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Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2020 10:09:28 -0800
From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To: Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
Cc: Mimi Zohar <zohar@...ux.ibm.com>,
Roberto Sassu <roberto.sassu@...wei.com>,
"linux-integrity@...r.kernel.org" <linux-integrity@...r.kernel.org>,
"linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org"
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Subject: Re: [RESEND][PATCH] ima: Set and clear FMODE_CAN_READ in ima_calc_file_hash()
On Mon, Nov 16, 2020 at 9:41 AM Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org> wrote:
>
> The "issue" with IMA is that it uses security hooks to hook into the
> VFS and then wants to read every file that gets opened on a real file
> system to "measure" the contents vs a hash stashed away somewhere.
Well, but that's easy enough to handle: if the open isn't a read open,
then the old contents don't matter, so you shouldn't bother to measure
the file.
So this literally sounds like a "doctor, doctor, it hurts when I hit
my head with a hammer" situation..
Linus
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