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Mon, 13 Jul 2026 18:43:49 -0700 (PDT) From: Lincoln Wallace To: paul@paul-moore.com, corbet@lwn.net Cc: skhan@linuxfoundation.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org, penguin-kernel@I-love.SAKURA.ne.jp, rdunlap@infradead.org, Lincoln Wallace Subject: [PATCH 2/2] doc: LSM: fix module ordering description for /sys/kernel/security/lsm Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2026 22:38:32 -0300 Message-ID: <20260714013832.977443-3-locnnil0@gmail.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.53.0 In-Reply-To: <20260714013832.977443-1-locnnil0@gmail.com> References: <20260714013832.977443-1-locnnil0@gmail.com> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit The LSM usage document states that the capability module will always be first in /sys/kernel/security/lsm, followed by any "minor" modules and then the one "major" module. This does not match the current LSM infrastructure: - When CONFIG_SECURITY_LOCKDOWN_LSM_EARLY is enabled, lockdown is initialized as an early LSM, before all other modules including capability, and appears first in the list. - The integrity modules (e.g. IMA and EVM) register with LSM_ORDER_LAST and are always placed at the end of the list, regardless of the position of the major module. - The relative order of the remaining modules is not fixed by the framework; it follows CONFIG_LSM or the "lsm=" kernel command line parameter. Rewrite the paragraph to describe the actual ordering: lockdown first when early lockdown is enabled, capability otherwise, integrity modules at the end, and the remaining modules in the configured order. Signed-off-by: Lincoln Wallace --- Documentation/admin-guide/LSM/index.rst | 12 +++++++++--- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/LSM/index.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/LSM/index.rst index c24310c709dc..9518495edfbc 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/LSM/index.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/LSM/index.rst @@ -27,9 +27,15 @@ man-pages project. A list of the active security modules can be found by reading ``/sys/kernel/security/lsm``. This is a comma separated list, and will always include the capability module. The list reflects the -order in which checks are made. The capability module will always -be first, followed by any "minor" modules (e.g. Yama) and then -the one "major" module (e.g. SELinux) if there is one configured. +order in which checks are made. The capability module will be +first, unless CONFIG_SECURITY_LOCKDOWN_LSM_EARLY is enabled, in +which case the lockdown module will precede it. The integrity +modules (e.g. IMA and EVM), if enabled in the kernel +configuration, are always placed at the end of the list. Any +other "minor" modules (e.g. Yama) and the one "major" module +(e.g. SELinux), if there is one configured, appear in between, +in the order given by CONFIG_LSM or the ``"lsm=..."`` kernel +command line parameter. Process attributes associated with "major" security modules should be accessed and maintained using the special files in ``/proc/.../attr``. -- 2.53.0