Re: [PATCH 03/17] security: Add a hook for the point of notification insertion [ver #5]

From: James Morris
Date: Wed Mar 18 2020 - 14:57:57 EST


On Wed, 18 Mar 2020, David Howells wrote:

> Add a security hook that allows an LSM to rule on whether a notification
> message is allowed to be inserted into a particular watch queue.
>
> The hook is given the following information:
>
> (1) The credentials of the triggerer (which may be init_cred for a system
> notification, eg. a hardware error).
>
> (2) The credentials of the whoever set the watch.
>
> (3) The notification message.
>
> Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx>
> cc: Casey Schaufler <casey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> cc: Stephen Smalley <sds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> cc: linux-security-module@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> ---
>
> include/linux/lsm_hooks.h | 14 ++++++++++++++
> include/linux/security.h | 14 ++++++++++++++
> security/security.c | 9 +++++++++
> 3 files changed, 37 insertions(+)


Acked-by: James Morris <jamorris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>


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