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authorJames Morris <jmorris@namei.org>2007-10-17 02:31:32 -0400
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@woody.linux-foundation.org>2007-10-17 11:43:07 -0400
commit20510f2f4e2dabb0ff6c13901807627ec9452f98 (patch)
treed64b9eeb90d577f7f9688a215c4c6c3c2405188a /Documentation/DocBook
parent5c3b447457789374cdb7b03afe2540d48c649a36 (diff)
security: Convert LSM into a static interface
Convert LSM into a static interface, as the ability to unload a security module is not required by in-tree users and potentially complicates the overall security architecture. Needlessly exported LSM symbols have been unexported, to help reduce API abuse. Parameters for the capability and root_plug modules are now specified at boot. The SECURITY_FRAMEWORK_VERSION macro has also been removed. In a nutshell, there is no safe way to unload an LSM. The modular interface is thus unecessary and broken infrastructure. It is used only by out-of-tree modules, which are often binary-only, illegal, abusive of the API and dangerous, e.g. silently re-vectoring SELinux. [akpm@linux-foundation.org: cleanups] [akpm@linux-foundation.org: USB Kconfig fix] [randy.dunlap@oracle.com: fix LSM kernel-doc] Signed-off-by: James Morris <jmorris@namei.org> Acked-by: Chris Wright <chrisw@sous-sol.org> Cc: Stephen Smalley <sds@tycho.nsa.gov> Cc: "Serge E. Hallyn" <serue@us.ibm.com> Acked-by: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@infradead.org> Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ X!Earch/x86/kernel/mca_32.c
340 340
341 <chapter id="security"> 341 <chapter id="security">
342 <title>Security Framework</title> 342 <title>Security Framework</title>
343!Esecurity/security.c 343!Isecurity/security.c
344 </chapter> 344 </chapter>
345 345
346 <chapter id="audit"> 346 <chapter id="audit">