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2 changes: 2 additions & 0 deletions central/policy/customresource/policy.go
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1 change: 1 addition & 0 deletions central/policy/customresource/testdata/custom_resource.yaml
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Expand Up @@ -150,3 +150,4 @@ spec:
evaluationFilter:
skipContainerTypes:
- SKIP_INIT
skipImageLayers: SKIP_NONE
14 changes: 10 additions & 4 deletions central/policy/service/validator.go
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Expand Up @@ -507,12 +507,18 @@ func (s *policyValidator) eventSourceError() error {
}

func (s *policyValidator) validateEvaluationFilter(policy *storage.Policy) error {
if len(policy.GetEvaluationFilter().GetSkipContainerTypes()) == 0 {
return nil
}
if !containerTypeFilterApplicable(policy) {
ef := policy.GetEvaluationFilter()
if len(ef.GetSkipContainerTypes()) > 0 && !containerTypeFilterApplicable(policy) {
return errors.New("container type filters apply only to deploy-time policies and runtime policies with a deployment event source")
}
if ef.GetSkipImageLayers() != storage.SkipImageLayers_SKIP_NONE {
if !features.ImageLayerFilter.Enabled() {
return fmt.Errorf("image layer filtering requires %s to be enabled", features.ImageLayerFilter.EnvVar())
}
if _, ok := storage.SkipImageLayers_name[int32(ef.GetSkipImageLayers())]; !ok {
return errors.Errorf("unknown image layer filter value: %d", ef.GetSkipImageLayers())
}
}
return nil
}

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70 changes: 69 additions & 1 deletion central/policy/service/validator_test.go
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Expand Up @@ -1380,6 +1380,9 @@ func (s *PolicyValidatorTestSuite) TestValidateEvaluationFilter() {
lifecycleStages []storage.LifecycleStage
eventSource storage.EventSource
skipContainerTypes []storage.SkipContainerType
skipImageLayers storage.SkipImageLayers
setSkipImageLayers bool
enableFeature bool
expectError bool
}{
"build-only with skip init is rejected": {
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -1419,18 +1422,83 @@ func (s *PolicyValidatorTestSuite) TestValidateEvaluationFilter() {
eventSource: storage.EventSource_DEPLOYMENT_EVENT,
skipContainerTypes: []storage.SkipContainerType{storage.SkipContainerType_SKIP_INIT},
},
// Image layer filtering tests
"SKIP_NONE is allowed": {
lifecycleStages: []storage.LifecycleStage{storage.LifecycleStage_BUILD},
skipImageLayers: storage.SkipImageLayers_SKIP_NONE,
setSkipImageLayers: true,
},
"SKIP_BASE at BUILD with feature enabled is allowed": {
lifecycleStages: []storage.LifecycleStage{storage.LifecycleStage_BUILD},
skipImageLayers: storage.SkipImageLayers_SKIP_BASE,
setSkipImageLayers: true,
enableFeature: true,
},
"SKIP_BASE at DEPLOY with feature enabled is allowed": {
lifecycleStages: []storage.LifecycleStage{storage.LifecycleStage_DEPLOY},
skipImageLayers: storage.SkipImageLayers_SKIP_BASE,
setSkipImageLayers: true,
enableFeature: true,
},
"SKIP_BASE at RUNTIME with feature enabled is allowed": {
lifecycleStages: []storage.LifecycleStage{storage.LifecycleStage_RUNTIME},
eventSource: storage.EventSource_DEPLOYMENT_EVENT,
skipImageLayers: storage.SkipImageLayers_SKIP_BASE,
setSkipImageLayers: true,
enableFeature: true,
},
"SKIP_APP at BUILD with feature enabled is allowed": {
lifecycleStages: []storage.LifecycleStage{storage.LifecycleStage_BUILD},
skipImageLayers: storage.SkipImageLayers_SKIP_APP,
setSkipImageLayers: true,
enableFeature: true,
},
"SKIP_APP at DEPLOY with feature enabled is allowed": {
lifecycleStages: []storage.LifecycleStage{storage.LifecycleStage_DEPLOY},
skipImageLayers: storage.SkipImageLayers_SKIP_APP,
setSkipImageLayers: true,
enableFeature: true,
},
"SKIP_APP at RUNTIME with feature enabled is allowed": {
lifecycleStages: []storage.LifecycleStage{storage.LifecycleStage_RUNTIME},
eventSource: storage.EventSource_DEPLOYMENT_EVENT,
skipImageLayers: storage.SkipImageLayers_SKIP_APP,
setSkipImageLayers: true,
enableFeature: true,
},
"SKIP_BASE with feature disabled is rejected": {
lifecycleStages: []storage.LifecycleStage{storage.LifecycleStage_BUILD},
skipImageLayers: storage.SkipImageLayers_SKIP_BASE,
setSkipImageLayers: true,
enableFeature: false,
expectError: true,
},
"unknown image layer filter value is rejected": {
lifecycleStages: []storage.LifecycleStage{storage.LifecycleStage_BUILD},
skipImageLayers: storage.SkipImageLayers(999),
setSkipImageLayers: true,
enableFeature: true,
expectError: true,
},
}

for name, tc := range tests {
s.Run(name, func() {
if tc.enableFeature {
s.T().Setenv(features.ImageLayerFilter.EnvVar(), "true")
}
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Set ROX_IMAGE_LAYER_FILTER explicitly for disabled cases.

The disabled test case leaves the variable unchanged. If the test process already has ROX_IMAGE_LAYER_FILTER=true, ImageLayerFilter.Enabled() returns true and the validator accepts the valid SKIP_BASE filter instead of returning the expected feature-disabled error.

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-			if tc.enableFeature {
-				s.T().Setenv(features.ImageLayerFilter.EnvVar(), "true")
-			}
+			s.T().Setenv(features.ImageLayerFilter.EnvVar(), strconv.FormatBool(tc.enableFeature))
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Review comment at @central/policy/service/validator_test.go around lines 1487 -
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Update the test setup around ImageLayerFilter to always set
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policy := &storage.Policy{
LifecycleStages: tc.lifecycleStages,
EventSource: tc.eventSource,
}
if tc.skipContainerTypes != nil {
if tc.skipContainerTypes != nil || tc.setSkipImageLayers {
policy.EvaluationFilter = &storage.EvaluationFilter{
SkipContainerTypes: tc.skipContainerTypes,
}
if tc.setSkipImageLayers {
policy.EvaluationFilter.SkipImageLayers = tc.skipImageLayers
}
}

err := s.validator.validateEvaluationFilter(policy)
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16 changes: 15 additions & 1 deletion config-controller/api/v1alpha1/policy_types.go
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Expand Up @@ -156,11 +156,18 @@ type MitreAttackVectors struct {
// +kubebuilder:validation:Enum=SKIP_INIT
type SkipContainerType string

// SkipImageLayers controls which image layers a policy evaluates.
// +kubebuilder:validation:Enum=SKIP_NONE;SKIP_BASE;SKIP_APP
type SkipImageLayers string

// EvaluationFilter pre-filters which entities a policy evaluates.
type EvaluationFilter struct {
// SkipContainerTypes lists container kinds to skip during evaluation.
// +optional
SkipContainerTypes []SkipContainerType `json:"skipContainerTypes,omitempty"`
// SkipImageLayers selects which image layers to evaluate.
// +optional
SkipImageLayers SkipImageLayers `json:"skipImageLayers,omitempty"`
}

type SecurityPolicyConditionType string
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -434,14 +441,21 @@ func (p SecurityPolicySpec) ToProtobuf(caches map[CacheType]map[string]string) (
proto.MitreAttackVectors = append(proto.MitreAttackVectors, protoMitreAttackVetor)
}

if p.EvaluationFilter != nil && len(p.EvaluationFilter.SkipContainerTypes) > 0 {
if p.EvaluationFilter != nil &&
(len(p.EvaluationFilter.SkipContainerTypes) > 0 || p.EvaluationFilter.SkipImageLayers != "") {
protoFilter := &storage.EvaluationFilter{}
for _, ct := range p.EvaluationFilter.SkipContainerTypes {
val, found := storage.SkipContainerType_value[string(ct)]
if found {
protoFilter.SkipContainerTypes = append(protoFilter.SkipContainerTypes, storage.SkipContainerType(val))
}
}
if p.EvaluationFilter.SkipImageLayers != "" {
val, found := storage.SkipImageLayers_value[string(p.EvaluationFilter.SkipImageLayers)]
if found {
protoFilter.SkipImageLayers = storage.SkipImageLayers(val)
}
}
proto.EvaluationFilter = protoFilter
}

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34 changes: 30 additions & 4 deletions config-controller/api/v1alpha1/policy_types_test.go
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Expand Up @@ -231,14 +231,35 @@ func TestConditionUpdates(t *testing.T) {

func TestToProtobufEvaluationFilter(t *testing.T) {
tests := map[string]struct {
filter *EvaluationFilter
expectedTypes []storage.SkipContainerType
expectNilProto bool
filter *EvaluationFilter
expectedTypes []storage.SkipContainerType
expectedImageLayers storage.SkipImageLayers
expectNilProto bool
}{
"skip init containers": {
filter: &EvaluationFilter{SkipContainerTypes: []SkipContainerType{"SKIP_INIT"}},
expectedTypes: []storage.SkipContainerType{storage.SkipContainerType_SKIP_INIT},
},
"skip base image layers only": {
filter: &EvaluationFilter{SkipImageLayers: "SKIP_BASE"},
expectedImageLayers: storage.SkipImageLayers_SKIP_BASE,
},
"skip app image layers only": {
filter: &EvaluationFilter{SkipImageLayers: "SKIP_APP"},
expectedImageLayers: storage.SkipImageLayers_SKIP_APP,
},
"skip none image layers": {
filter: &EvaluationFilter{SkipImageLayers: "SKIP_NONE"},
expectedImageLayers: storage.SkipImageLayers_SKIP_NONE,
},
"both container types and image layers": {
filter: &EvaluationFilter{
SkipContainerTypes: []SkipContainerType{"SKIP_INIT"},
SkipImageLayers: "SKIP_BASE",
},
expectedTypes: []storage.SkipContainerType{storage.SkipContainerType_SKIP_INIT},
expectedImageLayers: storage.SkipImageLayers_SKIP_BASE,
},
"nil filter": {
filter: nil,
expectNilProto: true,
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if tc.expectNilProto {
assert.Nil(t, proto.GetEvaluationFilter())
} else {
assert.Equal(t, tc.expectedTypes, proto.GetEvaluationFilter().GetSkipContainerTypes())
if len(tc.expectedTypes) > 0 {
assert.Equal(t, tc.expectedTypes, proto.GetEvaluationFilter().GetSkipContainerTypes())
}
if tc.expectedImageLayers != storage.SkipImageLayers_SKIP_NONE || tc.filter.SkipImageLayers == "SKIP_NONE" {
assert.Equal(t, tc.expectedImageLayers, proto.GetEvaluationFilter().GetSkipImageLayers())
}
}
})
}
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7 changes: 7 additions & 0 deletions config-controller/config/crd/bases/config.stackrox.io_securitypolicies.yaml
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Expand Up @@ -91,6 +91,13 @@ spec:
- SKIP_INIT
type: string
type: array
skipImageLayers:
description: SkipImageLayers selects which image layers to evaluate.
enum:
- SKIP_NONE
- SKIP_BASE
- SKIP_APP
type: string
type: object
eventSource:
description: EventSource describes which events should trigger execution
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