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From: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
To: Casey Schaufler <casey@schaufler-ca.com>
Cc: John Johansen <john.johansen@canonical.com>,
	Paul Moore <paul@paul-moore.com>,
	linux-security-module <linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org>,
	James Morris <jmorris@namei.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	SE Linux <selinux@tycho.nsa.gov>,
	Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@i-love.sakura.ne.jp>,
	Stephen Smalley <sds@tycho.nsa.gov>,
	"linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org>,
	Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com>,
	"Schaufler, Casey" <casey.schaufler@intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 10/10] LSM: Blob sharing support for S.A.R.A and LandLock
Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2018 17:06:16 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAGXu5j+PhwfRCg5PycrE-JReVxKMduGsoXStWZN6PfYB-NB1og@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <a2ffa6b7-5d05-39a1-11c3-d715566e4d51@schaufler-ca.com>

On Thu, Sep 13, 2018 at 5:03 PM, Casey Schaufler <casey@schaufler-ca.com> wrote:
> On 9/13/2018 4:51 PM, Kees Cook wrote:
>> So, before we can really make a decision, I think we have to decide:
>> should ordering be arbitrary for even this level of stacking?
>
> Do we have a case where it matters? I know that I could write a
> module that would have issues if one hook got called and another
> didn't because because a precursor module hook failed. I don't
> think that any of the existing modules have this problem.

FWIW, I prefer having explicit ordering that cannot be changed at
runtime. I'm just concerned about painting ourselves (further) into a
corner with security= suddenly gaining ordering semantics, but maybe I
can just ignore this and we can point and laugh at anyone who gets
burned by some future change to making it order-sensitive. :)

-Kees

-- 
Kees Cook
Pixel Security

WARNING: multiple messages have this Message-ID (diff)
From: keescook@chromium.org (Kees Cook)
To: linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 10/10] LSM: Blob sharing support for S.A.R.A and LandLock
Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2018 17:06:16 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAGXu5j+PhwfRCg5PycrE-JReVxKMduGsoXStWZN6PfYB-NB1og@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <a2ffa6b7-5d05-39a1-11c3-d715566e4d51@schaufler-ca.com>

On Thu, Sep 13, 2018 at 5:03 PM, Casey Schaufler <casey@schaufler-ca.com> wrote:
> On 9/13/2018 4:51 PM, Kees Cook wrote:
>> So, before we can really make a decision, I think we have to decide:
>> should ordering be arbitrary for even this level of stacking?
>
> Do we have a case where it matters? I know that I could write a
> module that would have issues if one hook got called and another
> didn't because because a precursor module hook failed. I don't
> think that any of the existing modules have this problem.

FWIW, I prefer having explicit ordering that cannot be changed at
runtime. I'm just concerned about painting ourselves (further) into a
corner with security= suddenly gaining ordering semantics, but maybe I
can just ignore this and we can point and laugh at anyone who gets
burned by some future change to making it order-sensitive. :)

-Kees

-- 
Kees Cook
Pixel Security

  reply	other threads:[~2018-09-14  0:06 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 117+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2018-09-11 16:26 [PATCH v2 00/10] LSM: Module stacking in support of S.A.R.A and Landlock Casey Schaufler
2018-09-11 16:26 ` Casey Schaufler
2018-09-11 16:41 ` [PATCH 01/10] procfs: add smack subdir to attrs Casey Schaufler
2018-09-11 16:41   ` Casey Schaufler
2018-09-11 23:45   ` Ahmed S. Darwish
2018-09-11 23:45     ` Ahmed S. Darwish
2018-09-12  0:01     ` Casey Schaufler
2018-09-12  0:01       ` Casey Schaufler
2018-09-12 22:57   ` Kees Cook
2018-09-12 22:57     ` Kees Cook
2018-09-11 16:41 ` [PATCH 02/10] Smack: Abstract use of cred security blob Casey Schaufler
2018-09-11 16:41   ` Casey Schaufler
2018-09-12 23:04   ` Kees Cook
2018-09-12 23:04     ` Kees Cook
2018-09-11 16:41 ` [PATCH 03/10] SELinux: " Casey Schaufler
2018-09-11 16:41   ` Casey Schaufler
2018-09-12 23:10   ` Kees Cook
2018-09-12 23:10     ` Kees Cook
2018-09-11 16:41 ` [PATCH 04/10] LSM: Infrastructure management of the " Casey Schaufler
2018-09-11 16:41   ` Casey Schaufler
2018-09-12 23:53   ` Kees Cook
2018-09-12 23:53     ` Kees Cook
2018-09-13 19:01     ` Casey Schaufler
2018-09-13 19:01       ` Casey Schaufler
2018-09-13 21:12       ` Kees Cook
2018-09-13 21:12         ` Kees Cook
2018-09-11 16:41 ` [PATCH 05/10] SELinux: Abstract use of file " Casey Schaufler
2018-09-11 16:41   ` Casey Schaufler
2018-09-12 23:54   ` Kees Cook
2018-09-12 23:54     ` Kees Cook
2018-09-11 16:42 ` [PATCH 06/10] LSM: Infrastructure management of the " Casey Schaufler
2018-09-11 16:42   ` Casey Schaufler
2018-09-13  0:00   ` Kees Cook
2018-09-13  0:00     ` Kees Cook
2018-09-11 16:42 ` [PATCH 07/10] SELinux: Abstract use of inode " Casey Schaufler
2018-09-11 16:42   ` Casey Schaufler
2018-09-13  0:23   ` Kees Cook
2018-09-13  0:23     ` Kees Cook
2018-09-11 16:42 ` [PATCH 08/10] Smack: " Casey Schaufler
2018-09-11 16:42   ` Casey Schaufler
2018-09-13  0:24   ` Kees Cook
2018-09-13  0:24     ` Kees Cook
2018-09-11 16:42 ` [PATCH 09/10] LSM: Infrastructure management of the inode security Casey Schaufler
2018-09-11 16:42   ` Casey Schaufler
2018-09-13  0:30   ` Kees Cook
2018-09-13  0:30     ` Kees Cook
2018-09-11 16:42 ` [PATCH 10/10] LSM: Blob sharing support for S.A.R.A and LandLock Casey Schaufler
2018-09-11 16:42   ` Casey Schaufler
2018-09-13  4:19   ` Kees Cook
2018-09-13  4:19     ` Kees Cook
2018-09-13 13:16     ` Paul Moore
2018-09-13 13:16       ` Paul Moore
2018-09-13 15:19       ` Kees Cook
2018-09-13 15:19         ` Kees Cook
2018-09-13 19:12         ` Paul Moore
2018-09-13 19:12           ` Paul Moore
2018-09-13 20:58           ` Jordan Glover
2018-09-13 20:58             ` Jordan Glover
2018-09-13 20:58             ` Jordan Glover
2018-09-13 21:50             ` Paul Moore
2018-09-13 21:50               ` Paul Moore
2018-09-13 22:04               ` Jordan Glover
2018-09-13 22:04                 ` Jordan Glover
2018-09-13 22:04                 ` Jordan Glover
2018-09-13 23:01               ` Casey Schaufler
2018-09-13 23:01                 ` Casey Schaufler
2018-09-13 21:01           ` Kees Cook
2018-09-13 21:01             ` Kees Cook
2018-09-13 21:38             ` Paul Moore
2018-09-13 21:38               ` Paul Moore
2018-09-13 21:51               ` Kees Cook
2018-09-13 21:51                 ` Kees Cook
2018-09-13 23:06                 ` Kees Cook
2018-09-13 23:06                   ` Kees Cook
2018-09-13 23:32                   ` John Johansen
2018-09-13 23:32                     ` John Johansen
2018-09-13 23:51                     ` Kees Cook
2018-09-13 23:51                       ` Kees Cook
2018-09-14  0:03                       ` Casey Schaufler
2018-09-14  0:03                         ` Casey Schaufler
2018-09-14  0:06                         ` Kees Cook [this message]
2018-09-14  0:06                           ` Kees Cook
2018-09-13 23:51                   ` Casey Schaufler
2018-09-13 23:51                     ` Casey Schaufler
2018-09-13 23:57                     ` Kees Cook
2018-09-13 23:57                       ` Kees Cook
2018-09-14  0:08                       ` Casey Schaufler
2018-09-14  0:08                         ` Casey Schaufler
2018-09-14  0:19                         ` Kees Cook
2018-09-14  0:19                           ` Kees Cook
2018-09-14 15:57                           ` Casey Schaufler
2018-09-14 15:57                             ` Casey Schaufler
2018-09-14 20:05                             ` Kees Cook
2018-09-14 20:05                               ` Kees Cook
2018-09-14 20:47                               ` Casey Schaufler
2018-09-14 20:47                                 ` Casey Schaufler
2018-09-14 18:18                         ` James Morris
2018-09-14 18:18                           ` James Morris
2018-09-14 18:23                           ` John Johansen
2018-09-14 18:23                             ` John Johansen
2018-09-14  0:03                     ` Kees Cook
2018-09-14  0:03                       ` Kees Cook
2018-09-14  2:42                 ` Paul Moore
2018-09-14  2:42                   ` Paul Moore
2018-09-11 20:43 ` [PATCH v2 00/10] LSM: Module stacking in support of S.A.R.A and Landlock James Morris
2018-09-11 20:43   ` James Morris
2018-09-12 21:29 ` James Morris
2018-09-12 21:29   ` James Morris
2018-09-16 16:54   ` Salvatore Mesoraca
2018-09-16 16:54     ` Salvatore Mesoraca
2018-09-16 17:25     ` Casey Schaufler
2018-09-16 17:25       ` Casey Schaufler
2018-09-16 17:45       ` Salvatore Mesoraca
2018-09-16 17:45         ` Salvatore Mesoraca
2018-09-18  7:44   ` Mickaël Salaün
2018-09-18 15:23     ` Casey Schaufler
2018-09-18 15:23       ` Casey Schaufler

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