# Re: \[PATCH v6 7/7\] ima: add policy support for the new file open MAY\_OPENEXEC flag

- From: Mickaël Salaün \<mic@digikod.net\>
- Date: 2020-07-16 14:40:26 
- List: linux-security-module
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-security-module/2020/07/184461
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-api/2020/07/184228/t.md

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On 15/07/2020 22:40, Kees Cook wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 14, 2020 at 08:16:38PM +0200, Mickaël Salaün wrote:
>> From: Mimi Zohar <zohar@linux.ibm.com>
>>
>> The kernel has no way of differentiating between a file containing data
>> or code being opened by an interpreter.  The proposed O_MAYEXEC
>> openat2(2) flag bridges this gap by defining and enabling the
>> MAY_OPENEXEC flag.
>>
>> This patch adds IMA policy support for the new MAY_OPENEXEC flag.
>>
>> Example:
>> measure func=FILE_CHECK mask=^MAY_OPENEXEC
>> appraise func=FILE_CHECK appraise_type=imasig mask=^MAY_OPENEXEC
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Mimi Zohar <zohar@linux.ibm.com>
>> Reviewed-by: Lakshmi Ramasubramanian <redacted>
>> Acked-by: Mickaël Salaün <mic@digikod.net>
> 
> (Process nit: if you're sending this on behalf of another author, then
> this should be Signed-off-by rather than Acked-by.)

I'm not a co-author of this patch.
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