| Subject | Re: [PATCH v3 17/25] security: Introduce inode_post_create_tmpfile hook | From | Mimi Zohar <> | Date | Fri, 13 Oct 2023 09:18:12 -0400 |
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On Mon, 2023-09-04 at 15:34 +0200, Roberto Sassu wrote: > From: Roberto Sassu <roberto.sassu@huawei.com> > > In preparation for moving IMA and EVM to the LSM infrastructure, introduce > the inode_post_create_tmpfile hook. > > It is useful for IMA to mark new temp files as successfully appraised and > let them be subsequently opened for further modification.
As tmp files can be made persistent, treat new tmp files like other new files, so that the file hash is calculated and stored in the security xattr.
-- thanks,
Mimi
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