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| author | James Morris <jmorris@namei.org> | 2007-10-16 23:31:32 -0700 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@woody.linux-foundation.org> | 2007-10-17 08:43:07 -0700 |
| commit | 20510f2f4e2dabb0ff6c13901807627ec9452f98 (patch) | |
| tree | d64b9eeb90d577f7f9688a215c4c6c3c2405188a /Documentation | |
| parent | 5c3b447457789374cdb7b03afe2540d48c649a36 (diff) | |
security: Convert LSM into a static interface
Convert LSM into a static interface, as the ability to unload a security
module is not required by in-tree users and potentially complicates the
overall security architecture.
Needlessly exported LSM symbols have been unexported, to help reduce API
abuse.
Parameters for the capability and root_plug modules are now specified
at boot.
The SECURITY_FRAMEWORK_VERSION macro has also been removed.
In a nutshell, there is no safe way to unload an LSM. The modular interface
is thus unecessary and broken infrastructure. It is used only by out-of-tree
modules, which are often binary-only, illegal, abusive of the API and
dangerous, e.g. silently re-vectoring SELinux.
[akpm@linux-foundation.org: cleanups]
[akpm@linux-foundation.org: USB Kconfig fix]
[randy.dunlap@oracle.com: fix LSM kernel-doc]
Signed-off-by: James Morris <jmorris@namei.org>
Acked-by: Chris Wright <chrisw@sous-sol.org>
Cc: Stephen Smalley <sds@tycho.nsa.gov>
Cc: "Serge E. Hallyn" <serue@us.ibm.com>
Acked-by: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/DocBook/kernel-api.tmpl | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 17 |
2 files changed, 18 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-api.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-api.tmpl index 083258f0eab..d3290c46af5 100644 --- a/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-api.tmpl +++ b/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-api.tmpl @@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ X!Earch/x86/kernel/mca_32.c <chapter id="security"> <title>Security Framework</title> -!Esecurity/security.c +!Isecurity/security.c </chapter> <chapter id="audit"> diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index a0ed205e535..63bda363708 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -75,10 +75,12 @@ parameter is applicable: PPT Parallel port support is enabled. PS2 Appropriate PS/2 support is enabled. RAM RAM disk support is enabled. + ROOTPLUG The example Root Plug LSM is enabled. S390 S390 architecture is enabled. SCSI Appropriate SCSI support is enabled. A lot of drivers has their options described inside of Documentation/scsi/. + SECURITY Different security models are enabled. SELINUX SELinux support is enabled. SERIAL Serial support is enabled. SH SuperH architecture is enabled. @@ -373,6 +375,12 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file possible to determine what the correct size should be. This option provides an override for these situations. + capability.disable= + [SECURITY] Disable capabilities. This would normally + be used only if an alternative security model is to be + configured. Potentially dangerous and should only be + used if you are entirely sure of the consequences. + chandev= [HW,NET] Generic channel device initialisation checkreqprot [SELINUX] Set initial checkreqprot flag value. @@ -1539,6 +1547,15 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file Useful for devices that are detected asynchronously (e.g. USB and MMC devices). + root_plug.vendor_id= + [ROOTPLUG] Override the default vendor ID + + root_plug.product_id= + [ROOTPLUG] Override the default product ID + + root_plug.debug= + [ROOTPLUG] Enable debugging output + rw [KNL] Mount root device read-write on boot S [KNL] Run init in single mode |