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:David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com> Suggested-by:
Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org> Signed-off-by:
Shivank Garg <shivankg@amd.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20250620070328.803704-3-shivankg@amd.com Acked-by:
"Mike Rapoport (Microsoft)" <rppt@kernel.org> Signed-off-by:
Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
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