linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v6 7/7] ima: add policy support for the new file open MAY

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Message-ID: <61c05cb0-a956-3cc7-5dab-e11ebf0e95bf@infradead.org>
Date:   Thu, 16 Jul 2020 07:59:20 -0700
From:   Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
To:     Mickaël Salaün <mic@...ikod.net>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Aleksa Sarai <cyphar@...har.com>,
        Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...nel.org>,
        Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
        Christian Brauner <christian.brauner@...ntu.com>,
        Christian Heimes <christian@...hon.org>,
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        Deven Bowers <deven.desai@...ux.microsoft.com>,
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        Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...nel.org>,
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        Florian Weimer <fweimer@...hat.com>,
        James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>, Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>,
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        Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@...il.com>,
        Mickaël Salaün <mickael.salaun@....gouv.fr>,
        Mimi Zohar <zohar@...ux.ibm.com>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 7/7] ima: add policy support for the new file open
 MAY_OPENEXEC flag

On 7/16/20 7:40 AM, Mickaël Salaün wrote:
> 
> On 15/07/2020 22:40, Kees Cook wrote:
>> On Tue, Jul 14, 2020 at 08:16:38PM +0200, Mickaël Salaün wrote:
>>> From: Mimi Zohar <zohar@...ux.ibm.com>
>>>
>>> The kernel has no way of differentiating between a file containing data
>>> or code being opened by an interpreter.  The proposed O_MAYEXEC
>>> openat2(2) flag bridges this gap by defining and enabling the
>>> MAY_OPENEXEC flag.
>>>
>>> This patch adds IMA policy support for the new MAY_OPENEXEC flag.
>>>
>>> Example:
>>> measure func=FILE_CHECK mask=^MAY_OPENEXEC
>>> appraise func=FILE_CHECK appraise_type=imasig mask=^MAY_OPENEXEC
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Mimi Zohar <zohar@...ux.ibm.com>
>>> Reviewed-by: Lakshmi Ramasubramanian <nramas@...ux.microsoft.com>
>>> Acked-by: Mickaël Salaün <mic@...ikod.net>
>>
>> (Process nit: if you're sending this on behalf of another author, then
>> this should be Signed-off-by rather than Acked-by.)
> 
> I'm not a co-author of this patch.
> 

from Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst:

The Signed-off-by: tag indicates that the signer was involved in the
development of the patch, or that he/she was in the patch's delivery path.
                             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

-- 
~Randy