Re: [PATCH security-next v2 20/26] LSM: Introduce "lsm.order=" for boottime ordering

[Kees Cook]

On Thu, Sep 20, 2018 at 5:12 PM, Casey Schaufler <casey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 9/20/2018 9:23 AM, Kees Cook wrote:
>> Provide a way to reorder LSM initialization using the new "lsm.order="
>> comma-separated list of LSMs. Any LSMs not listed will be added in builtin
>> order.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>>  Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt |  5 +++++
>>  security/security.c                             | 15 ++++++++++++++-
>>  2 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
>> index 32d323ee9218..5ac4c1056ffa 100644
>> --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
>> +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
>> @@ -2276,6 +2276,11 @@
>>
>>       lsm.debug       [SECURITY] Enable LSM initialization debugging output.
>>
>> +     lsm.order=lsm1,...,lsmN
>> +                     [SECURITY] Choose order of LSM initialization. Any
>> +                     builtin LSMs not listed here will be implicitly
>> +                     added to the list in builtin order.
>
> Added at the end of the list, or beginning of the list?

Whoops, I had an earlier version that was more clear. I meant to say
"appended" instead of "added" here. Fixed for the next version.

-Kees

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Kees Cook
Pixel Security