[PATCH v12 04/26] ima: Move arch_policy_entry into ima_namespace

Stefan Berger stefanb at linux.ibm.com
Thu Jul 7 14:12:09 UTC 2022



On 5/20/22 22:46, Serge E. Hallyn wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 20, 2022 at 10:06:11AM -0400, Stefan Berger wrote:

>> @@ -1005,7 +1003,8 @@ void ima_update_policy(struct ima_namespace *ns)
>>   		 * on boot.  After loading a custom policy, free the
>>   		 * architecture specific rules stored as an array.
>>   		 */
>> -		kfree(arch_policy_entry);
>> +		kfree(ns->arch_policy_entry);
>> +		ns->arch_policy_entry = NULL;
> 
> So the thing that prevents multiple racing occurances of the above two lines is
> that ima_open_policy() sets IMA_FS_BUSY (or returns EBUSY) and then removes
> this file before clearing the flag, right?

Correct.

> 
> Seems good.
> 
> Reviewed-by: Serge Hallyn <serge at hallyn.com>
> 
> 
>>   	}
>>   	ima_update_policy_flags(ns);
>>   
>> -- 
>> 2.34.1



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