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28.Dd August 10, 2009
29.Dt KAUTH 9
30.Os
31.Sh NAME
32.Nm kauth
33.Nd kernel authorization framework
34.Sh SYNOPSIS
35.In sys/kauth.h
36.Sh DESCRIPTION
37.Nm ,
38or kernel authorization, is the subsystem managing all authorization requests
39inside the kernel.
40It manages user credentials and rights, and can be used
41to implement a system-wide security policy.
42It allows external modules to plug-in the authorization process.
43.Pp
44.Nm
45introduces some new concepts, namely
46.Dq scopes
47and
48.Dq listeners ,
49which will be detailed together with other useful information for kernel
50developers in this document.
51.Ss Types
52Some
53.Nm
54types include the following:
55.Bl -tag -width kauth_listener_t
56.It kauth_cred_t
57Representing credentials that can be associated with an object.
58Includes user- and group-ids (real, effective, and save) as well as group
59membership information.
60.It kauth_scope_t
61Describes a scope.
62.It kauth_listener_t
63Describes a listener.
64.El
65.Ss Terminology
66.Nm
67operates in various
68.Dq scopes ,
69each scope holding a group of
70.Dq listeners .
71.Pp
72Each listener works as a callback for when an authorization request within the
73scope is made.
74When such a request is made, all listeners on the scope are passed common
75information such as the credentials of the request context, an identifier for
76the requested operation, and possibly other information as well.
77.Pp
78Every listener examines the passed information and returns its decision
79regarding the requested operation.
80It can either allow, deny, or defer the operation -- in which case, the
81decision is left to the other listeners.
82.Pp
83For an operation to be allowed, all listeners must not return any deny
84or defer decisions.
85.Pp
86Scopes manage listeners that operate in the same aspect of the system.
87.Ss Kernel Programming Interface
88.Nm
89exports a KPI that allows developers both of
90.Nx
91and third-party products to authorize requests, access and modify credentials,
92create and remove scopes and listeners, and perform other miscellaneous operations on
93credentials.
94.Ss Authorization Requests
95.Nm
96provides a single authorization request routine, which all authorization
97requests go through.
98This routine dispatches the request to the listeners of the appropriate scope,
99together with four optional user-data variables, and returns the augmented
100result.
101.Pp
102It is declared as
103.Pp
104.Ft int Fn kauth_authorize_action "kauth_scope_t scope" "kauth_cred_t cred" \
105"kauth_action_t op" "void *arg0" "void *arg1" "void *arg2" "void *arg3"
106.Pp
107An authorization request can return one of two possible values.
108Zero indicates success -- the operation is allowed;
109.Er EPERM
110(see
111.Xr errno 2 )
112indicates failure -- the operation is denied.
113.Pp
114Each scope has its own authorization wrapper, to make it easy to call from various
115places by eliminating the need to specify the scope and/or cast values.
116The authorization wrappers are detailed in each scope's section.
117.Pp
118.Fn kauth_authorize_action
119has several special cases, when it will always allow the request.
120These are for when the request is issued by the kernel itself (indicated by the
121credentials being either
122.Dv NOCRED
123or
124.Dv FSCRED ) ,
125or when there was no definitive decision from any of the listeners (i.e., it
126was not explicitly allowed or denied) and no security model was loaded.
127.Ss Generic Scope
128The generic scope,
129.Dq org.netbsd.kauth.generic ,
130manages generic authorization requests in the kernel.
131.Pp
132The authorization wrapper for this scope is declared as
133.Pp
134.Ft int Fn kauth_authorize_generic "kauth_cred_t cred" "kauth_action_t op" \
135"void *arg0"
136.Pp
137The following operations are available for this scope:
138.Bl -tag -width compact
139.It Dv KAUTH_GENERIC_ISSUSER
140Checks whether the credentials belong to the super-user.
141.Pp
142Using this request is strongly discouraged and should only be done as a
143temporary place-holder, as it is breaking the separation between the
144interface for authorization requests from the back-end implementation.
145.It Dv KAUTH_GENERIC_CANSEE
146Checks whether an object with one set of credentials can access
147information about another object, possibly with a different set of
148credentials.
149.Pp
150.Ar arg0
151contains the credentials of the object looked at.
152.Pp
153This request should be issued only in cases where generic credentials
154check is required; otherwise it is recommended to use the object-specific
155routines.
156.El
157.Ss System Scope
158The system scope,
159.Dq org.netbsd.kauth.system ,
160manages authorization requests affecting the entire system.
161.Pp
162The authorization wrapper for this scope is declared as
163.Pp
164.Ft int Fn kauth_authorize_system "kauth_cred_t cred" \
165"kauth_action_t op" "enum kauth_system_req req" "void *arg1" "void *arg2" \
166"void *arg3"
167.Pp
168The following requests are available for this scope:
169.Bl -tag -width compact
170.It Dv KAUTH_SYSTEM_ACCOUNTING
171Check if enabling/disabling accounting allowed.
172.It Dv KAUTH_SYSTEM_CHROOT
173.Ar req
174can be any of the following:
175.Bl -tag -width compact
176.It Dv KAUTH_REQ_SYSTEM_CHROOT_CHROOT
177Check if calling
178.Xr chroot 2
179is allowed.
180.It Dv KAUTH_REQ_SYSTEM_CHROOT_FCHROOT
181Check if calling
182.Xr fchroot 2
183is allowed.
184.El
185.It Dv KAUTH_SYSTEM_CPU
186Check CPU-manipulation access.
187.Pp
188.Ar req
189can be any of the following:
190.Bl -tag -width compact
191.It Dv KAUTH_REQ_SYSTEM_CPU_SETSTATE
192Set CPU state, including setting it online or offline.
193.El
194.It Dv KAUTH_SYSTEM_DEBUG
195This request concentrates several debugging-related operations.
196.Ar req
197can be any of the following:
198.Bl -tag -width compact
199.It Dv KAUTH_REQ_SYSTEM_DEBUG_IPKDB
200Check if using
201.Xr ipkdb 4
202is allowed.
203.El
204.It Dv KAUTH_SYSTEM_FILEHANDLE
205Check if filehandle operations allowed.
206.It Dv KAUTH_SYSTEM_FS_QUOTA
207Check if file-system quota operations are allowed.
208.Pp
209.Ar arg1
210is a
211.Ft struct mount *
212describing the file-system mount in question.
213.Ar req
214can be one of the following:
215.Bl -tag -width compact
216.It Dv KAUTH_REQ_SYSTEM_FS_QUOTA_GET
217Check if retrieving quota information is allowed.
218.Pp
219.Ar arg2
220is a
221.Ft uid_t
222with the user-id of the user whose quota information is to be retrieved.
223.It Dv KAUTH_REQ_SYSTEM_FS_QUOTA_ONOFF
224Check if turning quota on/off is allowed.
225.It Dv KAUTH_REQ_SYSTEM_FS_QUOTA_MANAGE
226Check if managing the quota by setting the quota/quota use is allowed.
227.Pp
228.Ar arg2
229is a
230.Ft uid_t
231with the user-id of the user whose quota/quota use is to be set.
232.It Dv KAUTH_REQ_SYSTEM_FS_QUOTA_NOLIMIT
233Check if bypassing the quota (not enforcing it) is allowed.
234.El
235.It Dv KAUTH_SYSTEM_FS_RESERVEDSPACE
236Check if using the file-system reserved space is allowed.
237.It Dv KAUTH_SYSTEM_MODULE
238Check if a module request is allowed.
239.Pp
240.Ar arg1
241is the command.
242.It Dv KAUTH_SYSTEM_MKNOD
243Check if creating devices is allowed.
244.It Dv KAUTH_SYSTEM_MOUNT
245Check if mount-related operations are allowed.
246.Pp
247.Ar req
248can be any of the following:
249.Bl -tag -width compact
250.It Dv KAUTH_REQ_SYSTEM_MOUNT_GET
251Check if retrieving information about a mount is allowed.
252.Ar arg1
253is a
254.Ft struct mount *
255with the mount structure in question,
256.Ar arg2
257is a
258.Ft void *
259with file-system specific data, if any.
260.It Dv KAUTH_REQ_SYSTEM_MOUNT_NEW
261Check if mounting a new file-system is allowed.
262.Pp
263.Ar arg1
264is the
265.Ft struct vnode *
266on which the file-system is to be mounted,
267.Ar arg2
268is an
269.Ft int
270with the mount flags, and
271.Ar arg3
272is a
273.Ft void *
274with file-system specific data, if any.
275.It Dv KAUTH_REQ_SYSTEM_MOUNT_UNMOUNT
276Checks if unmounting a file-system is allowed.
277.Pp
278.Ar arg1
279is a
280.Ft struct mount *
281with the mount in question.
282.It Dv KAUTH_REQ_SYSTEM_MOUNT_UPDATE
283Checks if updating an existing mount is allowed.
284.Pp
285.Ar arg1
286is the
287.Ft struct mount *
288of the existing mount,
289.Ar arg2
290is an
291.Ft int
292with the new mount flags, and
293.Ar arg3
294is a
295.Ft void *
296with file-system specific data, if any.
297.El
298.It Dv KAUTH_SYSTEM_PSET
299Check processor-set manipulation.
300.Pp
301.Ar req
302can be any of the following:
303.Bl -tag -width compact
304.It Dv KAUTH_REQ_SYSTEM_PSET_ASSIGN
305Change processor-set processor assignment.
306.It Dv KAUTH_REQ_SYSTEM_PSET_BIND
307Bind an LWP to a processor-set.
308.It Dv KAUTH_REQ_SYSTEM_PSET_CREATE
309Create a processor-set.
310.It Dv KAUTH_REQ_SYSTEM_PSET_DESTROY
311Destroy a processor-set.
312.El
313.It Dv KAUTH_SYSTEM_REBOOT
314Check if rebooting is allowed.
315.It Dv KAUTH_SYSTEM_SETIDCORE
316Check if changing coredump settings for set-id processes is allowed.
317.It Dv KAUTH_SYSTEM_SWAPCTL
318Check if privileged
319.Xr swapctl 2
320requests are allowed.
321.It Dv KAUTH_SYSTEM_SYSCTL
322This requests operations related to
323.Xr sysctl 9 .
324.Ar req
325indicates the specific request and can be one of the following:
326.Bl -tag -width compact
327.It Dv KAUTH_REQ_SYSTEM_SYSCTL_ADD
328Check if adding a
329.Xr sysctl 9
330node is allowed.
331.It Dv KAUTH_REQ_SYSTEM_SYSCTL_DELETE
332Check if deleting a
333.Xr sysctl 9
334node is allowed.
335.It Dv KAUTH_REQ_SYSTEM_SYSCTL_DESC
336Check if adding description to a
337.Xr sysctl 9
338node is allowed.
339.It Dv KAUTH_REQ_SYSTEM_SYSCTL_MODIFY
340Check if modifying a
341.Xr sysctl 9
342node variable that doesn't have a custom sysctl helper function is allowed.
343.Pp
344This request might be deprecated in the future.
345.It Dv KAUTH_REQ_SYSTEM_SYSCTL_PRVT
346Check if accessing private
347.Xr sysctl 9
348nodes is allowed.
349.El
350.It Dv KAUTH_SYSTEM_TIME
351This request groups time-related operations.
352.Ar req
353can be any of the following:
354.Bl -tag -width compact
355.It Dv KAUTH_REQ_SYSTEM_TIME_ADJTIME
356Check if changing the time using
357.Xr adjtime 2
358is allowed.
359.It Dv KAUTH_REQ_SYSTEM_TIME_NTPADJTIME
360Check if setting the time using
361.Xr ntp_adjtime 2
362is allowed.
363.It Dv KAUTH_REQ_SYSTEM_TIME_SYSTEM
364Check if changing the time (usually via
365.Xr settimeofday 2 )
366is allowed.
367.Pp
368.Ar arg1
369is a
370.Ft struct timespec *
371with the new time,
372.Ar arg2
373is a
374.Ft struct timeval *
375with the delta from the current time,
376.Ar arg3
377is a
378.Ft bool
379indicating whether the caller is a device context (e.g.
380.Pa /dev/clockctl )
381or not.
382.It Dv KAUTH_REQ_SYSTEM_TIME_RTCOFFSET
383Check if changing the RTC offset is allowed.
384.It Dv KAUTH_REQ_SYSTEM_TIME_TIMECOUNTERS
385Check if manipulating timecounters is allowed.
386.El
387.El
388.Ss Process Scope
389The process scope,
390.Dq org.netbsd.kauth.process ,
391manages authorization requests related to processes in the system.
392.Pp
393The authorization wrapper for this scope is declared as
394.Pp
395.Ft int Fn kauth_authorize_process "kauth_cred_t cred" \
396"kauth_action_t op" "struct proc *p" "void *arg1" "void *arg2" \
397"void *arg3"
398.Pp
399The following operations are available for this scope:
400.Bl -tag -width compact
401.It Dv KAUTH_PROCESS_KTRACE
402Checks whether an object with one set of credentials can
403.Xr ktrace 1
404another process
405.Ar p ,
406possibly with a different set of credentials.
407.Pp
408If
409.Ar arg1
410is
411.Dv KAUTH_REQ_PROCESS_KTRACE_PERSISTENT ,
412this checks if persistent tracing can be done.
413Persistent tracing maintains the trace across a set-user-id/set-group-id
414.Xr exec 3 ,
415and normally requires privileged credentials.
416.It Dv KAUTH_PROCESS_PROCFS
417Checks whether object with passed credentials can use
418.Em procfs
419to access process
420.Ar p .
421.Pp
422.Ar arg1
423is the
424.Ft struct pfsnode *
425for the target element in the target process, and
426.Ar arg2
427is the access type, which can be either
428.Dv KAUTH_REQ_PROCESS_PROCFS_CTL ,
429.Dv KAUTH_REQ_PROCESS_PROCFS_READ ,
430.Dv KAUTH_REQ_PROCESS_PROCFS_RW ,
431or
432.Dv KAUTH_REQ_PROCESS_PROCFS_WRITE ,
433indicating
434.Em control ,
435.Em read ,
436.Em read-write ,
437or
438.Em write
439access respectively.
440.It Dv KAUTH_PROCESS_PTRACE
441Checks whether object with passed credentials can use
442.Xr ptrace 2
443to access process
444.Ar p .
445.Pp
446.Ar arg1
447is the
448.Xr ptrace 2
449command.
450.It Dv KAUTH_PROCESS_CANSEE
451Checks whether an object with one set of credentials can access
452information about another process, possibly with a different set of
453credentials.
454.Pp
455.Ar arg1
456indicates the class of information being viewed, and can either of
457.Dv KAUTH_REQ_PROCESS_CANSEE_ARGS ,
458.Dv KAUTH_REQ_PROCESS_CANSEE_ENTRY ,
459.Dv KAUTH_REQ_PROCESS_CANSEE_ENV ,
460or
461.Dv KAUTH_REQ_PROCESS_CANSEE_OPENFILES .
462.It Dv KAUTH_PROCESS_SCHEDULER_GETAFFINITY
463Checks whether viewing the scheduler affinity is allowed.
464.It Dv KAUTH_PROCESS_SCHEDULER_SETAFFINITY
465Checks whether setting the scheduler affinity is allowed.
466.It Dv KAUTH_PROCESS_SCHEDULER_GETPARAMS
467Checks whether viewing the scheduler policy and parameters is allowed.
468.It Dv KAUTH_PROCESS_SCHEDULER_SETPARAMS
469Checks whether modifying the scheduler policy and parameters is allowed.
470.It Dv KAUTH_PROCESS_SIGNAL
471Checks whether an object with one set of credentials can post signals
472to another process.
473.Pp
474.Ar p
475is the process the signal is being posted to, and
476.Ar arg1
477is the signal number.
478.It Dv KAUTH_PROCESS_CORENAME
479Controls access to process corename.
480.Pp
481.Ar arg1
482can be
483.Dv KAUTH_REQ_PROCESS_CORENAME_GET
484or
485.Dv KAUTH_REQ_PROCESS_CORENAME_SET ,
486indicating access to read or write the process' corename, respectively.
487.Pp
488When modifying the corename,
489.Ar arg2
490holds the new corename to be used.
491.It Dv KAUTH_PROCESS_FORK
492Checks if the process can fork.
493.Ar arg1
494is an
495.Ft int
496indicating how many processes exist on the system at the time of the check.
497.It Dv KAUTH_PROCESS_KEVENT_FILTER
498Checks whether setting a process
499.Xr kevent 2
500filter is allowed.
501.Pp
502.It Dv KAUTH_PROCESS_NICE
503Checks whether the
504.Em nice
505value of
506.Ar p
507can be changed to
508.Ar arg1 .
509.It Dv KAUTH_PROCESS_RLIMIT
510Controls access to process resource limits.
511.Pp
512.Ar arg1
513can be
514.Dv KAUTH_REQ_PROCESS_RLIMIT_GET
515or
516.Dv KAUTH_REQ_PROCESS_RLIMIT_SET ,
517indicating access to read or write the process' resource limits, respectively.
518.Pp
519When modifying resource limits,
520.Ar arg2
521is the new value to be used and
522.Ar arg3
523indicates which resource limit is to be modified.
524.It Dv KAUTH_PROCESS_SETID
525Check if changing the user- or group-ids, groups, or login-name for
526.Ar p
527is allowed.
528.It Dv KAUTH_PROCESS_STOPFLAG
529Check if setting the stop flags for
530.Xr exec 3 ,
531.Xr exit 3 ,
532and
533.Xr fork 2
534is allowed.
535.Pp
536.Ar arg1
537indicates the flag, and can be either
538.Dv P_STOPEXEC ,
539.Dv P_STOPEXIT ,
540or
541.Dv P_STOPFORK
542respectively.
543.El
544.Ss Network Scope
545The network scope,
546.Dq org.netbsd.kauth.network ,
547manages networking-related authorization requests in the kernel.
548.Pp
549The authorization wrapper for this scope is declared as
550.Pp
551.Ft int Fn kauth_authorize_network "kauth_cred_t cred" "kauth_action_t op" \
552"enum kauth_network_req req" "void *arg1" "void *arg2" "void *arg3"
553.Pp
554The following operations are available for this scope:
555.Bl -tag -width compact
556.It Dv KAUTH_NETWORK_ALTQ
557Checks if an ALTQ operation is allowed.
558.Pp
559.Ar req
560indicates the ALTQ subsystem in question, and can be one of the following:
561.Pp
562.Bl -tag -compact -width compact
563.It Dv KAUTH_REQ_NETWORK_ALTQ_AFMAP
564.It Dv KAUTH_REQ_NETWORK_ALTQ_BLUE
565.It Dv KAUTH_REQ_NETWORK_ALTQ_CBQ
566.It Dv KAUTH_REQ_NETWORK_ALTQ_CDNR
567.It Dv KAUTH_REQ_NETWORK_ALTQ_CONF
568.It Dv KAUTH_REQ_NETWORK_ALTQ_FIFOQ
569.It Dv KAUTH_REQ_NETWORK_ALTQ_HFSC
570.It Dv KAUTH_REQ_NETWORK_ALTQ_JOBS
571.It Dv KAUTH_REQ_NETWORK_ALTQ_PRIQ
572.It Dv KAUTH_REQ_NETWORK_ALTQ_RED
573.It Dv KAUTH_REQ_NETWORK_ALTQ_RIO
574.It Dv KAUTH_REQ_NETWORK_ALTQ_WFQ
575.El
576.It Dv KAUTH_NETWORK_BIND
577Checks if a
578.Xr bind 2
579request is allowed.
580.Pp
581.Ar req
582allows to indicate the type of the request to structure listeners and callers
583easier.
584Supported request types:
585.Bl -tag -width compact
586.It Dv KAUTH_REQ_NETWORK_BIND_PORT
587Checks if binding to a non-privileged/reserved port is allowed.
588.It Dv KAUTH_REQ_NETWORK_BIND_PRIVPORT
589Checks if binding to a privileged/reserved port is allowed.
590.El
591.It Dv KAUTH_NETWORK_FIREWALL
592Checks if firewall-related operations are allowed.
593.Pp
594.Ar req
595indicates the sub-action, and can be one of the following:
596.Bl -tag -width compact
597.It Dv KAUTH_REQ_NETWORK_FIREWALL_FW
598Modification of packet filtering rules.
599.It Dv KAUTH_REQ_NETWORK_FIREWALL_NAT
600Modification of NAT rules.
601.El
602.It Dv KAUTH_NETWORK_INTERFACE
603Checks if network interface-related operations are allowed.
604.Pp
605.Ar arg1
606is (optionally) the
607.Ft struct ifnet *
608associated with the interface.
609.Ar arg2
610is (optionally) an
611.Ft int
612describing the interface-specific operation.
613.Ar arg3
614is (optionally) a pointer to the interface-specific request structure.
615.Ar req
616indicates the sub-action, and can be one of the following:
617.Bl -tag -width compact
618.It Dv KAUTH_REQ_NETWORK_INTERFACE_GET
619Check if retrieving information from the device is allowed.
620.It Dv KAUTH_REQ_NETWORK_INTERFACE_GETPRIV
621Check if retrieving privileged information from the device is allowed.
622.It Dv KAUTH_REQ_NETWORK_INTERFACE_SET
623Check if setting parameters on the device is allowed.
624.It Dv KAUTH_REQ_NETWORK_INTERFACE_SETPRIV
625Check if setting privileged parameters on the device is allowed.
626.El
627.Pp
628Note that unless the
629.Ft struct ifnet *
630for the interface was passed in
631.Ar arg1 ,
632there's no way to tell what structure
633.Ar arg3
634is.
635.It Dv KAUTH_NETWORK_INTERFACE_PPP
636Checks if operations performed on the
637.Xr ppp 4
638network interface are allowed.
639.Pp
640.Ar req
641can be one of the following:
642.Bl -tag -width compact
643.It Dv KAUTH_REQ_NETWORK_INTERFACE_PPP_ADD
644Checks if adding and enabling a
645.Xr ppp 4
646interface to the system is allowed.
647.El
648.It Dv KAUTH_NETWORK_INTERFACE_SLIP
649Checks if operations performed on the
650.Xr sl 4
651network interface are allowed.
652.Pp
653.Ar req
654can be one of the following:
655.Bl -tag -width compact
656.It Dv KAUTH_REQ_NETWORK_INTERFACE_SLIP_ADD
657Checks if adding and enabling a
658.Xr sl 4
659interface to the system is allowed.
660.El
661.It Dv KAUTH_NETWORK_INTERFACE_STRIP
662Checks if operations performed on the
663.Xr strip 4
664network interface are allowed.
665.Pp
666.Ar req
667can be one of the following:
668.Bl -tag -width compact
669.It Dv KAUTH_REQ_NETWORK_INTERFACE_STRIP_ADD
670Check if adding and enabling a
671.Xr strip 4
672interface to the system is allowed.
673.El
674.It Dv KAUTH_NETWORK_INTERFACE_TUN
675Checks if operations performed on the
676.Xr tun 4
677network interface are allowed.
678.Pp
679.Ar req
680can be one of the following:
681.Bl -tag -width compact
682.It Dv KAUTH_REQ_NETWORK_INTERFACE_TUN_ADD
683Checks if adding and enabling a
684.Xr tun 4
685interface to the system is allowed.
686.El
687.It Dv KAUTH_NETWORK_FORWSRCRT
688Checks whether status of forwarding of source-routed packets can be modified
689or not.
690.It Dv KAUTH_NETWORK_NFS
691Check is an NFS related operation is allowed.
692.Pp
693.Ar req
694can be any of the following:
695.Bl -tag -width compact
696.It Dv KAUTH_REQ_NETWORK_NFS_EXPORT
697Check if modifying the NFS export table is allowed.
698.It Dv KAUTH_REQ_NETWORK_NFS_SVC
699Check if access to the NFS
700.Xr nfssvc 2
701syscall is allowed.
702.El
703.It Dv KAUTH_NETWORK_ROUTE
704Checks if a routing-related request is allowed.
705.Pp
706.Ar arg1
707is the
708.Ft struct rt_msghdr *
709for the request.
710.It Dv KAUTH_NETWORK_SOCKET
711Checks if a socket related operation is allowed.
712.Pp
713.Ar req
714allows to indicate the type of the request to structure listeners and callers
715easier.
716Supported request types:
717.Bl -tag -width compact
718.It Dv KAUTH_REQ_NETWORK_SOCKET_RAWSOCK
719Checks if opening a raw socket is allowed.
720.It Dv KAUTH_REQ_NETWORK_SOCKET_OPEN
721Checks if opening a socket is allowed.
722.Ar arg1 , arg2 ,
723and
724.Ar arg3
725are all
726.Ft int
727parameters describing the domain, socket type, and protocol,
728respectively.
729.It Dv KAUTH_REQ_NETWORK_SOCKET_CANSEE
730Checks if looking at the socket passed is allowed.
731.Pp
732.Ar arg1
733is a
734.Ft struct socket *
735describing the socket.
736.It Dv KAUTH_REQ_NETWORK_SOCKET_DROP
737Checks if a connection can be dropped.
738.Pp
739.Ar arg1
740is a
741.Ft struct socket *
742describing the socket.
743.It Dv KAUTH_REQ_NETWORK_SOCKET_SETPRIV
744Checks if setting privileged socket options is allowed.
745.Pp
746.Ar arg1
747is a
748.Ft struct socket *
749describing the socket,
750.Ar arg2
751is a
752.Ft u_long
753describing the socket option.
754.El
755.El
756.Ss Machine-dependent Scope
757The machine-dependent (machdep) scope,
758.Dq org.netbsd.kauth.machdep ,
759manages machine-dependent authorization requests in the kernel.
760.Pp
761The authorization wrapper for this scope is declared as
762.Pp
763.Ft int Fn kauth_authorize_machdep "kauth_cred_t cred" "kauth_action_t op" \
764"void *arg0" "void *arg1" "void *arg2" "void *arg3"
765.Pp
766The actions on this scope provide a set that may or may not affect all
767platforms.
768Below is a list of available actions, along with which platforms are affected
769by each.
770.Bl -tag -width compact
771.It Dv KAUTH_MACHDEP_CACHEFLUSH
772Request to flush the whole CPU cache.
773Affects
774.Em m68k
775Linux emulation.
776.It Dv KAUTH_MACHDEP_IOPERM_GET
777Request to get the I/O permission level.
778Affects
779.Em amd64 ,
780.Em i386 ,
781.Em xen .
782.It Dv KAUTH_MACHDEP_IOPERM_SET
783Request to set the I/O permission level.
784Affects
785.Em amd64 ,
786.Em i386 ,
787.Em xen .
788.It Dv KAUTH_MACHDEP_IOPL
789Request to set the I/O privilege level.
790Affects
791.Em amd64 ,
792.Em i386 ,
793.Em xen .
794.It Dv KAUTH_MACHDEP_LDT_GET
795Request to get the LDT (local descriptor table).
796Affects
797.Em amd64 ,
798.Em i386 ,
799.Em xen .
800.It Dv KAUTH_MACHDEP_LDT_SET
801Request to set the LDT (local descriptor table).
802Affects
803.Em amd64 ,
804.Em i386 ,
805.Em xen .
806.It Dv KAUTH_MACHDEP_MTRR_GET
807Request to get the MTRR (memory type range registers).
808Affects
809.Em amd64 ,
810.Em i386 ,
811.Em xen .
812.It Dv KAUTH_MACHDEP_MTRR_SET
813Request to set the MTRR (memory type range registers).
814Affects
815.Em amd64 ,
816.Em i386 ,
817.Em xen .
818.It Dv KAUTH_MACHDEP_NVRAM
819Request to access (read/write) the NVRAM.
820Affects
821.Em i386 .
822.It Dv KAUTH_MACHDEP_UNMANAGEDMEM
823Request to access unmanaged memory.
824Affects
825.Em alpha ,
826.Em amd64 ,
827.Em arm ,
828.Em i386 ,
829.Em powerpc ,
830.Em sh3 ,
831.Em vax ,
832.Em xen .
833.El
834.Ss Device Scope
835The device scope,
836.Dq org.netbsd.kauth.device ,
837manages authorization requests related to devices on the system.
838Devices can be, for example, terminals, tape drives, Bluetooth accessories, and
839any other hardware.
840Network devices specifically are handled by the
841.Em network
842scope.
843.Pp
844In addition to the standard authorization wrapper:
845.Pp
846.Ft int Fn kauth_authorize_device "kauth_cred_t cred" "kauth_action_t op" \
847"void *arg0" "void *arg1" "void *arg2" "void *arg3"
848.Pp
849this scope provides authorization wrappers for various device types.
850.Pp
851.Ft int Fn kauth_authorize_device_tty "kauth_cred_t cred" "kauth_action_t op" \
852"struct tty *tty"
853.Pp
854Authorizes requests for
855.Em terminal devices
856on the system.
857The third argument,
858.Ar tty ,
859is the terminal device in question.
860It is passed to the listener as
861.Ar arg0 .
862The second argument,
863.Ar op ,
864is the action and can be one of the following:
865.Bl -tag -width compact
866.It Dv KAUTH_DEVICE_TTY_OPEN
867Open the terminal device pointed to by
868.Ar tty .
869.It Dv KAUTH_DEVICE_TTY_PRIVSET
870Set privileged settings on the terminal device pointed to by
871.Ar tty .
872.It Dv KAUTH_DEVICE_TTY_STI
873Use the
874.Dq TIOCSTI
875device
876.Xr ioctl 2 ,
877allowing to inject characters into the terminal buffer, simulating terminal
878input.
879.El
880.Pp
881.Ft int Fn kauth_authorize_device_spec "kauth_cred_t cred" \
882"enum kauth_device_req req" "struct vnode *vp"
883.Pp
884Authorizes requests for
885.Em special files ,
886usually disk devices, but also direct memory access, on the system.
887.Pp
888It passes
889.Dv KAUTH_DEVICE_RAWIO_SPEC
890as the action to the listener, and accepts two arguments.
891.Ar req ,
892passed to the listener as
893.Ar arg0 ,
894is access requested, and can be one of
895.Dv KAUTH_REQ_DEVICE_RAWIO_SPEC_READ ,
896.Dv KAUTH_REQ_DEVICE_RAWIO_SPEC_WRITE ,
897or
898.Dv KAUTH_REQ_DEVICE_RAWIO_SPEC_RW ,
899representing read, write, or both read/write access respectively.
900.Ar vp
901is the vnode of the special file in question, and is passed to the listener as
902.Ar arg1 .
903.Pp
904Keep in mind that it is the responsibility of the security model developer to
905check whether the underlying device is a disk or the system memory, using
906.Fn iskmemdev :
907.Bd -literal -offset indent
908if ((vp-\*[Gt]v_type == VCHR) \*[Am]\*[Am]
909    iskmemdev(vp-\*[Gt]v_un.vu_specinfo-\*[Gt]si_rdev))
910	/* system memory access */
911.Ed
912.Pp
913.Ft int Fn kauth_authorize_device_passthru "kauth_cred_t cred" "dev_t dev" \
914"u_long mode" "void *data"
915.Pp
916Authorizes hardware
917.Em passthru
918requests, or user commands passed directly to the hardware.
919These have the potential of resulting in direct disk and/or memory access.
920.Pp
921It passes
922.Dv KAUTH_DEVICE_RAWIO_PASSTHRU
923as the action to the listener, and accepts three arguments.
924.Ar dev ,
925passed as
926.Ar arg1
927to the listener, is the device for which the request is made.
928.Ar mode ,
929passed as
930.Ar arg0
931to the listener, is a generic representation of the access mode requested.
932It can be one or more (binary-OR'd) of the following:
933.Pp
934.Bl -tag -width compact -offset indent -compact
935.It KAUTH_REQ_DEVICE_RAWIO_PASSTHRU_READ
936.It KAUTH_REQ_DEVICE_RAWIO_PASSTHRU_READCONF
937.It KAUTH_REQ_DEVICE_RAWIO_PASSTHRU_WRITE
938.It KAUTH_REQ_DEVICE_RAWIO_PASSTHRU_WRITECONF
939.El
940.Pp
941.Ar data ,
942passed as
943.Ar arg2
944to the listener, is device-specific data that may be associated with the
945request.
946.Ss Bluetooth Devices
947Authorizing actions relevant to Bluetooth devices is done using the standard
948authorization wrapper, with the following actions:
949.Pp
950.Bl -tag -width compact
951.It KAUTH_DEVICE_BLUETOOTH_BCSP
952Check if operations on a
953.Xr bcsp 4
954device are allowed.
955.Pp
956.Ar arg0
957is an
958.Ft enum kauth_device_req
959with one of the following values:
960.Bl -tag -width compact
961.It Dv KAUTH_REQ_DEVICE_BLUETOOTH_BCSP_ADD
962Check if adding and enabling a
963.Xr bcsp 4
964device is allowed.
965.El
966.It KAUTH_DEVICE_BLUETOOTH_BTUART
967Check if operations on a
968.Xr btuart 4
969device are allowed.
970.Pp
971.Ar arg0
972is an
973.Ft enum kauth_device_req
974with one of the following values:
975.Bl -tag -width compact
976.It Dv KAUTH_REQ_DEVICE_BLUETOOTH_BTUART_ADD
977Check if adding and enabling a
978.Xr btuart 4
979device is allowed.
980.El
981.It KAUTH_DEVICE_BLUETOOTH_RECV
982Check if a packet can be received from the device.
983.Pp
984.Ar arg0
985is the packet type.
986For
987.Dv HCI_CMD_PKT
988packets,
989.Ar arg1
990is the opcode, for
991.Dv HCI_EVENT_PKT
992packets,
993.Ar arg1
994is the event ID, and for
995.Dv HCI_ACLDATA_PKT
996or
997.Dv HCI_SCODATA_PKT
998packets,
999.Ar arg1
1000is the connection handle.
1001.It KAUTH_DEVICE_BLUETOOTH_SEND
1002Check if a packet can be sent to the device.
1003.Pp
1004.Ar arg0
1005is a
1006.Ft struct hci_unit *
1007describing the HCI unit,
1008.Ar arg1
1009is a
1010.Ft hci_cmd_hdr_t *
1011describing the packet header.
1012.It KAUTH_DEVICE_BLUETOOTH_SETPRIV
1013Check if privileged settings can be changed.
1014.Pp
1015.Ar arg0
1016is a
1017.Ft struct hci_unit *
1018describing the HCI unit,
1019.Ar arg1
1020is a
1021.Ft struct btreq *
1022describing the request, and
1023.Ar arg2
1024is a
1025.Ft u_long
1026describing the command.
1027.El
1028.Ss Kernel random device
1029Authorization actions relevant to the kernel random device,
1030.Xr rnd 4 ,
1031is done using the standard authorization wrapper, with the following actions:
1032.Pp
1033.Bl -tag -width compact
1034.It KAUTH_DEVICE_RND_ADDDATA
1035Check if adding data to the entropy pool is allowed.
1036.It KAUTH_DEVICE_RND_GETPRIV
1037Check if privileged settings and information can be retrieved.
1038.It KAUTH_DEVICE_RND_SETPRIV
1039Check if privileged settings can be changed.
1040.El
1041.Ss Credentials Scope
1042The credentials scope,
1043.Dq org.netbsd.kauth.cred ,
1044is a special scope used internally by the
1045.Nm
1046framework to provide hooking to credential-related operations.
1047.Pp
1048It is a
1049.Dq notify-only
1050scope, allowing hooking operations such as initialization of new credentials,
1051credential inheritance during a fork, and copying and freeing of credentials.
1052The main purpose for this scope is to give a security model a way to control
1053the aforementioned operations, especially in cases where the credentials
1054hold security model-private data.
1055.Pp
1056Notifications are made using the following function, which is internal to
1057.Nm :
1058.Pp
1059.Ft int Fn kauth_cred_hook "kauth_cred_t cred" "kauth_action_t action" \
1060"void *arg0" "void *arg1"
1061.Pp
1062With the following actions:
1063.Bl -tag -width compact
1064.It Dv KAUTH_CRED_COPY
1065The credentials are being copied.
1066.Ar cred
1067are the credentials of the lwp context doing the copy, and
1068.Ar arg0
1069and
1070.Ar arg1
1071are both
1072.Ft kauth_cred_t
1073representing the
1074.Dq from
1075and
1076.Dq to
1077credentials, respectively.
1078.It Dv KAUTH_CRED_FORK
1079The credentials are being inherited from a parent to a child process during a
1080fork.
1081.Pp
1082.Ar cred
1083are the credentials of the lwp context doing the fork, and
1084.Ar arg0
1085and
1086.Ar arg1
1087are both
1088.Ft struct proc *
1089of the parent and child processes, respectively.
1090.It Dv KAUTH_CRED_FREE
1091The credentials in
1092.Ar cred
1093are being freed.
1094.It Dv KAUTH_CRED_INIT
1095The credentials in
1096.Ar cred
1097are being initialized.
1098.El
1099.Pp
1100Since this is a notify-only scope, all listeners are required to return
1101.Dv KAUTH_RESULT_ALLOW .
1102.Ss Credentials Accessors and Mutators
1103.Nm
1104has a variety of accessor and mutator routines to handle
1105.Ft kauth_cred_t
1106objects.
1107.Pp
1108The following routines can be used to access and modify the user- and
1109group-ids in a
1110.Ft kauth_cred_t :
1111.Bl -tag -width compact
1112.It Ft uid_t Fn kauth_cred_getuid "kauth_cred_t cred"
1113Returns the real user-id from
1114.Ar cred .
1115.It Ft uid_t Fn kauth_cred_geteuid "kauth_cred_t cred"
1116Returns the effective user-id from
1117.Ar cred .
1118.It Ft uid_t Fn kauth_cred_getsvuid "kauth_cred_t cred"
1119Returns the saved user-id from
1120.Ar cred .
1121.It Ft void Fn kauth_cred_setuid "kauth_cred_t cred" "uid_t uid"
1122Sets the real user-id in
1123.Ar cred
1124to
1125.Ar uid .
1126.It Ft void Fn kauth_cred_seteuid "kauth_cred_t cred" "uid_t uid"
1127Sets the effective user-id in
1128.Ar cred
1129to
1130.Ar uid .
1131.It Ft void Fn kauth_cred_setsvuid "kauth_cred_t cred" "uid_t uid"
1132Sets the saved user-id in
1133.Ar cred
1134to
1135.Ar uid .
1136.It Ft gid_t Fn kauth_cred_getgid "kauth_cred_t cred"
1137Returns the real group-id from
1138.Ar cred .
1139.It Ft gid_t Fn kauth_cred_getegid "kauth_cred_t cred"
1140Returns the effective group-id from
1141.Ar cred .
1142.It Ft gid_t Fn kauth_cred_getsvgid "kauth_cred_t cred"
1143Returns the saved group-id from
1144.Ar cred .
1145.It Ft void Fn kauth_cred_setgid "kauth_cred_t cred" "gid_t gid"
1146Sets the real group-id in
1147.Ar cred
1148to
1149.Ar gid .
1150.It Ft void Fn kauth_cred_setegid "kauth_cred_t cred" "gid_t gid"
1151Sets the effective group-id in
1152.Ar cred
1153to
1154.Ar gid .
1155.It Ft void Fn kauth_cred_setsvgid "kauth_cred_t cred" "gid_t gid"
1156Sets the saved group-id in
1157.Ar cred
1158to
1159.Ar gid .
1160.It Ft u_int Fn kauth_cred_getrefcnt "kauth_cred_t cred"
1161Return the reference count for
1162.Ar cred .
1163.El
1164.Pp
1165The following routines can be used to access and modify the group
1166list in a
1167.Ft kauth_cred_t :
1168.Bl -tag -width compact
1169.It Ft int Fn kauth_cred_ismember_gid "kauth_cred_t cred" "gid_t gid" \
1170"int *resultp"
1171Checks if the group-id
1172.Ar gid
1173is a member in the group list of
1174.Ar cred .
1175.Pp
1176If it is,
1177.Ar resultp
1178will be set to one, otherwise, to zero.
1179.Pp
1180The return value is an error code, or zero for success.
1181.It Ft u_int Fn kauth_cred_ngroups "kauth_cred_t cred"
1182Return the number of groups in the group list of
1183.Ar cred .
1184.It Ft gid_t Fn kauth_cred_group "kauth_cred_t cred" "u_int idx"
1185Return the group-id of the group at index
1186.Ar idx
1187in the group list of
1188.Ar cred .
1189.It Ft int Fn kauth_cred_setgroups "kauth_cred_t cred" "const gid_t *groups" \
1190"size_t ngroups" "uid_t gmuid" "enum uio_seg seg"
1191Copy
1192.Ar ngroups
1193groups from array pointed to by
1194.Ar groups
1195to the group list in
1196.Ar cred ,
1197adjusting the number of groups in
1198.Ar cred
1199appropriately.
1200.Ar seg
1201should be either
1202.Dv UIO_USERSPACE
1203or
1204.Dv UIO_SYSSPACE
1205indicating whether
1206.Ar groups
1207is a user or kernel space address.
1208.Pp
1209Any groups remaining will be set to an invalid value.
1210.Pp
1211.Ar gmuid
1212is unused for now, and to maintain interface compatibility with the Darwin
1213KPI.
1214.Pp
1215The return value is an error code, or zero for success.
1216.It Ft int Fn kauth_cred_getgroups "kauth_cred_t cred" "gid_t *groups" \
1217"size_t ngroups" "enum uio_seg seg"
1218Copy
1219.Ar ngroups
1220groups from the group list in
1221.Ar cred
1222to the buffer pointed to by
1223.Ar groups .
1224.Ar seg
1225should be either
1226.Dv UIO_USERSPACE
1227or
1228.Dv UIO_SYSSPACE
1229indicating whether
1230.Ar groups
1231is a user or kernel space address.
1232.Pp
1233The return value is an error code, or zero for success.
1234.El
1235.Ss Credential Private Data
1236.Nm
1237provides an interface to allow attaching security-model private data to
1238credentials.
1239.Pp
1240The use of this interface has two parts that can be divided to direct and
1241indirect control of the private-data.
1242Directly controlling the private data is done by using the below routines,
1243while the indirect control is often dictated by events such as process
1244fork, and is handled by listening on the credentials scope (see above).
1245.Pp
1246Attaching private data to credentials works by registering a key to serve
1247as a unique identifier, distinguishing various sets of private data that
1248may be associated with the credentials.
1249Registering, and deregistering, a key is done by using these routines:
1250.Pp
1251.Bl -tag -width compact
1252.It Ft int Fn kauth_register_key "const char *name" "kauth_key_t *keyp"
1253Register new key for private data for
1254.Ar name
1255(usually, the security model name).
1256.Ar keyp
1257will be used to return the key to be used in further calls.
1258.Pp
1259The function returns 0 on success and an error code (see
1260.Xr errno 2 )
1261on failure.
1262.It Ft int Fn kauth_deregister_key "kauth_key_t key"
1263Deregister private data key
1264.Ar key .
1265.El
1266.Pp
1267Once registered, private data may be manipulated by the following routines:
1268.Bl -tag -width compact
1269.It Ft void Fn kauth_cred_setdata "kauth_cred_t cred" "kauth_key_t key" \
1270"void *data"
1271Set private data for
1272.Ar key
1273in
1274.Ar cred
1275to be
1276.Ar data .
1277.It Ft void * Fn kauth_cred_getdata "kauth_cred_t cred" "kauth_key_t key"
1278Retrieve private data for
1279.Ar key
1280in
1281.Ar cred .
1282.El
1283.Pp
1284Note that it is required to use the above routines every time the private
1285data is changed, i.e., using
1286.Fn kauth_cred_getdata
1287and later modifying the private data should be accompanied by a call to
1288.Fn kauth_cred_setdata
1289with the
1290.Dq new
1291private data.
1292.Ss Credential Inheritance and Reference Counting
1293.Nm
1294provides an interface for handling shared credentials.
1295.Pp
1296When a
1297.Ft kauth_cred_t
1298is first allocated, its reference count is set to 1.
1299However, with time, its reference count can grow as more objects (processes,
1300LWPs, files, etc.) reference it.
1301.Pp
1302The following routines are available for managing credentials reference
1303counting:
1304.Bl -tag -width compact
1305.It Ft void Fn kauth_cred_hold "kauth_cred_t cred"
1306Increases reference count to
1307.Ar cred
1308by one.
1309.It Ft void Fn kauth_cred_free "kauth_cred_t cred"
1310Decreases the reference count to
1311.Ar cred
1312by one.
1313.Pp
1314If the reference count dropped to zero, the memory used by
1315.Ar cred
1316will be freed.
1317.El
1318.Pp
1319Credential inheritance happens during a
1320.Xr fork 2 ,
1321and is handled by the following function:
1322.Pp
1323.Ft void Fn kauth_proc_fork "struct proc *parent" "struct proc *child"
1324.Pp
1325When called, it references the parent's credentials from the child,
1326and calls the credentials scope's hook with the
1327.Dv KAUTH_CRED_FORK
1328action to allow security model-specific handling of the inheritance
1329to take place.
1330.Ss Credentials Memory Management
1331Data-structures for credentials, listeners, and scopes are allocated from
1332memory pools managed by the
1333.Xr pool 9
1334subsystem.
1335.Pp
1336The
1337.Ft kauth_cred_t
1338objects have their own memory management routines:
1339.Bl -tag -width compact
1340.It Ft kauth_cred_t Fn kauth_cred_alloc "void"
1341Allocates a new
1342.Ft kauth_cred_t ,
1343initializes its lock, and sets its reference count to one.
1344.El
1345.Ss Conversion Routines
1346Sometimes it might be necessary to convert a
1347.Ft kauth_cred_t
1348to userland's view of credentials, a
1349.Ft struct uucred ,
1350or vice versa.
1351.Pp
1352The following routines are available for these cases:
1353.Bl -tag -width compact
1354.It Ft void Fn kauth_uucred_to_cred "kauth_cred_t cred" "const struct uucred *uucred"
1355Convert userland's view of credentials to a
1356.Ft kauth_cred_t .
1357.Pp
1358This includes effective user- and group-ids, a number of groups, and a group
1359list.
1360The reference count is set to one.
1361.Pp
1362Note that
1363.Nm
1364will try to copy as many groups as can be held inside a
1365.Ft kauth_cred_t .
1366.It Ft void Fn kauth_cred_to_uucred "struct uucred *uucred" "const kauth_cred_t cred"
1367Convert
1368.Ft kauth_cred_t
1369to userland's view of credentials.
1370.Pp
1371This includes effective user- and group-ids, a number of groups, and a group
1372list.
1373.Pp
1374Note that
1375.Nm
1376will try to copy as many groups as can be held inside a
1377.Ft struct uucred .
1378.It Ft int Fn kauth_cred_uucmp "kauth_cred_t cred" "struct uucred *uucred"
1379Compares
1380.Ar cred
1381with the userland credentials in
1382.Ar uucred .
1383.Pp
1384Common values that will be compared are effective user- and group-ids, and
1385the group list.
1386.El
1387.Ss Miscellaneous Routines
1388Other routines provided by
1389.Nm
1390are:
1391.Bl -tag -width compact
1392.It Ft void Fn kauth_cred_clone "kauth_cred_t cred1" "kauth_cred_t cred2"
1393Clone credentials from
1394.Ar cred1
1395to
1396.Ar cred2 ,
1397except for the lock and reference count.
1398.Pp
1399.It Ft kauth_cred_t Fn kauth_cred_dup "kauth_cred_t cred"
1400Duplicate
1401.Ar cred .
1402.Pp
1403What this routine does is call
1404.Fn kauth_cred_alloc
1405followed by a call to
1406.Fn kauth_cred_clone .
1407.It Ft kauth_cred_t Fn kauth_cred_copy "kauth_cred_t cred"
1408Works like
1409.Fn kauth_cred_dup ,
1410except for a few differences.
1411.Pp
1412If
1413.Ar cred
1414already has a reference count of one, it will be returned.
1415Otherwise, a new
1416.Ft kauth_cred_t
1417will be allocated and the credentials from
1418.Ar cred
1419will be cloned to it.
1420Last, a call to
1421.Fn kauth_cred_free
1422for
1423.Ar cred
1424will be done.
1425.It Ft kauth_cred_t Fn kauth_cred_get "void"
1426Return the credentials associated with the current LWP.
1427.El
1428.Ss Scope Management
1429.Nm
1430provides routines to manage the creation and deletion of scopes on the
1431system.
1432.Pp
1433Note that the built-in scopes, the
1434.Dq generic
1435scope and the
1436.Dq process
1437scope, can't be deleted.
1438.Bl -tag -width compact
1439.It Ft kauth_scope_t Fn kauth_register_scope "const char *id" \
1440"kauth_scope_callback_t cb" "void *cookie"
1441Register a new scope on the system.
1442.Ar id
1443is the name of the scope, usually in reverse DNS-like notation.
1444For example,
1445.Dq org.netbsd.kauth.myscope .
1446.Ar cb
1447is the default listener, to which authorization requests for this scope
1448will be dispatched to.
1449.Ar cookie
1450is optional user-data that will be passed to all listeners
1451during authorization on the scope.
1452.It Ft void Fn kauth_deregister_scope "kauth_scope_t scope"
1453Deregister
1454.Ar scope
1455from the scopes available on the system, and free the
1456.Ft kauth_scope_t
1457object
1458.Ar scope .
1459.El
1460.Ss Listener Management
1461Listeners in
1462.Nm
1463are authorization callbacks that are called during an authorization
1464request in the scope which they belong to.
1465.Pp
1466When an authorization request is made, all listeners associated with
1467a scope are called to allow, deny, or defer the request.
1468.Pp
1469It is enough for one listener to deny the request in order for the
1470request to be denied; but all listeners are called during an authorization
1471process none-the-less.
1472All listeners are required to allow the request for it to be granted,
1473and in a case where all listeners defer the request -- leaving the decision
1474for other listeners -- the request is denied.
1475.Pp
1476The following KPI is provided for the management of listeners:
1477.Bl -tag -width compact
1478.It Ft kauth_listener_t Fn kauth_listen_scope "const char *id" \
1479"kauth_scope_callback_t cb" "void *cookie"
1480Create a new listener on the scope with the id
1481.Ar id ,
1482setting the default listener to
1483.Ar cb .
1484.Ar cookie
1485is optional user-data that will be passed to the listener when called
1486during an authorization request.
1487.It Ft void Fn kauth_unlisten_scope "kauth_listener_t listener"
1488Removes
1489.Ar listener
1490from the scope which it belongs to, ensuring it won't be called again,
1491and frees the
1492.Ft kauth_listener_t
1493object
1494.Ar listener .
1495.El
1496.Pp
1497.Nm
1498provides no means for synchronization within listeners.
1499It is the programmer's responsibility to make sure data used by the
1500listener is properly locked during its use, as it can be accessed
1501simultaneously from the same listener called multiple times.
1502It is also the programmer's responsibility to do garbage collection after
1503the listener, possibly freeing any allocated data it used.
1504.Pp
1505The common method to do the above is by having a reference count to
1506each listener.
1507On entry to the listener, this reference count should be raised, and
1508on exit -- lowered.
1509.Pp
1510During the removal of a listener, first
1511.Fn kauth_scope_unlisten
1512should be called to make sure the listener code will not be entered in
1513the future.
1514Then, the code should wait (possibly sleeping) until the reference count
1515drops to zero.
1516When that happens, it is safe to do the final cleanup.
1517.Pp
1518Listeners might sleep, so no locks can be held when calling an authorization
1519wrapper.
1520.Sh EXAMPLES
1521Older code had no abstraction of the security model, so most privilege
1522checks looked like this:
1523.Bd -literal -offset indent
1524if (suser(cred, \*[Am]acflag) == 0)
1525	/* allow privileged operation */
1526.Ed
1527.Pp
1528Using the new interface, you must ask for a specific privilege explicitly.
1529For example, checking whether it is possible to open a socket would look
1530something like this:
1531.Bd -literal -offset indent
1532if (kauth_authorize_network(cred, KAUTH_NETWORK_SOCKET,
1533    KAUTH_REQ_NETWORK_SOCKET_OPEN, PF_INET, SOCK_STREAM,
1534    IPPROTO_TCP) == 0)
1535	/* allow opening the socket */
1536.Ed
1537.Pp
1538Note that the
1539.Em securelevel
1540implications were also integrated into the
1541.Nm
1542framework so you don't have to note anything special in the call to the
1543authorization wrapper, but rather just have to make sure the security
1544model handles the request as you expect it to.
1545.Pp
1546To do that you can just
1547.Xr grep 1
1548in the relevant security model directory and have a look at the code.
1549.Sh EXTENDING KAUTH
1550Although
1551.Nm
1552provides a large set of both detailed and more or less generic requests,
1553it might be needed eventually to introduce more scopes, actions, or
1554requests.
1555.Pp
1556Adding a new scope should happen only when an entire subsystem is
1557introduced and it is assumed other parts of the kernel may want to
1558interfere with its inner-workings.
1559When a subsystem that has the potential of impacting the security
1560of the system is introduced, existing security modules must be updated
1561to also handle actions on the newly added scope.
1562.Pp
1563New actions should be added when sets of operations not covered at all
1564belong in an already existing scope.
1565.Pp
1566Requests (or sub-actions) can be added as subsets of existing actions
1567when an operation that belongs in an already covered area is introduced.
1568.Pp
1569Note that all additions should include updates to this manual, the
1570security models shipped with
1571.Nx ,
1572and the example skeleton security model.
1573.Sh SEE ALSO
1574.Xr secmodel 9
1575.Sh HISTORY
1576The kernel authorization framework first appeared in Mac OS X 10.4.
1577.Pp
1578The kernel authorization framework in
1579.Nx
1580first appeared in
1581.Nx 4.0 ,
1582and is a clean-room implementation based on Apple TN2127, available at
1583http://developer.apple.com/technotes/tn2005/tn2127.html
1584.Sh NOTES
1585As
1586.Nm
1587in
1588.Nx
1589is still under active development, it is likely that the ABI, and possibly the
1590API, will differ between
1591.Nx
1592versions.
1593Developers are to take notice of this fact in order to avoid building code
1594that expects one version of the ABI and running it in a system with a different
1595one.
1596.Sh AUTHORS
1597.An Elad Efrat Aq elad@NetBSD.org
1598implemented the kernel authorization framework in
1599.Nx .
1600.Pp
1601.An Jason R. Thorpe Aq thorpej@NetBSD.org
1602provided guidance and answered questions about the Darwin implementation.
1603.Sh ONE MORE THING
1604The
1605.Nm
1606framework is dedicated to Brian Mitchell, one of the most talented people
1607I know.
1608Thanks for everything.
1609