From: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
To: Casey Schaufler <casey@schaufler-ca.com>
Cc: casey.schaufler@intel.com, jmorris@namei.org,
linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org, selinux@vger.kernel.org,
john.johansen@canonical.com, penguin-kernel@i-love.sakura.ne.jp,
paul@paul-moore.com, sds@tycho.nsa.gov
Subject: Re: [PATCH 26/27] LSM: Add /proc attr entry for full LSM context
Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2019 14:40:51 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <201907291440.B073758@keescook> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <ea34ed4b-1f34-d896-7c1b-a7a5a304594c@schaufler-ca.com>
On Mon, Jul 29, 2019 at 12:22:37PM -0700, Casey Schaufler wrote:
> On 7/29/2019 10:19 AM, Kees Cook wrote:
> > On Fri, Jul 26, 2019 at 04:39:22PM -0700, Casey Schaufler wrote:
> >> Add an entry /proc/.../attr/context which displays the full
> >> process security "context" in compound format:'
> >> lsm1\0value\0lsm2\0value\0...
> >> This entry is not writable.
> > As this is a new API, would it make sense to make this a bit more
> > human readable (i.e. newlines not %NUL)?
>
> With the far reaching discussion about what format would be
> acceptable in mind I went with Simon McVittie's suggestion.
> Also note that AppArmor includes newline in attr/current,
> and this way we can preserve the existing value.
> It's compatible with /proc/.../cmdline and easily keesized:
>
> cat /proc/self/attr/context | tr '\0' '\n'
Okay, cool. I suspected it must be the result of so many bike sheds but
I couldn't quite find those memories.
> > (And if not, please justify the
> > reasoning in the commit log).
>
> Good idea.
Thanks! It'll help my poor brain. :)
--
Kees Cook
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2019-07-29 21:40 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 35+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-07-26 23:38 [PATCH v5 00/27] LSM: Module stacking for AppArmor Casey Schaufler
2019-07-26 23:38 ` [PATCH 01/27] LSM: Infrastructure management of the sock security Casey Schaufler
2019-07-26 23:38 ` [PATCH 02/27] LSM: Infrastructure management of the key blob Casey Schaufler
2019-07-26 23:38 ` [PATCH 03/27] LSM: Create and manage the lsmblob data structure Casey Schaufler
2019-07-26 23:39 ` [PATCH 04/27] LSM: Use lsmblob in security_audit_rule_match Casey Schaufler
2019-07-26 23:39 ` [PATCH 05/27] LSM: Use lsmblob in security_kernel_act_as Casey Schaufler
2019-07-26 23:39 ` [PATCH 06/27] net: Prepare UDS for security module stacking Casey Schaufler
2019-07-26 23:39 ` [PATCH 07/27] LSM: Use lsmblob in security_secctx_to_secid Casey Schaufler
2019-07-26 23:39 ` [PATCH 08/27] LSM: Use lsmblob in security_secid_to_secctx Casey Schaufler
2019-07-26 23:39 ` [PATCH 09/27] LSM: Use lsmblob in security_ipc_getsecid Casey Schaufler
2019-07-26 23:39 ` [PATCH 10/27] LSM: Use lsmblob in security_task_getsecid Casey Schaufler
2019-07-26 23:39 ` [PATCH 11/27] LSM: Use lsmblob in security_inode_getsecid Casey Schaufler
2019-07-26 23:39 ` [PATCH 12/27] LSM: Use lsmblob in security_cred_getsecid Casey Schaufler
2019-07-26 23:39 ` [PATCH 13/27] IMA: Change internal interfaces to use lsmblobs Casey Schaufler
2019-07-26 23:39 ` [PATCH 14/27] LSM: Specify which LSM to display Casey Schaufler
2019-07-29 17:05 ` Kees Cook
2019-07-26 23:39 ` [PATCH 15/27] LSM: Ensure the correct LSM context releaser Casey Schaufler
2019-07-26 23:39 ` [PATCH 16/27] LSM: Use lsmcontext in security_secid_to_secctx Casey Schaufler
2019-07-26 23:39 ` [PATCH 17/27] LSM: Use lsmcontext in security_dentry_init_security Casey Schaufler
2019-07-26 23:39 ` [PATCH 18/27] LSM: Use lsmcontext in security_inode_getsecctx Casey Schaufler
2019-07-26 23:39 ` [PATCH 19/27] LSM: security_secid_to_secctx in netlink netfilter Casey Schaufler
2019-07-26 23:39 ` [PATCH 20/27] NET: Store LSM netlabel data in a lsmblob Casey Schaufler
2019-07-26 23:39 ` [PATCH 21/27] SELinux: Verify LSM display sanity in binder Casey Schaufler
2019-07-26 23:39 ` [PATCH 22/27] Audit: Add subj_LSM fields when necessary Casey Schaufler
2019-07-26 23:39 ` [PATCH 23/27] Audit: Include object data for all security modules Casey Schaufler
2019-07-26 23:39 ` [PATCH 24/27] LSM: Provide an user space interface for the default display Casey Schaufler
2019-07-29 17:15 ` Kees Cook
2019-07-26 23:39 ` [PATCH 25/27] NET: Add SO_PEERCONTEXT for multiple LSMs Casey Schaufler
2019-07-29 13:00 ` Simon McVittie
2019-07-29 15:04 ` Casey Schaufler
2019-07-26 23:39 ` [PATCH 26/27] LSM: Add /proc attr entry for full LSM context Casey Schaufler
2019-07-29 17:19 ` Kees Cook
2019-07-29 19:22 ` Casey Schaufler
2019-07-29 21:40 ` Kees Cook [this message]
2019-07-26 23:39 ` [PATCH 27/27] AppArmor: Remove the exclusive flag Casey Schaufler
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