[PATCH] ima: define new policy condition based on the filesystem name

Christoph Hellwig hch at infradead.org
Mon Jan 15 17:19:14 UTC 2018


On Mon, Jan 15, 2018 at 11:40:07AM -0500, Mimi Zohar wrote:
> rootfs IS different than other filesystems, as other filesystems
> uniquely identify the underlying filesystem type.  rootfs can be a
> ramfs or tmpfs filesystem.  Only tmpfs supports xattrs.

Tons of filesystems only have xattrs optionally.  Check for goddamn
xattrs if that is the requirement and not a name that has absolutely
zero meaning for functionality.  That is the whole point!
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