[apparmor] [PATCH v4 1/13] LSM: Add the lsm_prop data structure.

Paul Moore paul at paul-moore.com
Fri Oct 11 03:08:07 UTC 2024


On Oct  9, 2024 Casey Schaufler <casey at schaufler-ca.com> wrote:
> 
> When more than one security module is exporting data to audit and
> networking sub-systems a single 32 bit integer is no longer
> sufficient to represent the data. Add a structure to be used instead.
> 
> The lsm_prop structure definition is intended to keep the LSM
> specific information private to the individual security modules.
> The module specific information is included in a new set of
> header files under include/lsm. Each security module is allowed
> to define the information included for its use in the lsm_prop.
> SELinux includes a u32 secid. Smack includes a pointer into its
> global label list. The conditional compilation based on feature
> inclusion is contained in the include/lsm files.
> 
> Suggested-by: Paul Moore <paul at paul-moore.com>
> Signed-off-by: Casey Schaufler <casey at schaufler-ca.com>
> Cc: apparmor at lists.ubuntu.com
> Cc: bpf at vger.kernel.org
> Cc: selinux at vger.kernel.org
> Cc: linux-security-module at vger.kernel.org
> ---
>  include/linux/lsm/apparmor.h | 17 +++++++++++++++++
>  include/linux/lsm/bpf.h      | 16 ++++++++++++++++
>  include/linux/lsm/selinux.h  | 16 ++++++++++++++++
>  include/linux/lsm/smack.h    | 17 +++++++++++++++++
>  include/linux/security.h     | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
>  5 files changed, 86 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100644 include/linux/lsm/apparmor.h
>  create mode 100644 include/linux/lsm/bpf.h
>  create mode 100644 include/linux/lsm/selinux.h
>  create mode 100644 include/linux/lsm/smack.h

Looks good to me, thanks for the lsm_prop rename.  As a FYI, I did add
a line to the MAINTAINERS entry for include/linux/lsm/.

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paul-moore.com



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