[PATCH] selinux: add hooks for key subsystem
Introduce SELinux hooks to support the access key retention subsystem
within the kernel. Incorporate new flask headers from a modified version
of the SELinux reference policy, with support for the new security class
representing retained keys. Extend the "key_alloc" security hook with a
task parameter representing the intended ownership context for the key
being allocated. Attach security information to root's default keyrings
within the SELinux initialization routine.
Has passed David's testsuite.
Signed-off-by: Michael LeMay <mdlemay@epoch.ncsc.mil>
Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: James Morris <jmorris@namei.org>
Acked-by: Chris Wright <chrisw@sous-sol.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
diff --git a/Documentation/keys.txt b/Documentation/keys.txt
index aaa01b0..7030200 100644
--- a/Documentation/keys.txt
+++ b/Documentation/keys.txt
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
- Key overview
- Key service overview
- Key access permissions
+ - SELinux support
- New procfs files
- Userspace system call interface
- Kernel services
@@ -232,6 +233,34 @@
the key or having the sysadmin capability is sufficient.
+===============
+SELINUX SUPPORT
+===============
+
+The security class "key" has been added to SELinux so that mandatory access
+controls can be applied to keys created within various contexts. This support
+is preliminary, and is likely to change quite significantly in the near future.
+Currently, all of the basic permissions explained above are provided in SELinux
+as well; SE Linux is simply invoked after all basic permission checks have been
+performed.
+
+Each key is labeled with the same context as the task to which it belongs.
+Typically, this is the same task that was running when the key was created.
+The default keyrings are handled differently, but in a way that is very
+intuitive:
+
+ (*) The user and user session keyrings that are created when the user logs in
+ are currently labeled with the context of the login manager.
+
+ (*) The keyrings associated with new threads are each labeled with the context
+ of their associated thread, and both session and process keyrings are
+ handled similarly.
+
+Note, however, that the default keyrings associated with the root user are
+labeled with the default kernel context, since they are created early in the
+boot process, before root has a chance to log in.
+
+
================
NEW PROCFS FILES
================