This provides a way to declare LSM initialization order via Kconfig.

Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <redacted>
---
 security/Kconfig    | 11 +++++++++++
 security/security.c | 38 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
 2 files changed, 46 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/security/Kconfig b/security/Kconfig
index 27d8b2688f75..de8202886c1d 100644
--- a/security/Kconfig
+++ b/security/Kconfig

@@ -276,5 +276,16 @@ config DEFAULT_SECURITY
 	default "apparmor" if DEFAULT_SECURITY_APPARMOR
 	default "" if DEFAULT_SECURITY_DAC
 
+config LSM_ORDER
+	string "Default initialization order of builtin LSMs"
+	default "integrity"

+
+	  If unsure, leave this as the default.
+
 endmenu
 

diff --git a/security/security.c b/security/security.c
index 2541a512a0f7..063ee2466e58 100644
--- a/security/security.c
+++ b/security/security.c

@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ char *lsm_names;
 /* Boot-time LSM user choice */
 static __initdata const char *chosen_major_lsm;
 
+static __initconst const char * const builtin_lsm_order = CONFIG_LSM_ORDER;
+
 /* Ordered list of LSMs to initialize. */
 static __initdata struct lsm_info **ordered_lsms;
 

@@ -108,14 +110,44 @@ static void __init append_ordered_lsm(struct lsm_info *lsm, const char *from)
 		   (!lsm->enabled || *lsm->enabled) ? "en" : "dis");
 }
 
-/* Populate ordered LSMs list from hard-coded list of LSMs. */
+/* Populate ordered LSMs list from given string. */
+static void __init parse_lsm_order(const char *order, const char *origin)
+{
+	struct lsm_info *lsm;
+	char *sep, *name, *next;
+
+	sep = kstrdup(order, GFP_KERNEL);
+	next = sep;
+	/* Walk the list, looking for matching LSMs. */
+	while ((name = strsep(&next, ",")) != NULL) {
+		bool found = false;
+
+		for (lsm = __start_lsm_info; lsm < __end_lsm_info; lsm++) {
+			if ((lsm->flags & LSM_FLAG_LEGACY_MAJOR) == 0 &&
+			    strcmp(lsm->name, name) == 0) {
+				append_ordered_lsm(lsm, origin);
+				found = true;
+			}
+		}
+
+		if (!found)
+			init_debug("%s ignored: %s\n", origin, name);
+	}
+	kfree(sep);
+}
+
+/* Populate ordered LSMs list from builtin list of LSMs. */
 static void __init prepare_lsm_order(void)
 {
 	struct lsm_info *lsm;
 
+	/* Parse order from builtin list. */
+	parse_lsm_order(builtin_lsm_order, "builtin");
+
+	/* Add any missing LSMs, in link order. */
 	for (lsm = __start_lsm_info; lsm < __end_lsm_info; lsm++) {
-		if (strcmp(lsm->name, "integrity") == 0)
-			append_ordered_lsm(lsm, "builtin");
+		if ((lsm->flags & LSM_FLAG_LEGACY_MAJOR) == 0)
+			append_ordered_lsm(lsm, "link-time");
 	}
 }