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authorStephen Smalley <sds@tycho.nsa.gov>2020-01-08 11:24:47 -0500
committerPaul Moore <paul@paul-moore.com>2020-02-10 10:49:01 -0500
commite9c38f9fc2ccd31befe1bb1605b69213483a15b7 (patch)
tree281e142f528909787ffc92dab94acfc0593d9474 /security/selinux
parent4b36cb773a8153417a080f8025d522322f915aea (diff)
Documentation,selinux: deprecate setting checkreqprot to 1
Deprecate setting the SELinux checkreqprot tunable to 1 via kernel parameter or /sys/fs/selinux/checkreqprot. Setting it to 0 is left intact for compatibility since Android and some Linux distributions do so for security and treat an inability to set it as a fatal error. Eventually setting it to 0 will become a no-op and the kernel will stop using checkreqprot's value internally altogether. checkreqprot was originally introduced as a compatibility mechanism for legacy userspace and the READ_IMPLIES_EXEC personality flag. However, if set to 1, it weakens security by allowing mappings to be made executable without authorization by policy. The default value for the SECURITY_SELINUX_CHECKREQPROT_VALUE config option was changed from 1 to 0 in commit 2a35d196c160e3 ("selinux: change CONFIG_SECURITY_SELINUX_CHECKREQPROT_VALUE default") and both Android and Linux distributions began explicitly setting /sys/fs/selinux/checkreqprot to 0 some time ago. Signed-off-by: Stephen Smalley <sds@tycho.nsa.gov> Signed-off-by: Paul Moore <paul@paul-moore.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'security/selinux')
-rw-r--r--security/selinux/Kconfig3
-rw-r--r--security/selinux/hooks.c5
-rw-r--r--security/selinux/selinuxfs.c8
3 files changed, 15 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/security/selinux/Kconfig b/security/selinux/Kconfig
index 1014cb0ee956..9e921fc72538 100644
--- a/security/selinux/Kconfig
+++ b/security/selinux/Kconfig
@@ -88,6 +88,9 @@ config SECURITY_SELINUX_CHECKREQPROT_VALUE
'checkreqprot=' boot parameter. It may also be changed at runtime
via /sys/fs/selinux/checkreqprot if authorized by policy.
+ WARNING: this option is deprecated and will be removed in a future
+ kernel release.
+
If you are unsure how to answer this question, answer 0.
config SECURITY_SELINUX_SIDTAB_HASH_BITS
diff --git a/security/selinux/hooks.c b/security/selinux/hooks.c
index b33cf155cc48..d7762264f262 100644
--- a/security/selinux/hooks.c
+++ b/security/selinux/hooks.c
@@ -142,8 +142,11 @@ static int __init checkreqprot_setup(char *str)
{
unsigned long checkreqprot;
- if (!kstrtoul(str, 0, &checkreqprot))
+ if (!kstrtoul(str, 0, &checkreqprot)) {
selinux_checkreqprot_boot = checkreqprot ? 1 : 0;
+ if (checkreqprot)
+ pr_warn("SELinux: checkreqprot set to 1 via kernel parameter. This is deprecated and will be rejected in a future kernel release.\n");
+ }
return 1;
}
__setup("checkreqprot=", checkreqprot_setup);
diff --git a/security/selinux/selinuxfs.c b/security/selinux/selinuxfs.c
index 79c710911a3c..d6566adc73a6 100644
--- a/security/selinux/selinuxfs.c
+++ b/security/selinux/selinuxfs.c
@@ -668,6 +668,14 @@ static ssize_t sel_write_checkreqprot(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
if (sscanf(page, "%u", &new_value) != 1)
goto out;
+ if (new_value) {
+ char comm[sizeof(current->comm)];
+
+ memcpy(comm, current->comm, sizeof(comm));
+ pr_warn_once("SELinux: %s (%d) set checkreqprot to 1. This is deprecated and will be rejected in a future kernel release.\n",
+ comm, current->pid);
+ }
+
fsi->state->checkreqprot = new_value ? 1 : 0;
length = count;
out: