From 3dcbad52cf18c3c379e96b992d22815439ebbe53 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Dmitry Kasatkin Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2014 16:31:43 +0300 Subject: [PATCH] evm: properly handle INTEGRITY_NOXATTRS EVM status Unless an LSM labels a file during d_instantiate(), newly created files are not labeled with an initial security.evm xattr, until the file closes. EVM, before allowing a protected, security xattr to be written, verifies the existing 'security.evm' value is good. For newly created files without a security.evm label, this verification prevents writing any protected, security xattrs, until the file closes. Following is the example when this happens: fd = open("foo", O_CREAT | O_WRONLY, 0644); setxattr("foo", "security.SMACK64", value, sizeof(value), 0); close(fd); While INTEGRITY_NOXATTRS status is handled in other places, such as evm_inode_setattr(), it does not handle it in all cases in evm_protect_xattr(). By limiting the use of INTEGRITY_NOXATTRS to newly created files, we can now allow setting "protected" xattrs. Changelog: - limit the use of INTEGRITY_NOXATTRS to IMA identified new files Signed-off-by: Dmitry Kasatkin Signed-off-by: Mimi Zohar Cc: 3.14+ --- Reading git-format-patch failed