[PATCH 36/58] LSM: Create a data structure for a security context
From: Casey Schaufler <casey@schaufler-ca.com>
Date: 2019-05-31 23:16:49
Also in:
selinux
Subsystem:
security subsystem, the rest · Maintainers:
Paul Moore, James Morris, "Serge E. Hallyn", Linus Torvalds
A "security context" is the text representation of the information used by LSMs. This provides a structure so that the use can be made consistant. Signed-off-by: Casey Schaufler <casey@schaufler-ca.com> --- include/linux/security.h | 11 +++++++++++ 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)
diff --git a/include/linux/security.h b/include/linux/security.h
index dde36e850cf0..e12b169deed6 100644
--- a/include/linux/security.h
+++ b/include/linux/security.h@@ -116,6 +116,17 @@ static inline bool lsm_export_equal(struct lsm_export *l, struct lsm_export *m) return true; } +/* Text representation of LSM specific security information - a "context" */ +struct lsm_context { + char *context; + u32 len; +}; + +static inline void lsm_context_init(struct lsm_context *cp) +{ + memset(cp, 0, sizeof(*cp)); +} + /* These functions are in security/commoncap.c */ extern int cap_capable(const struct cred *cred, struct user_namespace *ns, int cap, unsigned int opts);
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