selinux: Cache NetLabel secattrs in the socket's security struct

Previous work enabled the use of address based NetLabel selectors, which
while highly useful, brought the potential for additional per-packet overhead
when used.  This patch attempts to mitigate some of that overhead by caching
the NetLabel security attribute struct within the SELinux socket security
structure.  This should help eliminate the need to recreate the NetLabel
secattr structure for each packet resulting in less overhead.

Signed-off-by: Paul Moore <paul.moore@hp.com>
Acked-by: James Morris <jmorris@namei.org>

4 files changed, 91 insertions, 39 deletions

diff --git a/security/selinux/hooks.c b/security/selinux/hooks.c
index 632ac3e80a6..3aa811eba25 100644
--- a/security/selinux/hooks.c
+++ b/security/selinux/hooks.c
@@ -291,6 +291,7 @@ static void sk_free_security(struct sock *sk)
         struct sk_security_struct *ssec = sk->sk_security;
 
         sk->sk_security = NULL;
+        selinux_netlbl_sk_security_free(ssec);
         kfree(ssec);
 }
 
diff --git a/security/selinux/include/netlabel.h b/security/selinux/include/netlabel.h
index 982bac0ac32..b913c8d0603 100644
--- a/security/selinux/include/netlabel.h
+++ b/security/selinux/include/netlabel.h
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ void selinux_netlbl_cache_invalidate(void);
 
 void selinux_netlbl_err(struct sk_buff *skb, int error, int gateway);
 
+void selinux_netlbl_sk_security_free(struct sk_security_struct *ssec);
 void selinux_netlbl_sk_security_reset(struct sk_security_struct *ssec,
                                       int family);
 
@@ -77,6 +78,12 @@ static inline void selinux_netlbl_err(struct sk_buff *skb,
         return;
 }
 
+static inline void selinux_netlbl_sk_security_free(
+                                               struct sk_security_struct *ssec)
+{
+        return;
+}
+
 static inline void selinux_netlbl_sk_security_reset(
                                                struct sk_security_struct *ssec,
                                                int family)
diff --git a/security/selinux/include/objsec.h b/security/selinux/include/objsec.h
index ad34787c6c0..f8be8d7fa26 100644
--- a/security/selinux/include/objsec.h
+++ b/security/selinux/include/objsec.h
@@ -109,9 +109,6 @@ struct netport_security_struct {
 };
 
 struct sk_security_struct {
-        u32 sid;                        /* SID of this object */
-        u32 peer_sid;                   /* SID of peer */
-        u16 sclass;                     /* sock security class */
 #ifdef CONFIG_NETLABEL
         enum {                          /* NetLabel state */
                 NLBL_UNSET = 0,
@@ -120,7 +117,11 @@ struct sk_security_struct {
                 NLBL_REQSKB,
                 NLBL_CONNLABELED,
         } nlbl_state;
+        struct netlbl_lsm_secattr *nlbl_secattr; /* NetLabel sec attributes */
 #endif
+        u32 sid;                        /* SID of this object */
+        u32 peer_sid;                   /* SID of peer */
+        u16 sclass;                     /* sock security class */
 };
 
 struct key_security_struct {
diff --git a/security/selinux/netlabel.c b/security/selinux/netlabel.c
index b22b7dafa0e..f58701a7b72 100644
--- a/security/selinux/netlabel.c
+++ b/security/selinux/netlabel.c
@@ -68,6 +68,38 @@ static int selinux_netlbl_sidlookup_cached(struct sk_buff *skb,
 }
 
 /**
+ * selinux_netlbl_sock_genattr - Generate the NetLabel socket secattr
+ * @sk: the socket
+ *
+ * Description:
+ * Generate the NetLabel security attributes for a socket, making full use of
+ * the socket's attribute cache.  Returns a pointer to the security attributes
+ * on success, NULL on failure.
+ *
+ */
+static struct netlbl_lsm_secattr *selinux_netlbl_sock_genattr(struct sock *sk)
+{
+        int rc;
+        struct sk_security_struct *sksec = sk->sk_security;
+        struct netlbl_lsm_secattr *secattr;
+
+        if (sksec->nlbl_secattr != NULL)
+                return sksec->nlbl_secattr;
+
+        secattr = netlbl_secattr_alloc(GFP_ATOMIC);
+        if (secattr == NULL)
+                return NULL;
+        rc = security_netlbl_sid_to_secattr(sksec->sid, secattr);
+        if (rc != 0) {
+                netlbl_secattr_free(secattr);
+                return NULL;
+        }
+        sksec->nlbl_secattr = secattr;
+
+        return secattr;
+}
+
+/**
  * selinux_netlbl_sock_setsid - Label a socket using the NetLabel mechanism
  * @sk: the socket to label
  *
@@ -80,17 +112,15 @@ static int selinux_netlbl_sock_setsid(struct sock *sk)
 {
         int rc;
         struct sk_security_struct *sksec = sk->sk_security;
-        struct netlbl_lsm_secattr secattr;
+        struct netlbl_lsm_secattr *secattr;
 
         if (sksec->nlbl_state != NLBL_REQUIRE)
                 return 0;
 
-        netlbl_secattr_init(&secattr);
-
-        rc = security_netlbl_sid_to_secattr(sksec->sid, &secattr);
-        if (rc != 0)
-                goto sock_setsid_return;
-        rc = netlbl_sock_setattr(sk, &secattr);
+        secattr = selinux_netlbl_sock_genattr(sk);
+        if (secattr == NULL)
+                return -ENOMEM;
+        rc = netlbl_sock_setattr(sk, secattr);
         switch (rc) {
         case 0:
                 sksec->nlbl_state = NLBL_LABELED;
@@ -101,8 +131,6 @@ static int selinux_netlbl_sock_setsid(struct sock *sk)
                 break;
         }
 
-sock_setsid_return:
-        netlbl_secattr_destroy(&secattr);
         return rc;
 }
 
@@ -137,6 +165,20 @@ void selinux_netlbl_err(struct sk_buff *skb, int error, int gateway)
 }
 
 /**
+ * selinux_netlbl_sk_security_free - Free the NetLabel fields
+ * @sssec: the sk_security_struct
+ *
+ * Description:
+ * Free all of the memory in the NetLabel fields of a sk_security_struct.
+ *
+ */
+void selinux_netlbl_sk_security_free(struct sk_security_struct *ssec)
+{
+        if (ssec->nlbl_secattr != NULL)
+                netlbl_secattr_free(ssec->nlbl_secattr);
+}
+
+/**
  * selinux_netlbl_sk_security_reset - Reset the NetLabel fields
  * @ssec: the sk_security_struct
  * @family: the socket family
@@ -209,7 +251,8 @@ int selinux_netlbl_skbuff_setsid(struct sk_buff *skb,
                                  u32 sid)
 {
         int rc;
-        struct netlbl_lsm_secattr secattr;
+        struct netlbl_lsm_secattr secattr_storage;
+        struct netlbl_lsm_secattr *secattr = NULL;
         struct sock *sk;
 
         /* if this is a locally generated packet check to see if it is already
@@ -219,16 +262,21 @@ int selinux_netlbl_skbuff_setsid(struct sk_buff *skb,
                 struct sk_security_struct *sksec = sk->sk_security;
                 if (sksec->nlbl_state != NLBL_REQSKB)
                         return 0;
+                secattr = sksec->nlbl_secattr;
+        }
+        if (secattr == NULL) {
+                secattr = &secattr_storage;
+                netlbl_secattr_init(secattr);
+                rc = security_netlbl_sid_to_secattr(sid, secattr);
+                if (rc != 0)
+                        goto skbuff_setsid_return;
         }
 
-        netlbl_secattr_init(&secattr);
-        rc = security_netlbl_sid_to_secattr(sid, &secattr);
-        if (rc != 0)
+        rc = netlbl_skbuff_setattr(skb, family, secattr);