Messages in this thread | | | From | Linus Torvalds <> | Date | Mon, 16 Nov 2020 09:37:32 -0800 | Subject | Re: [RESEND][PATCH] ima: Set and clear FMODE_CAN_READ in ima_calc_file_hash() |
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On Mon, Nov 16, 2020 at 8:47 AM Mimi Zohar <zohar@linux.ibm.com> wrote: > > This discussion seems to be going down the path of requiring an IMA > filesystem hook for reading the file, again. That solution was > rejected, not by me. What is new this time?
You can't read a non-read-opened file. Not even IMA can.
So don't do that then.
IMA is doing something wrong. Why would you ever read a file that can't be read?
Fix whatever "open" function instead of trying to work around the fact that you opened it wrong.
Linus
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