Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH 01/10] procfs: add smack subdir to attrs | From | Casey Schaufler <> | Date | Tue, 11 Sep 2018 17:01:21 -0700 |
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On 9/11/2018 4:45 PM, Ahmed S. Darwish wrote: > On Tue, Sep 11, 2018 at 09:41:32AM -0700, Casey Schaufler wrote: >> Back in 2007 I made what turned out to be a rather serious >> mistake in the implementation of the Smack security module. >> The SELinux module used an interface in /proc to manipulate >> the security context on processes. Rather than use a similar >> interface, I used the same interface. The AppArmor team did >> likewise. Now /proc/.../attr/current will tell you the >> security "context" of the process, but it will be different >> depending on the security module you're using. >> >> This patch provides a subdirectory in /proc/.../attr for >> Smack. Smack user space can use the "current" file in >> this subdirectory and never have to worry about getting >> SELinux attributes by mistake. Programs that use the >> old interface will continue to work (or fail, as the case >> may be) as before. >> > Did downstream distributions already merge the stacking patches on > their own?
Ubuntu is leading the way with adopting the stacking patches.
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