linux/security
Zhao Yipeng 88cd5fbf58 ima: Handle error code returned by ima_filter_rule_match()
[ Upstream commit 738c9738e6 ]

In ima_match_rules(), if ima_filter_rule_match() returns -ENOENT due to
the rule being NULL, the function incorrectly skips the 'if (!rc)' check
and sets 'result = true'. The LSM rule is considered a match, causing
extra files to be measured by IMA.

This issue can be reproduced in the following scenario:
After unloading the SELinux policy module via 'semodule -d', if an IMA
measurement is triggered before ima_lsm_rules is updated,
in ima_match_rules(), the first call to ima_filter_rule_match() returns
-ESTALE. This causes the code to enter the 'if (rc == -ESTALE &&
!rule_reinitialized)' block, perform ima_lsm_copy_rule() and retry. In
ima_lsm_copy_rule(), since the SELinux module has been removed, the rule
becomes NULL, and the second call to ima_filter_rule_match() returns
-ENOENT. This bypasses the 'if (!rc)' check and results in a false match.

Call trace:
  selinux_audit_rule_match+0x310/0x3b8
  security_audit_rule_match+0x60/0xa0
  ima_match_rules+0x2e4/0x4a0
  ima_match_policy+0x9c/0x1e8
  ima_get_action+0x48/0x60
  process_measurement+0xf8/0xa98
  ima_bprm_check+0x98/0xd8
  security_bprm_check+0x5c/0x78
  search_binary_handler+0x6c/0x318
  exec_binprm+0x58/0x1b8
  bprm_execve+0xb8/0x130
  do_execveat_common.isra.0+0x1a8/0x258
  __arm64_sys_execve+0x48/0x68
  invoke_syscall+0x50/0x128
  el0_svc_common.constprop.0+0xc8/0xf0
  do_el0_svc+0x24/0x38
  el0_svc+0x44/0x200
  el0t_64_sync_handler+0x100/0x130
  el0t_64_sync+0x3c8/0x3d0

Fix this by changing 'if (!rc)' to 'if (rc <= 0)' to ensure that error
codes like -ENOENT do not bypass the check and accidentally result in a
successful match.

Fixes: 4af4662fa4 ("integrity: IMA policy")
Signed-off-by: Zhao Yipeng <zhaoyipeng5@huawei.com>
Reviewed-by: Roberto Sassu <roberto.sassu@huawei.com>
Signed-off-by: Mimi Zohar <zohar@linux.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
History 2026-01-11 15:18:28 +01:00
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apparmor apparmor: use the condition in AA_BUG_FMT even with debug disabled 2025-08-28 16:26:01 +02:00
bpf bpf: lsm: Set bpf_lsm_blob_sizes.lbs_task to 0 2024-10-17 15:21:27 +02:00
integrity ima: Handle error code returned by ima_filter_rule_match() 2026-01-11 15:18:28 +01:00
keys KEYS: trusted_tpm1: Compare HMAC values in constant time 2025-10-19 16:23:14 +02:00
landlock landlock: Add the errata interface 2025-04-25 10:44:02 +02:00
loadpin LoadPin: Ignore the "contents" argument of the LSM hooks 2022-12-31 13:33:07 +01:00
lockdown lockdown: ratelimit denial messages 2022-09-14 07:37:50 -04:00
safesetid safesetid: check size of policy writes 2025-02-21 13:49:31 +01:00
selinux selinux: fix selinux_xfrm_alloc_user() to set correct ctx_len 2025-06-27 11:07:37 +01:00
smack smack: fix bug: unprivileged task can create labels 2026-01-11 15:18:17 +01:00
tomoyo tomoyo: don't emit warning in tomoyo_write_control() 2025-02-21 13:49:31 +01:00
yama task_work: cleanup notification modes 2020-10-17 15:05:30 -06:00
commoncap.c capabilities: fix potential memleak on error path from vfs_getxattr_alloc() 2022-10-28 06:44:33 -04:00
device_cgroup.c device_cgroup: Roll back to original exceptions after copy failure 2023-01-07 11:11:56 +01:00
inode.c securityfs: don't pin dentries twice, once is enough... 2025-08-28 16:25:52 +02:00
Kconfig proc: add config & param to block forcing mem writes 2024-10-17 15:21:39 +02:00
Kconfig.hardening randstruct: disable Clang 15 support 2023-02-25 11:25:43 +01:00
lsm_audit.c lsm: clean up redundant NULL pointer check 2022-08-15 22:44:01 -04:00
Makefile security: remove unneeded subdir-$(CONFIG_...) 2021-09-03 08:17:20 +09:00
min_addr.c sysctl: pass kernel pointers to ->proc_handler 2020-04-27 02:07:40 -04:00
security.c ima: Avoid blocking in RCU read-side critical section 2024-07-11 12:47:16 +02:00