linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v13 9/9] LSM: Documentation and cleanup

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Message-ID: <5176DAC8.8040401@infradead.org>
Date:	Tue, 23 Apr 2013 12:02:32 -0700
From:	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
To:	Casey Schaufler <casey@...aufler-ca.com>
CC:	LSM <linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org>,
	LKLM <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	SE Linux <selinux@...ho.nsa.gov>,
	James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>,
	John Johansen <john.johansen@...onical.com>,
	Eric Paris <eparis@...hat.com>,
	Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@...ove.sakura.ne.jp>,
	Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v13 9/9] LSM: Documentation and cleanup

On 04/23/13 09:05, Casey Schaufler wrote:
> Subject: [PATCH v13 9/9] LSM: Documentation and cleanup
> 
> Add a description of the ways secuirty modules work now.

                                security

> Remove security/capability.c as it is no longer used.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Casey Schaufler <casey@...aufler-ca.com>
> 
> ---
>  Documentation/security/LSM.txt |   39 +-
>  security/Makefile              |    3 +-
>  security/capability.c          | 1104 ----------------------------------------
>  3 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 1115 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/security/LSM.txt b/Documentation/security/LSM.txt
> index c335a76..f979e00 100644
> --- a/Documentation/security/LSM.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/security/LSM.txt
> @@ -9,18 +9,39 @@ CONFIG_DEFAULT_SECURITY and can be overridden at boot-time via the
>  "security=..." kernel command line argument, in the case where multiple
>  LSMs were built into a given kernel.
>  
> +Both CONFIG_DEFAULT_SECURITY and the "security=" option take a comma
> +separated list of LSM names. The LSM hooks are invoked in the order
> +specified. All hooks provided are invoked regardless of the outcome
> +of preceeding hooks. Hooks the return success or failure results

      preceding       .  ^^^confusing sentence structure^^^

> +return success if all of the LSM provided hooks succeed and the error
> +code of the last failing hook on error.
> +
> +The /proc filesystem attribute interface supports files from a time
> +when only one LSM could be used at a time. CONFIG_PRESENT_SECURITY
> +defines which LSM uses these interfaces. There are also LSM identified
> +interfaces which should be used in preference to the undifferentiated
> +interfaces.


-- 
~Randy
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