From: Mimi Zohar <zohar@linux.ibm.com>
To: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
Cc: linux-unionfs@vger.kernel.org, linux-integrity@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Amir Goldstein <amir73il@gmail.com>,
Seth Forshee <sforshee@kernel.org>,
Roberto Sassu <roberto.sassu@huaweicloud.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/3] evm: disable EVM on overlayfs
Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2023 09:19:20 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <d7826ddcd6db86773b57ffe603df9b18d95a5252.camel@linux.ibm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20231220-komprimieren-kooperativ-cdb5e8803ce0@brauner>
On Wed, 2023-12-20 at 13:35 +0100, Christian Brauner wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 19, 2023 at 12:52:03PM -0500, Mimi Zohar wrote:
> > EVM verifies the existing 'security.evm' value, before allowing it
> > to be updated. The EVM HMAC and the original file signatures contain
> > filesystem specific metadata (e.g. i_ino, i_generation and s_uuid).
> >
> > This poses a challenge when transitioning from the lower backing file
> > to the upper backing file.
> >
> > Until a complete solution is developed, disable EVM on overlayfs.
> >
> > Changelog v2:
> > Addressed Amir's comments:
> > - Simplified security_inode_copy_up_xattr() return.
> > - Identified filesystems that don't support EVM based on a new SB_I flag.
>
> We're wasting a flag for a single filesystem but we do have enough of
> them left so I think this is ok,
Thanks, Christian.
>
> Reviewed-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-12-20 14:19 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-12-19 17:52 [PATCH v2 0/3] evm: disable EVM on overlayfs Mimi Zohar
2023-12-19 17:52 ` [PATCH v2 1/3] evm: don't copy up 'security.evm' xattr Mimi Zohar
2023-12-19 17:52 ` [PATCH v2 2/3] evm: add support to disable EVM on unsupported filesystems Mimi Zohar
2023-12-19 19:09 ` Mimi Zohar
2023-12-20 4:23 ` Amir Goldstein
2023-12-19 17:52 ` [PATCH v2 3/3] overlay: disable EVM Mimi Zohar
2023-12-20 4:21 ` Amir Goldstein
2023-12-20 12:35 ` [PATCH v2 0/3] evm: disable EVM on overlayfs Christian Brauner
2023-12-20 14:19 ` Mimi Zohar [this message]
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