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Unverified Commit cbe4134e authored by Shivank Garg's avatar Shivank Garg Committed by Christian Brauner
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fs: export anon_inode_make_secure_inode() and fix secretmem LSM bypass



Export anon_inode_make_secure_inode() to allow KVM guest_memfd to create
anonymous inodes with proper security context. This replaces the current
pattern of calling alloc_anon_inode() followed by
inode_init_security_anon() for creating security context manually.

This change also fixes a security regression in secretmem where the
S_PRIVATE flag was not cleared after alloc_anon_inode(), causing
LSM/SELinux checks to be bypassed for secretmem file descriptors.

As guest_memfd currently resides in the KVM module, we need to export this
symbol for use outside the core kernel. In the future, guest_memfd might be
moved to core-mm, at which point the symbols no longer would have to be
exported. When/if that happens is still unclear.

Fixes: 2bfe15c5 ("mm: create security context for memfd_secret inodes")
Suggested-by: default avatarDavid Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>
Suggested-by: default avatarMike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: default avatarShivank Garg <shivankg@amd.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20250620070328.803704-3-shivankg@amd.com


Acked-by: default avatar"Mike Rapoport (Microsoft)" <rppt@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: default avatarChristian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
parent 6a68d280
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