linux-kernel - Re: [dm-devel] [PATCH 1/1] dm: add message command to disallow device open

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Date:   Thu, 4 Aug 2022 09:38:36 +1000
From:   Daniil Lunev <dlunev@...omium.org>
To:     Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...nel.org>
Cc:     Zdenek Kabelac <zdenek.kabelac@...il.com>,
        Brian Geffon <bgeffon@...gle.com>,
        Mike Snitzer <snitzer@...nel.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, dm-devel@...hat.com,
        Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@...hat.com>,
        Alasdair Kergon <agk@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [dm-devel] [PATCH 1/1] dm: add message command to disallow device open

> I thought you were trying to defend against path traversal attacks, not
> arbitrary code execution?  If your threat model includes arbitrary code
> execution by root, you really need to be using SELinux.
Hm, this is actually a very good point which we somehow missed, hm.
Thanks for pointing that out, let me think on that