Re: [PATCH security-next v5 00/30] LSM: Explict ordering

[Kees Cook]

On Tue, Oct 23, 2018 at 9:48 AM, Casey Schaufler <casey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 10/12/2018 12:01 PM, Kees Cook wrote:
>> On Friday, October 12, 2018 3:19 AM, John Johansen
>> <john.johansen@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> It isn't perfect but it manages consistency across distros as best as
>>> can be achieved atm.
>> Yeah, this is why I'm okay with the current series: it provides as
>> consistent a view as possible, but leaves room for future improvements
>> (like adding "+" or "!" or "all" or whatever).
>>
>> I'm curious to see what SELinux folks think of v5, though. I *think* I
>> addressed all the concerns there, even Paul's "I want my distro
>> default to not have extreme stacking" case too.
>>
>> -Kees
>
> Looks like I should go on vacation more often. :)
>
> I am generally opposed to fancy specification languages.
> I support the explicit lsm= list specification because you
> don't have to know any context to create a boot line that
> will work, and be as close to what you've specified as possible
> for the kernel configuration. One need look no further than
> the mechanisms for setting POSIX ACLs for an example of
> how to ensure a feature isn't used.
>
> Had we the foresight to make security= take a list of
> modules when Yama was added we might have avoided some of
> this brouhaha, but there was no reason to expect that stacking
> was ever going to happen back then.

This sounds like an "Ack" for you? :) I'll harass everyone in person
in a couple days.

Did you poke around at my combined series?
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kees/linux.git/log/?h=lsm/ordering-v6-blob-sharing

-Kees

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Kees Cook
Pixel Security