From 672a4c654a08c2b3022be0f239563c0fa5539bff Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mimi Zohar Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2025 10:45:48 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] ima: limit the number of ToMToU integrity violations 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 Reviewed-by: Petr Vorel Tested-by: Petr Vorel Reviewed-by: Roberto Sassu Signed-off-by: Mimi Zohar --- 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 3423b3088de50..e0489c6f7f596 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 95118c1887cb6..f3e7ac513db3f 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) {