Re: [GIT PULL] tomoyo update for v6.12

[John Johansen]

On 10/1/24 11:22, Paul Moore wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 1, 2024 at 12:36 PM Linus Torvalds
> <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Tue, 1 Oct 2024 at 07:00, Paul Moore <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > Linus, it's unclear if you're still following this thread after the
> > > pull, but can you provide a little insight on your thoughts here?
>
> ...
>
> > If the consensus is that we should revert, I'll happily revert.
>
> Starting tomorrow when I'm reliably back in front of computer I'll
> sort this out with the rest of the LSM folks.  Unless something
> unexpected comes up in the discussion I'll send you a revert later
> this week.
I agree that this is the wrong approach and will add that it is
egregious enough that Ubuntu is going to have to disable Tomoyo as
it effectively allows by-passing signed module loads.

you can add my
Acked-by: John Johansen <john.johansen@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

> > This
> > was all inside of the tomoyo subdirectory, so I didn't see it as some
> > kind of sidestepping, and treated the pull request as a regular
> > "another odd security subsystem update".
>
> Yes, that's fair, I think you would need a deeper understanding of the
> LSM framework as well as an understanding of recent discussions on the
> list to appreciate all of the details.