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From: Al Viro <viro@ZenIV.linux.org.uk>
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Eric Paris <eparis@parisplace.org>,
	Mimi Zohar <zohar@linux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Mimi Zohar <zohar@us.ibm.com>,
	linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] vfs: fix IMA lockdep circular locking dependency
Date: Wed, 30 May 2012 22:36:38 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20120530213638.GZ11775@ZenIV.linux.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CA+55aFwXfD6vCj8sHuB33ctB-D8cfJN45h+iURXA6mR=S0mgwA@mail.gmail.com>

On Wed, May 30, 2012 at 02:04:23PM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> Generating 'prot' from 'reqprot' really *should* be as simple as what
> I did in my patch. The fact that some places f*ck it up is their
> problem - see for example mprotect (I think) that didn't take
> MNT_NOEXEC into account.
> 
> Don't try to emulate those broken semantics. Just fix them.

Actually, it's better than I thought, but not as simple as you say.
I've misread what's going on in !file case; mea culpa, they are
actually acting the same way there.

The only difference is that for file-backed ones !MMU wants
VM_MAYEXEC in that file's bdi flags (BDI_CAP_EXEC_MAP).  And
that actually sounds reasonable in !MMU case.

Anyway, I've dumped the variant I've got into vfs.git@security_file_mmap;
it should be at commit f12a0fd062b1d259a0b6bc6442019e6d4c45e9f5.

Comments?

  reply	other threads:[~2012-05-30 21:36 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 44+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-05-14  2:47 [PATCH] vfs: fix IMA lockdep circular locking dependency Mimi Zohar
2012-05-15  0:29 ` James Morris
2012-05-15  0:51   ` Mimi Zohar
2012-05-15 15:14     ` James Morris
2012-05-15 16:06       ` Mimi Zohar
2012-05-15 17:19 ` Linus Torvalds
2012-05-15 18:36   ` Mimi Zohar
2012-05-15 18:41   ` Linus Torvalds
2012-05-15 19:42     ` Eric Paris
2012-05-15 20:07       ` Mimi Zohar
2012-05-15 21:43         ` Linus Torvalds
2012-05-16  0:37           ` Linus Torvalds
2012-05-16  0:42             ` Al Viro
2012-05-16  0:45               ` Linus Torvalds
2012-05-16  1:53                 ` Linus Torvalds
2012-05-16 11:37                   ` James Morris
2012-05-16 11:38                     ` James Morris
2012-05-16 13:27                       ` Mimi Zohar
2012-05-16 13:42                     ` Eric Paris
2012-05-16 13:52                       ` Mimi Zohar
2012-05-16 14:06                         ` Eric Paris
2012-05-16 15:23                           ` Linus Torvalds
2012-05-16 15:47                           ` Mimi Zohar
2012-05-16 16:09                             ` Linus Torvalds
2012-05-16  2:18                 ` Al Viro
2012-05-23 21:18                   ` Mimi Zohar
2012-05-30  4:34                     ` Al Viro
2012-05-30 16:36                       ` Al Viro
2012-05-30 19:42                         ` Eric Paris
2012-05-30 20:24                           ` Al Viro
2012-05-30 20:28                             ` Linus Torvalds
2012-05-30 20:56                               ` Al Viro
2012-05-30 21:04                                 ` Linus Torvalds
2012-05-30 21:36                                   ` Al Viro [this message]
2012-05-30 22:51                                     ` Linus Torvalds
2012-05-31  0:28                                       ` Al Viro
2012-05-31  0:40                                         ` Linus Torvalds
2012-05-31  0:56                                           ` Al Viro
2012-05-31  3:55                                             ` Mimi Zohar
2012-05-31  4:20                                         ` James Morris
2012-05-30 20:33                             ` Mimi Zohar
2012-05-30 20:53                               ` Al Viro
2012-05-16 14:13             ` Eric Paris
2012-05-16 15:13               ` Linus Torvalds

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