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Message-ID: <1406039784.2404.8.camel@dhcp-9-2-203-236.watson.ibm.com>
Date:	Tue, 22 Jul 2014 10:36:24 -0400
From:	Mimi Zohar <zohar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	James Morris <james.l.morris@...cle.com>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Ming Lei <ming.lei@...onical.com>,
	linux-security-module <linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org>,
	Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/2] security: introduce kernel_fw_from_file hook

On Mon, 2014-07-21 at 12:06 -0700, Kees Cook wrote: 
> This is a reduced version of the original patch. This adds only the LSM
> hook to the existing firmware loading logic so that the LSM can reason
> about the origin and contents of a firmware coming from userspace.
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> -Kees
> 
> v2:
> - further clarify header comments (jmorris)

Thanks Kees!  We now have module and firmware security hooks.  What's
next - kexec?

Please feel free to add my Acks.

Mimi

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