[PATCH v9 12/25] security: Introduce file_post_open hook

Christian Brauner brauner at kernel.org
Fri Feb 9 09:59:42 UTC 2024


On Fri, Feb 09, 2024 at 10:56:33AM +0100, Christian Brauner wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 15, 2024 at 07:17:56PM +0100, Roberto Sassu wrote:
> > From: Roberto Sassu <roberto.sassu at huawei.com>
> > 
> > In preparation to move IMA and EVM to the LSM infrastructure, introduce the
> > file_post_open hook. Also, export security_file_post_open() for NFS.
> > 
> > Based on policy, IMA calculates the digest of the file content and
> > extends the TPM with the digest, verifies the file's integrity based on
> > the digest, and/or includes the file digest in the audit log.
> > 
> > LSMs could similarly take action depending on the file content and the
> > access mask requested with open().
> > 
> > The new hook returns a value and can cause the open to be aborted.
> > 
> > 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/namei.c                    |  2 ++
> 
> Acked-by: Christian Brauner <brauner at kernel.org>

Redacting that. I have a question.



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