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Date:   Mon, 27 Jul 2020 09:35:00 -0400
From:   Mimi Zohar <zohar@...nel.org>
To:     Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     stable@...r.kernel.org, Scott Branden <scott.branden@...adcom.com>,
        Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@...nel.org>,
        Jessica Yu <jeyu@...nel.org>, SeongJae Park <sjpark@...zon.de>,
        KP Singh <kpsingh@...omium.org>, linux-efi@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-integrity@...r.kernel.org, selinux@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 04/19] fs/kernel_read_file: Remove
 FIRMWARE_PREALLOC_BUFFER enum

On Fri, 2020-07-24 at 14:36 -0700, Kees Cook wrote:
> FIRMWARE_PREALLOC_BUFFER is a "how", not a "what", and confuses the LSMs
> that are interested in filtering between types of things. The "how"
> should be an internal detail made uninteresting to the LSMs.
> 
> Fixes: a098ecd2fa7d ("firmware: support loading into a pre-allocated buffer")
> Fixes: fd90bc559bfb ("ima: based on policy verify firmware signatures (pre-allocated buffer)")
> Fixes: 4f0496d8ffa3 ("ima: based on policy warn about loading firmware (pre-allocated buffer)")
> Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
> Acked-by: Scott Branden <scott.branden@...adcom.com>
> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>

Thank you for updating the pre-allocated buffer comment.

Reviewed-by: Mimi Zohar <zohar@...ux.ibm.com>

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