On Thu, Jul 11, 2024 at 07:18:51PM +0800, Xu Kuohai wrote:
> From: Xu Kuohai <xukuo...@huawei.com>
>
> To be consistent with most LSM hooks, convert the return value of
> hook inode_getsecurity to 0 or a negative error code.
>
> Before:
> - Hook inode_getsecurity returns size of buffer on success or a
> negative error code on failure.
>
> After:
> - Hook inode_getsecurity returns 0 on success or a negative error
> code on failure. An output parameter @len is introduced to hold
> the buffer size on success.
>
> Signed-off-by: Xu Kuohai <xukuo...@huawei.com>
> ---
> fs/xattr.c | 19 ++++++++++---------
> include/linux/lsm_hook_defs.h | 3 ++-
> include/linux/security.h | 12 ++++++------
> security/commoncap.c | 9 ++++++---
> security/security.c | 11 ++++++-----
> security/selinux/hooks.c | 16 ++++++----------
> security/smack/smack_lsm.c | 14 +++++++-------
> 7 files changed, 43 insertions(+), 41 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/xattr.c b/fs/xattr.c
> index f8b643f91a98..f4e3bedf7272 100644
> --- a/fs/xattr.c
> +++ b/fs/xattr.c
> @@ -339,27 +339,28 @@ xattr_getsecurity(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode
> *inode,
> const char *name, void *value, size_t size)
> {
> void *buffer = NULL;
> - ssize_t len;
> + int error;
> + u32 len;
>
> if (!value || !size) {
> - len = security_inode_getsecurity(idmap, inode, name,
> - &buffer, false);
> + error = security_inode_getsecurity(idmap, inode, name,
> + false, &buffer, &len);
> goto out_noalloc;
> }
>
> - len = security_inode_getsecurity(idmap, inode, name, &buffer,
> - true);
> - if (len < 0)
> - return len;
> + error = security_inode_getsecurity(idmap, inode, name, true,
> + &buffer, &len);
> + if (error)
> + return error;
> if (size < len) {
> - len = -ERANGE;
> + error = -ERANGE;
> goto out;
> }
> memcpy(value, buffer, len);
> out:
> kfree(buffer);
> out_noalloc:
> - return len;
> + return error < 0 ? error : len;
Hi Xu Kuohai,
len is an unsigned 32-bit entity, but the return type of this function
is an unsigned value (ssize_t). So in theory, if len is very large,
a negative error value error will be returned.
> }
Similarly for the handling of nattr in lsm_get_self_attr in
lsm_syscalls.c in a subsequent patch.
Flagged by Smatch.
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