Thread (8 messages) 8 messages, 3 authors, 2019-12-10

Re: [RFC PATCH] security: add an interface to lookup the lockdown reason

From: Paul Moore <paul@paul-moore.com>
Date: 2019-12-10 15:58:22
Also in: linux-next, selinux

On Tue, Dec 10, 2019 at 10:45 AM Stephen Smalley [off-list ref] wrote:
On 12/10/19 10:04 AM, Paul Moore wrote:
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On Tue, Dec 10, 2019 at 9:59 AM Stephen Smalley [off-list ref] wrote:
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On 12/9/19 9:28 PM, Paul Moore wrote:
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With CONFIG_AUDIT enabled but CONFIG_SECURITY disabled we run into
a problem where the lockdown reason table is missing.  This patch
attempts to fix this by hiding the table behind a lookup function.
Shouldn't lsm_audit.c be conditional on both CONFIG_AUDIT and
CONFIG_SECURITY?  When/why would we want it built without
CONFIG_SECURITY enabled?
My first thought of a fix was just that, but I remembered that the
capabilities code is built regardless of the CONFIG_SECURITY setting
and I thought there might be some value in allowing for lsm_audit to
be used in commoncap (although in full disclosure commoncap doesn't
currently make use of lsm_audit).
Seems contrary to normal practice, i.e. if/when commoncap grows a
dependency, it can be changed then.
Okay, want to submit a tested patch?  I really would like to get this
fixed before today's linux-next run.

-- 
paul moore
www.paul-moore.com
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