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2026-04-03lsm: add backing_file LSM hooksPaul Moore
Stacked filesystems such as overlayfs do not currently provide the necessary mechanisms for LSMs to properly enforce access controls on the mmap() and mprotect() operations. In order to resolve this gap, a LSM security blob is being added to the backing_file struct and the following new LSM hooks are being created: security_backing_file_alloc() security_backing_file_free() security_mmap_backing_file() The first two hooks are to manage the lifecycle of the LSM security blob in the backing_file struct, while the third provides a new mmap() access control point for the underlying backing file. It is also expected that LSMs will likely want to update their security_file_mprotect() callback to address issues with their mprotect() controls, but that does not require a change to the security_file_mprotect() LSM hook. There are a three other small changes to support these new LSM hooks: * Pass the user file associated with a backing file down to alloc_empty_backing_file() so it can be included in the security_backing_file_alloc() hook. * Add getter and setter functions for the backing_file struct LSM blob as the backing_file struct remains private to fs/file_table.c. * Constify the file struct field in the LSM common_audit_data struct to better support LSMs that need to pass a const file struct pointer into the common LSM audit code. Thanks to Arnd Bergmann for identifying the missing EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL() and supplying a fixup. Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Cc: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org Cc: linux-unionfs@vger.kernel.org Cc: linux-erofs@lists.ozlabs.org Reviewed-by: Amir Goldstein <amir73il@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Serge Hallyn <serge@hallyn.com> Reviewed-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Paul Moore <paul@paul-moore.com>
2026-01-29lsm: preserve /proc/sys/vm/mmap_min_addr when !CONFIG_SECURITYPaul Moore
While reworking the LSM initialization code the /proc/sys/vm/mmap_min_addr handler was inadvertently caught up in the change and the procfs entry wasn't setup when CONFIG_SECURITY was not selected at kernel build time. This patch restores the previous behavior and ensures that the procfs entry is setup regardless of the CONFIG_SECURITY state. Future work will improve upon this, likely by moving the procfs handler into the mm subsystem, but this patch should resolve the immediate regression. Fixes: 4ab5efcc2829 ("lsm: consolidate all of the LSM framework initcalls") Reported-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com> Reviewed-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com> Tested-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com> Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Paul Moore <paul@paul-moore.com>
2025-10-22lsm: consolidate all of the LSM framework initcallsPaul Moore
The LSM framework itself registers a small number of initcalls, this patch converts these initcalls into the new initcall mechanism. Reviewed-by: Casey Schaufler <casey@schaufler-ca.com> Reviewed-by: John Johansen <john.johhansen@canonical.com> Signed-off-by: Paul Moore <paul@paul-moore.com>
2025-10-22lsm: cleanup the debug and console output in lsm_init.cPaul Moore
Move away from an init specific init_debug() macro to a more general lsm_pr()/lsm_pr_cont()/lsm_pr_dbg() set of macros that are available both before and after init. In the process we do a number of minor changes to improve the LSM initialization output and cleanup the code somewhat. Reviewed-by: Casey Schaufler <casey@schaufler-ca.com> Reviewed-by: John Johansen <john.johhansen@canonical.com> Signed-off-by: Paul Moore <paul@paul-moore.com>
2025-10-22lsm: rework lsm_active_cnt and lsm_idlist[]Paul Moore
Move the LSM active count and lsm_id list declarations out of a header that is visible across the kernel and into a header that is limited to the LSM framework. This not only helps keep the include/linux headers smaller and cleaner, it helps prevent misuse of these variables. Reviewed-by: Casey Schaufler <casey@schaufler-ca.com> Reviewed-by: John Johansen <john.johhansen@canonical.com> Reviewed-by: Mimi Zohar <zohar@linux.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Paul Moore <paul@paul-moore.com>
2025-10-22lsm: split the init code out into lsm_init.cPaul Moore
Continue to pull code out of security/security.c to help improve readability by pulling all of the LSM framework initialization code out into a new file. No code changes. Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org> Reviewed-by: John Johansen <john.johansen@canonical.com> Reviewed-by: Casey Schaufler <casey@schaufler-ca.com> Reviewed-by: Mimi Zohar <zohar@linux.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Paul Moore <paul@paul-moore.com>