netdev - Re: [PATCH] selinux: add a skb_owned

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Message-ID: <3051849.MEUSbRlHa1@sifl>
Date:	Tue, 09 Apr 2013 07:39:51 -0400
From:	Paul Moore <pmoore@...hat.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, casey@...aufler-ca.com
Cc:	eric.dumazet@...il.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	mvadkert@...hat.com, linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] selinux: add a skb_owned_by() hook

On Tuesday, April 09, 2013 12:41:44 AM David Miller wrote:
> It makes sure SYN/ACKs have a socket context attached to the
> packet, which only LSMs actually need.
> 
> You participated in the thread where this stuff was discussed and the
> initial version of this patch was posted, so this patch, or any aspect
> of it, should not be a mystery.

Casey, and the LSM list as a whole, was not included in the entire thread as 
when I first posted my original patch I believed the "mergeable" fix was going 
to be self contained within the network stack.

For Casey, and others on the LSM list, here is a pointer to the original 
thread which started on netdev.  Enjoy.

 * http://marc.info/?t=136543607500006&r=1&w=2

-- 
paul moore
security and virtualization @ redhat

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