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author | David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> | 2020-01-14 17:07:11 +0000 |
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committer | David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> | 2020-05-19 15:19:06 +0100 |
commit | f7e47677e39a03057dcced2016c92a9c868693ec (patch) | |
tree | 3f23805b0738dc1639780548ec62ff483bbb7d37 /Documentation/security/keys/core.rst | |
parent | 998f50407ffc9370565c7ed3fcd1366adccdfbbf (diff) | |
download | linux-f7e47677e39a03057dcced2016c92a9c868693ec.tar.bz2 |
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 <dhowells@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: James Morris <jamorris@linux.microsoft.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/security/keys/core.rst')
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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 =============== |