Re: [PATCH security-next v4 10/32] LSM: Don't ignore initialization failures
From: Kees Cook <hidden>
Date: 2018-10-02 21:38:14
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From: Kees Cook <hidden>
Date: 2018-10-02 21:38:14
Also in:
linux-arch, linux-doc, lkml
On Tue, Oct 2, 2018 at 2:20 PM, James Morris [off-list ref] wrote:
On Mon, 1 Oct 2018, Kees Cook wrote:quoted
LSM initialization failures have traditionally been ignored. We should at least WARN when something goes wrong.I guess we could have a boot param which specifies what to do if any LSM fails to init, as I think some folks will want to stop execution at that point. Thoughts?
I'm not opposed, but I won't author it because Linus will yell at me about introducing a "machine killing" option. -Kees -- Kees Cook Pixel Security