Re: [RFC PATCH v9 01/16] security: add ipe lsm

From: Paul Moore <paul@paul-moore.com>
To: Fan Wu <wufan@linux.microsoft.com>
Cc: axboe@kernel.dk, linux-block@vger.kernel.org, tytso@mit.edu,
	dm-devel@redhat.com, corbet@lwn.net, roberto.sassu@huawei.com,
	Deven Bowers <deven.desai@linux.microsoft.com>,
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Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v9 01/16] security: add ipe lsm
Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2023 14:00:48 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAHC9VhTtXC=HMUF8uak-29E__xLN2Kh_znn0xdRbm-GkgqBNiA@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1675119451-23180-2-git-send-email-wufan@linux.microsoft.com>

On Mon, Jan 30, 2023 at 5:58 PM Fan Wu <wufan@linux.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> From: Deven Bowers <deven.desai@linux.microsoft.com>
>
> Integrity Policy Enforcement (IPE) is an LSM that provides an
> complimentary approach to Mandatory Access Control than existing LSMs
> today.
>
> Existing LSMs have centered around the concept of access to a resource
> should be controlled by the current user's credentials. IPE's approach,
> is that access to a resource should be controlled by the system's trust
> of a current resource.
>
> The basis of this approach is defining a global policy to specify which
> resource can be trusted.
>
> Signed-off-by: Deven Bowers <deven.desai@linux.microsoft.com>
> Signed-off-by: Fan Wu <wufan@linux.microsoft.com>

...

> ---
>  MAINTAINERS           |  5 +++++
>  security/Kconfig      | 11 ++++++-----
>  security/Makefile     |  1 +
>  security/ipe/Kconfig  | 17 +++++++++++++++++
>  security/ipe/Makefile | 10 ++++++++++
>  security/ipe/ipe.c    | 40 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  security/ipe/ipe.h    | 13 +++++++++++++
>  7 files changed, 92 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>  create mode 100644 security/ipe/Kconfig
>  create mode 100644 security/ipe/Makefile
>  create mode 100644 security/ipe/ipe.c
>  create mode 100644 security/ipe/ipe.h
>
> diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
> index 8a5c25c20d00..5e27e84763cc 100644
> --- a/MAINTAINERS
> +++ b/MAINTAINERS
> @@ -10273,6 +10273,11 @@ T:     git git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/zohar/linux-integrity.git
>  F:     security/integrity/ima/
>  F:     security/integrity/
>
> +INTEGRITY POLICY ENFORCEMENT (IPE)
> +M:     Fan Wu <wufan@linux.microsoft.com>
> +S:     Supported
> +F:     security/ipe/

You should probably add a mailing list (L:) and source tree URL (T:)
to the IPE entry.  You can use the LSM mailing list to start if you
like, there are several LSMs that do that today, e.g. Smack, Landlock,
etc.  As far as the source tree is concerned, probably the easiest
option is a simple GitHub repo, but there are plenty of other choices
too.

Both the mailing list and the source URLs can always be updated in the
future so don't worry too much about being stuck with either long
term.

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