[PATCH 08/32] smack: Implement filesystem context security hooks [ver #9]

[dhowells@redhat.com (David Howells)]

Casey Schaufler <casey@schaufler-ca.com> wrote:

> > Implement filesystem context security hooks for the smack LSM.
> >
> > Question: Should the ->fs_context_parse_source() hook be implemented to
> > check the labels on any source devices specified?
> 
> Checking the label on a block device when doing a mount
> is just going to end in tears. If you're remounting from
> an already mounted filesystem it might make sense to check
> that the new mount doesn't provide greater access than the
> existing mount. If the original mount has smackfsdefault="_"
> I could see prohibiting the additional mount having
> smackfsdefault="*" on a filesystem that doesn't support
> xattrs. But that requires that a (hopefully) privileged
> process be involved, and we expect them to have a clue.
> So no, I don't see it necessary.

I think I may have meant the device file rather than the actual device
content.

David
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