Re: [PATCH v9 12/25] security: Introduce file_post_open hook

From: Christian Brauner
Date: Fri Feb 09 2024 - 04:57:11 EST


On Mon, Jan 15, 2024 at 07:17:56PM +0100, Roberto Sassu wrote:
> From: Roberto Sassu <roberto.sassu@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> In preparation to move IMA and EVM to the LSM infrastructure, introduce the
> file_post_open hook. Also, export security_file_post_open() for NFS.
>
> Based on policy, IMA calculates the digest of the file content and
> extends the TPM with the digest, verifies the file's integrity based on
> the digest, and/or includes the file digest in the audit log.
>
> LSMs could similarly take action depending on the file content and the
> access mask requested with open().
>
> The new hook returns a value and can cause the open to be aborted.
>
> Signed-off-by: Roberto Sassu <roberto.sassu@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Stefan Berger <stefanb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Acked-by: Casey Schaufler <casey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Mimi Zohar <zohar@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> fs/namei.c | 2 ++

Acked-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@xxxxxxxxxx>