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SubjectRe: [PATCH 1/4] proc: fix NULL ->i_fop oops
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On Tue, 2007-11-20 at 15:17 +0000, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 20, 2007 at 10:05:05AM -0500, Stephen Smalley wrote:
> > > Nice, getting rid of this is a very good step formwards. Unfortunately
> > > we have another copy of this junk in
> > > security/selinux/selinuxfs.c:sel_remove_entries() which would need the
> > > same treatment.
> >
> > Can't just be dropped completely for selinux - we need a way to drop
> > obsolete entries from the prior policy when we load a new policy.
> >
> > Is the only real problem here the clearing of f_op? If so, we can
> > likely remove that from sel_remove_entries() without harm, and fix the
> > checks for it to use something more reliable.
>
> f_op removal is the biggest issue. It can't really work and this is the
> last instance. But in general having some half-backed attempts at revoke
> is never a good idea.

Yes, we're not trying to revoke per se, but just re-populate a set of
directories that represent elements of policy state on a policy
reload. /selinux/booleans is one example - a directory with one entry
per policy boolean defined by the policy. Old directory tree gets torn
down on each policy reload and replaced.

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Stephen Smalley
National Security Agency

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