linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 7/8] Documentation: Add documentation for the Brute LSM

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Message-ID: <20210311200517.GG203350@tassilo.jf.intel.com>
Date:   Thu, 11 Mar 2021 12:05:17 -0800
From:   Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>
To:     John Wood <john.wood@....com>
Cc:     Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>, Jann Horn <jannh@...gle.com>,
        Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>,
        Shuah Khan <shuah@...nel.org>,
        "Serge E. Hallyn" <serge@...lyn.com>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org,
        kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 7/8] Documentation: Add documentation for the Brute LSM


<scenario that init will not be killed>

Thanks.

Okay but that means that the brute force attack can just continue
because the attacked daemon will be respawned?

You need some way to stop the respawning, otherwise the
mitigation doesn't work for daemons.


-Andi