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: 2bfe15c52612 ("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>

1 files changed, 18 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/fs/anon_inodes.c b/fs/anon_inodes.c
index e51e7d88980a..1d847a939f29 100644
--- a/fs/anon_inodes.c
+++ b/fs/anon_inodes.c
@@ -98,14 +98,25 @@ static struct file_system_type anon_inode_fs_type = {
 	.kill_sb	= kill_anon_super,
 };
 
-static struct inode *anon_inode_make_secure_inode(
-	const char *name,
-	const struct inode *context_inode)
+/**
+ * anon_inode_make_secure_inode - allocate an anonymous inode with security context
+ * @sb:		[in]	Superblock to allocate from
+ * @name:	[in]	Name of the class of the newfile (e.g., "secretmem")
+ * @context_inode:
+ *		[in]	Optional parent inode for security inheritance
+ *
+ * The function ensures proper security initialization through the LSM hook
+ * security_inode_init_security_anon().
+ *
+ * Return:	Pointer to new inode on success, ERR_PTR on failure.
+ */
+struct inode *anon_inode_make_secure_inode(struct super_block *sb, const char *name,
+					   const struct inode *context_inode)
 {
 	struct inode *inode;
 	int error;
 
-	inode = alloc_anon_inode(anon_inode_mnt->mnt_sb);
+	inode = alloc_anon_inode(sb);
 	if (IS_ERR(inode))
 		return inode;
 	inode->i_flags &= ~S_PRIVATE;
@@ -118,6 +129,7 @@ static struct inode *anon_inode_make_secure_inode(
 	}
 	return inode;
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL_FOR_MODULES(anon_inode_make_secure_inode, "kvm");
 
 static struct file *__anon_inode_getfile(const char *name,
 					 const struct file_operations *fops,
@@ -132,7 +144,8 @@ static struct file *__anon_inode_getfile(const char *name,
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
 
 	if (make_inode) {
-		inode =	anon_inode_make_secure_inode(name, context_inode);
+		inode =	anon_inode_make_secure_inode(anon_inode_mnt->mnt_sb,
+						     name, context_inode);
 		if (IS_ERR(inode)) {
 			file = ERR_CAST(inode);
 			goto err;