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Date:   Mon, 1 Oct 2018 16:38:20 -0700
From:   Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To:     John Johansen <john.johansen@...onical.com>
Cc:     Paul Moore <paul@...l-moore.com>, James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>,
        Casey Schaufler <casey@...aufler-ca.com>,
        Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@...ove.sakura.ne.jp>,
        Stephen Smalley <sds@...ho.nsa.gov>,
        "Schaufler, Casey" <casey.schaufler@...el.com>,
        LSM <linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        "open list:DOCUMENTATION" <linux-doc@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-arch <linux-arch@...r.kernel.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH security-next v3 18/29] LSM: Introduce lsm.enable= and lsm.disable=

On Mon, Oct 1, 2018 at 4:30 PM, Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org> wrote:
> If we keep it, "apparmor=0 lsm_enable=apparmor" would mean it's
> enabled. Is that okay?

Actually, what the v3 series does right now is leaves AppArmor and
SELinux alone -- whatever they configured for enable/disable is left
alone.

The problem I have is when processing CONFIG_LSM_ENABLE ... what do I
do with the existing "enable" flag? It's set by both
CONFIG_SECURITY_APPARMOR_BOOTPARAM_VALUE and apparmor=0/1.

Right now I can't tell the difference between someone booting with
apparmor=0 or CONFIG_LSM_ENABLE not including apparmor.

i.e. how do I mix CONFIG_LSM_ENABLE with apparmor=0/1? (assuming
CONFIG_SECURITY_APPARMOR_BOOTPARAM_VALUE has been removed)

-Kees

-- 
Kees Cook
Pixel Security