security: create task_free security callback
The current LSM interface to cred_free is not sufficient for allowing
an LSM to track the life and death of a task. This patch adds the
task_free hook so that an LSM can clean up resources on task death.
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Signed-off-by: James Morris <jmorris@namei.org>
diff --git a/include/linux/security.h b/include/linux/security.h
index 83c18e8..8325edd 100644
--- a/include/linux/security.h
+++ b/include/linux/security.h
@@ -651,6 +651,10 @@
* manual page for definitions of the @clone_flags.
* @clone_flags contains the flags indicating what should be shared.
* Return 0 if permission is granted.
+ * @task_free:
+ * @task task being freed
+ * Handle release of task-related resources. (Note that this can be called
+ * from interrupt context.)
* @cred_alloc_blank:
* @cred points to the credentials.
* @gfp indicates the atomicity of any memory allocations.
@@ -1493,6 +1497,7 @@
int (*dentry_open) (struct file *file, const struct cred *cred);
int (*task_create) (unsigned long clone_flags);
+ void (*task_free) (struct task_struct *task);
int (*cred_alloc_blank) (struct cred *cred, gfp_t gfp);
void (*cred_free) (struct cred *cred);
int (*cred_prepare)(struct cred *new, const struct cred *old,
@@ -1752,6 +1757,7 @@
int security_file_receive(struct file *file);
int security_dentry_open(struct file *file, const struct cred *cred);
int security_task_create(unsigned long clone_flags);
+void security_task_free(struct task_struct *task);
int security_cred_alloc_blank(struct cred *cred, gfp_t gfp);
void security_cred_free(struct cred *cred);
int security_prepare_creds(struct cred *new, const struct cred *old, gfp_t gfp);
@@ -2245,6 +2251,9 @@
return 0;
}
+static inline void security_task_free(struct task_struct *task)
+{ }
+
static inline int security_cred_alloc_blank(struct cred *cred, gfp_t gfp)
{
return 0;
diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
index 1b2ef3c..f0e7781 100644
--- a/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -192,6 +192,7 @@
WARN_ON(atomic_read(&tsk->usage));
WARN_ON(tsk == current);
+ security_task_free(tsk);
exit_creds(tsk);
delayacct_tsk_free(tsk);
put_signal_struct(tsk->signal);
diff --git a/security/capability.c b/security/capability.c
index 2f680eb..5bb21b1 100644
--- a/security/capability.c
+++ b/security/capability.c
@@ -358,6 +358,10 @@
return 0;
}
+static void cap_task_free(struct task_struct *task)
+{
+}
+
static int cap_cred_alloc_blank(struct cred *cred, gfp_t gfp)
{
return 0;
@@ -954,6 +958,7 @@
set_to_cap_if_null(ops, file_receive);
set_to_cap_if_null(ops, dentry_open);
set_to_cap_if_null(ops, task_create);
+ set_to_cap_if_null(ops, task_free);
set_to_cap_if_null(ops, cred_alloc_blank);
set_to_cap_if_null(ops, cred_free);
set_to_cap_if_null(ops, cred_prepare);
diff --git a/security/security.c b/security/security.c
index d754249..7d9426b 100644
--- a/security/security.c
+++ b/security/security.c
@@ -729,6 +729,11 @@
return security_ops->task_create(clone_flags);
}
+void security_task_free(struct task_struct *task)
+{
+ security_ops->task_free(task);
+}
+
int security_cred_alloc_blank(struct cred *cred, gfp_t gfp)
{
return security_ops->cred_alloc_blank(cred, gfp);