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From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
To: Mimi Zohar <zohar@linux.ibm.com>
Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>,
	Roberto Sassu <roberto.sassu@huawei.com>,
	"linux-integrity@vger.kernel.org"
	<linux-integrity@vger.kernel.org>,
	"linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org" 
	<linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	Silviu Vlasceanu <Silviu.Vlasceanu@huawei.com>,
	"stable@vger.kernel.org" <stable@vger.kernel.org>,
	"viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk" <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>,
	"linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [RESEND][PATCH] ima: Set and clear FMODE_CAN_READ in ima_calc_file_hash()
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2020 09:37:32 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAHk-=wiso=-Fhe2m042CfBNUGhoVB1Pry14DF64uUgztHVOW0g@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <c556508437ffc10d3873fe25cbbba3484ca574df.camel@linux.ibm.com>

On Mon, Nov 16, 2020 at 8:47 AM Mimi Zohar <zohar@linux.ibm.com> wrote:
>
> This discussion seems to be going down the path of requiring an IMA
> filesystem hook for reading the file, again.  That solution was
> rejected, not by me.  What is new this time?

You can't read a non-read-opened file. Not even IMA can.

So don't do that then.

IMA is doing something wrong. Why would you ever read a file that can't be read?

Fix whatever "open" function instead of trying to work around the fact
that you opened it wrong.

             Linus

  reply	other threads:[~2020-11-16 17:39 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <20201113080132.16591-1-roberto.sassu@huawei.com>
2020-11-14 11:10 ` [RESEND][PATCH] ima: Set and clear FMODE_CAN_READ in ima_calc_file_hash() Christoph Hellwig
2020-11-16  8:52   ` Roberto Sassu
2020-11-16 16:22     ` Christoph Hellwig
2020-11-16 16:46       ` Mimi Zohar
2020-11-16 17:37         ` Linus Torvalds [this message]
2020-11-16 17:41           ` Christoph Hellwig
2020-11-16 18:09             ` Linus Torvalds
2020-11-16 18:35               ` Mimi Zohar
2020-11-17 18:23                 ` Linus Torvalds
2020-11-17 18:54                   ` Theodore Y. Ts'o
2020-11-17 23:23                   ` Mimi Zohar
2020-11-17 23:29                     ` Linus Torvalds
2020-11-17 23:36                       ` Linus Torvalds
2020-11-18 18:28                         ` Mimi Zohar
2020-11-20 12:52                         ` Roberto Sassu
2020-11-16 18:21             ` Mimi Zohar
2020-11-16 18:08           ` Al Viro
2020-11-16 18:49             ` Mimi Zohar
2020-11-17 12:29             ` Roberto Sassu

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