linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] IMA: Minimal IMA policy and boot param for TCB IMA policy

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Date:	Fri, 22 May 2009 09:32:39 +1000 (EST)
From:	James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>
To:	Eric Paris <eparis@...hat.com>
cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, zohar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com,
	safford@...son.ibm.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] IMA: Minimal IMA policy and boot param for TCB IMA
 policy

On Thu, 21 May 2009, Eric Paris wrote:

> The IMA TCB policy is dangerous.  A normal use can use all of a system's
> memory (which cannot be freed) simply by building and running lots of
> executables.  The TCB policy is also nearly useless because logging in as root
> often causes a policy violation when dealing with utmp, thus rendering the
> measurements meaningless.

Applied to 
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jmorris/security-testing-2.6#next

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