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According to [1], the label of a UNIX domain socket (UDS)
file (i.e., the filesystem object representing the socket)
is not supposed to participate in Smack security.
To achieve this, [1] labels UDS files with "*"
in smack_d_instantiate().
Before [2], smack_d_instantiate() was responsible
for initializing Smack security for all inodes,
except ones under /proc
[2] imposed the sole responsibility for initializing
inode security for newly created filesystem objects
on smack_inode_init_security().
However, smack_inode_init_security() lacks some logic
present in smack_d_instantiate().
In particular, it does not label UDS files with "*".
This patch adds the missing labeling of UDS files
with "*" to smack_inode_init_security().
Labeling UDS files with "*" in smack_d_instantiate()
still works for stale UDS files that already exist on
disk. Stale UDS files are useless, but I keep labeling
them for consistency and maybe to make easier for user
to delete them.
Compared to [1], this version introduces the following
improvements:
* UDS file label is held inside inode only
and not saved to xattrs.
* relabeling UDS files (setxattr, removexattr, etc.)
is blocked.
[1] 2010-11-24 Casey Schaufler
commit b4e0d5f079 ("Smack: UDS revision")
[2] 2023-11-16 roberto.sassu
Fixes: e63d86b8b7 ("smack: Initialize the in-memory inode in smack_inode_init_security()")
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-security-module/20231116090125.187209-5-roberto.sassu@huaweicloud.com/
Signed-off-by: Konstantin Andreev <andreev@swemel.ru>
Signed-off-by: Casey Schaufler <casey@schaufler-ca.com>
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