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On 6/15/2020 10:44 AM, Mimi Zohar wrote:
> (Cc'ing John)
>
> On Mon, 2020-06-15 at 10:33 -0700, Casey Schaufler wrote:
>> On 6/15/2020 9:45 AM, Lakshmi Ramasubramanian wrote:
>>> On 6/15/20 4:57 AM, Stephen Smalley wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi Stephen,
>>>
>>> Thanks for reviewing the patches.
>>>
>>>>> +void security_state_change(char *lsm_name, void *state, int state_=
len)
>>>>> +{
>>>>> +=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 ima_lsm_state(lsm_name, state=
, state_len);
>>>>> +}
>>>>> +
>>>> What's the benefit of this trivial function instead of just calling
>>>> ima_lsm_state() directly?
>>> One of the feedback Casey Schaufler had given earlier was that callin=
g an IMA function directly from SELinux (or, any of the Security Modules)=
 would be a layering violation.
>> Hiding the ima_lsm_state() call doesn't address the layering.
>> The point is that SELinux code being called from IMA (or the
>> other way around) breaks the subsystem isolation. Unfortunately,
>> it isn't obvious to me how you would go about what you're doing
>> without integrating the subsystems.
> Casey, I'm not sure why you think there is a layering issue here.

I don't think there is, after further review. If the IMA code called
selinux_dosomething() directly I'd be very concerned, but calling
security_dosomething() which then calls selinux_dosomething() is fine.
If YAMA called security_dosomething() I'd be very concerned, but that's
not what's happening here.

> =C2=A0There were multiple iterations of IMA before it was upstreamed. =C2=
=A0One
> iteration had separate integrity hooks(LIM). =C2=A0Only when the IMA ca=
lls
> and the security hooks are co-located, are they combined, as requested
> by Linus.
>
> There was some AppArmour discussion about calling IMA directly, but I
> haven't heard about it in a while or seen the patch.
>
> Mimi