netdev - Re: [PATCH]: Add security check before flushing SAD/SPD

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Message-Id: <1174607451.3085.290.camel@faith.austin.ibm.com>
Date:	Thu, 22 Mar 2007 17:50:51 -0600
From:	Joy Latten <latten@...tin.ibm.com>
To:	James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>
Cc:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, selinux@...ho.nsa.gov,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, vyekkirala@...stedcs.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH]: Add security check before flushing SAD/SPD

On Thu, 2007-03-22 at 19:49 -0400, James Morris wrote:
> On Thu, 22 Mar 2007, Joy Latten wrote:
> 
> > > I would look at this patch differently if there were some
> > > security level key being checked for a match here, which is
> > > an input key to the flush, but that is not what is happening
> > > here as the object is being looked at by itself.
> > 
> > Yes, I understand what you are saying.
> > I was concerned about having to check each entry
> > to flush database.
> > 
> > I did this patch because we check for authorization
> > when deleting single specified entries from the SAD/SPD. It
> > seem like a hole to me that we check for this, but that same
> > user/process can delete the entire database with no checks.
> 
> Indeed.  Removing an entry is modifying MAC policy, which requires 
> appropriate authorization.
> 
> The security label is encapsulated with the object, which is why it's 
> passed to the security layer.
> 
> Perhaps a better semantic would be to fail the entire flush operation if 
> one of the security checks failed.  e.g. loop through for permissions 
> first, then if all ok, loop through for deletion.
> 
Ok, will code this up and test it if there are no objections.

Joy
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