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authorLinus Torvalds2019-07-08 19:36:47 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds2019-07-08 19:36:47 -0700
commitc84ca912b07901be528e5184fd254fca1dddf2ac (patch)
tree328d6907358783914cc2e1ad61bb65b84f1145f1 /Documentation
parentc236b6dd48dcf2ae6ed14b9068830eccc3e181e6 (diff)
parenta58946c158a040068e7c94dc1d58bbd273258068 (diff)
Merge tag 'keys-namespace-20190627' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dhowells/linux-fs
Pull keyring namespacing from David Howells: "These patches help make keys and keyrings more namespace aware. Firstly some miscellaneous patches to make the process easier: - Simplify key index_key handling so that the word-sized chunks assoc_array requires don't have to be shifted about, making it easier to add more bits into the key. - Cache the hash value in the key so that we don't have to calculate on every key we examine during a search (it involves a bunch of multiplications). - Allow keying_search() to search non-recursively. Then the main patches: - Make it so that keyring names are per-user_namespace from the point of view of KEYCTL_JOIN_SESSION_KEYRING so that they're not accessible cross-user_namespace. keyctl_capabilities() shows KEYCTL_CAPS1_NS_KEYRING_NAME for this. - Move the user and user-session keyrings to the user_namespace rather than the user_struct. This prevents them propagating directly across user_namespaces boundaries (ie. the KEY_SPEC_* flags will only pick from the current user_namespace). - Make it possible to include the target namespace in which the key shall operate in the index_key. This will allow the possibility of multiple keys with the same description, but different target domains to be held in the same keyring. keyctl_capabilities() shows KEYCTL_CAPS1_NS_KEY_TAG for this. - Make it so that keys are implicitly invalidated by removal of a domain tag, causing them to be garbage collected. - Institute a network namespace domain tag that allows keys to be differentiated by the network namespace in which they operate. New keys that are of a type marked 'KEY_TYPE_NET_DOMAIN' are assigned the network domain in force when they are created. - Make it so that the desired network namespace can be handed down into the request_key() mechanism. This allows AFS, NFS, etc. to request keys specific to the network namespace of the superblock. This also means that the keys in the DNS record cache are thenceforth namespaced, provided network filesystems pass the appropriate network namespace down into dns_query(). For DNS, AFS and NFS are good, whilst CIFS and Ceph are not. Other cache keyrings, such as idmapper keyrings, also need to set the domain tag - for which they need access to the network namespace of the superblock" * tag 'keys-namespace-20190627' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dhowells/linux-fs: keys: Pass the network namespace into request_key mechanism keys: Network namespace domain tag keys: Garbage collect keys for which the domain has been removed keys: Include target namespace in match criteria keys: Move the user and user-session keyrings to the user_namespace keys: Namespace keyring names keys: Add a 'recurse' flag for keyring searches keys: Cache the hash value to avoid lots of recalculation keys: Simplify key description management
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/security/keys/core.rst38
-rw-r--r--Documentation/security/keys/request-key.rst29
2 files changed, 49 insertions, 18 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/security/keys/core.rst b/Documentation/security/keys/core.rst
index a0e245f9576f..0e74f372e58c 100644
--- a/Documentation/security/keys/core.rst
+++ b/Documentation/security/keys/core.rst
@@ -1102,26 +1102,42 @@ payload contents" for more information.
See also Documentation/security/keys/request-key.rst.
+ * To search for a key in a specific domain, call:
+
+ struct key *request_key_tag(const struct key_type *type,
+ const char *description,
+ struct key_tag *domain_tag,
+ const char *callout_info);
+
+ This is identical to request_key(), except that a domain tag may be
+ specifies that causes search algorithm to only match keys matching that
+ tag. The domain_tag may be NULL, specifying a global domain that is
+ separate from any nominated domain.
+
+
* To search for a key, passing auxiliary data to the upcaller, call::
struct key *request_key_with_auxdata(const struct key_type *type,
const char *description,
+ struct key_tag *domain_tag,
const void *callout_info,
size_t callout_len,
void *aux);
- This is identical to request_key(), except that the auxiliary data is
- passed to the key_type->request_key() op if it exists, and the callout_info
- is a blob of length callout_len, if given (the length may be 0).
+ This is identical to request_key_tag(), except that the auxiliary data is
+ passed to the key_type->request_key() op if it exists, and the
+ callout_info is a blob of length callout_len, if given (the length may be
+ 0).
* To search for a key under RCU conditions, call::
struct key *request_key_rcu(const struct key_type *type,
- const char *description);
+ const char *description,
+ struct key_tag *domain_tag);
- which is similar to request_key() except that it does not check for keys
- that are under construction and it will not call out to userspace to
+ which is similar to request_key_tag() except that it does not check for
+ keys that are under construction and it will not call out to userspace to
construct a key if it can't find a match.
@@ -1162,11 +1178,13 @@ payload contents" for more information.
key_ref_t keyring_search(key_ref_t keyring_ref,
const struct key_type *type,
- const char *description)
+ const char *description,
+ bool recurse)
- This searches the keyring tree specified for a matching key. Error ENOKEY
- is returned upon failure (use IS_ERR/PTR_ERR to determine). If successful,
- the returned key will need to be released.
+ This searches the specified keyring only (recurse == false) or keyring tree
+ (recurse == true) specified for a matching key. Error ENOKEY is returned
+ upon failure (use IS_ERR/PTR_ERR to determine). If successful, the returned
+ key will need to be released.
The possession attribute from the keyring reference is used to control
access through the permissions mask and is propagated to the returned key
diff --git a/Documentation/security/keys/request-key.rst b/Documentation/security/keys/request-key.rst
index 5a210baa583a..35f2296b704a 100644
--- a/Documentation/security/keys/request-key.rst
+++ b/Documentation/security/keys/request-key.rst
@@ -15,8 +15,16 @@ The process starts by either the kernel requesting a service by calling
or::
+ struct key *request_key_tag(const struct key_type *type,
+ const char *description,
+ const struct key_tag *domain_tag,
+ const char *callout_info);
+
+or::
+
struct key *request_key_with_auxdata(const struct key_type *type,
const char *description,
+ const struct key_tag *domain_tag,
const char *callout_info,
size_t callout_len,
void *aux);
@@ -24,7 +32,8 @@ or::
or::
struct key *request_key_rcu(const struct key_type *type,
- const char *description);
+ const char *description,
+ const struct key_tag *domain_tag);
Or by userspace invoking the request_key system call::
@@ -38,14 +47,18 @@ does not need to link the key to a keyring to prevent it from being immediately
destroyed. The kernel interface returns a pointer directly to the key, and
it's up to the caller to destroy the key.
-The request_key_with_auxdata() calls is like the in-kernel request_key() call,
-except that they permit auxiliary data to be passed to the upcaller (the
-default is NULL). This is only useful for those key types that define their
-own upcall mechanism rather than using /sbin/request-key.
+The request_key_tag() call is like the in-kernel request_key(), except that it
+also takes a domain tag that allows keys to be separated by namespace and
+killed off as a group.
+
+The request_key_with_auxdata() calls is like the request_key_tag() call, except
+that they permit auxiliary data to be passed to the upcaller (the default is
+NULL). This is only useful for those key types that define their own upcall
+mechanism rather than using /sbin/request-key.
-The request_key_rcu() call is like the in-kernel request_key() call, except
-that it doesn't check for keys that are under construction and doesn't attempt
-to construct missing keys.
+The request_key_rcu() call is like the request_key_tag() call, except that it
+doesn't check for keys that are under construction and doesn't attempt to
+construct missing keys.
The userspace interface links the key to a keyring associated with the process
to prevent the key from going away, and returns the serial number of the key to