linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v6 0/3] security: Yama LSM

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Date:	Fri, 18 Nov 2011 15:17:12 +1100 (EST)
From:	James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>
To:	Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 0/3] security: Yama LSM

On Wed, 26 Oct 2011, Kees Cook wrote:

> As discussed at the Linux Security Summit, I'm resubmitting this
> code. As an LSM, it has coherent policy around expanding specific DAC
> behaviors. There is no need for it to be a full-blown MAC, since it is
> not intended to be one, but rather to be a simplified expansion to DAC,
> with system-wide knobs. See the specific patches for details...

In principle, Yama can be merged, however there are features with 
unresolved upstream naks:

- Handling symlinks in sticky directories
- The ptrace tracker

These still need to be resolved.




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