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

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Date:   Thu, 16 Jul 2020 17:22:26 +0200
From:   Mickaël Salaün <mic@...ikod.net>
To:     Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>,
        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>,
        Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>,
        Deven Bowers <deven.desai@...ux.microsoft.com>,
        Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@...gle.com>,
        Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...nel.org>,
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        Florian Weimer <fweimer@...hat.com>,
        James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>, Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>,
        Jann Horn <jannh@...gle.com>, Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
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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 16/07/2020 16:59, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> 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.
>                              ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> 

OK, I though such tag had to go along with the From/Author, the
Committer or a Co-developed-by tag, but there is also this specific
case. I'll fix that in the next series.