Re: [PATCH v5 01/16] fs/kernel_read_file: Remove FIRMWARE_PREALLOC_BUFFER enum

2020-10-06 Thread James Morris
On Fri, 2 Oct 2020, Kees Cook wrote: > FIRMWARE_PREALLOC_BUFFER is a "how", not a "what", and confuses the LSMs > that are interested in filtering between types of things. The "how" > should be an internal detail made uninteresting to the LSMs. > > Fixes: a098ecd2fa7d ("firmware: support loading

[PATCH v5 01/16] fs/kernel_read_file: Remove FIRMWARE_PREALLOC_BUFFER enum

2020-10-02 Thread Kees Cook
FIRMWARE_PREALLOC_BUFFER is a "how", not a "what", and confuses the LSMs that are interested in filtering between types of things. The "how" should be an internal detail made uninteresting to the LSMs. Fixes: a098ecd2fa7d ("firmware: support loading into a pre-allocated buffer") Fixes: fd90bc559bf