linux-kernel - Re: Problem with accessing namespace

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Message-ID: <20071107224523.GA8223@infradead.org>
Date:	Wed, 7 Nov 2007 22:45:23 +0000
From:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:	Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@...ove.SAKURA.ne.jp>
Cc:	hch@...radead.org, linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	crispin@...spincowan.com
Subject: Re: Problem with accessing namespace_sem from LSM.

On Thu, Nov 08, 2007 at 07:04:23AM +0900, Tetsuo Handa wrote:
> The reason why I want to access namespace_sem inside security_inode_create() is that
> it doesn't receive "struct vfsmount" parameter.
> If "struct vfsmount" *were* passed to security_inode_create(), 
> I have no need to access namespace_sem.

Same argument as with the AA folks: it does not have any business looking
at the vfsmount.  If you create a file it can and in many setups will
show up in multiple vfsmounts, so making decisions based on the particular
one this creat happens through is wrong and actually dangerous.

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