From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Mimi Zohar <zohar@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] evm: labeling pseudo filesystems exception
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2015 15:01:10 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20150728220110.GA13914@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1438119190-24399-1-git-send-email-zohar@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
On Tue, Jul 28, 2015 at 05:33:10PM -0400, Mimi Zohar wrote:
> To prevent offline stripping of existing file xattrs and relabeling of
> them at runtime, EVM allows only newly created files to be labeled. As
> pseudo filesystems are not persistent, stripping of xattrs is not a
> concern.
>
> Some LSMs defer file labeling on pseudo filesystems. This patch
> permits the labeling of existing files on pseudo files systems.
>
> Signed-off-by: Mimi Zohar <zohar@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
> (cherry picked from commit 5101a1850bb7ccbf107929dee9af0cd2f400940f)
> ---
> security/integrity/evm/evm_main.c | 11 +++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)
What stable kernel version(s) do you want this applied to?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-07-28 22:01 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-07-28 21:33 [PATCH] evm: labeling pseudo filesystems exception Mimi Zohar
2015-07-28 22:01 ` Greg KH [this message]
2015-07-28 22:32 ` Mimi Zohar
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