[PATCH 16/18] LSM: Allow arbitrary LSM ordering

Casey Schaufler casey at schaufler-ca.com
Mon Sep 17 23:30:54 UTC 2018


On 9/17/2018 4:20 PM, Kees Cook wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 17, 2018 at 4:10 PM, Mickaël Salaün <mic at digikod.net> wrote:
>> Landlock, because it target unprivileged users, should only be called
>> after all other major (access-control) LSMs. The admin or distro must
>> not be able to change that order in any way. This constraint doesn't
>> apply to current LSMs, though.

What harm would it cause for Landlock to get called before SELinux?
I certainly see why it seems like it ought to get called after, but
would it really make a difference?

> Good point! It will be easy to add LSM_ORDER_LAST, though, given the
> machinery introduced in this series.
>
> -Kees
>



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