linux-hardening - Re: [PATCH 1/9] integrity: Prepare for having "ima" and "evm" available in "integrity" LSM

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Date:   Wed, 19 Oct 2022 15:37:57 -0700
From:   Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To:     Mimi Zohar <zohar@...ux.ibm.com>
Cc:     Mickaël Salaün <mic@...ikod.net>,
        Paul Moore <paul@...l-moore.com>,
        James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>,
        "Serge E. Hallyn" <serge@...lyn.com>,
        Dmitry Kasatkin <dmitry.kasatkin@...il.com>,
        linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-integrity@...r.kernel.org, KP Singh <kpsingh@...nel.org>,
        Casey Schaufler <casey@...aufler-ca.com>,
        John Johansen <john.johansen@...onical.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/9] integrity: Prepare for having "ima" and "evm"
 available in "integrity" LSM

On Wed, Oct 19, 2022 at 03:13:34PM -0400, Mimi Zohar wrote:
> Most people were/are still using the "security=" boot command line
> option, not "lsm=".  This previously wasn't a problem with "security=",
> but became a problem with "lsm=".

How are people still using "security=" for IMA/EVM? It only interacts
with LSMs marked with LSM_FLAG_LEGACY_MAJOR.

-- 
Kees Cook