Subject: Re: [kernel-hardening] [PATCH 0/6] LSM: Security module blob
 management
To: Casey Schaufler <casey@schaufler-ca.com>,
        LSM <linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org>,
        James Morris <jmorris@namei.org>
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        Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@i-love.sakura.ne.jp>,
        Paul Moore <paul@paul-moore.com>, Stephen Smalley <sds@tycho.nsa.gov>,
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From: Matt Brown <matt@nmatt.com>
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Date: Thu, 8 Jun 2017 16:58:01 -0400
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On 6/8/17 4:43 PM, Casey Schaufler wrote:
> Subject: [PATCH 0/6] LSM: Security module blob management
> 
> This patch set moves management of security blobs out of
> the Linux security modules and into the security module
> infrastructure. This allows "major" security modules that
> use blobs to be stacked, just as "minor" modules that
> do not use blobs can be stacked today. It stops short of
> providing a safe interface for the Netlabel and SO_PEERSEC.
> As a result, any of the existing security modules may be
> used in combination except for SELinux and Smack.

Very excited about this! I can definitely see use cases for special
purpose LSMs that require data blobs but do not replace things like
SELinux, SMACK or AppArmor. I have had a few ideas recently that would
not be possible under the current setup of one shared blob.

Matt