linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 09/11] ima: Don't remove security.ima if file must not be appraised

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Date:   Mon, 24 Aug 2020 09:02:14 -0400
From:   Mimi Zohar <zohar@...ux.ibm.com>
To:     Roberto Sassu <roberto.sassu@...wei.com>, mjg59@...gle.com
Cc:     linux-integrity@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, silviu.vlasceanu@...wei.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 09/11] ima: Don't remove security.ima if file must not
 be appraised

On Thu, 2020-06-18 at 18:04 +0200, Roberto Sassu wrote:
> Files might come from a remote source and might have xattrs, including
> security.ima. It should not be IMA task to decide whether security.ima
> should be kept or not. This patch removes the removexattr() system
> call in ima_inode_post_setattr().
> 
> Signed-off-by: Roberto Sassu <roberto.sassu@...wei.com>

Yes, this has been previously discussed.

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