Re: [RFC][Patch 1/6] integrity: new hooks

[Serge E. Hallyn]

Quoting Chris Wright (chrisw@xxxxxxxxxxxx):
> * Mimi Zohar (zohar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) wrote:
> > +static int dummy_inode_setxattr(struct dentry *dentry, char *name, void *value,
> > +				size_t size, int flags)
> > +{
> > +	if (!strncmp(name, XATTR_SECURITY_PREFIX,
> > +		     sizeof(XATTR_SECURITY_PREFIX) - 1) &&
> > +	    !capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
> > +		return -EPERM;
> > +	return 0;
> > +}
> 
> Hold on, what is all this?  Duplication of all of this code is a no go.

It's unfortunate, agreed, but

use of LSM as an integrity framework was also a no-go.

Options?

thanks,
-serge
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