Re: [PATCH security-next v3 10/29] LSM: Don't ignore initialization failures

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On 09/24/2018 05:18 PM, Kees Cook wrote:
> LSM initialization failures have traditionally been ignored. We should
> at least WARN when something goes wrong.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

about time

Reviewed-by: John Johansen <john.johansen@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

> ---
>  security/security.c | 4 +++-
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/security/security.c b/security/security.c
> index ee49b921d750..1f055936a746 100644
> --- a/security/security.c
> +++ b/security/security.c
> @@ -55,10 +55,12 @@ static bool debug __initdata;
>  static void __init major_lsm_init(void)
>  {
>  	struct lsm_info *lsm;
> +	int ret;
>  
>  	for (lsm = __start_lsm_info; lsm < __end_lsm_info; lsm++) {
>  		init_debug("initializing %s\n", lsm->name);
> -		lsm->init();
> +		ret = lsm->init();
> +		WARN(ret, "%s failed to initialize: %d\n", lsm->name, ret);
>  	}
>  }
>  
> 




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