Re: [PATCH v1 0/2] Add destructor hook to LSM modules

From: Casey Schaufler
Date: Fri Mar 10 2023 - 15:50:28 EST


On 3/10/2023 11:26 AM, Mirsad Goran Todorovac wrote:
> LSM security/integrity/iint.c had the case of kmem_cache_create() w/o a proper
> kmem_cache_destroy() destructor.

LSMs should be using the security blobs associated with system objects
rather than doing their own memory management.

>
> Introducing the release() hook would enable LSMs to release allocated resources
> on exit, and in proper order, rather than dying all together with kernel shutdown
> in an undefined order.
>
> Thanks,
> Mirsad
>
> ---
> include/linux/lsm_hooks.h | 1 +
> security/integrity/iint.c | 7 +++++++
> 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+)
>
> --
> Mirsad Goran Todorovac
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>
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