[PATCH v9 17/25] security: Introduce inode_post_remove_acl hook

[Paul Moore]

On Jan 15, 2024 Roberto Sassu <roberto.sassu at huaweicloud.com> wrote:
> 
> In preparation for moving IMA and EVM to the LSM infrastructure, introduce
> the inode_post_remove_acl hook.
> 
> At inode_remove_acl hook, EVM verifies the file's existing HMAC value. At
> inode_post_remove_acl, EVM re-calculates the file's HMAC with the passed
> POSIX ACL removed and other file metadata.
> 
> Other LSMs could similarly take some action after successful POSIX ACL
> removal.
> 
> The new hook cannot return an error and cannot cause the operation to be
> reverted.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Roberto Sassu <roberto.sassu at huawei.com>
> Reviewed-by: Stefan Berger <stefanb at linux.ibm.com>
> Acked-by: Casey Schaufler <casey at schaufler-ca.com>
> Reviewed-by: Mimi Zohar <zohar at linux.ibm.com>
> ---
>  fs/posix_acl.c                |  1 +
>  include/linux/lsm_hook_defs.h |  2 ++
>  include/linux/security.h      |  8 ++++++++
>  security/security.c           | 17 +++++++++++++++++
>  4 files changed, 28 insertions(+)

Acked-by: Paul Moore <paul at paul-moore.com>

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