linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1 0/2] Add destructor hook to LSM modules

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Date:   Fri, 10 Mar 2023 23:53:48 +0100
From:   Mirsad Goran Todorovac <mirsad.todorovac@....unizg.hr>
To:     Paul Moore <paul@...l-moore.com>,
        Mirsad Goran Todorovac <mirsad.goran.todorovac@....hr>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-integrity@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>,
        Thomas Weißschuh <linux@...ssschuh.net>,
        Mimi Zohar <zohar@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Casey Schaufler <casey@...aufler-ca.com>,
        Christian Göttsche <cgzones@...glemail.com>,
        Mickaël Salaün <mic@...ikod.net>,
        Frederick Lawler <fred@...udflare.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 0/2] Add destructor hook to LSM modules

On 10. 03. 2023. 23:33, Paul Moore wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 10, 2023 at 2:26 PM Mirsad Goran Todorovac
> <mirsad.goran.todorovac@....hr> wrote:
>>
>> LSM security/integrity/iint.c had the case of kmem_cache_create() w/o a proper
>> kmem_cache_destroy() destructor.
>>
>> Introducing the release() hook would enable LSMs to release allocated resources
>> on exit, and in proper order, rather than dying all together with kernel shutdown
>> in an undefined order.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>         Mirsad
>>
>> ---
>>  include/linux/lsm_hooks.h | 1 +
>>  security/integrity/iint.c | 7 +++++++
>>  2 files changed, 8 insertions(+)
> 
> I only see the 1/2 patch, did you send the 2/2 patch to the LSM list?
> If not, you need to do that

I will resend everything, because this first attempt was buggy and
incorrect regarding the credits. Will try this, Andy said that I wait
for the comments, but I did not expect them before the weekend.

Thank you guys for patience, I am just finishing the test of devres
patch and then I will proceed with integrity LSM patch submission.

Best regards,
Mirsad

-- 
Mirsad Goran Todorovac
Sistem inženjer
Grafički fakultet | Akademija likovnih umjetnosti
Sveučilište u Zagrebu
 
System engineer
Faculty of Graphic Arts | Academy of Fine Arts
University of Zagreb, Republic of Croatia
The European Union