On Thu, 2010-12-09 at 12:48 -0500, John Stoffel wrote: > >>>>> "Eric" == Eric Paris <eparis@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > > Eric> On Thu, 2010-12-09 at 10:05 -0500, John Stoffel wrote: > >> >>>>> "Eric" == Eric Paris <eparis@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > > Eric> This patch adds a 4th piece of information, the name of the > Eric> object being created. An obvious situation where this will be > Eric> useful is devtmpfs (although you'll find other examples in the > Eric> above thread). devtmpfs when it creates char/block devices is > Eric> unable to distinguish between kmem and console and so they are > Eric> created with a generic label. hotplug/udev is then called which > Eric> does some pathname like matching and relabels them to something > Eric> more specific. We've found that many people are able to race > Eric> against this particular updating and get spurious denials in > Eric> /dev. With this patch devtmpfs will be able to get the labels > Eric> correct to begin with. > > So your Label based access controls are *also* based on pathnames? > Right? Access decisions are still based solely on the label. This patch can influence how new objects get their label, which makes the access decisions indirectly path based. You'll find a reasonable summary and commentary on lwn in this weeks security section. -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxx For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Fight unfair telecom policy in Canada: sign http://dissolvethecrtc.ca/ Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx";> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>