Each time a file in policy, that is already opened for read, is opened
for write, a Time-of-Measure-Time-of-Use (ToMToU) integrity violation
audit message is emitted and a violation record is added to the IMA
measurement list. This occurs even if a ToMToU violation has already
been recorded.
Limit the number of ToMToU integrity violations per file open for read.
Note: The IMA_MAY_EMIT_TOMTOU atomic flag must be set from the reader
side based on policy. This may result in a per file open for read
ToMToU violation.
Since IMA_MUST_MEASURE is only used for violations, rename the atomic
IMA_MUST_MEASURE flag to IMA_MAY_EMIT_TOMTOU.
Tested-by: Stefan Berger <stef...@linux.ibm.com>
Reviewed-by: Petr Vorel <pvo...@suse.cz>
Tested-by: Petr Vorel <pvo...@suse.cz>
Signed-off-by: Mimi Zohar <zo...@linux.ibm.com>
---
Changelog v2:
- Based on Roberto's review, renamed the atomic flag name, updated the patch
description.
- Added Petr's and Stefan's tags.
security/integrity/ima/ima.h | 2 +-
security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c | 7 ++++---
2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/security/integrity/ima/ima.h b/security/integrity/ima/ima.h
index 3423b3088de5..e0489c6f7f59 100644
--- a/security/integrity/ima/ima.h
+++ b/security/integrity/ima/ima.h
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ struct ima_kexec_hdr {
#define IMA_UPDATE_XATTR 1
#define IMA_CHANGE_ATTR 2
#define IMA_DIGSIG 3
-#define IMA_MUST_MEASURE 4
+#define IMA_MAY_EMIT_TOMTOU 4
#define IMA_EMITTED_OPENWRITERS 5
/* IMA integrity metadata associated with an inode */
diff --git a/security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c
b/security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c
index 95118c1887cb..f3e7ac513db3 100644
--- a/security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c
+++ b/security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c
@@ -129,14 +129,15 @@ static void ima_rdwr_violation_check(struct file *file,
if (atomic_read(&inode->i_readcount) && IS_IMA(inode)) {
if (!iint)
iint = ima_iint_find(inode);
+
/* IMA_MEASURE is set from reader side */
- if (iint && test_bit(IMA_MUST_MEASURE,
- &iint->atomic_flags))
+ if (iint && test_and_clear_bit(IMA_MAY_EMIT_TOMTOU,
+ &iint->atomic_flags))
send_tomtou = true;
}
} else {
if (must_measure)
- set_bit(IMA_MUST_MEASURE, &iint->atomic_flags);
+ set_bit(IMA_MAY_EMIT_TOMTOU, &iint->atomic_flags);
/* Limit number of open_writers violations */
if (inode_is_open_for_write(inode) && must_measure) {
--
2.48.1
