linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v10 4/4] evm: Support multiple LSMs providing an xattr

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Message-ID: <1496aa1d378c3d7dc1b112b0d81fa7459aaee143.camel@linux.ibm.com>
Date:   Tue, 11 Apr 2023 03:22:52 -0400
From:   Mimi Zohar <zohar@...ux.ibm.com>
To:     Roberto Sassu <roberto.sassu@...weicloud.com>,
        dmitry.kasatkin@...il.com, paul@...l-moore.com, jmorris@...ei.org,
        serge@...lyn.com, stephen.smalley.work@...il.com,
        eparis@...isplace.org, casey@...aufler-ca.com
Cc:     reiserfs-devel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-integrity@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org, selinux@...r.kernel.org,
        bpf@...r.kernel.org, kpsingh@...nel.org, keescook@...omium.org,
        nicolas.bouchinet@...p-os.org,
        Roberto Sassu <roberto.sassu@...wei.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v10 4/4] evm: Support multiple LSMs providing an xattr

On Fri, 2023-03-31 at 14:32 +0200, Roberto Sassu wrote:
> From: Roberto Sassu <roberto.sassu@...wei.com>
> 
> Currently, evm_inode_init_security() processes a single LSM xattr from the
> array passed by security_inode_init_security(), and calculates the HMAC on
> it and other inode metadata.
> 
> As the LSM infrastructure now can pass to EVM an array with multiple
> xattrs, scan them until the terminator (xattr name NULL), and calculate the
> HMAC on all of them.
> 
> Also, double check that the xattrs array terminator is the first non-filled
> slot (obtained with lsm_get_xattr_slot()). Consumers of the xattrs array,
> such as the initxattrs() callbacks, rely on the terminator.
> 
> Finally, change the name of the lsm_xattr parameter of evm_init_hmac() to
> xattrs, to reflect the new type of information passed.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Roberto Sassu <roberto.sassu@...wei.com>

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