linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH v1 0/8] Introduce mseal() syscall

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Date:   Tue, 17 Oct 2023 11:38:19 -0700
From:   Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:     Theo de Raadt <deraadt@...nbsd.org>
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Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v1 0/8] Introduce mseal() syscall

On Tue, 17 Oct 2023 at 11:20, Theo de Raadt <deraadt@...nbsd.org> wrote:
>
> The only case where the immutable marker is ignored is during address space
> teardown as a result of process termination.

.. and presumably also execve()?

I do like us starting with just "mimmutable()", since it already
exists. Particularly if chrome already knows how to use it.

Maybe add a flag field (require it to be zero initially) just to allow
any future expansion. Maybe the chrome team has *wanted* to have some
finer granularity thing and currently doesn't use mimmutable() in some
case?

                  Linus