linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 18/19] LSM: Infrastructure management of the ipc security blob

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Message-ID: <CAGXu5jLqvrvTe+RmNs86H0ud+9AW8wT8yEbbWeYxmisuOKZQxw@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Fri, 21 Sep 2018 19:58:15 -0700
From:   Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To:     Casey Schaufler <casey@...aufler-ca.com>
Cc:     LSM <linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org>,
        James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>,
        SE Linux <selinux@...ho.nsa.gov>,
        LKLM <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        John Johansen <john.johansen@...onical.com>,
        Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@...ove.sakura.ne.jp>,
        Paul Moore <paul@...l-moore.com>,
        Stephen Smalley <sds@...ho.nsa.gov>,
        "linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com>,
        Mickaël Salaün <mic@...ikod.net>,
        Salvatore Mesoraca <s.mesoraca16@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 18/19] LSM: Infrastructure management of the ipc
 security blob

On Fri, Sep 21, 2018 at 5:20 PM, Casey Schaufler <casey@...aufler-ca.com> wrote:
> Move management of the kern_ipc_perm->security and
> msg_msg->security blobs out of the individual security
> modules and into the security infrastructure. Instead
> of allocating the blobs from within the modules the modules
> tell the infrastructure how much space is required, and
> the space is allocated there.
>
> Signed-off-by: Casey Schaufler <casey@...aufler-ca.com>

Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>

-Kees

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Kees Cook
Pixel Security