Re: [PATCH] ima: define new policy condition based on the filesystem name

From: Christoph Hellwig
Date: Mon Jan 15 2018 - 11:27:31 EST


On Mon, Jan 15, 2018 at 11:20:36AM -0500, Mimi Zohar wrote:
> Some filesystems do not export the filesystem's magic number, as it is
> considered internal, private data. In other cases, the policy rule
> needs to identify a specifically mounted filesystem (eg. rootfs).

No, it doesn't. Policies based on a file system type are complete and
utterly bogus. rootfs should not be treated any different from other
file systems.