[PATCH v6 7/7] ima: add policy support for the new file open MAY_OPENEXEC flag

[Kees Cook]

On Thu, Jul 16, 2020 at 07:59:20AM -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> On 7/16/20 7:40 AM, Mickaël Salaün wrote:
> > 
> > On 15/07/2020 22:40, Kees Cook wrote:
> >> On Tue, Jul 14, 2020 at 08:16:38PM +0200, Mickaël Salaün wrote:
> >>> From: Mimi Zohar <zohar at linux.ibm.com>
> >>>
> >>> The kernel has no way of differentiating between a file containing data
> >>> or code being opened by an interpreter.  The proposed O_MAYEXEC
> >>> openat2(2) flag bridges this gap by defining and enabling the
> >>> MAY_OPENEXEC flag.
> >>>
> >>> This patch adds IMA policy support for the new MAY_OPENEXEC flag.
> >>>
> >>> Example:
> >>> measure func=FILE_CHECK mask=^MAY_OPENEXEC
> >>> appraise func=FILE_CHECK appraise_type=imasig mask=^MAY_OPENEXEC
> >>>
> >>> Signed-off-by: Mimi Zohar <zohar at linux.ibm.com>
> >>> Reviewed-by: Lakshmi Ramasubramanian <nramas at linux.microsoft.com>
> >>> Acked-by: Mickaël Salaün <mic at digikod.net>
> >>
> >> (Process nit: if you're sending this on behalf of another author, then
> >> this should be Signed-off-by rather than Acked-by.)
> > 
> > I'm not a co-author of this patch.
> > 
> 
> from Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst:
> 
> The Signed-off-by: tag indicates that the signer was involved in the
> development of the patch, or that he/she was in the patch's delivery path.
>                              ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Randy beat me to it. :)

-- 
Kees Cook