	[e-mail]
>> diff --git a/security/Kconfig b/security/Kconfig
>> index 7561f6f99f1d..15a4342b5d01 100644
>> --- a/security/Kconfig
>> +++ b/security/Kconfig
>> @@ -238,6 +238,7 @@ source "security/loadpin/Kconfig"
>>  source "security/yama/Kconfig"
>>  source "security/safesetid/Kconfig"
>>  source "security/lockdown/Kconfig"
>> +source "security/landlock/Kconfig"
>>  
>>  source "security/integrity/Kconfig"
>>  
>> diff --git a/security/Makefile b/security/Makefile
>> index 3baf435de541..47e432900e24 100644
>> --- a/security/Makefile
>> +++ b/security/Makefile
>> @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ subdir-$(CONFIG_SECURITY_LOADPIN)	+= loadpin
>>  subdir-$(CONFIG_SECURITY_SAFESETID)    += safesetid
>>  subdir-$(CONFIG_SECURITY_LOCKDOWN_LSM)	+= lockdown
>>  subdir-$(CONFIG_BPF_LSM)		+= bpf
>> +subdir-$(CONFIG_SECURITY_LANDLOCK)	+= landlock
>>  
>>  # always enable default capabilities
>>  obj-y					+= commoncap.o
>> @@ -32,6 +33,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_SECURITY_SAFESETID)       += safesetid/
>>  obj-$(CONFIG_SECURITY_LOCKDOWN_LSM)	+= lockdown/
>>  obj-$(CONFIG_CGROUPS)			+= device_cgroup.o
>>  obj-$(CONFIG_BPF_LSM)			+= bpf/
>> +obj-$(CONFIG_SECURITY_LANDLOCK)		+= landlock/
>>  
>>  # Object integrity file lists
>>  subdir-$(CONFIG_INTEGRITY)		+= integrity
>> diff --git a/security/landlock/Kconfig b/security/landlock/Kconfig
>> new file mode 100644
>> index 000000000000..c1e862a38410
>> --- /dev/null
>> +++ b/security/landlock/Kconfig
>> @@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
>> +# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
>> +
>> +config SECURITY_LANDLOCK
>> +	bool "Landlock support"
>> +	depends on SECURITY
>> +	select SECURITY_PATH
>> +	help
>> +	  Landlock is a sandboxing mechanism that enables processes to restrict
>> +	  themselves (and their future children) by gradually enforcing
>> +	  tailored access control policies.  A Landlock security policy is a
>> +	  set of access rights (e.g. open a file in read-only, make a
>> +	  directory, etc.) tied to a file hierarchy.  Such policy can be
>> +	  configured and enforced by any processes for themselves using the
>> +	  dedicated system calls: landlock_create_ruleset(),
>> +	  landlock_add_rule(), and landlock_restrict_self().
>> +
>> +	  See Documentation/userspace-api/landlock.rst for further information.
>> +
>> +	  If you are unsure how to answer this question, answer N.  Otherwise,
>> +	  you should also prepend "landlock," to the content of CONFIG_LSM to
>> +	  enable Landlock at boot time.
>> diff --git a/security/landlock/Makefile b/security/landlock/Makefile
>> new file mode 100644
>> index 000000000000..cb6deefbf4c0
>> --- /dev/null
>> +++ b/security/landlock/Makefile
>> @@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
>> +obj-$(CONFIG_SECURITY_LANDLOCK) := landlock.o
>> +
>> +landlock-y := object.o
>> diff --git a/security/landlock/object.c b/security/landlock/object.c
>> new file mode 100644
>> index 000000000000..d674fdf9ff04
>> --- /dev/null
>> +++ b/security/landlock/object.c
>> @@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
>> +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
>> +/*
>> + * Landlock LSM - Object management
>> + *
>> + * Copyright © 2016-2020 Mickaël Salaün <[e-mail]>
>> + * Copyright © 2018-2020 ANSSI
>> + */
>> +
>> +#include <linux/bug.h>
>> +#include <linux/compiler_types.h>
>> +#include <linux/err.h>
>> +#include <linux/kernel.h>
>> +#include <linux/rcupdate.h>
>> +#include <linux/refcount.h>
>> +#include <linux/slab.h>
>> +#include <linux/spinlock.h>
>> +
>> +#include "object.h"
>> +
>> +struct landlock_object *landlock_create_object(
>> +		const struct landlock_object_underops *const underops,
>> +		void *const underobj)
>> +{
>> +	struct landlock_object *new_object;
>> +
>> +	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!underops || !underobj))
>> +		return ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
>> +	new_object = kzalloc(sizeof(*new_object), GFP_KERNEL_ACCOUNT);
> 
> Is there any benefit to using a dedicated kmem_cache instead of kmalloc?
> I see later that you end up with variable-sized allocations, so this
> might be fine as-is.

I though about that, but for the sake of simplicity I choose to not use
that in this series. It may comes with a future update if there is a
visible performance improvement though.

> 
>> +	if (!new_object)
>> +		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
>> +	refcount_set(&new_object->usage, 1);
>> +	spin_lock_init(&new_object->lock);
>> +	new_object->underops = underops;
>> +	new_object->underobj = underobj;
>> +	return new_object;
>> +}
>> +
>> +/*
>> + * The caller must own the object (i.e. thanks to object->usage) to safely put
>> + * it.
>> + */
>> +void landlock_put_object(struct landlock_object *const object)
>> +{
>> +	/*
>> +	 * The call to @object->underops->release(object) might sleep, e.g.
>> +	 * because of iput().
>> +	 */
>> +	might_sleep();
>> +	if (!object)
>> +		return;
>> +
>> +	/*
>> +	 * If the @object's refcount cannot drop to zero, we can just decrement
>> +	 * the refcount without holding a lock. Otherwise, the decrement must
>> +	 * happen under @object->lock for synchronization with things like
>> +	 * get_inode_object().
>> +	 */
>> +	if (refcount_dec_and_lock(&object->usage, &object->lock)) {
>> +		__acquire(&object->lock);
>> +		/*
>> +		 * With @object->lock initially held, remove the reference from
>> +		 * @object->underobj to @object (if it still exists).
>> +		 */
>> +		object->underops->release(object);
>> +		kfree_rcu(object, rcu_free);
>> +	}
>> +}
>> diff --git a/security/landlock/object.h b/security/landlock/object.h
>> new file mode 100644
>> index 000000000000..3e5d5b6941c3
>> --- /dev/null
>> +++ b/security/landlock/object.h
>> @@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
>> +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
>> +/*
>> + * Landlock LSM - Object management
>> + *
>> + * Copyright © 2016-2020 Mickaël Salaün <[e-mail]>
>> + * Copyright © 2018-2020 ANSSI
>> + */
>> +
>> +#ifndef _SECURITY_LANDLOCK_OBJECT_H
>> +#define _SECURITY_LANDLOCK_OBJECT_H
>> +
>> +#include <linux/compiler_types.h>
>> +#include <linux/refcount.h>
>> +#include <linux/spinlock.h>
>> +
>> +struct landlock_object;
>> +
>> +/**
>> + * struct landlock_object_underops - Operations on an underlying object
>> + */
>> +struct landlock_object_underops {
>> +	/**
>> +	 * @release: Releases the underlying object (e.g. iput() for an inode).
>> +	 */
>> +	void (*release)(struct landlock_object *const object)
>> +		__releases(object->lock);
>> +};
>> +
>> +/**
>> + * struct landlock_object - Security blob tied to a kernel object
>> + *
>> + * The goal of this structure is to enable to tie a set of ephemeral access
>> + * rights (pertaining to different domains) to a kernel object (e.g an inode)
>> + * in a safe way.  This implies to handle concurrent use and modification.
>> + *
>> + * The lifetime of a &struct landlock_object depends of the rules referring to
>> + * it.
>> + */
>> +struct landlock_object {
>> +	/**
>> +	 * @usage: This counter is used to tie an object to the rules matching
>> +	 * it or to keep it alive while adding a new rule.  If this counter
>> +	 * reaches zero, this struct must not be modified, but this counter can
>> +	 * still be read from within an RCU read-side critical section.  When
>> +	 * adding a new rule to an object with a usage counter of zero, we must
>> +	 * wait until the pointer to this object is set to NULL (or recycled).
>> +	 */
>> +	refcount_t usage;
>> +	/**
>> +	 * @lock: Protects against concurrent modifications.  This lock must be
>> +	 * held from the time @usage drops to zero until any weak references
>> +	 * from @underobj to this object have been cleaned up.
>> +	 *
>> +	 * Lock ordering: inode->i_lock nests inside this.
>> +	 */
>> +	spinlock_t lock;
>> +	/**
>> +	 * @underobj: Used when cleaning up an object and to mark an object as
>> +	 * tied to its underlying kernel structure.  This pointer is protected
>> +	 * by @lock.  Cf. landlock_release_inodes() and release_inode().
>> +	 */
>> +	void *underobj;
>> +	union {
>> +		/**
>> +		 * @rcu_free: Enables lockless use of @usage, @lock and
>> +		 * @underobj from within an RCU read-side critical section.
>> +		 * @rcu_free and @underops are only used by
>> +		 * landlock_put_object().
>> +		 */
>> +		struct rcu_head rcu_free;
>> +		/**
>> +		 * @underops: Enables landlock_put_object() to release the
>> +		 * underlying object (e.g. inode).
>> +		 */
>> +		const struct landlock_object_underops *underops;
>> +	};
>> +};
>> +
>> +struct landlock_object *landlock_create_object(
>> +		const struct landlock_object_underops *const underops,
>> +		void *const underobj);
>> +
>> +void landlock_put_object(struct landlock_object *const object);
>> +
>> +static inline void landlock_get_object(struct landlock_object *const object)
>> +{
>> +	if (object)
>> +		refcount_inc(&object->usage);
>> +}
>> +
>> +#endif /* _SECURITY_LANDLOCK_OBJECT_H */
>> -- 
>> 2.30.2
>>
> 
> Either way, this object lifetime management looks okay to me:
> 
> Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <[e-mail]>
>

Patch

diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index aa84121c5611..87a2738dfdec 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -9997,6 +9997,16 @@  F:	net/core/sock_map.c
 F:	net/ipv4/tcp_bpf.c
 F:	net/ipv4/udp_bpf.c
 
+LANDLOCK SECURITY MODULE
+M:	Mickaël Salaün <[e-mail]>
+L:	[e-mail]
+S:	Supported
+W:	https://landlock.io
+T:	git https://github.com/landlock-lsm/linux.git
+F:	security/landlock/
+K:	landlock
+K:	LANDLOCK
+
 LANTIQ / INTEL Ethernet drivers
 M:	Hauke Mehrtens <[e-mail]>
 L:	[e-mail]
diff --git a/security/Kconfig b/security/Kconfig
index 7561f6f99f1d..15a4342b5d01 100644
--- a/security/Kconfig
+++ b/security/Kconfig
@@ -238,6 +238,7 @@  source "security/loadpin/Kconfig"
 source "security/yama/Kconfig"
 source "security/safesetid/Kconfig"
 source "security/lockdown/Kconfig"
+source "security/landlock/Kconfig"
 
 source "security/integrity/Kconfig"
 
diff --git a/security/Makefile b/security/Makefile
index 3baf435de541..47e432900e24 100644
--- a/security/Makefile
+++ b/security/Makefile
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@  subdir-$(CONFIG_SECURITY_LOADPIN)	+= loadpin
 subdir-$(CONFIG_SECURITY_SAFESETID)    += safesetid
 subdir-$(CONFIG_SECURITY_LOCKDOWN_LSM)	+= lockdown
 subdir-$(CONFIG_BPF_LSM)		+= bpf
+subdir-$(CONFIG_SECURITY_LANDLOCK)	+= landlock
 
 # always enable default capabilities
 obj-y					+= commoncap.o
@@ -32,6 +33,7 @@  obj-$(CONFIG_SECURITY_SAFESETID)       += safesetid/
 obj-$(CONFIG_SECURITY_LOCKDOWN_LSM)	+= lockdown/
 obj-$(CONFIG_CGROUPS)			+= device_cgroup.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_BPF_LSM)			+= bpf/
+obj-$(CONFIG_SECURITY_LANDLOCK)		+= landlock/
 
 # Object integrity file lists
 subdir-$(CONFIG_INTEGRITY)		+= integrity
diff --git a/security/landlock/Kconfig b/security/landlock/Kconfig
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c1e862a38410
--- /dev/null
+++ b/security/landlock/Kconfig
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@ 
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+
+config SECURITY_LANDLOCK
+	bool "Landlock support"
+	depends on SECURITY
+	select SECURITY_PATH
+	help
+	  Landlock is a sandboxing mechanism that enables processes to restrict
+	  themselves (and their future children) by gradually enforcing
+	  tailored access control policies.  A Landlock security policy is a
+	  set of access rights (e.g. open a file in read-only, make a
+	  directory, etc.) tied to a file hierarchy.  Such policy can be
+	  configured and enforced by any processes for themselves using the
+	  dedicated system calls: landlock_create_ruleset(),
+	  landlock_add_rule(), and landlock_restrict_self().
+
+	  See Documentation/userspace-api/landlock.rst for further information.
+
+	  If you are unsure how to answer this question, answer N.  Otherwise,
+	  you should also prepend "landlock," to the content of CONFIG_LSM to
+	  enable Landlock at boot time.
diff --git a/security/landlock/Makefile b/security/landlock/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..cb6deefbf4c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/security/landlock/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@ 
+obj-$(CONFIG_SECURITY_LANDLOCK) := landlock.o
+
+landlock-y := object.o
diff --git a/security/landlock/object.c b/security/landlock/object.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d674fdf9ff04
--- /dev/null
+++ b/security/landlock/object.c
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@ 
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+/*
+ * Landlock LSM - Object management
+ *
+ * Copyright © 2016-2020 Mickaël Salaün <[e-mail]>
+ * Copyright © 2018-2020 ANSSI
+ */
+
+#include <linux/bug.h>
+#include <linux/compiler_types.h>
+#include <linux/err.h>
+#include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <linux/rcupdate.h>
+#include <linux/refcount.h>
+#include <linux/slab.h>
+#include <linux/spinlock.h>
+
+#include "object.h"
+
+struct landlock_object *landlock_create_object(
+		const struct landlock_object_underops *const underops,
+		void *const underobj)
+{
+	struct landlock_object *new_object;
+
+	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!underops || !underobj))
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
+	new_object = kzalloc(sizeof(*new_object), GFP_KERNEL_ACCOUNT);
+	if (!new_object)
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+	refcount_set(&new_object->usage, 1);
+	spin_lock_init(&new_object->lock);
+	new_object->underops = underops;
+	new_object->underobj = underobj;
+	return new_object;
+}
+
+/*
+ * The caller must own the object (i.e. thanks to object->usage) to safely put
+ * it.
+ */
+void landlock_put_object(struct landlock_object *const object)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The call to @object->underops->release(object) might sleep, e.g.
+	 * because of iput().
+	 */
+	might_sleep();
+	if (!object)
+		return;
+
+	/*
+	 * If the @object's refcount cannot drop to zero, we can just decrement
+	 * the refcount without holding a lock. Otherwise, the decrement must
+	 * happen under @object->lock for synchronization with things like
+	 * get_inode_object().
+	 */
+	if (refcount_dec_and_lock(&object->usage, &object->lock)) {
+		__acquire(&object->lock);
+		/*
+		 * With @object->lock initially held, remove the reference from
+		 * @object->underobj to @object (if it still exists).
+		 */
+		object->underops->release(object);
+		kfree_rcu(object, rcu_free);
+	}
+}
diff --git a/security/landlock/object.h b/security/landlock/object.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3e5d5b6941c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/security/landlock/object.h
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@ 
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
+/*
+ * Landlock LSM - Object management
+ *
+ * Copyright © 2016-2020 Mickaël Salaün <[e-mail]>
+ * Copyright © 2018-2020 ANSSI
+ */
+
+#ifndef _SECURITY_LANDLOCK_OBJECT_H
+#define _SECURITY_LANDLOCK_OBJECT_H
+
+#include <linux/compiler_types.h>
+#include <linux/refcount.h>
+#include <linux/spinlock.h>
+
+struct landlock_object;
+
+/**
+ * struct landlock_object_underops - Operations on an underlying object
+ */
+struct landlock_object_underops {
+	/**
+	 * @release: Releases the underlying object (e.g. iput() for an inode).
+	 */
+	void (*release)(struct landlock_object *const object)
+		__releases(object->lock);
+};
+
+/**
+ * struct landlock_object - Security blob tied to a kernel object
+ *
+ * The goal of this structure is to enable to tie a set of ephemeral access
+ * rights (pertaining to different domains) to a kernel object (e.g an inode)
+ * in a safe way.  This implies to handle concurrent use and modification.
+ *
+ * The lifetime of a &struct landlock_object depends of the rules referring to
+ * it.
+ */
+struct landlock_object {
+	/**
+	 * @usage: This counter is used to tie an object to the rules matching
+	 * it or to keep it alive while adding a new rule.  If this counter
+	 * reaches zero, this struct must not be modified, but this counter can
+	 * still be read from within an RCU read-side critical section.  When
+	 * adding a new rule to an object with a usage counter of zero, we must
+	 * wait until the pointer to this object is set to NULL (or recycled).
+	 */
+	refcount_t usage;
+	/**
+	 * @lock: Protects against concurrent modifications.  This lock must be
+	 * held from the time @usage drops to zero until any weak references
+	 * from @underobj to this object have been cleaned up.
+	 *
+	 * Lock ordering: inode->i_lock nests inside this.
+	 */
+	spinlock_t lock;
+	/**
+	 * @underobj: Used when cleaning up an object and to mark an object as
+	 * tied to its underlying kernel structure.  This pointer is protected
+	 * by @lock.  Cf. landlock_release_inodes() and release_inode().
+	 */
+	void *underobj;
+	union {
+		/**
+		 * @rcu_free: Enables lockless use of @usage, @lock and
+		 * @underobj from within an RCU read-side critical section.
+		 * @rcu_free and @underops are only used by
+		 * landlock_put_object().
+		 */
+		struct rcu_head rcu_free;
+		/**
+		 * @underops: Enables landlock_put_object() to release the
+		 * underlying object (e.g. inode).
+		 */
+		const struct landlock_object_underops *underops;
+	};
+};
+
+struct landlock_object *landlock_create_object(
+		const struct landlock_object_underops *const underops,
+		void *const underobj);
+
+void landlock_put_object(struct landlock_object *const object);
+
+static inline void landlock_get_object(struct landlock_object *const object)
+{
+	if (object)
+		refcount_inc(&object->usage);
+}
+
+#endif /* _SECURITY_LANDLOCK_OBJECT_H */