Re: [PATCH v9 15/25] security: Introduce inode_post_create_tmpfile hook

[Christian Brauner]

On Mon, Jan 15, 2024 at 07:17:59PM +0100, Roberto Sassu wrote:
> From: Roberto Sassu <roberto.sassu@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> In preparation for moving IMA and EVM to the LSM infrastructure, introduce
> the inode_post_create_tmpfile hook.
> 
> As temp files can be made persistent, treat new temp files like other new
> files, so that the file hash is calculated and stored in the security
> xattr.
> 
> LSMs could also take some action after temp files have been created.
> 
> The new hook cannot return an error and cannot cause the operation to be
> canceled.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Roberto Sassu <roberto.sassu@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Acked-by: Casey Schaufler <casey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Mimi Zohar <zohar@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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>  fs/namei.c                    |  1 +

Acked-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@xxxxxxxxxx>