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Add a new lsm_context data structure to hold all the information about a "security context", including the string, its size and which LSM allocated the string. The allocation information is necessary because LSMs have different policies regarding the lifecycle of these strings. SELinux allocates and destroys them on each use, whereas Smack provides a pointer to an entry in a list that never goes away. Update security_release_secctx() to use the lsm_context instead of a (char *, len) pair. Change its callers to do likewise. The LSMs supporting this hook have had comments added to remind the developer that there is more work to be done. The BPF security module provides all LSM hooks. While there has yet to be a known instance of a BPF configuration that uses security contexts, the possibility is real. In the existing implementation there is potential for multiple frees in that case. Cc: linux-integrity@vger.kernel.org Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org Cc: audit@vger.kernel.org Cc: netfilter-devel@vger.kernel.org To: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org> Cc: linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org Cc: Todd Kjos <tkjos@google.com> Signed-off-by: Casey Schaufler <casey@schaufler-ca.com> [PM: subject tweak] Signed-off-by: Paul Moore <paul@paul-moore.com> |
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README
Linux kernel
============
There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the reStructuredText markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.