linux-hardening - Re: [PATCH v10 0/5] Introduce mseal

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Date: Tue, 14 May 2024 14:59:57 -0600
From: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, jeffxu@...omium.org
Cc: keescook@...omium.org, jannh@...gle.com, sroettger@...gle.com,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v10 0/5] Introduce mseal

Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org> writes:

> On Mon, 15 Apr 2024 16:35:19 +0000 jeffxu@...omium.org wrote:
>
>> This patchset proposes a new mseal() syscall for the Linux kernel.
>
> I have not moved this into mm-stable for a 6.10 merge.  Mainly because
> of the total lack of Reviewed-by:s and Acked-by:s.
>
> The code appears to be stable enough for a merge.
>
> It's awkward that we're in conference this week, but I ask people to
> give consideration to the desirability of moving mseal() into mainline
> sometime over the next week, please.

I hate to be obnoxious, but I *was* copied ... :)

Not taking a position on merging, but I have to ask: are we convinced at
this point that mseal() isn't a chrome-only system call?  Did we ever
see the glibc patches that were promised?

Thanks,

jon