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Date:   Tue, 23 Mar 2021 01:13:27 +0100
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v30 02/12] landlock: Add ruleset and domain management
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On Tue, Mar 16, 2021 at 9:43 PM Micka=C3=ABl Sala=C3=BCn <mic@digikod.net> =
wrote:
> A Landlock ruleset is mainly a red-black tree with Landlock rules as
> nodes.  This enables quick update and lookup to match a requested
> access, e.g. to a file.  A ruleset is usable through a dedicated file
> descriptor (cf. following commit implementing syscalls) which enables a
> process to create and populate a ruleset with new rules.
>
> A domain is a ruleset tied to a set of processes.  This group of rules
> defines the security policy enforced on these processes and their future
> children.  A domain can transition to a new domain which is the
> intersection of all its constraints and those of a ruleset provided by
> the current process.  This modification only impact the current process.
> This means that a process can only gain more constraints (i.e. lose
> accesses) over time.
>
> Cc: James Morris <jmorris@namei.org>
> Cc: Jann Horn <jannh@google.com>
> Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
> Signed-off-by: Micka=C3=ABl Sala=C3=BCn <mic@linux.microsoft.com>
> Acked-by: Serge Hallyn <serge@hallyn.com>
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210316204252.427806-3-mic@digikod.net

Reviewed-by: Jann Horn <jannh@google.com>