From f7e47677e39a03057dcced2016c92a9c868693ec Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: David Howells Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2020 17:07:11 +0000 Subject: watch_queue: Add a key/keyring notification facility Add a key/keyring change notification facility whereby notifications about changes in key and keyring content and attributes can be received. Firstly, an event queue needs to be created: pipe2(fds, O_NOTIFICATION_PIPE); ioctl(fds[1], IOC_WATCH_QUEUE_SET_SIZE, 256); then a notification can be set up to report notifications via that queue: struct watch_notification_filter filter = { .nr_filters = 1, .filters = { [0] = { .type = WATCH_TYPE_KEY_NOTIFY, .subtype_filter[0] = UINT_MAX, }, }, }; ioctl(fds[1], IOC_WATCH_QUEUE_SET_FILTER, &filter); keyctl_watch_key(KEY_SPEC_SESSION_KEYRING, fds[1], 0x01); After that, records will be placed into the queue when events occur in which keys are changed in some way. Records are of the following format: struct key_notification { struct watch_notification watch; __u32 key_id; __u32 aux; } *n; Where: n->watch.type will be WATCH_TYPE_KEY_NOTIFY. n->watch.subtype will indicate the type of event, such as NOTIFY_KEY_REVOKED. n->watch.info & WATCH_INFO_LENGTH will indicate the length of the record. n->watch.info & WATCH_INFO_ID will be the second argument to keyctl_watch_key(), shifted. n->key will be the ID of the affected key. n->aux will hold subtype-dependent information, such as the key being linked into the keyring specified by n->key in the case of NOTIFY_KEY_LINKED. Note that it is permissible for event records to be of variable length - or, at least, the length may be dependent on the subtype. Note also that the queue can be shared between multiple notifications of various types. Signed-off-by: David Howells Reviewed-by: James Morris --- Documentation/security/keys/core.rst | 57 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 57 insertions(+) (limited to 'Documentation/security') diff --git a/Documentation/security/keys/core.rst b/Documentation/security/keys/core.rst index d9b0b859018b..6cff2b5f88ed 100644 --- a/Documentation/security/keys/core.rst +++ b/Documentation/security/keys/core.rst @@ -1026,6 +1026,63 @@ The keyctl syscall functions are: written into the output buffer. Verification returns 0 on success. + * Watch a key or keyring for changes:: + + long keyctl(KEYCTL_WATCH_KEY, key_serial_t key, int queue_fd, + const struct watch_notification_filter *filter); + + This will set or remove a watch for changes on the specified key or + keyring. + + "key" is the ID of the key to be watched. + + "queue_fd" is a file descriptor referring to an open "/dev/watch_queue" + which manages the buffer into which notifications will be delivered. + + "filter" is either NULL to remove a watch or a filter specification to + indicate what events are required from the key. + + See Documentation/watch_queue.rst for more information. + + Note that only one watch may be emplaced for any particular { key, + queue_fd } combination. + + Notification records look like:: + + struct key_notification { + struct watch_notification watch; + __u32 key_id; + __u32 aux; + }; + + In this, watch::type will be "WATCH_TYPE_KEY_NOTIFY" and subtype will be + one of:: + + NOTIFY_KEY_INSTANTIATED + NOTIFY_KEY_UPDATED + NOTIFY_KEY_LINKED + NOTIFY_KEY_UNLINKED + NOTIFY_KEY_CLEARED + NOTIFY_KEY_REVOKED + NOTIFY_KEY_INVALIDATED + NOTIFY_KEY_SETATTR + + Where these indicate a key being instantiated/rejected, updated, a link + being made in a keyring, a link being removed from a keyring, a keyring + being cleared, a key being revoked, a key being invalidated or a key + having one of its attributes changed (user, group, perm, timeout, + restriction). + + If a watched key is deleted, a basic watch_notification will be issued + with "type" set to WATCH_TYPE_META and "subtype" set to + watch_meta_removal_notification. The watchpoint ID will be set in the + "info" field. + + This needs to be configured by enabling: + + "Provide key/keyring change notifications" (KEY_NOTIFICATIONS) + + Kernel Services =============== -- cgit v1.2.3