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[37/59] LSM: Create a data structure for a security context

Message ID	20190409213946.1667-38-casey@schaufler-ca.com (mailing list archive)
State	New, archived
Headers	show Return-Path: <linux-security-module-owner@kernel.org> From: Casey Schaufler <casey@schaufler-ca.com> To: casey.schaufler@intel.com, jmorris@namei.org, linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org, selinux@vger.kernel.org Cc: casey@schaufler-ca.com Subject: [PATCH 37/59] LSM: Create a data structure for a security context Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2019 14:39:24 -0700 Message-Id: <20190409213946.1667-38-casey@schaufler-ca.com> In-Reply-To: <20190409213946.1667-1-casey@schaufler-ca.com> References: <20190409213946.1667-1-casey@schaufler-ca.com> Sender: owner-linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk
Series	LSM: Module stacking for AppArmor \| expand [00/59] LSM: Module stacking for AppArmor [01/59] LSM: Infrastructure management of the superblock [02/59] LSM: Infrastructure management of the sock security [03/59] LSM: Infrastructure management of the key security blob [04/59] LSM: Create an lsm_export data structure. [05/59] LSM: Use lsm_export in the inode_getsecid hooks [06/59] LSM: Use lsm_export in the cred_getsecid hooks [07/59] LSM: Use lsm_export in the ipc_getsecid and task_getsecid hooks [08/59] LSM: Use lsm_export in the kernel_ask_as hooks [09/59] LSM: Use lsm_export in the getpeersec_dgram hooks [10/59] LSM: Use lsm_export in the audit_rule_match hooks [11/59] LSM: Fix logical operation in lsm_export checks [12/59] LSM: Use lsm_export in the secid_to_secctx hooks [13/59] LSM: Use lsm_export in the secctx_to_secid hooks [14/59] LSM: Use lsm_export in security_audit_rule_match [15/59] LSM: Use lsm_export in security_kernel_act_as [16/59] LSM: Use lsm_export in security_socket_getpeersec_dgram [17/59] LSM: Use lsm_export in security_secctx_to_secid [18/59] LSM: Use lsm_export in security_secid_to_secctx [19/59] LSM: Use lsm_export in security_ipc_getsecid [20/59] LSM: Use lsm_export in security_task_getsecid [21/59] LSM: Use lsm_export in security_inode_getsecid [22/59] LSM: Use lsm_export in security_cred_getsecid [23/59] Audit: Change audit_sig_sid to audit_sig_lsm [24/59] Audit: Convert target_sid to an lsm_export structure [25/59] Audit: Convert osid to an lsm_export structure [26/59] IMA: Clean out lsm_export scaffolding [27/59] NET: Store LSM access information in the socket blob for UDS [28/59] NET: Remove scaffolding on secmarks [29/59] NET: Remove scaffolding on new secmarks [30/59] NET: Remove netfilter scaffolding for lsm_export [31/59] Netlabel: Replace secids with lsm_export [32/59] LSM: Remove lsm_export scaffolding functions [33/59] IMA: FIXUP prototype using lsm_export [34/59] Smack: Restore the release_secctx hook [35/59] AppArmor: Remove unnecessary hook stub [36/59] LSM: Limit calls to certain module hooks [37/59] LSM: Create a data structure for a security context [38/59] LSM: Use lsm_context in secid_to_secctx hooks [39/59] LSM: Use lsm_context in secctx_to_secid hooks [40/59] LSM: Use lsm_context in inode_getsecctx hooks [41/59] LSM: Use lsm_context in inode_notifysecctx hooks [42/59] LSM: Use lsm_context in dentry_init_security hooks [43/59] LSM: Use lsm_context in security_dentry_init_security [44/59] LSM: Use lsm_context in security_inode_notifysecctx [45/59] LSM: Use lsm_context in security_inode_getsecctx [46/59] LSM: Use lsm_context in security_secctx_to_secid [47/59] LSM: Use lsm_context in release_secctx hooks [48/59] LSM: Use lsm_context in security_release_secctx [49/59] LSM: Use lsm_context in security_secid_to_secctx [50/59] fs: remove lsm_context scaffolding [51/59] LSM: Add the release function to the lsm_context [52/59] LSM: Use lsm_context in inode_setsecctx hooks [53/59] LSM: Use lsm_context in security_inode_setsecctx [54/59] kernfs: remove lsm_context scaffolding [55/59] LSM: Remove unused macro [56/59] LSM: Special handling for secctx lsm hooks [57/59] SELinux: Use blob offset in current_sid [58/59] LSM: Specify which LSM to display with /proc/self/attr/display [59/59] AppArmor: Remove the exclusive flag

Commit Message

Casey Schaufler April 9, 2019, 9:39 p.m. UTC

A "security context" is the text representation of
the information used by LSMs. This provides a structure
so that the use can be made consistant.

Signed-off-by: Casey Schaufler <casey@schaufler-ca.com>
---
 include/linux/security.h | 11 +++++++++++
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)

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diff --git a/include/linux/security.h b/include/linux/security.h
index 6c44aca19c65..8dd21133ede8 100644
--- a/include/linux/security.h
+++ b/include/linux/security.h
@@ -119,6 +119,17 @@  static inline bool lsm_export_equal(struct lsm_export *l, struct lsm_export *m)
 
 extern struct lsm_export *lsm_export_skb(struct sk_buff *skb);
 
+/* Text representation of LSM specific security information - a "context" */
+struct lsm_context {
+	char	*context;
+	u32	len;
+};
+
+static inline void lsm_context_init(struct lsm_context *cp)
+{
+	memset(cp, 0, sizeof(*cp));
+}
+
 /* These functions are in security/commoncap.c */
 extern int cap_capable(const struct cred *cred, struct user_namespace *ns,
 		       int cap, unsigned int opts);