[PATCH 2/2] ima: evm: Rename *_post_path_mknod() to *_path_post_mknod()

Roberto Sassu roberto.sassu at huaweicloud.com
Fri Mar 29 15:45:15 UTC 2024


On 3/29/2024 4:16 PM, Mimi Zohar wrote:
> On Fri, 2024-03-29 at 11:56 +0100, Roberto Sassu wrote:
>> From: Roberto Sassu <roberto.sassu at huawei.com>
>>
>> Rename ima_post_path_mknod() and evm_post_path_mknod() respectively to
>> ima_path_post_mknod() and evm_path_post_mknod(), to facilitate finding
>> users of the path_post_mknod LSM hook.
>>
>> Cc: stable at vger.kernel.org # 6.8.x
> 
> Since commit cd3cec0a02c7 ("ima: Move to LSM infrastructure") was upstreamed in
> this open window.  This change does not need to be packported and should be
> limited to IMA and EVM full fledge LSMs.

Yes, got it wrong.

>> Reported-by: Christian Brauner <christian at brauner.io>
>> Closes:
>> https://lore.kernel.org/linux-kernel/20240328-raushalten-krass-cb040068bde9@brauner/
>> Fixes: 05d1a717ec04 ("ima: add support for creating files using the mknodat
>> syscall")
> 
> "Fixes: 05d1a717ec04" should be removed.

Ok, I agree that it is not a necessary fix for stable kernels. We can 
reconsider it if there is a bug fix depending on it.

Thanks

Roberto

>> Fixes: cd3cec0a02c7 ("ima: Move to LSM infrastructure")
>> Signed-off-by: Roberto Sassu <roberto.sassu at huawei.com>
> 
> Acked-by: Mimi Zohar <zohar at linux.ibm.com>
> 




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