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From: sargun@sargun.me (Sargun Dhillon)
To: linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v7 0/6] Safe LSM (un)loading, and immutable hooks
Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2018 14:29:02 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAMp4zn-hUTArkb44eLPAac6M2CedAPVpf7qBC2csKqNsdg70YQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <alpine.LRH.2.21.1805010712570.21544@namei.org>

On Mon, Apr 30, 2018 at 2:16 PM, James Morris <jmorris@namei.org> wrote:
> On Mon, 30 Apr 2018, Sargun Dhillon wrote:
>
>> I guess I'm just a little bit frustrated, because, in my mind, some of
>> my patches provide immediate value, and are ready to be reviewed, and
>> or respun.
>
> I'm not seeing much value in this functionality, given that SELinux is the
> only unloadable LSM, and that is really just an historical workaround
> which may be normalized at some point.
>
> Patch 1 may be useful on its own.
Do you not think patch 2 is also useful? Is it worth me re-rolling 1-2
independently?

Do you think not think that minor loadable LSMs are valuable? -- And
if so, do you think it's okay with, or without guardrails?
>
> --
> James Morris
> <jmorris@namei.org>
>
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  reply	other threads:[~2018-04-30 21:29 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 31+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2018-04-25  8:58 [PATCH v7 0/6] Safe LSM (un)loading, and immutable hooks Sargun Dhillon
2018-04-25  8:58 ` [PATCH v7 1/6] security: Move LSM registration arguments to struct lsm_info Sargun Dhillon
2018-05-01 18:34   ` James Morris
2018-05-01 19:19   ` Kees Cook
2018-05-01 19:35     ` Sargun Dhillon
2018-04-25  8:59 ` [PATCH v7 2/6] security: Make security_hook_heads private Sargun Dhillon
2018-04-25  8:59 ` [PATCH v7 3/6] security: Introduce mutable (RW) hooks Sargun Dhillon
2018-04-25  8:59 ` [PATCH v7 4/6] security: Expose security_add_hooks externally and add error handling Sargun Dhillon
2018-04-25  8:59 ` [PATCH v7 5/6] security: Panic on forced unloading of security module Sargun Dhillon
2018-04-25  8:59 ` [PATCH v7 6/6] security: Add SECURITY_UNREGISTRABLE_HOOKS to allow for hook removal Sargun Dhillon
2018-04-26  7:15 ` [PATCH v7 0/6] Safe LSM (un)loading, and immutable hooks Tetsuo Handa
2018-04-26  7:41   ` Sargun Dhillon
2018-04-26 12:07     ` Tetsuo Handa
2018-04-26 16:40       ` Sargun Dhillon
2018-04-26 17:29         ` Sargun Dhillon
2018-04-27 13:25           ` Tetsuo Handa
2018-04-27 20:21             ` Sargun Dhillon
2018-04-27 20:45               ` Casey Schaufler
2018-04-29 11:49                 ` Tetsuo Handa
2018-04-29 21:23                   ` Casey Schaufler
2018-04-30 16:11                     ` Sargun Dhillon
2018-04-30 16:46                       ` Casey Schaufler
2018-04-30 18:25                         ` Sargun Dhillon
2018-04-30 19:37                           ` Casey Schaufler
     [not found]                           ` <f4f44e71-8df2-e5e6-d213-cf97eda6cb4a@digikod.net>
2018-05-01 20:42                             ` James Morris
2018-04-30 21:16                       ` James Morris
2018-04-30 21:29                         ` Sargun Dhillon [this message]
2018-05-01 18:49                           ` James Morris
2018-05-01 19:02                       ` James Morris
2018-04-27 20:32 ` Sargun Dhillon
2018-04-27 20:59   ` Casey Schaufler

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