| From | David Howells <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 08/32] smack: Implement filesystem context security hooks [ver #9] | Date | Wed, 11 Jul 2018 00:19:53 +0100 |
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Casey Schaufler <casey@schaufler-ca.com> wrote:
> > Implement filesystem context security hooks for the smack LSM. > > > > Question: Should the ->fs_context_parse_source() hook be implemented to > > check the labels on any source devices specified? > > Checking the label on a block device when doing a mount > is just going to end in tears. If you're remounting from > an already mounted filesystem it might make sense to check > that the new mount doesn't provide greater access than the > existing mount. If the original mount has smackfsdefault="_" > I could see prohibiting the additional mount having > smackfsdefault="*" on a filesystem that doesn't support > xattrs. But that requires that a (hopefully) privileged > process be involved, and we expect them to have a clue. > So no, I don't see it necessary.
I think I may have meant the device file rather than the actual device content.
David
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