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| author | James Morris <james.l.morris@oracle.com> | 2012-05-03 22:46:40 -0400 |
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| committer | James Morris <james.l.morris@oracle.com> | 2012-05-03 22:46:40 -0400 |
| commit | 898bfc1d46bd76f8ea2a0fbd239dd2073efe2aa3 (patch) | |
| tree | e6e666085abe674dbf6292555961fe0a0f2e2d2f /Documentation/security | |
| parent | 08162e6a23d476544adfe1164afe9ea8b34ab859 (diff) | |
| parent | 69964ea4c7b68c9399f7977aa5b9aa6539a6a98a (diff) | |
Merge tag 'v3.4-rc5' into next
Linux 3.4-rc5
Merge to pull in prerequisite change for Smack:
86812bb0de1a3758dc6c7aa01a763158a7c0638a
Requested by Casey.
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/security')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/security/keys.txt | 14 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/security/keys.txt b/Documentation/security/keys.txt index 787717091421..d389acd31e19 100644 --- a/Documentation/security/keys.txt +++ b/Documentation/security/keys.txt | |||
| @@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ KEY SERVICE OVERVIEW | |||
| 123 | 123 | ||
| 124 | The key service provides a number of features besides keys: | 124 | The key service provides a number of features besides keys: |
| 125 | 125 | ||
| 126 | (*) The key service defines two special key types: | 126 | (*) The key service defines three special key types: |
| 127 | 127 | ||
| 128 | (+) "keyring" | 128 | (+) "keyring" |
| 129 | 129 | ||
| @@ -137,6 +137,18 @@ The key service provides a number of features besides keys: | |||
| 137 | blobs of data. These can be created, updated and read by userspace, | 137 | blobs of data. These can be created, updated and read by userspace, |
| 138 | and aren't intended for use by kernel services. | 138 | and aren't intended for use by kernel services. |
| 139 | 139 | ||
| 140 | (+) "logon" | ||
| 141 | |||
| 142 | Like a "user" key, a "logon" key has a payload that is an arbitrary | ||
| 143 | blob of data. It is intended as a place to store secrets which are | ||
| 144 | accessible to the kernel but not to userspace programs. | ||
| 145 | |||
| 146 | The description can be arbitrary, but must be prefixed with a non-zero | ||
| 147 | length string that describes the key "subclass". The subclass is | ||
| 148 | separated from the rest of the description by a ':'. "logon" keys can | ||
| 149 | be created and updated from userspace, but the payload is only | ||
| 150 | readable from kernel space. | ||
| 151 | |||
| 140 | (*) Each process subscribes to three keyrings: a thread-specific keyring, a | 152 | (*) Each process subscribes to three keyrings: a thread-specific keyring, a |
| 141 | process-specific keyring, and a session-specific keyring. | 153 | process-specific keyring, and a session-specific keyring. |
| 142 | 154 | ||
