[PATCH v4 05/15] selinux: Refactor to remove bprm_secureexec hook

James Morris jmorris at namei.org
Tue Aug 1 00:45:54 UTC 2017


On Mon, 31 Jul 2017, Kees Cook wrote:

> The SELinux bprm_secureexec hook can be merged with the bprm_set_creds
> hook since it's dealing with the same information, and all of the details
> are finalized during the first call to the bprm_set_creds hook via
> prepare_binprm() (subsequent calls due to binfmt_script, etc, are ignored
> via bprm->called_set_creds).
> 
> Here, the test can just happen at the end of the bprm_set_creds hook,
> and the bprm_secureexec hook can be dropped.
> 
> Cc: Stephen Smalley <sds at tycho.nsa.gov>
> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook at chromium.org>
> Acked-by: Paul Moore <paul at paul-moore.com>
> Tested-by: Paul Moore <paul at paul-moore.com>
> Acked-by: Serge Hallyn <serge at hallyn.com>
> ---
>  security/selinux/hooks.c | 24 +++++-------------------
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)


Reviewed-by: James Morris <james.l.morris at oracle.com>


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James Morris
<jmorris at namei.org>

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