linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] LSM: ModPin LSM for module loading restrictions

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Date:	Wed, 16 Oct 2013 15:43:19 -0700
From:	Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To:	Casey Schaufler <casey@...aufler-ca.com>
Cc:	Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@...ove.sakura.ne.jp>,
	James Morris <james.l.morris@...cle.com>,
	James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-security-module <linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org>,
	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] LSM: ModPin LSM for module loading restrictions

On Wed, Oct 16, 2013 at 2:42 PM, Casey Schaufler <casey@...aufler-ca.com> wrote:
> On 10/16/2013 1:47 PM, Tetsuo Handa wrote:
>> Kees Cook wrote:
>>> Any update on this? It'd be nice to have it in linux-next.
>> What was the conclusion at LSS about multiple concurrent LSM support?
>> If we agreed to merge multiple concurrent LSM support, there will be nothing to
>> prevent this module from merging.
>>
> Yeah.

The discussion at LSS basically centered around the catch-22 of not
being able to stack, and not having anything to stack (since Yama got
an hard-coded exception). So I sent this LSM as one I'd been waiting
for stacking on. Essentially, I'm breaking the catch-22 by sending
this. I'd like it to get into the tree so we don't have a catch-22
about stacking any more. :)

> The conclusion was that it needs to be staged because it's
> too much to swallow all at once. I can see that. It's going
> to be a lot of work to rearrange and rebase. That's a chunk
> of time I don't expect to have for a while. It looks good
> to happen, but don't hold supper for me.

Do you want me to take a stab at it? It sounds like it was desirable
to cut the current series into two halves? The core changes first, and
the userspace interface changes next?

-Kees

-- 
Kees Cook
Chrome OS Security
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