[PATCH] lsm: drop LSM_ID_IMA

Roberto Sassu roberto.sassu at huaweicloud.com
Mon Oct 23 15:20:03 UTC 2023


On 10/20/2023 11:56 PM, Casey Schaufler wrote:
> On 10/19/2023 1:08 AM, Roberto Sassu wrote:
>> On Wed, 2023-10-18 at 17:50 -0400, Paul Moore wrote:
>>> When IMA becomes a proper LSM we will reintroduce an appropriate
>>> LSM ID, but drop it from the userspace API for now in an effort
>>> to put an end to debates around the naming of the LSM ID macro.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Paul Moore <paul at paul-moore.com>
>> Reviewed-by: Roberto Sassu <roberto.sassu at huawei.com>
>>
>> This makes sense according to the new goal of making 'ima' and 'evm' as
>> standalone LSMs.
>>
>> Otherwise, if we took existing LSMs, we should have defined
>> LSM_ID_INTEGRITY, associated to DEFINE_LSM(integrity).
>>
>> If we proceed with the new direction, I will add the new LSM IDs as
>> soon as IMA and EVM become LSMs.
> 
> This seems right to me. Thank You.

Perfect! Is it fine to assign an LSM ID to 'ima' and 'evm' and keep the 
'integrity' LSM to reserve space in the security blob without LSM ID (as 
long as it does not register any hook)?

Thanks

Roberto

>> Roberto
>>
>>> ---
>>>   include/uapi/linux/lsm.h | 15 +++++++--------
>>>   1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/lsm.h b/include/uapi/linux/lsm.h
>>> index eeda59a77c02..f0386880a78e 100644
>>> --- a/include/uapi/linux/lsm.h
>>> +++ b/include/uapi/linux/lsm.h
>>> @@ -54,14 +54,13 @@ struct lsm_ctx {
>>>   #define LSM_ID_SELINUX		101
>>>   #define LSM_ID_SMACK		102
>>>   #define LSM_ID_TOMOYO		103
>>> -#define LSM_ID_IMA		104
>>> -#define LSM_ID_APPARMOR		105
>>> -#define LSM_ID_YAMA		106
>>> -#define LSM_ID_LOADPIN		107
>>> -#define LSM_ID_SAFESETID	108
>>> -#define LSM_ID_LOCKDOWN		109
>>> -#define LSM_ID_BPF		110
>>> -#define LSM_ID_LANDLOCK		111
>>> +#define LSM_ID_APPARMOR		104
>>> +#define LSM_ID_YAMA		105
>>> +#define LSM_ID_LOADPIN		106
>>> +#define LSM_ID_SAFESETID	107
>>> +#define LSM_ID_LOCKDOWN		108
>>> +#define LSM_ID_BPF		109
>>> +#define LSM_ID_LANDLOCK		110
>>>   
>>>   /*
>>>    * LSM_ATTR_XXX definitions identify different LSM attributes



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