[PATCH 21/28] security: Introduce inode_post_remove_acl hook

Stefan Berger stefanb at linux.ibm.com
Mon Mar 6 15:22:09 UTC 2023



On 3/3/23 13:18, Roberto Sassu wrote:
> From: Roberto Sassu <roberto.sassu at huawei.com>
> 
> In preparation for moving IMA and EVM to the LSM infrastructure, introduce
> the inode_post_remove_acl hook.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Roberto Sassu <roberto.sassu at huawei.com>
> ---

>   
> +/**
> + * security_inode_post_remove_acl() - Update inode sec after remove_acl op
> + * @idmap: idmap of the mount
> + * @dentry: file
> + * @acl_name: acl name
> + *
> + * Update inode security field after successful remove_acl operation on @dentry
> + * in @idmap. The posix acls are identified by @acl_name.
> + */
> +void security_inode_post_remove_acl(struct mnt_idmap *idmap,
> +				    struct dentry *dentry, const char *acl_name)
> +{
> +	if (unlikely(IS_PRIVATE(d_backing_inode(dentry))))
> +		return;

Was that a mistake before that EVM and IMA functions did not filtered out private inodes?

    Stefan



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