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Re: [PATCH 2/5] security,overlayfs: Provide security hook for copy up of xattrs for overlay file

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On Tue, Jul 05, 2016 at 05:45:25PM -0400, Paul Moore wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 5, 2016 at 11:50 AM, Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@redhat.com> wrote:
> > Provide a security hook which is called when xattrs of a file are being
> > copied up. This hook is called once for each xattr and one can either
> > accept or reject xattr. If 0 is returned, xattr will be copied up, if 1
> > is returned, xattr will not be copied up and if negative error code
> > is returned, copy up will be aborted.
> >
> > In SELinux, label of lower file is not copied up. File already has been
> > set with right label at the time of creation and we don't want to overwrite
> > that label.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@redhat.com>
> > ---
> >  fs/overlayfs/copy_up.c    |  8 ++++++++
> >  include/linux/lsm_hooks.h | 13 +++++++++++++
> >  include/linux/security.h  | 10 ++++++++++
> >  security/security.c       |  9 +++++++++
> >  security/selinux/hooks.c  | 14 ++++++++++++++
> >  5 files changed, 54 insertions(+)
> 
> To continue the earlier feedback about mixing generic LSM hook
> definitions with the SELinux specific hook implementations - I prefer
> to see patchsets organized in the following manner:
> 
> [PATCH 1/X] - add new LSM hooks and the calls from the relevant
> subsystems, e.g.
> {security/security.c,include/linux/security.h,fs/overlayfs/*}
> [PATCH 2/X] - LSM specific hook implementation, e.g. security/selinux/*
> [PATCH n/X] - LSM specific hook implementation, e.g. security/smack/*

Ok, will do this way.

Vivek

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[PATCH 2/5] security,overlayfs: Provide security hook for copy up of xattrs for overlay file Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@redhat.com> - 2016-07-05 18:00 +0200
  Re: [PATCH 2/5] security,overlayfs: Provide security hook for copy up  of xattrs for overlay file Casey Schaufler <casey@schaufler-ca.com> - 2016-07-05 22:30 +0200
    Re: [PATCH 2/5] security,overlayfs: Provide security hook for copy  up of xattrs for overlay file Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@redhat.com> - 2016-07-05 23:20 +0200
      Re: [PATCH 2/5] security,overlayfs: Provide security hook for copy up  of xattrs for overlay file Casey Schaufler <casey@schaufler-ca.com> - 2016-07-05 23:40 +0200
        Re: [PATCH 2/5] security,overlayfs: Provide security hook for copy  up of xattrs for overlay file Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@redhat.com> - 2016-07-06 19:10 +0200
          Re: [PATCH 2/5] security,overlayfs: Provide security hook for copy  up of xattrs for overlay file Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@redhat.com> - 2016-07-06 20:00 +0200
          Re: [PATCH 2/5] security,overlayfs: Provide security hook for copy  up of xattrs for overlay file Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@redhat.com> - 2016-07-06 21:10 +0200
            Re: [PATCH 2/5] security,overlayfs: Provide security hook for copy up  of xattrs for overlay file Casey Schaufler <casey@schaufler-ca.com> - 2016-07-06 21:30 +0200
  Re: [PATCH 2/5] security,overlayfs: Provide security hook for copy up  of xattrs for overlay file Paul Moore <pmoore@redhat.com> - 2016-07-05 23:50 +0200
    Re: [PATCH 2/5] security,overlayfs: Provide security hook for copy  up of xattrs for overlay file Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@redhat.com> - 2016-07-06 00:00 +0200

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