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Integrity Service API and dummy provider

RFC PATCH In review Kylene Jo Hall 1 participant 1 message Jul 14, 2006 Security (LSM)

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RFC PATCH 2/6 Integrity Service API and dummy provider

This patch provides a framework and dummy provider for an integrity service. The three integrity functions provided are:

integrity_verify_metadata
integrity_verity_data
integrity_measure

(Details on the calls and their exact arguments are in linux/integrity.h, included in the patch.)

Normally these functions would be called by an LSM module during d_instantiate. The first function is used to retrieve a requested dentry's label (xattr, such as security.selinux, or security.slim.level), along with the result of integrity verification of the label.

Based on the result of this call, the LSM module may also choose to use integrity_verify_data to request a verification of the file's data, and integrity_measure, to commit the file's measurement to some form of logging/attestation service, such as a TPM.

The latter two functions are separate calls, so that the LSM module can optimize performance by using them only as needed. For example, if the integrity_verify_metadata call shows that the label is not trustworthy, it is probably not necessary to hash and measure the file, as the current LSM check will likely be denied anyway.

---
 include/linux/integrity.h  |   85 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 security/Makefile          |    1
 security/integrity.c       |   45 ++++++++++++++++++
 security/integrity_dummy.c |   78 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 security/integrity_dummy.h |   12 ++++
 5 files changed, 221 insertions(+)
security/integrity.c new file +45 -0
Index: linux-2.6.17/security/integrity.c
===================================================================
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+/*
+ * integrity.c
+ *
+ * register integrity subsystem
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2005,2006 IBM Corporation
+ * Author: Mimi Zohar <[email protected]>
+ *
+ *      This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ *      it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ *      the Free Software Foundation, version 2 of the License.
+ */
+
+#include <linux/config.h>
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/init.h>
+#include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <linux/sched.h>
+#include <linux/integrity.h>
+
+#include "integrity_dummy.h"
+
+struct integrity_operations *integrity_ops = &dummy_integrity_ops;
+
+int register_integrity(struct integrity_operations *ops)
+{
+	if (integrity_ops != &dummy_integrity_ops)
+		return -EAGAIN;
+
+	integrity_ops = ops;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+int unregister_integrity(struct integrity_operations *ops)
+{
+	if (ops != integrity_ops)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	integrity_ops = &dummy_integrity_ops;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(register_integrity);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(unregister_integrity);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(integrity_ops);
security/integrity_dummy.c new file +78 -0

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include/linux/integrity.h new file +85 -0

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security/Makefile +1 -0
Index: linux-2.6.17/security/Makefile
===================================================================
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ endif
 
 # Object file lists
 obj-$(CONFIG_SECURITY)			+= security.o dummy.o inode.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_SECURITY)			+= integrity.o integrity_dummy.o
 # Must precede capability.o in order to stack properly.
 obj-$(CONFIG_SECURITY_SELINUX)		+= selinux/built-in.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_SECURITY_CAPABILITIES)	+= commoncap.o capability.o
security/integrity_dummy.h new file +12 -0
Index: linux-2.6.17/security/integrity_dummy.h
===================================================================
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+/*
+ * integrity_dummy.h
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2005,2006 IBM Corporation
+ * Author: Mimi Zohar <[email protected]>
+ *
+ *      This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ *      it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ *      the Free Software Foundation, version 2 of the License.
+ */
+
+extern struct integrity_operations dummy_integrity_ops;