From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
To: torvalds@linux-foundation.org
Cc: tixxdz@gmail.com, keescook@chromium.org, luto@kernel.org,
akpm@linux-foundation.org, mcgrof@kernel.org,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 next 0/5] Improve Module autoloading infrastructure
Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2017 04:14:26 +0900 (KST) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20171128.041426.801732093971324601.davem@davemloft.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CA+55aFwFEzEU9ci=mFZprjzrhG0P0XgXgqhBSWSv7vFWEAw6rQ@mail.gmail.com>
From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2017 10:41:30 -0800
> What are the real life use-cases for normal users having modules
> auto-load?
User opens SCTP socket, SCTP protocol module loads.
People build test cases via namespaces, and in that namespaces normal
users can setup virtual tunnel devices themselves, and those configure
operations can bring the tunnel module in.
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From: davem@davemloft.net (David Miller)
To: linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v5 next 0/5] Improve Module autoloading infrastructure
Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2017 04:14:26 +0900 (KST) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20171128.041426.801732093971324601.davem@davemloft.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CA+55aFwFEzEU9ci=mFZprjzrhG0P0XgXgqhBSWSv7vFWEAw6rQ@mail.gmail.com>
From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2017 10:41:30 -0800
> What are the real life use-cases for normal users having modules
> auto-load?
User opens SCTP socket, SCTP protocol module loads.
People build test cases via namespaces, and in that namespaces normal
users can setup virtual tunnel devices themselves, and those configure
operations can bring the tunnel module in.
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From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
To: torvalds@linux-foundation.org
Cc: tixxdz@gmail.com, keescook@chromium.org, luto@kernel.org,
akpm@linux-foundation.org, mcgrof@kernel.org,
james.l.morris@oracle.com, ben.hutchings@codethink.co.uk,
solar@openwall.com, serge@hallyn.com, jeyu@kernel.org,
rusty@rustcorp.com.au, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org,
kernel-hardening@lists.openwall.com, corbet@lwn.net,
mingo@kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, peterz@infradead.org
Subject: [kernel-hardening] Re: [PATCH v5 next 0/5] Improve Module autoloading infrastructure
Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2017 04:14:26 +0900 (KST) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20171128.041426.801732093971324601.davem@davemloft.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CA+55aFwFEzEU9ci=mFZprjzrhG0P0XgXgqhBSWSv7vFWEAw6rQ@mail.gmail.com>
From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2017 10:41:30 -0800
> What are the real life use-cases for normal users having modules
> auto-load?
User opens SCTP socket, SCTP protocol module loads.
People build test cases via namespaces, and in that namespaces normal
users can setup virtual tunnel devices themselves, and those configure
operations can bring the tunnel module in.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-11-27 19:14 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 266+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-11-27 17:18 [PATCH v5 next 0/5] Improve Module autoloading infrastructure Djalal Harouni
2017-11-27 17:18 ` [kernel-hardening] " Djalal Harouni
2017-11-27 17:18 ` Djalal Harouni
2017-11-27 17:18 ` [PATCH v5 next 1/5] modules:capabilities: add request_module_cap() Djalal Harouni
2017-11-27 17:18 ` [kernel-hardening] " Djalal Harouni
2017-11-27 17:18 ` Djalal Harouni
2017-11-27 18:48 ` Randy Dunlap
2017-11-27 18:48 ` [kernel-hardening] " Randy Dunlap
2017-11-27 18:48 ` Randy Dunlap
2017-11-27 21:35 ` Djalal Harouni
2017-11-27 21:35 ` [kernel-hardening] " Djalal Harouni
2017-11-27 21:35 ` Djalal Harouni
2017-11-28 19:14 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2017-11-28 19:14 ` [kernel-hardening] " Luis R. Rodriguez
2017-11-28 19:14 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2017-11-28 20:11 ` Kees Cook
2017-11-28 20:11 ` [kernel-hardening] " Kees Cook
2017-11-28 20:11 ` Kees Cook
2017-11-28 21:16 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2017-11-28 21:16 ` [kernel-hardening] " Luis R. Rodriguez
2017-11-28 21:16 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2017-11-28 21:33 ` Djalal Harouni
2017-11-28 21:33 ` [kernel-hardening] " Djalal Harouni
2017-11-28 21:33 ` Djalal Harouni
2017-11-28 22:18 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2017-11-28 22:18 ` [kernel-hardening] " Luis R. Rodriguez
2017-11-28 22:18 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2017-11-28 22:52 ` Djalal Harouni
2017-11-28 22:52 ` [kernel-hardening] " Djalal Harouni
2017-11-28 22:52 ` Djalal Harouni
2017-11-28 21:39 ` Kees Cook
2017-11-28 21:39 ` [kernel-hardening] " Kees Cook
2017-11-28 21:39 ` Kees Cook
2017-11-28 22:12 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2017-11-28 22:12 ` [kernel-hardening] " Luis R. Rodriguez
2017-11-28 22:12 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2017-11-28 22:18 ` Kees Cook
2017-11-28 22:18 ` [kernel-hardening] " Kees Cook
2017-11-28 22:18 ` Kees Cook
2017-11-28 22:48 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2017-11-28 22:48 ` [kernel-hardening] " Luis R. Rodriguez
2017-11-28 22:48 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2017-11-29 7:49 ` Michal Kubecek
2017-11-29 7:49 ` [kernel-hardening] " Michal Kubecek
2017-11-29 7:49 ` Michal Kubecek
2017-11-29 13:46 ` Alan Cox
2017-11-29 13:46 ` [kernel-hardening] " Alan Cox
2017-11-29 13:46 ` Alan Cox
2017-11-29 14:50 ` David Miller
2017-11-29 14:50 ` [kernel-hardening] " David Miller
2017-11-29 14:50 ` David Miller
2017-11-29 15:54 ` Theodore Ts'o
2017-11-29 15:54 ` [kernel-hardening] " Theodore Ts'o
2017-11-29 15:54 ` Theodore Ts'o
2017-11-29 15:58 ` David Miller
2017-11-29 15:58 ` [kernel-hardening] " David Miller
2017-11-29 15:58 ` David Miller
2017-11-29 16:29 ` Theodore Ts'o
2017-11-29 16:29 ` [kernel-hardening] " Theodore Ts'o
2017-11-29 16:29 ` Theodore Ts'o
2017-11-29 22:45 ` Linus Torvalds
2017-11-29 22:45 ` [kernel-hardening] " Linus Torvalds
2017-11-29 22:45 ` Linus Torvalds
2017-11-29 22:45 ` Linus Torvalds
2017-11-30 0:06 ` Kees Cook
2017-11-30 0:06 ` [kernel-hardening] " Kees Cook
2017-11-30 0:06 ` Kees Cook
2017-11-30 0:06 ` Kees Cook
2017-11-29 17:28 ` Serge E. Hallyn
2017-11-29 17:28 ` [kernel-hardening] " Serge E. Hallyn
2017-11-29 17:28 ` Serge E. Hallyn
2017-11-30 0:35 ` Theodore Ts'o
2017-11-30 0:35 ` [kernel-hardening] " Theodore Ts'o
2017-11-30 0:35 ` Theodore Ts'o
2017-11-30 17:17 ` Serge E. Hallyn
2017-11-30 17:17 ` [kernel-hardening] " Serge E. Hallyn
2017-11-30 17:17 ` Serge E. Hallyn
2017-11-28 20:18 ` Djalal Harouni
2017-11-28 20:18 ` [kernel-hardening] " Djalal Harouni
2017-11-28 20:18 ` Djalal Harouni
2017-11-27 17:18 ` [PATCH v5 next 2/5] modules:capabilities: add cap_kernel_module_request() permission check Djalal Harouni
2017-11-27 17:18 ` [kernel-hardening] " Djalal Harouni
2017-11-27 17:18 ` Djalal Harouni
2017-11-30 2:05 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2017-11-30 2:05 ` [kernel-hardening] " Luis R. Rodriguez
2017-11-30 2:05 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2017-11-27 17:18 ` [PATCH v5 next 3/5] modules:capabilities: automatic module loading restriction Djalal Harouni
2017-11-27 17:18 ` [kernel-hardening] " Djalal Harouni
2017-11-27 17:18 ` Djalal Harouni
2017-11-30 1:23 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2017-11-30 1:23 ` [kernel-hardening] " Luis R. Rodriguez
2017-11-30 1:23 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2017-11-30 12:22 ` Djalal Harouni
2017-11-30 12:22 ` [kernel-hardening] " Djalal Harouni
2017-11-30 12:22 ` Djalal Harouni
2017-11-27 17:18 ` [PATCH v5 next 4/5] modules:capabilities: add a per-task modules auto-load mode Djalal Harouni
2017-11-27 17:18 ` [kernel-hardening] " Djalal Harouni
2017-11-27 17:18 ` Djalal Harouni
2017-11-27 17:18 ` [PATCH v5 next 5/5] net: modules: use request_module_cap() to load 'netdev-%s' modules Djalal Harouni
2017-11-27 17:18 ` [kernel-hardening] " Djalal Harouni
2017-11-27 17:18 ` Djalal Harouni
2017-11-27 18:44 ` Linus Torvalds
2017-11-27 18:44 ` [kernel-hardening] " Linus Torvalds
2017-11-27 18:44 ` Linus Torvalds
2017-11-27 18:44 ` Linus Torvalds
2017-11-27 21:41 ` Djalal Harouni
2017-11-27 21:41 ` [kernel-hardening] " Djalal Harouni
2017-11-27 21:41 ` Djalal Harouni
2017-11-27 21:41 ` Djalal Harouni
2017-11-27 22:04 ` Linus Torvalds
2017-11-27 22:04 ` [kernel-hardening] " Linus Torvalds
2017-11-27 22:04 ` Linus Torvalds
2017-11-27 22:04 ` Linus Torvalds
2017-11-27 22:59 ` Kees Cook
2017-11-27 22:59 ` [kernel-hardening] " Kees Cook
2017-11-27 22:59 ` Kees Cook
2017-11-27 22:59 ` Kees Cook
2017-11-27 23:14 ` Linus Torvalds
2017-11-27 23:14 ` [kernel-hardening] " Linus Torvalds
2017-11-27 23:14 ` Linus Torvalds
2017-11-27 23:14 ` Linus Torvalds
2017-11-27 23:19 ` Kees Cook
2017-11-27 23:19 ` [kernel-hardening] " Kees Cook
2017-11-27 23:19 ` Kees Cook
2017-11-27 23:19 ` Kees Cook
2017-11-27 23:35 ` Linus Torvalds
2017-11-27 23:35 ` [kernel-hardening] " Linus Torvalds
2017-11-27 23:35 ` Linus Torvalds
2017-11-27 23:35 ` Linus Torvalds
2017-11-28 1:23 ` Kees Cook
2017-11-28 1:23 ` [kernel-hardening] " Kees Cook
2017-11-28 1:23 ` Kees Cook
2017-11-28 1:23 ` Kees Cook
2017-11-28 12:16 ` [kernel-hardening] " Geo Kozey
2017-11-28 12:16 ` Geo Kozey
2017-11-28 12:16 ` Geo Kozey
2017-11-28 19:32 ` Theodore Ts'o
2017-11-28 19:32 ` Theodore Ts'o
2017-11-28 19:32 ` Theodore Ts'o
2017-11-28 20:08 ` Kees Cook
2017-11-28 20:08 ` Kees Cook
2017-11-28 20:08 ` Kees Cook
2017-11-28 20:12 ` Linus Torvalds
2017-11-28 20:12 ` Linus Torvalds
2017-11-28 20:12 ` Linus Torvalds
2017-11-28 20:20 ` Kees Cook
2017-11-28 20:20 ` Kees Cook
2017-11-28 20:20 ` Kees Cook
2017-11-28 20:33 ` Linus Torvalds
2017-11-28 20:33 ` Linus Torvalds
2017-11-28 20:33 ` Linus Torvalds
2017-11-28 21:10 ` Djalal Harouni
2017-11-28 21:10 ` Djalal Harouni
2017-11-28 21:10 ` Djalal Harouni
2017-11-28 21:33 ` Kees Cook
2017-11-28 21:33 ` Kees Cook
2017-11-28 21:33 ` Kees Cook
2017-11-28 23:23 ` Theodore Ts'o
2017-11-28 23:23 ` Theodore Ts'o
2017-11-28 23:23 ` Theodore Ts'o
2017-11-28 23:29 ` Kees Cook
2017-11-28 23:29 ` Kees Cook
2017-11-28 23:29 ` Kees Cook
2017-11-28 23:49 ` Theodore Ts'o
2017-11-28 23:49 ` Theodore Ts'o
2017-11-28 23:49 ` Theodore Ts'o
2017-11-29 0:18 ` Kees Cook
2017-11-29 0:18 ` Kees Cook
2017-11-29 0:18 ` Kees Cook
2017-11-29 6:36 ` Theodore Ts'o
2017-11-29 6:36 ` Theodore Ts'o
2017-11-29 6:36 ` Theodore Ts'o
2017-11-29 14:46 ` Geo Kozey
2017-11-29 14:46 ` Geo Kozey
2017-11-29 14:46 ` Geo Kozey
2017-12-01 15:22 ` Marcus Meissner
2017-12-01 15:22 ` Marcus Meissner
2017-12-01 15:22 ` Marcus Meissner
2017-11-28 23:53 ` Djalal Harouni
2017-11-28 23:53 ` Djalal Harouni
2017-11-28 23:53 ` Djalal Harouni
2017-11-28 21:51 ` Geo Kozey
2017-11-28 21:51 ` Geo Kozey
2017-11-28 21:51 ` Geo Kozey
2017-11-28 23:51 ` Linus Torvalds
2017-11-28 23:51 ` Linus Torvalds
2017-11-28 23:51 ` Linus Torvalds
2017-11-29 0:17 ` Linus Torvalds
2017-11-29 0:17 ` Linus Torvalds
2017-11-29 0:17 ` Linus Torvalds
2017-11-29 0:26 ` Kees Cook
2017-11-29 0:26 ` Kees Cook
2017-11-29 0:26 ` Kees Cook
2017-11-29 0:50 ` Linus Torvalds
2017-11-29 0:50 ` Linus Torvalds
2017-11-29 0:50 ` Linus Torvalds
2017-11-29 4:26 ` Eric W. Biederman
2017-11-29 4:26 ` Eric W. Biederman
2017-11-29 4:26 ` Eric W. Biederman
2017-11-29 18:30 ` Kees Cook
2017-11-29 18:30 ` Kees Cook
2017-11-29 18:30 ` Kees Cook
2017-11-29 18:46 ` Linus Torvalds
2017-11-29 18:46 ` Linus Torvalds
2017-11-29 18:46 ` Linus Torvalds
2017-11-29 18:53 ` Linus Torvalds
2017-11-29 18:53 ` Linus Torvalds
2017-11-29 18:53 ` Linus Torvalds
2017-11-29 21:17 ` Kees Cook
2017-11-29 21:17 ` Kees Cook
2017-11-29 21:17 ` Kees Cook
2017-11-29 22:14 ` Linus Torvalds
2017-11-29 22:14 ` Linus Torvalds
2017-11-29 22:14 ` Linus Torvalds
2017-11-30 0:44 ` Kees Cook
2017-11-30 0:44 ` Kees Cook
2017-11-30 0:44 ` Kees Cook
2017-11-30 2:08 ` Linus Torvalds
2017-11-30 2:08 ` Linus Torvalds
2017-11-30 2:08 ` Linus Torvalds
2017-11-30 6:51 ` Daniel Micay
2017-11-30 6:51 ` Daniel Micay
2017-11-30 6:51 ` Daniel Micay
2017-11-30 8:50 ` Djalal Harouni
2017-11-30 8:50 ` Djalal Harouni
2017-11-30 8:50 ` Djalal Harouni
2017-11-30 14:16 ` Theodore Ts'o
2017-11-30 14:16 ` Theodore Ts'o
2017-11-30 14:16 ` Theodore Ts'o
2017-11-30 14:51 ` Djalal Harouni
2017-11-30 14:51 ` Djalal Harouni
2017-11-30 14:51 ` Djalal Harouni
2017-12-01 6:39 ` Daniel Micay
2017-12-01 6:39 ` Daniel Micay
2017-12-01 6:39 ` Daniel Micay
2017-11-29 15:28 ` Geo Kozey
2017-11-29 15:28 ` Geo Kozey
2017-11-29 15:28 ` Geo Kozey
2017-11-27 18:41 ` [PATCH v5 next 0/5] Improve Module autoloading infrastructure Linus Torvalds
2017-11-27 18:41 ` [kernel-hardening] " Linus Torvalds
2017-11-27 18:41 ` Linus Torvalds
2017-11-27 18:41 ` Linus Torvalds
2017-11-27 19:02 ` Linus Torvalds
2017-11-27 19:02 ` [kernel-hardening] " Linus Torvalds
2017-11-27 19:02 ` Linus Torvalds
2017-11-27 19:02 ` Linus Torvalds
2017-11-27 19:12 ` Linus Torvalds
2017-11-27 19:12 ` [kernel-hardening] " Linus Torvalds
2017-11-27 19:12 ` Linus Torvalds
2017-11-27 19:12 ` Linus Torvalds
2017-11-27 21:31 ` Djalal Harouni
2017-11-27 21:31 ` [kernel-hardening] " Djalal Harouni
2017-11-27 21:31 ` Djalal Harouni
2017-11-27 21:31 ` Djalal Harouni
2017-11-27 19:14 ` David Miller [this message]
2017-11-27 19:14 ` [kernel-hardening] " David Miller
2017-11-27 19:14 ` David Miller
2017-11-27 22:31 ` James Morris
2017-11-27 22:31 ` [kernel-hardening] " James Morris
2017-11-27 22:31 ` James Morris
2017-11-27 23:04 ` Kees Cook
2017-11-27 23:04 ` [kernel-hardening] " Kees Cook
2017-11-27 23:04 ` Kees Cook
2017-11-27 23:44 ` James Morris
2017-11-27 23:44 ` [kernel-hardening] " James Morris
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