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Subject: Re: [PATCH] SELinux: Measure state and hash of policy using IMA
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On 8/24/20 7:00 AM, Stephen Smalley wrote:

>> +int security_read_policy_kernel(struct selinux_state *state,
>> +                               void **data, size_t *len)
>> +{
>> +       int rc;
>> +
>> +       rc = security_read_policy_len(state, len);
>> +       if (rc)
>> +               return rc;
>> +
>> +       *data = vmalloc(*len);
>> +       if (!*data)
>> +               return -ENOMEM;
>>
>> +       return security_read_selinux_policy(state, data, len);
>>   }
> 
> See the discussion here:
> https://lore.kernel.org/selinux/20200824113015.1375857-1-omosnace@redhat.com/T/#t
> 
> In order for this to be safe, you need to ensure that all callers of
> security_read_policy_kernel() have taken fsi->mutex in selinuxfs and
> any use of security_read_policy_len() occurs while holding the mutex.
> Otherwise, the length can change between security_read_policy_len()
> and security_read_selinux_policy() if policy is reloaded.
> 

"struct selinux_fs_info" is available when calling 
security_read_policy_kernel() - currently in measure.c.
Only "struct selinux_state" is.

Is Ondrej's re-try approach I need to use to workaround policy reload issue?

thanks,
  -lakshmi