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Message-ID: <a3ce31b0890c9633e498222351ffc2bc1fcbf973.camel@linux.ibm.com>
Date:   Fri, 13 Oct 2023 09:18:12 -0400
From:   Mimi Zohar <zohar@...ux.ibm.com>
To:     Roberto Sassu <roberto.sassu@...weicloud.com>,
        viro@...iv.linux.org.uk, brauner@...nel.org,
        chuck.lever@...cle.com, jlayton@...nel.org, neilb@...e.de,
        kolga@...app.com, Dai.Ngo@...cle.com, tom@...pey.com,
        dmitry.kasatkin@...il.com, paul@...l-moore.com, jmorris@...ei.org,
        serge@...lyn.com, dhowells@...hat.com, jarkko@...nel.org,
        stephen.smalley.work@...il.com, eparis@...isplace.org,
        casey@...aufler-ca.com
Cc:     linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-nfs@...r.kernel.org, linux-integrity@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org, keyrings@...r.kernel.org,
        selinux@...r.kernel.org, Roberto Sassu <roberto.sassu@...wei.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 17/25] security: Introduce inode_post_create_tmpfile
 hook

On Mon, 2023-09-04 at 15:34 +0200, Roberto Sassu wrote:
> From: Roberto Sassu <roberto.sassu@...wei.com>
> 
> In preparation for moving IMA and EVM to the LSM infrastructure, introduce
> the inode_post_create_tmpfile hook.
> 
> It is useful for IMA to mark new temp files as successfully appraised and
> let them be subsequently opened for further modification.

As tmp files can be made persistent, treat new tmp files like other new
files, so that the file hash is calculated and stored in the security
xattr.

-- 
thanks,

Mimi

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