/**
* eCryptfs: Linux filesystem encryption layer
*
* Copyright (C) 2004-2006 International Business Machines Corp.
* Author(s): Michael A. Halcrow <mhalcrow@us.ibm.com>
* Tyler Hicks <tyhicks@ou.edu>
* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
* modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version
* 2 as published by the Free Software Foundation.
* This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
* WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
* General Public License for more details.
* You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
* along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
* Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA
* 02111-1307, USA.
*/
#include <net/sock.h>
#include <linux/hash.h>
#include <linux/random.h>
#include "ecryptfs_kernel.h"
static struct sock *ecryptfs_nl_sock;
* ecryptfs_send_netlink
* @data: The data to include as the payload
* @data_len: The byte count of the data
* @msg_ctx: The netlink context that will be used to handle the
* response message
* @msg_type: The type of netlink message to send
* @msg_flags: The flags to include in the netlink header
* @daemon_pid: The process id of the daemon to send the message to
* Sends the data to the specified daemon pid and uses the netlink
* context element to store the data needed for validation upon
* receiving the response. The data and the netlink context can be
* null if just sending a netlink header is sufficient. Returns zero
* upon sending the message; non-zero upon error.
int ecryptfs_send_netlink(char *data, int data_len,
struct ecryptfs_msg_ctx *msg_ctx, u8 msg_type,
u16 msg_flags, struct pid *daemon_pid)
{
struct sk_buff *skb;
struct nlmsghdr *nlh;
struct ecryptfs_message *msg;
size_t payload_len;
int rc;
payload_len = ((data && data_len) ? (sizeof(*msg) + data_len) : 0);
skb = alloc_skb(NLMSG_SPACE(payload_len), GFP_KERNEL);
if (!skb) {
rc = -ENOMEM;
ecryptfs_printk(KERN_ERR, "Failed to allocate socket buffer\n");
goto out;
}
nlh = NLMSG_PUT(skb, pid_nr(daemon_pid), msg_ctx ? msg_ctx->counter : 0,
msg_type, payload_len);
nlh->nlmsg_flags = msg_flags;
if (msg_ctx && payload_len) {
msg = (struct ecryptfs_message *)NLMSG_DATA(nlh);
msg->index = msg_ctx->index;
msg->data_len = data_len;
memcpy(msg->data, data, data_len);
rc = netlink_unicast(ecryptfs_nl_sock, skb, pid_nr(daemon_pid), 0);
if (rc < 0) {
ecryptfs_printk(KERN_ERR, "Failed to send eCryptfs netlink "
"message; rc = [%d]\n", rc);
rc = 0;
nlmsg_failure:
rc = -EMSGSIZE;
kfree_skb(skb);
out:
return rc;
* ecryptfs_process_nl_reponse
* @skb: The socket buffer containing the netlink message of state
* RESPONSE
* Processes a response message after sending a operation request to
* userspace. Attempts to assign the msg to a netlink context element
* at the index specified in the msg. The sk_buff and nlmsghdr must
* be validated before this function. Returns zero upon delivery to
* desired context element; non-zero upon delivery failure or error.
static int ecryptfs_process_nl_response(struct sk_buff *skb)
struct nlmsghdr *nlh = nlmsg_hdr(skb);
struct ecryptfs_message *msg = NLMSG_DATA(nlh);
struct pid *pid;
if (skb->len - NLMSG_HDRLEN - sizeof(*msg) != msg->data_len) {
rc = -EINVAL;
ecryptfs_printk(KERN_ERR, "Received netlink message with "
"incorrectly specified data length\n");
pid = find_get_pid(NETLINK_CREDS(skb)->pid);
rc = ecryptfs_process_response(msg, NETLINK_CREDS(skb)->uid, NULL,
pid, nlh->nlmsg_seq);
put_pid(pid);
if (rc)
printk(KERN_ERR
"Error processing response message; rc = [%d]\n", rc);
* ecryptfs_process_nl_helo
* @skb: The socket buffer containing the nlmsghdr in HELO state
* Gets uid and pid of the skb and adds the values to the daemon id
* hash. Returns zero after adding a new daemon id to the hash list;
* non-zero otherwise.
static int ecryptfs_process_nl_helo(struct sk_buff *skb)
rc = ecryptfs_process_helo(ECRYPTFS_TRANSPORT_NETLINK,
NETLINK_CREDS(skb)->uid, NULL, pid);
printk(KERN_WARNING "Error processing HELO; rc = [%d]\n", rc);
* ecryptfs_process_nl_quit
* @skb: The socket buffer containing the nlmsghdr in QUIT state
* Gets uid and pid of the skb and deletes the corresponding daemon
* id, if it is the registered that is requesting the
* deletion. Returns zero after deleting the desired daemon id;
static int ecryptfs_process_nl_quit(struct sk_buff *skb)
rc = ecryptfs_process_quit(NETLINK_CREDS(skb)->uid, NULL, pid);
printk(KERN_WARNING
"Error processing QUIT message; rc = [%d]\n", rc);
* ecryptfs_receive_nl_message
* Callback function called by netlink system when a message arrives.
* If the message looks to be valid, then an attempt is made to assign
* it to its desired netlink context element and wake up the process
* that is waiting for a response.
static void ecryptfs_receive_nl_message(struct sk_buff *skb)
nlh = nlmsg_hdr(skb);
if (!NLMSG_OK(nlh, skb->len)) {
ecryptfs_printk(KERN_ERR, "Received corrupt netlink "
"message\n");
goto free;
switch (nlh->nlmsg_type) {
case ECRYPTFS_MSG_RESPONSE:
if (ecryptfs_process_nl_response(skb)) {
ecryptfs_printk(KERN_WARNING, "Failed to "
"deliver netlink response to "
"requesting operation\n");
break;
case ECRYPTFS_MSG_HELO:
if (ecryptfs_process_nl_helo(skb)) {
"fulfill HELO request\n");
case ECRYPTFS_MSG_QUIT:
if (ecryptfs_process_nl_quit(skb)) {
"fulfill QUIT request\n");
default:
ecryptfs_printk(KERN_WARNING, "Dropping netlink "
"message of unrecognized type [%d]\n",
nlh->nlmsg_type);
free:
* ecryptfs_init_netlink
* Initializes the daemon id hash list, netlink context array, and
* necessary locks. Returns zero upon success; non-zero upon error.
int ecryptfs_init_netlink(void)
ecryptfs_nl_sock = netlink_kernel_create(&init_net, NETLINK_ECRYPTFS, 0,
ecryptfs_receive_nl_message,
NULL, THIS_MODULE);
if (!ecryptfs_nl_sock) {
rc = -EIO;
ecryptfs_printk(KERN_ERR, "Failed to create netlink socket\n");
ecryptfs_nl_sock->sk_sndtimeo = ECRYPTFS_DEFAULT_SEND_TIMEOUT;
* ecryptfs_release_netlink
* Frees all memory used by the netlink context array and releases the
* netlink socket.
void ecryptfs_release_netlink(void)
netlink_kernel_release(ecryptfs_nl_sock);
ecryptfs_nl_sock = NULL;