2024-02-08 03:24:01

by Paul Moore

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Subject: Re: [PATCH v9 18/25] security: Introduce key_post_create_or_update hook

On Jan 15, 2024 Roberto Sassu <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> In preparation for moving IMA and EVM to the LSM infrastructure, introduce
> the key_post_create_or_update hook.
>
> Depending on policy, IMA measures the key content after creation or update,
> so that remote verifiers are aware of the operation.
>
> Other LSMs could similarly take some action after successful key creation
> or update.
>
> The new hook cannot return an error and cannot cause the operation to be
> reverted.
>
> Signed-off-by: Roberto Sassu <[email protected]>
> Reviewed-by: Stefan Berger <[email protected]>
> Acked-by: Casey Schaufler <[email protected]>
> Reviewed-by: Mimi Zohar <[email protected]>
> ---
> include/linux/lsm_hook_defs.h | 3 +++
> include/linux/security.h | 11 +++++++++++
> security/keys/key.c | 7 ++++++-
> security/security.c | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
> 4 files changed, 39 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

Acked-by: Paul Moore <[email protected]>

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