Re: [PATCH v9 14/25] security: Introduce path_post_mknod hook

From: Paul Moore
Date: Wed Feb 07 2024 - 22:27:11 EST


On Jan 15, 2024 Roberto Sassu <roberto.sassu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> In preparation for moving IMA and EVM to the LSM infrastructure, introduce
> the path_post_mknod hook.
>
> IMA-appraisal requires all existing files in policy to have a file
> hash/signature stored in security.ima. An exception is made for empty files
> created by mknod, by tagging them as new files.
>
> LSMs could also take some action after files are created.
>
> The new hook cannot return an error and cannot cause the operation to be
> reverted.
>
> Signed-off-by: Roberto Sassu <roberto.sassu@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Acked-by: Casey Schaufler <casey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Mimi Zohar <zohar@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> fs/namei.c | 5 +++++
> include/linux/lsm_hook_defs.h | 2 ++
> include/linux/security.h | 5 +++++
> security/security.c | 14 ++++++++++++++
> 4 files changed, 26 insertions(+)

Acked-by: Paul Moore <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

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