[PATCH v2 1/1] Add Trusted Path Execution as a stackable LSM

[Mimi Zohar]

On Thu, 2017-06-08 at 23:50 -0400, Matt Brown wrote:
> >>
> >> *  Issues:
> >>    *  Can be bypassed by interpreted languages such as python. You can run
> >>       malicious code by doing: python -c 'evil code'
> >
> > What's the recommendation for people interested in using TPE but
> > having interpreters installed?
> >
> 
> If you don't need a given interpreter installed, uninstall it. While
> this is common sense system hardening it especially would make a
> difference under the TPE threat model.
> 
> I don't have a knock down answer for this. Interpreters are a hard
> problem for TPE.

You might be interested in the minor LSM named "shebang", that I
posted as a proof of concept back in January, which restricts the
python interactive prompt/interpreter, but allows the scripts
themselves to be executed.

Mimi

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