Verify that the tasks on the ends of a binder transaction
use the same "display" security module. This prevents confusion
of security "contexts".

Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keesc...@chromium.org>
Acked-by: Stephen Smalley <s...@tycho.nsa.gov>
Signed-off-by: Casey Schaufler <ca...@schaufler-ca.com>
---
 security/security.c | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 29 insertions(+)

diff --git a/security/security.c b/security/security.c
index ddbaf2073b02..95b48721fb17 100644
--- a/security/security.c
+++ b/security/security.c
@@ -788,9 +788,38 @@ int security_binder_set_context_mgr(struct task_struct 
*mgr)
        return call_int_hook(binder_set_context_mgr, 0, mgr);
 }
 
+/**
+ * security_binder_transaction - Binder driver transaction check
+ * @from: source of the transaction
+ * @to: destination of the transaction
+ *
+ * Verify that the tasks have the same LSM "display", then
+ * call the security module hooks.
+ *
+ * Returns -EINVAL if the displays don't match, or the
+ * result of the security module checks.
+ */
 int security_binder_transaction(struct task_struct *from,
                                struct task_struct *to)
 {
+       int from_display = lsm_task_display(from);
+       int to_display = lsm_task_display(to);
+
+       /*
+        * If the display is LSMBLOB_INVALID the first module that has
+        * an entry is used. This will be in the 0 slot.
+        *
+        * This is currently only required if the server has requested
+        * peer contexts, but it would be unwieldly to have too much of
+        * the binder driver detail here.
+        */
+       if (from_display == LSMBLOB_INVALID)
+               from_display = 0;
+       if (to_display == LSMBLOB_INVALID)
+               to_display = 0;
+       if (from_display != to_display)
+               return -EINVAL;
+
        return call_int_hook(binder_transaction, 0, from, to);
 }
 
-- 
2.24.1

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