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

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Date:	Thu, 12 Feb 2009 15:08:50 +1100 (EST)
From:	James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>
To:	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
cc:	"Serge E. Hallyn" <serue@...ibm.com>,
	Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@...ove.sakura.ne.jp>,
	sds@...ho.nsa.gov, spotter@...columbia.edu,
	linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add in_execve flag into task_struct.

On Thu, 5 Feb 2009, David Howells wrote:

> Serge E. Hallyn <serue@...ibm.com> wrote:
> 
> > It's ugly, you can't get me to say it isn't ugly :), and it sets a scary
> > bad precedent.  But if David insists (in a reply to this msg) that this
> > flag really is tops, then just ignore me.  Anyway my point wasn't to
> > block the patch but to raise discussion (so someone else could decide to
> > block it :) on both the flag and security implications of these
> > semantics.
> 
> I think it's probably the best way to support Tomoyo's security model without
> reworking a chunk of execve().

Agreed.  It's somewhat less than perfect, but I don't see a better 
alternative.


- James
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James Morris
<jmorris@...ei.org>
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