linux/security
Dmitry Kasatkin 0716abbb58 ima: use atomic bit operations to protect policy update interface
The current implementation uses an atomic counter to provide exclusive
access to the sysfs 'policy' entry to update the IMA policy. While it is
highly unlikely, the usage of a counter might potentially allow another
process to overflow the counter, open the interface and insert additional
rules into the policy being loaded.

This patch replaces using an atomic counter with atomic bit operations
which is more reliable and a widely used method to provide exclusive access.

As bit operation keep the interface locked after successful update, it makes
it unnecessary to verify if the default policy was set or not during parsing
and interface closing. This patch also removes that code.

Changes in v3:
* move audit log message to ima_relead_policy() to report successful and
  unsuccessful result
* unnecessary comment removed

Changes in v2:
* keep interface locked after successful policy load as in original design
* remove sysfs entry as in original design

Signed-off-by: Dmitry Kasatkin <d.kasatkin@samsung.com>
Signed-off-by: Mimi Zohar <zohar@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
2014-10-11 23:33:02 -04:00
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apparmor sched: move no_new_privs into new atomic flags 2014-07-18 12:13:38 -07:00
integrity ima: use atomic bit operations to protect policy update interface 2014-10-11 23:33:02 -04:00
keys KEYS: Make the key matching functions return bool 2014-09-16 17:36:08 +01:00
selinux selinux: normalize audit log formatting 2014-09-22 17:02:10 -04:00
smack Make Smack operate on smack_known struct where it still used char* 2014-08-29 10:10:55 -07:00
tomoyo get rid of pointless checks for NULL ->i_op 2014-04-01 23:19:16 -04:00
yama yama: Better permission check for ptraceme 2013-03-26 13:17:58 -07:00
capability.c security: introduce kernel_fw_from_file hook 2014-07-25 11:47:45 -07:00
commoncap.c CAPABILITIES: remove undefined caps from all processes 2014-07-24 21:53:47 +10:00
device_cgroup.c device_cgroup: use css_has_online_children() instead of has_children() 2014-05-16 13:22:52 -04:00
inode.c securityfs: fix object creation races 2012-01-10 10:20:35 -05:00
Kconfig security: select correct default LSM_MMAP_MIN_ADDR on arm on arm64 2014-02-05 14:59:14 +00:00
lsm_audit.c audit: anchor all pid references in the initial pid namespace 2014-03-20 10:11:55 -04:00
Makefile security: cleanup Makefiles to use standard syntax for specifying sub-directories 2014-02-17 11:08:04 +11:00
min_addr.c
security.c ima: add support for measuring and appraising firmware 2014-07-25 11:47:46 -07:00