The patch titled sysctl: Hide the sysctl proc inodes from selinux. has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is sysctl-hide-the-sysctl-proc-inodes-from-selinux.patch *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** See http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/patches/stuff/added-to-mm.txt to find out what to do about this ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: sysctl: Hide the sysctl proc inodes from selinux. From: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Since the security checks are applied on each read and write of a sysctl file, just like they are applied when calling sys_sysctl, they are redundant on the standard VFS constructs. Since it is difficult to compute the security labels on the standard VFS constructs we just mark the sysctl inodes in proc private so selinux won't even bother with them. Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff -puN fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c~sysctl-hide-the-sysctl-proc-inodes-from-selinux fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c --- a/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c~sysctl-hide-the-sysctl-proc-inodes-from-selinux +++ a/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c @@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ static struct inode *proc_sys_make_inode inode->i_mtime = inode->i_atime = inode->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME; inode->i_op = &proc_sys_inode_operations; inode->i_fop = &proc_sys_file_operations; + inode->i_flags |= S_PRIVATE; /* tell selinux to ignore this inode */ proc_sys_refresh_inode(inode, table); out: return inode; _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx are origin.patch powerpc-rtas-msi-support.patch kthread-api-conversion-for-dvb_frontend-and-av7110.patch kthread-api-conversion-for-dvb_frontend-and-av7110-fix.patch fix-i-oat-for-kexec.patch 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sysctl-c99-convert-arch-mips-lasat-sysctlc-and-remove-abi-breakage.patch sysctl-s390-move-sysctl-definitions-to-sysctlh.patch sysctl-s390-remove-unnecessary-use-of-insert_at_head.patch sysctl-c99-convert-ctl_tables-in-arch-powerpc-kernel-idlec.patch sysctl-c99-convert-ctl_tables-entries-in-arch-ppc-kernel-ppc_htabc.patch sysctl-c99-convert-arch-sh64-kernel-trapsc-and-remove-abi-breakage.patch sysctl-x86_64-remove-unnecessary-use-of-insert_at_head.patch sysctl-c99-convert-ctl_tables-in-arch-x86_64-ia32-ia32_binfmtc.patch sysctl-c99-convert-ctl_tables-in-arch-x86_64-kernel-vsyscallc.patch sysctl-c99-convert-ctl_tables-in-arch-x86_64-mm-initc.patch sysctl-remove-sys_sysctl-support-from-the-hpet-timer-driver.patch sysctl-remove-sys_sysctl-support-from-drivers-char-rtcc.patch sysctl-register-the-sysctl-number-used-by-the-arlan-driver.patch sysctl-c99-convert-ctl_tables-in-drivers-parport-procfsc.patch sysctl-c99-convert-ctl_tables-in-drivers-parport-procfsc-fix.patch sysctl-c99-convert-coda-ctl_tables-and-remove-binary-sysctls.patch sysctl-c99-convert-ctl_tables-in-ntfs-and-remove-sys_sysctl-support.patch sysctl-c99-convert-ctl_tables-in-ntfs-and-remove-sys_sysctl-support-fix.patch sysctl-register-the-ocfs2-sysctl-numbers.patch sysctl-move-init_irq_proc-into-init-main-where-it-belongs.patch sysctl-move-utsname-sysctls-to-their-own-file.patch sysctl-move-utsname-sysctls-to-their-own-file-fix-2.patch sysctl-move-sysv-ipc-sysctls-to-their-own-file.patch sysctl-move-sysv-ipc-sysctls-to-their-own-file-fix.patch sysctl-move-sysv-ipc-sysctls-to-their-own-file-fix-2.patch sysctl-create-sys-fs-binfmt_misc-as-an-ordinary-sysctl-entry.patch sysctl-create-sys-fs-binfmt_misc-as-an-ordinary-sysctl-entry-warning-fix.patch sysctl-remove-support-for-ctl_any.patch sysctl-remove-support-for-directory-strategy-routines.patch sysctl-remove-insert_at_head-from-register_sysctl.patch sysctl-remove-insert_at_head-from-register_sysctl-fix.patch sysctl-factor-out-sysctl_head_next-from-do_sysctl.patch sysctl-factor-out-sysctl_head_next-from-do_sysctl-warning-fix.patch sysctl-allow-sysctl_perm-to-be-called-from-outside-of-sysctlc.patch sysctl-reimplement-the-sysctl-proc-support.patch sysctl-reimplement-the-sysctl-proc-support-fix.patch sysctl-reimplement-the-sysctl-proc-support-warning-fix.patch sysctl-reimplement-the-sysctl-proc-support-fix-2.patch sysctl-reimplement-the-sysctl-proc-support-fix-3.patch sysctl-reimplement-the-sysctl-proc-support-fix-4.patch sysctl-add-a-parent-entry-to-ctl_table-and-set-the-parent-entry.patch sysctl-add-a-parent-entry-to-ctl_table-and-set-the-parent-entry-fix.patch sysctl-remove-the-proc_dir_entry-member-for-the-sysctl-tables.patch sysctl-remove-the-proc_dir_entry-member-for-the-sysctl-tables-fix.patch sysctl-remove-the-proc_dir_entry-member-for-the-sysctl-tables-fix-2.patch sysctl-remove-the-proc_dir_entry-member-for-the-sysctl-tables-ntfs-fix.patch sysctl-fix-the-selinux_sysctl_get_sid.patch 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