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>
Reviewed-by: John Johansen <john.johan...@canonical.com>
Acked-by: Stephen Smalley <s...@tycho.nsa.gov>
Acked-by: Paul Moore <p...@paul-moore.com>
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 ba39b9b13e08..03fb8a702f64 100644
--- a/security/security.c
+++ b/security/security.c
@@ -834,9 +834,38 @@ 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_ilsm = lsm_task_ilsm(from);
+ int to_ilsm = lsm_task_ilsm(to);
+
+ /*
+ * If the ilsm 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_ilsm == LSMBLOB_INVALID)
+ from_ilsm = 0;
+ if (to_ilsm == LSMBLOB_INVALID)
+ to_ilsm = 0;
+ if (from_ilsm != to_ilsm)
+ return -EINVAL;
+
return call_int_hook(binder_transaction, 0, from, to);
}
--
2.25.4
