linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Add in_execve flag into task

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Date:	Tue, 6 Jan 2009 09:58:29 -0600
From:	"Serge E. Hallyn" <serue@...ibm.com>
To:	Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@...ove.sakura.ne.jp>
Cc:	linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add in_execve flag into task_struct.

Quoting Tetsuo Handa (penguin-kernel@...ove.sakura.ne.jp):
> Serge,
> 
> James is now reviewing TOMOYO Linux patch and he is caring about
> your comment below.
> 
> Serge E. Hallyn wrote:
> > I don't like the 'in_exec' bit in the task_struct, but adding LSM hooks
> > to let just TOMOYO mark whether you're in exec seems even uglier.
> 
> Let me (once again) ask your comment on 'in_exec' approach
> originally suggested by David Howells ( http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/10/2/127 ).

I still don't like it.  Now I gather the reason for this is that you
want to allow a less trusted domain to execute a file (in a new domain)
without giving it the right to read it?  I'd be interested in hearing
whether others think that's a worthy goal.

-serge
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