linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] SELinux patches for v5.8

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Date:   Wed, 3 Jun 2020 15:38:45 -0700
From:   Casey Schaufler <casey@...aufler-ca.com>
To:     James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>
Cc:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Paul Moore <paul@...l-moore.com>, selinux@...r.kernel.org,
        LSM List <linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Casey Schaufler <casey@...aufler-ca.com>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] SELinux patches for v5.8

On 6/3/2020 3:12 PM, James Morris wrote:
> On Wed, 3 Jun 2020, Casey Schaufler wrote:
>
>> The use of security modules was expected to be rare.
> This is not correct. Capabilities were ported to LSM and stacked from the 
> beginning, and several major distros worked on LSM so they could ship 
> their own security modules.

Capabilities has always been a special case.
Until Android adopted SELinux the actual use of LSMs was rare.