On 6/8/17 4:43 PM, Casey Schaufler wrote: > Subject: [PATCH 0/6] LSM: Security module blob management > > This patch set moves management of security blobs out of > the Linux security modules and into the security module > infrastructure. This allows "major" security modules that > use blobs to be stacked, just as "minor" modules that > do not use blobs can be stacked today. It stops short of > providing a safe interface for the Netlabel and SO_PEERSEC. > As a result, any of the existing security modules may be > used in combination except for SELinux and Smack.
Very excited about this! I can definitely see use cases for special purpose LSMs that require data blobs but do not replace things like SELinux, SMACK or AppArmor. I have had a few ideas recently that would not be possible under the current setup of one shared blob. Matt