Re: [PATCH 2/2] fs: extend the trusted_for syscall to call IMA

[Mimi Zohar]

[CC'ing Casey]

On Wed, 2021-10-13 at 17:26 +0200, Mickaël Salaün wrote:
> Nice!
> 
> On 13/10/2021 13:01, Mimi Zohar wrote:
> > Extend the trusted_for syscall to call the newly defined
> > ima_trusted_for hook.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Mimi Zohar <zohar@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >  fs/open.c           | 3 +++
> >  include/linux/ima.h | 9 +++++++++
> >  2 files changed, 12 insertions(+)
> > 
> > diff --git a/fs/open.c b/fs/open.c
> > index c79c138a638c..4d54e2a727e1 100644
> > --- a/fs/open.c
> > +++ b/fs/open.c
> > @@ -585,6 +585,9 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE3(trusted_for, const int, fd, const enum trusted_for_usage, usage,
> >  	err = inode_permission(file_mnt_user_ns(f.file), inode,
> >  			mask | MAY_ACCESS);
> >  
> > +	if (!err)
> > +		err = ima_trusted_for(f.file, usage);
> 
> Could you please implement a new LSM hook instead? Other LSMs may want
> to use this information as well.

Casey normally pushes back on my defining a new LSM hook, when IMA is
the only user.  If any of the LSM maintainers are planning on defining
this hook, please chime in.

thanks,

Mimi