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author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2017-02-21 12:49:56 -0800 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2017-02-21 12:49:56 -0800 |
commit | c9341ee0af4df0af8b727873ef851227345defed (patch) | |
tree | 81a48ed068936afd58a1cb9b6cb65f6e16dcb343 /Documentation | |
parent | 7a771ceac771d009f7203c40b256b0608d7ea2f8 (diff) | |
parent | 61841be6358c03e864ad4c386c9a102edbba9cb8 (diff) | |
download | linux-c9341ee0af4df0af8b727873ef851227345defed.tar.bz2 |
Merge branch 'next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jmorris/linux-security
Pull security layer updates from James Morris:
"Highlights:
- major AppArmor update: policy namespaces & lots of fixes
- add /sys/kernel/security/lsm node for easy detection of loaded LSMs
- SELinux cgroupfs labeling support
- SELinux context mounts on tmpfs, ramfs, devpts within user
namespaces
- improved TPM 2.0 support"
* 'next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jmorris/linux-security: (117 commits)
tpm: declare tpm2_get_pcr_allocation() as static
tpm: Fix expected number of response bytes of TPM1.2 PCR Extend
tpm xen: drop unneeded chip variable
tpm: fix misspelled "facilitate" in module parameter description
tpm_tis: fix the error handling of init_tis()
KEYS: Use memzero_explicit() for secret data
KEYS: Fix an error code in request_master_key()
sign-file: fix build error in sign-file.c with libressl
selinux: allow changing labels for cgroupfs
selinux: fix off-by-one in setprocattr
tpm: silence an array overflow warning
tpm: fix the type of owned field in cap_t
tpm: add securityfs support for TPM 2.0 firmware event log
tpm: enhance read_log_of() to support Physical TPM event log
tpm: enhance TPM 2.0 PCR extend to support multiple banks
tpm: implement TPM 2.0 capability to get active PCR banks
tpm: fix RC value check in tpm2_seal_trusted
tpm_tis: fix iTPM probe via probe_itpm() function
tpm: Begin the process to deprecate user_read_timer
tpm: remove tpm_read_index and tpm_write_index from tpm.h
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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/security/LSM.txt | 7 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/security/LSM.txt b/Documentation/security/LSM.txt index 3db7e671c440..c2683f28ed36 100644 --- a/Documentation/security/LSM.txt +++ b/Documentation/security/LSM.txt @@ -22,6 +22,13 @@ system, building their checks on top of the defined capability hooks. For more details on capabilities, see capabilities(7) in the Linux man-pages project. +A list of the active security modules can be found by reading +/sys/kernel/security/lsm. This is a comma separated list, and +will always include the capability module. The list reflects the +order in which checks are made. The capability module will always +be first, followed by any "minor" modules (e.g. Yama) and then +the one "major" module (e.g. SELinux) if there is one configured. + Based on https://lkml.org/lkml/2007/10/26/215, a new LSM is accepted into the kernel when its intent (a description of what it tries to protect against and in what cases one would expect to |