From: zohar@linux.vnet.ibm.com (Mimi Zohar)
To: linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] ima: define new policy condition based on the filesystem name
Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2018 11:40:07 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1516034407.6607.26.camel@linux.vnet.ibm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20180115162726.GB15686@infradead.org>
On Mon, 2018-01-15 at 08:27 -0800, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 15, 2018 at 11:20:36AM -0500, Mimi Zohar wrote:
> > Some filesystems do not export the filesystem's magic number, as it is
> > considered internal, private data. In other cases, the policy rule
> > needs to identify a specifically mounted filesystem (eg. rootfs).
>
> No, it doesn't. Policies based on a file system type are complete and
> utterly bogus. rootfs should not be treated any different from other
> file systems.
rootfs IS different than other filesystems, as other filesystems
uniquely identify the underlying filesystem type. ?rootfs can be a
ramfs or tmpfs filesystem. ?Only tmpfs supports xattrs.
Mimi
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-01-15 16:40 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-01-15 16:20 [PATCH] ima: define new policy condition based on the filesystem name Mimi Zohar
2018-01-15 16:27 ` Christoph Hellwig
2018-01-15 16:40 ` Mimi Zohar [this message]
2018-01-15 17:19 ` Christoph Hellwig
2018-02-05 17:31 ` Mimi Zohar
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