From: Dave Quigley <dpquigl@davequigley.com>
To: "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@fieldses.org>
Cc: "David P. Quigley" <selinux@davequigley.com>,
trond.myklebust@netapp.com, sds@tycho.nsa.gov,
linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org, selinux@tycho.nsa.gov,
linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org,
"Matthew N. Dodd" <Matthew.Dodd@sparta.com>,
Miguel Rodel Felipe <Rodel_FM@dsi.a-star.edu.sg>,
Phua Eu Gene <PHUA_Eu_Gene@dsi.a-star.edu.sg>,
Khin Mi Mi Aung <Mi_Mi_AUNG@dsi.a-star.edu.sg>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 02/13] Security: Add Hook to test if the particular xattr is part of a MAC model.
Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2012 19:12:13 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <50A1905D.2070608@davequigley.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20121112214357.GC23169@fieldses.org>
On 11/12/2012 4:43 PM, J. Bruce Fields wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 02:36:09PM -0500, David P. Quigley wrote:
>> On 11/12/2012 11:36 AM, J. Bruce Fields wrote:
>>> On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 09:56:37AM -0500, Dave Quigley wrote:
>>>> On 11/12/2012 7:15 AM, J. Bruce Fields wrote:
>>>>> On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 01:15:36AM -0500, David Quigley wrote:
>>>>>> From: David Quigley<dpquigl@davequigley.com>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The interface to request security labels from user space is the xattr
>>>>>> interface. When requesting the security label from an NFS server it is
>>>>>> important to make sure the requested xattr
>>>>> I'm confused--clients can't request xattrs from NFS servers. I must be
>>>>> reading this wrong, but I'm not sure what you meant.
>>>>>
>>>>> --b.
>>>>>
>>>> Generically clients can't use xattrs from NFS servers but the LSM
>>>> method for getting labels is through the xattr interface. THe point
>>>> of this is if someone selects security.capability that we don't
>>>> translate that into a call in labeled nfs to get the security label.
>>>> We only want label based LSMs to cause a getfattr on the server to
>>>> grab the label and populate the inode with that information.
>>>> Currently if you use security.selinux or security.smack then labeled
>>>> nfs will handle the translation of that into a get/setfattr on the
>>>> security_label attribute in NFSv4.
>>> OK, I think I understand: so this is to help the NFS client implement
>>> the necessary xattr interface for userspace that get and sets security
>>> labels on NFS filesystems?
>>>
>>> --b.
>>
>> Exactly. The problem is we don't want to have LSM specific logic in
>> so the best we can do is ask if the security.* xattr being accessed
>> has the proper semantics to be used with Labeled NFS.
>
> OK, thanks. The changelog could probably be clarified (at least make it
> clear that this is for the client side.)
>
> Delaying this patch till right before the patch that actually uses it
> might also help (and/or even combining those two patches).
>
> --b.
>
I should be able to rearrange them and change the patch text. Merging
probably isn't a good idea since all of this code is in LSMs so it seems
weird to put it in with the NFS code.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-11-13 0:12 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 93+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-11-12 6:15 Labeled NFS [v5] David Quigley
2012-11-12 6:15 ` [PATCH 01/13] Security: Add hook to calculate context based on a negative dentry David Quigley
2012-11-12 12:13 ` J. Bruce Fields
2012-11-12 14:52 ` Dave Quigley
2012-11-12 6:15 ` [PATCH 02/13] Security: Add Hook to test if the particular xattr is part of a MAC model David Quigley
2012-11-12 12:15 ` J. Bruce Fields
2012-11-12 14:56 ` Dave Quigley
2012-11-12 16:36 ` J. Bruce Fields
2012-11-12 19:36 ` David P. Quigley
2012-11-12 21:43 ` J. Bruce Fields
2012-11-13 0:12 ` Dave Quigley [this message]
2012-11-12 6:15 ` [PATCH 03/13] LSM: Add flags field to security_sb_set_mnt_opts for in kernel mount data David Quigley
2012-11-12 6:15 ` [PATCH 04/13] SELinux: Add new labeling type native labels David Quigley
2012-11-12 6:15 ` [PATCH 05/13] KConfig: Add KConfig entries for Labeled NFS David Quigley
2012-11-12 14:45 ` J. Bruce Fields
2012-11-12 14:57 ` Dave Quigley
2012-11-12 6:15 ` [PATCH 06/13] NFSv4: Add label recommended attribute and NFSv4 flags David Quigley
2012-11-12 6:15 ` [PATCH 07/13] NFSv4: Introduce new label structure David Quigley
2012-11-12 15:13 ` J. Bruce Fields
2012-11-12 15:32 ` David P. Quigley
2012-11-12 16:05 ` J. Bruce Fields
2012-11-12 16:53 ` David P. Quigley
2012-11-12 17:50 ` J. Bruce Fields
2012-11-12 6:15 ` [PATCH 08/13] NFSv4: Extend fattr bitmaps to support all 3 words David Quigley
2012-11-12 6:15 ` [PATCH 09/13] NFS:Add labels to client function prototypes David Quigley
2012-11-12 6:15 ` [PATCH 10/13] NFS: Add label lifecycle management David Quigley
2012-11-12 15:33 ` J. Bruce Fields
2012-11-12 15:36 ` David P. Quigley
2012-11-12 6:15 ` [PATCH 11/13] NFS: Client implementation of Labeled-NFS David Quigley
2012-11-12 6:15 ` [PATCH 12/13] NFS: Extend NFS xattr handlers to accept the security namespace David Quigley
2012-11-12 6:15 ` [PATCH 13/13] NFSD: Server implementation of MAC Labeling David Quigley
2012-11-12 16:31 ` J. Bruce Fields
2012-11-12 15:23 ` Labeled NFS [v5] J. Bruce Fields
2012-11-12 15:34 ` David P. Quigley
2012-11-12 16:09 ` J. Bruce Fields
2012-11-12 20:56 ` Steve Dickson
2012-11-13 1:39 ` Dave Quigley
2012-11-13 12:55 ` Steve Dickson
2012-11-14 4:32 ` Dave Quigley
2012-11-14 13:45 ` J. Bruce Fields
2012-11-14 13:50 ` David Quigley
2012-11-14 13:59 ` J. Bruce Fields
2012-11-14 14:01 ` David Quigley
2012-11-14 14:04 ` David Quigley
2012-11-14 14:24 ` J. Bruce Fields
2012-11-14 14:30 ` David Quigley
2012-11-15 16:00 ` Casey Schaufler
2012-11-15 20:28 ` David Quigley
2012-11-16 3:34 ` Casey Schaufler
2012-11-16 3:43 ` David Quigley
2012-11-16 4:58 ` Dave Quigley
2012-11-16 4:59 ` Dave Quigley
2012-11-14 13:56 ` David Quigley
2012-11-12 16:33 ` J. Bruce Fields
2012-11-12 20:44 ` Dave Quigley
2012-11-12 22:23 ` Casey Schaufler
2012-11-13 3:16 ` Dave Quigley
2012-11-20 21:09 ` Casey Schaufler
2012-11-21 0:04 ` Dave Quigley
2012-11-21 0:29 ` Dave Quigley
2012-11-21 0:32 ` Casey Schaufler
2012-11-21 0:37 ` Dave Quigley
2012-11-21 2:52 ` Casey Schaufler
2012-11-21 3:28 ` Dave Quigley
2012-11-28 18:57 ` Casey Schaufler
2012-11-29 1:14 ` Dave Quigley
2012-11-29 2:08 ` Casey Schaufler
2012-11-29 22:28 ` Casey Schaufler
2012-11-29 22:49 ` David Quigley
2012-11-30 0:02 ` David Quigley
2012-11-30 0:07 ` David Quigley
2012-11-30 0:34 ` Casey Schaufler
2012-11-30 0:46 ` David Quigley
2012-11-30 1:50 ` Casey Schaufler
2012-11-30 2:02 ` David Quigley
2012-11-30 12:14 ` J. Bruce Fields
2012-11-30 12:57 ` David Quigley
2012-11-30 13:17 ` David Quigley
2012-11-30 13:28 ` Stephen Smalley
2012-11-30 13:35 ` David Quigley
2012-11-30 13:50 ` Stephen Smalley
2012-11-30 14:02 ` David Quigley
2012-11-30 16:21 ` Casey Schaufler
2012-11-30 16:28 ` David Quigley
2012-12-03 18:27 ` Casey Schaufler
2012-11-30 16:55 ` J. Bruce Fields
2012-11-30 16:59 ` David Quigley
2012-11-30 13:20 ` David Quigley
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2012-12-17 15:42 [PATCH 00/13] NFSv4: Label NFS Patches Steve Dickson
2012-12-17 15:43 ` [PATCH 02/13] Security: Add Hook to test if the particular xattr is part of a MAC model Steve Dickson
2013-05-13 19:11 [PATCH 00/13] lnfs: linux-3.10-rc1 release Steve Dickson
2013-05-13 19:11 ` [PATCH 02/13] Security: Add Hook to test if the particular xattr is part of a MAC model Steve Dickson
2013-05-16 15:56 Froe e71bf1d708e1294b3bae64d04f03228b3625f2a3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 Steve Dickson
2013-05-16 15:56 ` [PATCH 02/13] Security: Add Hook to test if the particular xattr is part of a MAC model Steve Dickson
2013-05-20 21:15 ` Eric Paris
2013-05-22 16:50 [PATCH 00/13] lnfs: 3.10-rc2 release Steve Dickson
2013-05-22 16:50 ` [PATCH 02/13] Security: Add Hook to test if the particular xattr is part of a MAC model Steve Dickson
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