linux-kernel - Re: [TOMOYO 5/9] Memory and pathname management functions.

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Date:	Fri, 15 Jun 2007 13:00:01 +0000
From:	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
To:	Albert Cahalan <acahalan@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org, takedakn@...data.co.jp,
	hch@...radead.org
Subject: Re: [TOMOYO 5/9] Memory and pathname management functions.

Hi!

> >>We limit the maximum length of any string data (such as
> >>domainname and pathnames) to TOMOYO_MAX_PATHNAME_LEN
> >>(which is 4000) bytes to fit within a single page.
> >>
> >>Userland programs can obtain the amount of RAM 
> >>currently
> >>used by TOMOYO from /proc interface.
> >
> >Same NACK for this as for AppArmor, on exactly the same 
> >grounds.
> >Please stop wasting your time on pathname-based 
> >non-solutions.
> 
> This issue is a very very small wart on an otherwise 
> fine idea.
> It's really not worth getting bothered by. Truth is, big 
> giant
> pathnames break lots of stuff already, both kernel and 
> userspace.

> Just look in /proc for some nice juicy kernel breakage:
> cwd, exe, fd/*, maps, mounts, mountstats, root, smaps

Well, but we should be fixing that, not adding more. And /proc is
info-only, while this is security related code.

							Pavel
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