Re: [PATCH 3/9] ima: Move xattr hooks into LSM

[Christian Brauner]

On Thu, Oct 13, 2022 at 03:36:48PM -0700, Kees Cook wrote:
> Move the xattr IMA hooks into normal LSM layer. As with SELinux and
> Smack, handle calling cap_inode_setxattr() internally.
> 
> Cc: Mimi Zohar <zohar@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Dmitry Kasatkin <dmitry.kasatkin@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Paul Moore <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: James Morris <jmorris@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: "Serge E. Hallyn" <serge@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: Jonathan McDowell <noodles@xxxxxx>
> Cc: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: Petr Vorel <pvorel@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: linux-integrity@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: linux-security-module@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---

I like that changes obviously but in general, does IMA depend on being
called _after_ all other LSMs or is this just a historical artifact?