linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] security: Yama LSM

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Date:	Wed, 23 Jun 2010 08:43:19 +0200
From:	Christian Stroetmann <stroetmann@...olinux.com>
To:	Kees Cook <kees.cook@...onical.com>
CC:	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-fsdevel <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-security-module <linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] security: Yama LSM

On 23.06.2010 08:22, Kees Cook wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 08:03:08AM +0200, Christian Stroetmann wrote:
>    
>> "You've already had those suggestions some days ago. Use a security
>> module, either by using something like SELinux (where you can do
>> this just fine as far as I can see including exceptions by label for
>> problem apps)", [Alan Cox, 2010-06-08], or integrate it into an
>> already existing solution eg. grsecurity (www.grsecurity.net).
>>      
> You appear to be quoting[1], but you left off a bit.  To edit it a bit:
>
>    "Use a security module, either by using something like SELinux (...),
>    or write your own little security module that does it."
>
> I have done the latter.
>
> I don't need to integrate this into grsecurity because grsecurity already
> has these protections.  It is Openwall and grsecurity that I'm using as the
> starting point for this attempt at upstreaming the protections.
>    

So, this sounds as if you are porting functionalities from grsecurtiy 
into LSM. But [1].
> -Kees
>
> [1] http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/6/8/56
>
>    
[1] http://www.grsecurity.net/lsm.php

Chrisitan Stroetmann
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