netdev - [PATCH 3/3][RFC] SELinux: don't check permissions for kernel mounts

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Message-ID: <alpine.LRH.1.10.0812191206380.4137@tundra.namei.org>
Date:	Fri, 19 Dec 2008 12:07:19 +1100 (EST)
From:	James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>
To:	linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org
cc:	Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com>,
	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, auke-jan.h.kok@...el.com,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	e1000-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	Eric Paris <eparis@...isplace.org>,
	Stephen Smalley <sds@...ho.nsa.gov>,
	Al Viro <viro@....linux.org.uk>,
	Chris Wright <chrisw@...s-sol.org>
Subject: [PATCH 3/3][RFC] SELinux: don't check permissions for kernel
 mounts


Don't bother checking permissions when the kernel performs an internal 
mount, as this should always be allowed.

Signed-off-by: James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>
---
 security/selinux/hooks.c |    4 ++++
 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/security/selinux/hooks.c b/security/selinux/hooks.c
index 3897758..4a44903 100644
--- a/security/selinux/hooks.c
+++ b/security/selinux/hooks.c
@@ -2461,6 +2461,10 @@ static int selinux_sb_kern_mount(struct super_block *sb, int flags, void *data)
 	if (rc)
 		return rc;
 
+	/* Allow all mounts performed by the kernel */
+	if (flags & MS_KERNMOUNT)
+		return 0;
+
 	AVC_AUDIT_DATA_INIT(&ad, FS);
 	ad.u.fs.path.dentry = sb->s_root;
 	return superblock_has_perm(current, sb, FILESYSTEM__MOUNT, &ad);
-- 
1.6.0.4

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