[PATCH 6/6] LSM: Infrastructure management of the perf_event security blob

[Paul Moore]

On Jul  8, 2024 Casey Schaufler <casey at schaufler-ca.com> wrote:
> 
> Move management of the perf_event->security blob out of the individual
> security modules and into the security infrastructure. Instead of
> allocating the blobs from within the modules the modules tell the
> infrastructure how much space is required, and the space is allocated
> there.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Casey Schaufler <casey at schaufler-ca.com>
> ---
>  include/linux/lsm_hooks.h         |  1 +
>  security/security.c               | 12 ++++++++++++
>  security/selinux/hooks.c          | 18 ++++--------------
>  security/selinux/include/objsec.h |  6 ++++++
>  4 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

...

> @@ -5665,6 +5675,8 @@ int security_perf_event_alloc(struct perf_event *event)
>  void security_perf_event_free(struct perf_event *event)
>  {
>  	call_void_hook(perf_event_free, event);
> +	kfree(event->security);
> +	event->security = NULL;
>  }

See previous comments regarding the *free() hooks.

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