From: Mimi Zohar <zohar@linux.ibm.com>
To: Roberto Sassu <roberto.sassu@huaweicloud.com>,
mark@fasheh.com, jlbec@evilplan.org, joseph.qi@linux.alibaba.com,
dmitry.kasatkin@gmail.com, paul@paul-moore.com,
jmorris@namei.org, serge@hallyn.com,
stephen.smalley.work@gmail.com, eparis@parisplace.org,
casey@schaufler-ca.com
Cc: ocfs2-devel@oss.oracle.com, reiserfs-devel@vger.kernel.org,
linux-integrity@vger.kernel.org,
linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org, selinux@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, keescook@chromium.org,
nicolas.bouchinet@clip-os.org,
Roberto Sassu <roberto.sassu@huawei.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 6/6] evm: Support multiple LSMs providing an xattr
Date: Sun, 19 Feb 2023 14:42:11 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1f252850086a39e3c15736f252600d388f6b9c24.camel@linux.ibm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20221201104125.919483-7-roberto.sassu@huaweicloud.com>
On Thu, 2022-12-01 at 11:41 +0100, Roberto Sassu wrote:
> From: Roberto Sassu <roberto.sassu@huawei.com>
>
> Currently, evm_inode_init_security() processes a single LSM xattr from
> the array passed by security_inode_init_security(), and calculates the
> HMAC on it and other inode metadata.
>
> Given that initxattrs() callbacks, called by
> security_inode_init_security(), expect that this array is terminated when
> the xattr name is set to NULL, reuse the same assumption to scan all xattrs
> and to calculate the HMAC on all of them.
>
> Signed-off-by: Roberto Sassu <roberto.sassu@huawei.com>
> Reviewed-by: Casey Schaufler <casey@schaufler-ca.com>
Normally changing the contents of the EVM HMAC calculation would break
existing systems. Assuming for the time being this is safe, at what
point will it affect backwards compatability? Should it be documented
now or then?
--
thanks,
Mimi
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-02-19 19:42 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 31+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-12-01 10:41 [PATCH v7 0/6] evm: Do HMAC of multiple per LSM xattrs for new inodes Roberto Sassu
2022-12-01 10:41 ` [PATCH v7 1/6] reiserfs: Switch to security_inode_init_security() Roberto Sassu
2023-02-17 19:47 ` Mimi Zohar
2022-12-01 10:41 ` [PATCH v7 2/6] ocfs2: " Roberto Sassu
2023-01-10 8:55 ` Roberto Sassu
2023-01-12 17:21 ` Paul Moore
2023-02-08 14:33 ` Roberto Sassu
2023-02-09 21:05 ` Paul Moore
2023-02-21 6:45 ` Joseph Qi
2023-02-21 7:51 ` Roberto Sassu
2023-02-17 19:51 ` Mimi Zohar
2023-02-17 21:30 ` Mimi Zohar
2023-02-20 9:27 ` Roberto Sassu
2023-02-20 11:08 ` Mimi Zohar
2023-02-20 12:20 ` Roberto Sassu
2023-02-20 12:40 ` Mimi Zohar
2023-02-20 8:34 ` Roberto Sassu
2022-12-01 10:41 ` [PATCH v7 3/6] security: Remove security_old_inode_init_security() Roberto Sassu
2023-02-19 19:41 ` Mimi Zohar
2022-12-01 10:41 ` [PATCH v7 4/6] security: Allow all LSMs to provide xattrs for inode_init_security hook Roberto Sassu
2023-02-20 12:43 ` Mimi Zohar
2022-12-01 10:41 ` [PATCH v7 5/6] evm: Align evm_inode_init_security() definition with LSM infrastructure Roberto Sassu
2023-02-19 19:41 ` Mimi Zohar
2022-12-01 10:41 ` [PATCH v7 6/6] evm: Support multiple LSMs providing an xattr Roberto Sassu
2023-02-19 19:42 ` Mimi Zohar [this message]
2023-02-20 9:49 ` Roberto Sassu
2023-02-20 10:56 ` Mimi Zohar
2023-01-12 17:15 ` [PATCH v7 0/6] evm: Do HMAC of multiple per LSM xattrs for new inodes Paul Moore
2023-01-13 10:35 ` Roberto Sassu
2023-03-08 22:16 ` Paul Moore
2023-03-09 7:53 ` Roberto Sassu
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