From: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
To: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii.nakryiko@gmail.com>,
Paul Moore <paul@paul-moore.com>
Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>,
Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org>,
bpf@vger.kernel.org, ast@kernel.org, daniel@iogearbox.net,
kpsingh@kernel.org, linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH bpf-next 0/8] New BPF map and BTF security LSM hooks
Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2023 13:03:26 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87leiv4nb5.fsf@meer.lwn.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAEf4BzaRkAtyigmu9fybW0_+TZJJX2i93BXjiNUfazt2dFDFbQ@mail.gmail.com>
Andrii Nakryiko <andrii.nakryiko@gmail.com> writes:
> Why do you prefer such
> an approach instead of going with no extra permissions by default, but
> allowing custom LSM policy to grant few exceptions for known and
> trusted use cases?
Should you be curious, you can find some of the history of the "no
authoritative hooks" policy at:
https://lwn.net/2001/1108/kernel.php3
It was fairly heatedly discussed at the time.
jon
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-04-13 19:03 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 52+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-04-12 4:32 [PATCH bpf-next 0/8] New BPF map and BTF security LSM hooks Andrii Nakryiko
2023-04-12 4:32 ` [PATCH bpf-next 1/8] bpf: move unprivileged checks into map_create() and bpf_prog_load() Andrii Nakryiko
2023-04-12 17:49 ` Kees Cook
2023-04-13 0:22 ` Andrii Nakryiko
2023-04-12 4:32 ` [PATCH bpf-next 2/8] bpf: inline map creation logic in map_create() function Andrii Nakryiko
2023-04-12 17:53 ` Kees Cook
2023-04-13 0:22 ` Andrii Nakryiko
2023-04-12 4:32 ` [PATCH bpf-next 3/8] bpf: centralize permissions checks for all BPF map types Andrii Nakryiko
2023-04-12 18:01 ` Kees Cook
2023-04-13 0:23 ` Andrii Nakryiko
2023-04-12 4:32 ` [PATCH bpf-next 4/8] bpf, lsm: implement bpf_map_create_security LSM hook Andrii Nakryiko
2023-04-12 18:20 ` Kees Cook
2023-04-13 0:23 ` Andrii Nakryiko
2023-04-12 4:32 ` [PATCH bpf-next 5/8] selftests/bpf: validate new " Andrii Nakryiko
2023-04-12 18:23 ` Kees Cook
2023-04-13 0:23 ` Andrii Nakryiko
2023-04-12 4:32 ` [PATCH bpf-next 6/8] bpf: drop unnecessary bpf_capable() check in BPF_MAP_FREEZE command Andrii Nakryiko
2023-04-12 18:24 ` Kees Cook
2023-04-13 0:17 ` Andrii Nakryiko
2023-04-12 4:32 ` [PATCH bpf-next 7/8] bpf, lsm: implement bpf_btf_load_security LSM hook Andrii Nakryiko
2023-04-12 16:52 ` Paul Moore
2023-04-13 1:43 ` Andrii Nakryiko
2023-04-13 2:47 ` Paul Moore
2023-04-12 4:33 ` [PATCH bpf-next 8/8] selftests/bpf: enhance lsm_map_create test with BTF LSM control Andrii Nakryiko
2023-04-12 16:49 ` [PATCH bpf-next 0/8] New BPF map and BTF security LSM hooks Paul Moore
2023-04-12 17:47 ` Kees Cook
2023-04-12 18:06 ` Paul Moore
2023-04-12 18:28 ` Kees Cook
2023-04-12 19:06 ` Paul Moore
2023-04-13 1:43 ` Andrii Nakryiko
2023-04-13 2:56 ` Paul Moore
2023-04-13 5:16 ` Andrii Nakryiko
2023-04-13 15:11 ` Paul Moore
2023-04-17 23:29 ` Andrii Nakryiko
2023-04-18 0:47 ` Casey Schaufler
2023-04-21 0:00 ` Andrii Nakryiko
2023-04-18 14:21 ` Paul Moore
2023-04-21 0:00 ` Andrii Nakryiko
2023-04-21 18:57 ` Kees Cook
2023-04-13 16:54 ` Casey Schaufler
2023-04-17 23:31 ` Andrii Nakryiko
2023-04-13 19:03 ` Jonathan Corbet [this message]
2023-04-17 23:28 ` Andrii Nakryiko
2023-04-13 16:27 ` Casey Schaufler
2023-04-17 23:31 ` Andrii Nakryiko
2023-04-17 23:53 ` Casey Schaufler
2023-04-18 0:28 ` Andrii Nakryiko
2023-04-18 0:52 ` Casey Schaufler
2023-04-12 18:38 ` Casey Schaufler
2023-04-14 20:23 ` Dr. Greg
2023-04-17 23:31 ` Andrii Nakryiko
2023-04-19 10:53 ` Dr. Greg
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