linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH try #3] security: Convert LSM into a static interface

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Message-ID: <Line.LNX.4.64.0707190912520.4393@d.namei>
Date:	Thu, 19 Jul 2007 09:19:56 -0400 (EDT)
From:	James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>
To:	Jim Kovaric <jkovaric@...ibm.com>
cc:	"Serge E. Hallyn" <serge@...lyn.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>,
	Chris Wright <chrisw@...s-sol.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org,
	Stephen Smalley <sds@...ho.nsa.gov>, serue@...ux.vnet.ibm.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH try #3] security: Convert LSM into a static interface

On Thu, 19 Jul 2007, James Morris wrote:

> On Thu, 19 Jul 2007, Jim Kovaric wrote:
> 
> > IBMs  TAMOS (Tivoli Access Manager for Operating systems) contains a 
> > loadable module,
> >  which is an "out of tree module",  and registers "itself"  as a security 
> > module during the TAMOS startup
> > process. It also requires that SElinux  be "disabled"
> 
> Please provide a link to the source code, so we can understand how you're 
> using the API.

I think I've found it:

ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/software/tivoli_support/patches/patches_6.0.0/6.0.0-TIV-PDO-FP0007/6.0.0-TIV-PDO-Linux.i386-FP0007.tar

Is that correct?

  kail_trap_syscalls() 

seems to be revectoring the syscall table and siliently disabling any 
active LSM.


  kail_restore_syscalls()

attempts to restore them on module unload.


Is my understanding correct?

You're shipping this to customers as a security feature?


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