diff options
| author | Michael LeMay <mdlemay@epoch.ncsc.mil> | 2006-06-22 14:47:17 -0700 |
|---|---|---|
| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@g5.osdl.org> | 2006-06-22 15:05:55 -0700 |
| commit | d720024e94de4e8b7f10ee83c532926f3ad5d708 (patch) | |
| tree | 8f21613c29a26bfbeb334cb0104b8b998b09fbdc /Documentation | |
| parent | f893afbe1262e27e91234506f72e17716190dd2f (diff) | |
| download | lwn-d720024e94de4e8b7f10ee83c532926f3ad5d708.tar.gz lwn-d720024e94de4e8b7f10ee83c532926f3ad5d708.zip | |
[PATCH] selinux: add hooks for key subsystem
Introduce SELinux hooks to support the access key retention subsystem
within the kernel. Incorporate new flask headers from a modified version
of the SELinux reference policy, with support for the new security class
representing retained keys. Extend the "key_alloc" security hook with a
task parameter representing the intended ownership context for the key
being allocated. Attach security information to root's default keyrings
within the SELinux initialization routine.
Has passed David's testsuite.
Signed-off-by: Michael LeMay <mdlemay@epoch.ncsc.mil>
Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: James Morris <jmorris@namei.org>
Acked-by: Chris Wright <chrisw@sous-sol.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/keys.txt | 29 |
1 files changed, 29 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/keys.txt b/Documentation/keys.txt index aaa01b0e3ee9..703020012708 100644 --- a/Documentation/keys.txt +++ b/Documentation/keys.txt @@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ This document has the following sections: - Key overview - Key service overview - Key access permissions + - SELinux support - New procfs files - Userspace system call interface - Kernel services @@ -232,6 +233,34 @@ For changing the ownership, group ID or permissions mask, being the owner of the key or having the sysadmin capability is sufficient. +=============== +SELINUX SUPPORT +=============== + +The security class "key" has been added to SELinux so that mandatory access +controls can be applied to keys created within various contexts. This support +is preliminary, and is likely to change quite significantly in the near future. +Currently, all of the basic permissions explained above are provided in SELinux +as well; SE Linux is simply invoked after all basic permission checks have been +performed. + +Each key is labeled with the same context as the task to which it belongs. +Typically, this is the same task that was running when the key was created. +The default keyrings are handled differently, but in a way that is very +intuitive: + + (*) The user and user session keyrings that are created when the user logs in + are currently labeled with the context of the login manager. + + (*) The keyrings associated with new threads are each labeled with the context + of their associated thread, and both session and process keyrings are + handled similarly. + +Note, however, that the default keyrings associated with the root user are +labeled with the default kernel context, since they are created early in the +boot process, before root has a chance to log in. + + ================ NEW PROCFS FILES ================ |