Re: [PATCH V34 00/29] Lockdown as an LSM
From: Casey Schaufler <casey@schaufler-ca.com>
Date: 2019-06-24 23:47:37
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From: Casey Schaufler <casey@schaufler-ca.com>
Date: 2019-06-24 23:47:37
Also in:
linux-security-module, lkml
On 6/24/2019 4:01 PM, James Morris wrote:
On Fri, 21 Jun 2019, Matthew Garrett wrote:quoted
Minor updates over V33 - security_is_locked_down renamed to security_locked_down, return value of security_locked_down is returned in most cases, one unnecessary patch was dropped, couple of minor nits fixed.Thanks for the respin. We are still not resolved on granularity. Stephen has said he's not sure if a useful policy can be constructed with just confidentiality and integrity settings. I'd be interested to know JJ and Casey's thoughts on lockdown policy flexibility wrt their respective LSMs.
Smack is a mandatory access control mechanism on named objects controlled by the system. Issues of administrative control, like whether hibernation is allowed, are outside the scope of what Smack controls. There may be some subject/object implications, but I have not identified any yet.
These are also "all or nothing" choices which may prevent deployment due to a user needing to allow (presumably controlled or mitigated) exceptions to the policy.