Follow @Openwall on Twitter for new release announcements and other news
[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]
Message-ID: <639b1727-2d61-5c29-623f-87eaf5a66a03@digikod.net>
Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2020 17:22:26 +0200
From: Mickaël Salaün <mic@...ikod.net>
To: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>, Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Aleksa Sarai <cyphar@...har.com>,
 Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...nel.org>, Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
 Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, Andy Lutomirski
 <luto@...nel.org>, Christian Brauner <christian.brauner@...ntu.com>,
 Christian Heimes <christian@...hon.org>,
 Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>,
 Deven Bowers <deven.desai@...ux.microsoft.com>,
 Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@...gle.com>, Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...nel.org>,
 Eric Chiang <ericchiang@...gle.com>, Florian Weimer <fweimer@...hat.com>,
 James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>, Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>,
 Jann Horn <jannh@...gle.com>, Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
 Lakshmi Ramasubramanian <nramas@...ux.microsoft.com>,
 Matthew Garrett <mjg59@...gle.com>, Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>,
 Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@...il.com>,
 Mickaël Salaün <mickael.salaun@....gouv.fr>,
 Mimi Zohar <zohar@...ux.ibm.com>,
 Philippe Trébuchet <philippe.trebuchet@....gouv.fr>,
 Scott Shell <scottsh@...rosoft.com>,
 Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@...el.com>,
 Shuah Khan <shuah@...nel.org>, Steve Dower <steve.dower@...hon.org>,
 Steve Grubb <sgrubb@...hat.com>,
 Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@...ove.SAKURA.ne.jp>,
 Thibaut Sautereau <thibaut.sautereau@....gouv.fr>,
 Vincent Strubel <vincent.strubel@....gouv.fr>,
 kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com, linux-api@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-integrity@...r.kernel.org, linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 7/7] ima: add policy support for the new file open
 MAY_OPENEXEC flag


On 16/07/2020 16:59, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> On 7/16/20 7:40 AM, Mickaël Salaün wrote:
>>
>> On 15/07/2020 22:40, Kees Cook wrote:
>>> On Tue, Jul 14, 2020 at 08:16:38PM +0200, Mickaël Salaün wrote:
>>>> From: Mimi Zohar <zohar@...ux.ibm.com>
>>>>
>>>> The kernel has no way of differentiating between a file containing data
>>>> or code being opened by an interpreter.  The proposed O_MAYEXEC
>>>> openat2(2) flag bridges this gap by defining and enabling the
>>>> MAY_OPENEXEC flag.
>>>>
>>>> This patch adds IMA policy support for the new MAY_OPENEXEC flag.
>>>>
>>>> Example:
>>>> measure func=FILE_CHECK mask=^MAY_OPENEXEC
>>>> appraise func=FILE_CHECK appraise_type=imasig mask=^MAY_OPENEXEC
>>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Mimi Zohar <zohar@...ux.ibm.com>
>>>> Reviewed-by: Lakshmi Ramasubramanian <nramas@...ux.microsoft.com>
>>>> Acked-by: Mickaël Salaün <mic@...ikod.net>
>>>
>>> (Process nit: if you're sending this on behalf of another author, then
>>> this should be Signed-off-by rather than Acked-by.)
>>
>> I'm not a co-author of this patch.
>>
> 
> from Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst:
> 
> The Signed-off-by: tag indicates that the signer was involved in the
> development of the patch, or that he/she was in the patch's delivery path.
>                              ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> 

OK, I though such tag had to go along with the From/Author, the
Committer or a Co-developed-by tag, but there is also this specific
case. I'll fix that in the next series.

Powered by blists - more mailing lists

Confused about mailing lists and their use? Read about mailing lists on Wikipedia and check out these guidelines on proper formatting of your messages.