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SubjectRe: [PATCH] exec: Set file unwritable before LSM check
On Fri, Mar 9, 2018 at 11:07 AM, Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> wrote:
> The LSM check should happen after the file has been confirmed to be
> unchanging. Without this, we could have a ToCToU issue between the
> LSM verification and the actual contents of the file later.

Can we please not add random crazy six-letter acronyms that nobody
uses outside of a very small community?

The point of a commit message is to *explain*, not confuse.

Linus

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