Re: [PATCH security-next v3 11/29] LSM: Introduce LSM_FLAG_LEGACY_MAJOR

From: John Johansen
Date: Mon Oct 01 2018 - 17:15:33 EST


On 09/24/2018 05:18 PM, Kees Cook wrote:
> This adds a flag for the current "major" LSMs to distinguish them when
> we have a universal method for ordering all LSMs. It's called "legacy"
> since the distinction of "major" will go away in the blob-sharing world.
>
> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: John Johansen <john.johansen@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

> ---
> include/linux/lsm_hooks.h | 3 +++
> security/apparmor/lsm.c | 1 +
> security/selinux/hooks.c | 1 +
> security/smack/smack_lsm.c | 1 +
> security/tomoyo/tomoyo.c | 1 +
> 5 files changed, 7 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/lsm_hooks.h b/include/linux/lsm_hooks.h
> index 543636f18152..5056f7374b3d 100644
> --- a/include/linux/lsm_hooks.h
> +++ b/include/linux/lsm_hooks.h
> @@ -2039,8 +2039,11 @@ extern char *lsm_names;
> extern void security_add_hooks(struct security_hook_list *hooks, int count,
> char *lsm);
>
> +#define LSM_FLAG_LEGACY_MAJOR BIT(0)
> +
> struct lsm_info {
> const char *name; /* Populated automatically. */
> + unsigned long flags; /* Optional: flags describing LSM */
> int (*init)(void);
> };
>
> diff --git a/security/apparmor/lsm.c b/security/apparmor/lsm.c
> index 7fa7b4464cf4..4c5f63e9aeba 100644
> --- a/security/apparmor/lsm.c
> +++ b/security/apparmor/lsm.c
> @@ -1607,5 +1607,6 @@ static int __init apparmor_init(void)
> }
>
> DEFINE_LSM(apparmor)
> + .flags = LSM_FLAG_LEGACY_MAJOR,
> .init = apparmor_init,
> END_LSM;
> diff --git a/security/selinux/hooks.c b/security/selinux/hooks.c
> index 469a90806bc6..615cf6498c0f 100644
> --- a/security/selinux/hooks.c
> +++ b/security/selinux/hooks.c
> @@ -7203,6 +7203,7 @@ void selinux_complete_init(void)
> /* SELinux requires early initialization in order to label
> all processes and objects when they are created. */
> DEFINE_LSM(selinux)
> + .flags = LSM_FLAG_LEGACY_MAJOR,
> .init = selinux_init,
> END_LSM;
>
> diff --git a/security/smack/smack_lsm.c b/security/smack/smack_lsm.c
> index 1e1ace718e75..4aef844fc0e2 100644
> --- a/security/smack/smack_lsm.c
> +++ b/security/smack/smack_lsm.c
> @@ -4883,5 +4883,6 @@ static __init int smack_init(void)
> * all processes and objects when they are created.
> */
> DEFINE_LSM(smack)
> + .flags = LSM_FLAG_LEGACY_MAJOR,
> .init = smack_init,
> END_LSM;
> diff --git a/security/tomoyo/tomoyo.c b/security/tomoyo/tomoyo.c
> index a280d4eab456..528b6244a648 100644
> --- a/security/tomoyo/tomoyo.c
> +++ b/security/tomoyo/tomoyo.c
> @@ -551,5 +551,6 @@ static int __init tomoyo_init(void)
> }
>
> DEFINE_LSM(tomoyo)
> + .flags = LSM_FLAG_LEGACY_MAJOR,
> .init = tomoyo_init,
> END_LSM;
>