Re: [PATCH v5 0/6] Add support for O_MAYEXEC

From: Mimi Zohar
Date: Fri May 08 2020 - 10:02:34 EST


On Fri, 2020-05-08 at 10:15 +0300, Lev R. Oshvang . wrote:

> I can suggest something better ( I believe)
> Some time ago I proposed patch to IMA - Add suffix in IMA policy rule criteria
> It allows IMA to verify scripts, configuration files and even single file.
> It is very simple and does not depend on open flags.
> Mimi Zohar decided not to include this patch on the reason it tries to
> protect the file name.
> ( Why ??).

Your patch relies on the filename, but does nothing to protect it.Â

Mimi