Re: [PATCH] security: fix LSM description location

From: Kees Cook
Date: Mon Oct 08 2018 - 21:40:14 EST


On Mon, Oct 8, 2018 at 5:46 PM, Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Fix Documentation location reference for where LSM descriptions should
> be placed.
>
> Suggested-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: James Morris <jmorris@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: "Serge E. Hallyn" <serge@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: linux-security-module@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Thanks!

Acked-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

Jon, can you take this?

-Kees

> ---
> Documentation/security/LSM.rst | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> --- lnx-419-rc7.orig/Documentation/security/LSM.rst
> +++ lnx-419-rc7/Documentation/security/LSM.rst
> @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Linux Security Module Development
> Based on https://lkml.org/lkml/2007/10/26/215,
> a new LSM is accepted into the kernel when its intent (a description of
> what it tries to protect against and in what cases one would expect to
> -use it) has been appropriately documented in ``Documentation/security/LSM.rst``.
> +use it) has been appropriately documented in ``Documentation/admin-guide/LSM/``.
> This allows an LSM's code to be easily compared to its goals, and so
> that end users and distros can make a more informed decision about which
> LSMs suit their requirements.
>
>



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Kees Cook
Pixel Security