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From: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@kernel.org>
To: Daniil Lunev <dlunev@chromium.org>
Cc: Zdenek Kabelac <zdenek.kabelac@gmail.com>,
	Brian Geffon <bgeffon@google.com>,
	Mike Snitzer <snitzer@kernel.org>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, dm-devel@redhat.com,
	Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@redhat.com>,
	Alasdair Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [dm-devel] [PATCH 1/1] dm: add message command to disallow device open
Date: Wed, 3 Aug 2022 18:25:18 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <Yuq9jhxb+WgO55KJ@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAONX=-esLr5bGUks_a8wQBky37NnCawh2eOMemYg32HcPA7pmA@mail.gmail.com>

On Wed, Aug 03, 2022 at 02:29:40PM +1000, Daniil Lunev wrote:
> > This seems like an access control policy, which the Linux kernel already has a
> > lot of mechanisms for.  Chrome OS already uses SELinux.  Couldn't this be solved
> > by giving the device node an SELinux label that no one has permission to open?
> That would be the ideal solution, but there is a number of challenges
> that prevent
> us enabling enforcement on all SELinux domains unfortunately. While in the long
> run that would be a preferred option, in the short run this doesn't
> seem feasible. I
> would assume the problem of enabling full SELInux enforcement would plague
> any big project that didn't have them enabled from the get going.
> --Daniil

Have you also considered unlinking the device node (/dev/dm-$idx) from the
filesystem after it has been set up for swap?

- Eric

  parent reply	other threads:[~2022-08-03 18:25 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-07-04  0:02 [PATCH 0/1] Signal to disallow open of a dm device Daniil Lunev
2022-07-04  0:02 ` [PATCH 1/1] dm: add message command to disallow device open Daniil Lunev
2022-07-14 20:13   ` Mike Snitzer
2022-07-14 23:42     ` Daniil Lunev
2022-07-15  9:36       ` [dm-devel] " Mikulas Patocka
2022-07-15 19:38         ` Zdenek Kabelac
2022-07-18 23:42           ` Daniil Lunev
2022-08-03  4:12             ` Daniil Lunev
2022-08-03  4:23               ` Eric Biggers
2022-08-03  4:29                 ` Daniil Lunev
2022-08-03 16:30                   ` Mike Snitzer
2022-08-03 20:49                     ` Daniil Lunev
2022-08-03 18:25                   ` Eric Biggers [this message]
2022-08-03 20:44                     ` [dm-devel] " Daniil Lunev
2022-08-03 21:49                       ` Eric Biggers
2022-08-03 23:38                         ` Daniil Lunev

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