Re: [PATCH v2] selinux: only filter copy-up xattrs following initialization

Paul Moore
2024-02-02T18:53:09Z

On Feb 2, 2024 David Disseldorp <ddiss@suse.de> wrote:
>
> Extended attribute copy-up functionality added via 19472b69d639d
> ("selinux: Implementation for inode_copy_up_xattr() hook") sees
> "security.selinux" contexts dropped, instead relying on contexts
> applied via the inode_copy_up() hook.
>
> When copy-up takes place during early boot, prior to selinux
> initialization / policy load, the context stripping can be unwanted
> and unexpected.
>
> With this change, filtering of "security.selinux" xattrs will only occur
> after selinux initialization.
>
> Signed-off-by: David Disseldorp <ddiss@suse.de>
> ---
> Changes since v1:
> - drop RFC
> - slightly rework commit message and preceeding comment
>
> security/selinux/hooks.c | 5 +++--
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

Merged into selinux/dev, thanks for following up on this.

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