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author | James Morris <james.l.morris@oracle.com> | 2012-05-04 12:46:40 +1000 |
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committer | James Morris <james.l.morris@oracle.com> | 2012-05-04 12:46:40 +1000 |
commit | 898bfc1d46bd76f8ea2a0fbd239dd2073efe2aa3 (patch) | |
tree | e6e666085abe674dbf6292555961fe0a0f2e2d2f /Documentation/security | |
parent | 08162e6a23d476544adfe1164afe9ea8b34ab859 (diff) | |
parent | 69964ea4c7b68c9399f7977aa5b9aa6539a6a98a (diff) | |
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Merge tag 'v3.4-rc5' into next
Linux 3.4-rc5
Merge to pull in prerequisite change for Smack:
86812bb0de1a3758dc6c7aa01a763158a7c0638a
Requested by Casey.
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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 The key service provides a number of features besides keys: - (*) The key service defines two special key types: + (*) The key service defines three special key types: (+) "keyring" @@ -137,6 +137,18 @@ The key service provides a number of features besides keys: blobs of data. These can be created, updated and read by userspace, and aren't intended for use by kernel services. + (+) "logon" + + Like a "user" key, a "logon" key has a payload that is an arbitrary + blob of data. It is intended as a place to store secrets which are + accessible to the kernel but not to userspace programs. + + The description can be arbitrary, but must be prefixed with a non-zero + length string that describes the key "subclass". The subclass is + separated from the rest of the description by a ':'. "logon" keys can + be created and updated from userspace, but the payload is only + readable from kernel space. + (*) Each process subscribes to three keyrings: a thread-specific keyring, a process-specific keyring, and a session-specific keyring. |