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<title>linux-toradex.git/security/smack/smack_access.c, branch v4.4.101</title>
<subtitle>Linux kernel for Apalis and Colibri modules</subtitle>
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<title>Smack: limited capability for changing process label</title>
<updated>2015-10-19T19:06:47+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Zbigniew Jasinski</name>
<email>z.jasinski@samsung.com</email>
</author>
<published>2015-10-19T16:23:53+00:00</published>
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This feature introduces new kernel interface:

- &lt;smack_fs&gt;/relabel-self - for setting transition labels list

This list is used to control smack label transition mechanism.
List is set by, and per process. Process can transit to new label only if
label is on the list. Only process with CAP_MAC_ADMIN capability can add
labels to this list. With this list, process can change it's label without
CAP_MAC_ADMIN but only once. After label changing, list is unset.

Changes in v2:
* use list_for_each_entry instead of _rcu during label write
* added missing description in security/Smack.txt

Changes in v3:
* squashed into one commit

Changes in v4:
* switch from global list to per-task list
* since the per-task list is accessed only by the task itself
  there is no need to use synchronization mechanisms on it

Changes in v5:
* change smackfs interface of relabel-self to the one used for onlycap
  multiple labels are accepted, separated by space, which
  replace the previous list upon write

Signed-off-by: Zbigniew Jasinski &lt;z.jasinski@samsung.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Rafal Krypa &lt;r.krypa@samsung.com&gt;
Acked-by: Casey Schaufler &lt;casey@schaufler-ca.com&gt;
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This feature introduces new kernel interface:

- &lt;smack_fs&gt;/relabel-self - for setting transition labels list

This list is used to control smack label transition mechanism.
List is set by, and per process. Process can transit to new label only if
label is on the list. Only process with CAP_MAC_ADMIN capability can add
labels to this list. With this list, process can change it's label without
CAP_MAC_ADMIN but only once. After label changing, list is unset.

Changes in v2:
* use list_for_each_entry instead of _rcu during label write
* added missing description in security/Smack.txt

Changes in v3:
* squashed into one commit

Changes in v4:
* switch from global list to per-task list
* since the per-task list is accessed only by the task itself
  there is no need to use synchronization mechanisms on it

Changes in v5:
* change smackfs interface of relabel-self to the one used for onlycap
  multiple labels are accepted, separated by space, which
  replace the previous list upon write

Signed-off-by: Zbigniew Jasinski &lt;z.jasinski@samsung.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Rafal Krypa &lt;r.krypa@samsung.com&gt;
Acked-by: Casey Schaufler &lt;casey@schaufler-ca.com&gt;
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<entry>
<title>Kernel threads excluded from smack checks</title>
<updated>2015-08-10T22:15:50+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Roman Kubiak</name>
<email>r.kubiak@samsung.com</email>
</author>
<published>2015-08-10T14:54:25+00:00</published>
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Adds an ignore case for kernel tasks,
so that they can access all resources.

Since kernel worker threads are spawned with
floor label, they are severely restricted by
Smack policy. It is not an issue without onlycap,
as these processes also run with root,
so CAP_MAC_OVERRIDE kicks in. But with onlycap
turned on, there is no way to change the label
for these processes.

Signed-off-by: Roman Kubiak &lt;r.kubiak@samsung.com&gt;
Acked-by: Casey Schaufler &lt;casey@schaufler-ca.com&gt;
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Adds an ignore case for kernel tasks,
so that they can access all resources.

Since kernel worker threads are spawned with
floor label, they are severely restricted by
Smack policy. It is not an issue without onlycap,
as these processes also run with root,
so CAP_MAC_OVERRIDE kicks in. But with onlycap
turned on, there is no way to change the label
for these processes.

Signed-off-by: Roman Kubiak &lt;r.kubiak@samsung.com&gt;
Acked-by: Casey Schaufler &lt;casey@schaufler-ca.com&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>Smack: allow multiple labels in onlycap</title>
<updated>2015-06-02T18:53:42+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Rafal Krypa</name>
<email>r.krypa@samsung.com</email>
</author>
<published>2015-06-02T09:23:48+00:00</published>
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Smack onlycap allows limiting of CAP_MAC_ADMIN and CAP_MAC_OVERRIDE to
processes running with the configured label. But having single privileged
label is not enough in some real use cases. On a complex system like Tizen,
there maybe few programs that need to configure Smack policy in run-time
and running them all with a single label is not always practical.
This patch extends onlycap feature for multiple labels. They are configured
in the same smackfs "onlycap" interface, separated by spaces.

Signed-off-by: Rafal Krypa &lt;r.krypa@samsung.com&gt;
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Smack onlycap allows limiting of CAP_MAC_ADMIN and CAP_MAC_OVERRIDE to
processes running with the configured label. But having single privileged
label is not enough in some real use cases. On a complex system like Tizen,
there maybe few programs that need to configure Smack policy in run-time
and running them all with a single label is not always practical.
This patch extends onlycap feature for multiple labels. They are configured
in the same smackfs "onlycap" interface, separated by spaces.

Signed-off-by: Rafal Krypa &lt;r.krypa@samsung.com&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>smack: pass error code through pointers</title>
<updated>2015-05-15T15:36:03+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Lukasz Pawelczyk</name>
<email>l.pawelczyk@samsung.com</email>
</author>
<published>2015-04-20T15:12:54+00:00</published>
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This patch makes the following functions to use ERR_PTR() and related
macros to pass the appropriate error code through returned pointers:

smk_parse_smack()
smk_import_entry()
smk_fetch()

It also makes all the other functions that use them to handle the
error cases properly. This ways correct error codes from places
where they happened can be propagated to the user space if necessary.

Doing this it fixes a bug in onlycap and unconfined files
handling. Previously their content was cleared on any error from
smk_import_entry/smk_parse_smack, be it EINVAL (as originally intended)
or ENOMEM. Right now it only reacts on EINVAL passing other codes
properly to userspace.

Comments have been updated accordingly.

Signed-off-by: Lukasz Pawelczyk &lt;l.pawelczyk@samsung.com&gt;
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This patch makes the following functions to use ERR_PTR() and related
macros to pass the appropriate error code through returned pointers:

smk_parse_smack()
smk_import_entry()
smk_fetch()

It also makes all the other functions that use them to handle the
error cases properly. This ways correct error codes from places
where they happened can be propagated to the user space if necessary.

Doing this it fixes a bug in onlycap and unconfined files
handling. Previously their content was cleared on any error from
smk_import_entry/smk_parse_smack, be it EINVAL (as originally intended)
or ENOMEM. Right now it only reacts on EINVAL passing other codes
properly to userspace.

Comments have been updated accordingly.

Signed-off-by: Lukasz Pawelczyk &lt;l.pawelczyk@samsung.com&gt;
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Smack: Allow an unconfined label in bringup mode</title>
<updated>2015-03-23T20:21:34+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Casey Schaufler</name>
<email>casey@schaufler-ca.com</email>
</author>
<published>2015-03-22T01:26:40+00:00</published>
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I have vehemently opposed adding a "permissive" mode to Smack
for the simple reasons that it would be subject to massive abuse
and that developers refuse to turn it off come product release.
I still believe that this is true, and still refuse to add a
general "permissive mode". So don't ask again.

Bumjin Im suggested an approach that addresses most of the concerns,
and I have implemented it here. I still believe that we'd be better
off without this sort of thing, but it looks like this minimizes the
abuse potential.

Firstly, you have to configure Smack Bringup Mode. That allows
for "release" software to be ammune from abuse. Second, only one
label gets to be "permissive" at a time. You can use it for
debugging, but that's about it.

A label written to smackfs/unconfined is treated specially.
If either the subject or object label of an access check
matches the "unconfined" label, and the access would not
have been allowed otherwise an audit record and a console
message are generated. The audit record "request" string is
marked with either "(US)" or "(UO)", to indicate that the
request was granted because of an unconfined label. The
fact that an inode was accessed by an unconfined label is
remembered, and subsequent accesses to that "impure"
object are noted in the log. The impurity is not stored in
the filesystem, so a file mislabled as a side effect of
using an unconfined label may still cause concern after
a reboot.

So, it's there, it's dangerous, but so many application
developers seem incapable of living without it I have
given in. I've tried to make it as safe as I can, but
in the end it's still a chain saw.

Signed-off-by: Casey Schaufler &lt;casey@schaufler-ca.com&gt;
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I have vehemently opposed adding a "permissive" mode to Smack
for the simple reasons that it would be subject to massive abuse
and that developers refuse to turn it off come product release.
I still believe that this is true, and still refuse to add a
general "permissive mode". So don't ask again.

Bumjin Im suggested an approach that addresses most of the concerns,
and I have implemented it here. I still believe that we'd be better
off without this sort of thing, but it looks like this minimizes the
abuse potential.

Firstly, you have to configure Smack Bringup Mode. That allows
for "release" software to be ammune from abuse. Second, only one
label gets to be "permissive" at a time. You can use it for
debugging, but that's about it.

A label written to smackfs/unconfined is treated specially.
If either the subject or object label of an access check
matches the "unconfined" label, and the access would not
have been allowed otherwise an audit record and a console
message are generated. The audit record "request" string is
marked with either "(US)" or "(UO)", to indicate that the
request was granted because of an unconfined label. The
fact that an inode was accessed by an unconfined label is
remembered, and subsequent accesses to that "impure"
object are noted in the log. The impurity is not stored in
the filesystem, so a file mislabled as a side effect of
using an unconfined label may still cause concern after
a reboot.

So, it's there, it's dangerous, but so many application
developers seem incapable of living without it I have
given in. I've tried to make it as safe as I can, but
in the end it's still a chain saw.

Signed-off-by: Casey Schaufler &lt;casey@schaufler-ca.com&gt;
</pre>
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>security: smack: fix out-of-bounds access in smk_parse_smack()</title>
<updated>2014-11-21T21:14:22+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Andrey Ryabinin</name>
<email>a.ryabinin@samsung.com</email>
</author>
<published>2014-11-08T14:48:05+00:00</published>
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Setting smack label on file (e.g. 'attr -S -s SMACK64 -V "test" test')
triggered following spew on the kernel with KASan applied:
    ==================================================================
    BUG: AddressSanitizer: out of bounds access in strncpy+0x28/0x60 at addr ffff8800059ad064
    =============================================================================
    BUG kmalloc-8 (Not tainted): kasan error
    -----------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Disabling lock debugging due to kernel taint
    INFO: Slab 0xffffea0000166b40 objects=128 used=7 fp=0xffff8800059ad080 flags=0x4000000000000080
    INFO: Object 0xffff8800059ad060 @offset=96 fp=0xffff8800059ad080

    Bytes b4 ffff8800059ad050: a0 df 9a 05 00 88 ff ff 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a  ........ZZZZZZZZ
    Object ffff8800059ad060: 74 65 73 74 6b 6b 6b a5                          testkkk.
    Redzone ffff8800059ad068: cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc                          ........
    Padding ffff8800059ad078: 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a                          ZZZZZZZZ
    CPU: 0 PID: 528 Comm: attr Tainted: G    B          3.18.0-rc1-mm1+ #5
    Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS Bochs 01/01/2011
     0000000000000000 ffff8800059ad064 ffffffff81534cf2 ffff880005a5bc40
     ffffffff8112fe1a 0000000100800006 0000000f059ad060 ffff880006000f90
     0000000000000296 ffffea0000166b40 ffffffff8107ca97 ffff880005891060
    Call Trace:
    ? dump_stack (lib/dump_stack.c:52)
    ? kasan_report_error (mm/kasan/report.c:102 mm/kasan/report.c:178)
    ? preempt_count_sub (kernel/sched/core.c:2651)
    ? __asan_load1 (mm/kasan/kasan.h:50 mm/kasan/kasan.c:248 mm/kasan/kasan.c:358)
    ? strncpy (lib/string.c:121)
    ? strncpy (lib/string.c:121)
    ? smk_parse_smack (security/smack/smack_access.c:457)
    ? setxattr (fs/xattr.c:343)
    ? smk_import_entry (security/smack/smack_access.c:514)
    ? smack_inode_setxattr (security/smack/smack_lsm.c:1093 (discriminator 1))
    ? security_inode_setxattr (security/security.c:602)
    ? vfs_setxattr (fs/xattr.c:134)
    ? setxattr (fs/xattr.c:343)
    ? setxattr (fs/xattr.c:360)
    ? get_parent_ip (kernel/sched/core.c:2606)
    ? preempt_count_sub (kernel/sched/core.c:2651)
    ? __percpu_counter_add (arch/x86/include/asm/preempt.h:98 lib/percpu_counter.c:90)
    ? get_parent_ip (kernel/sched/core.c:2606)
    ? preempt_count_sub (kernel/sched/core.c:2651)
    ? __mnt_want_write (arch/x86/include/asm/preempt.h:98 fs/namespace.c:359)
    ? path_setxattr (fs/xattr.c:380)
    ? SyS_lsetxattr (fs/xattr.c:397)
    ? system_call_fastpath (arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S:423)
    Read of size 1 by task attr:
    Memory state around the buggy address:
     ffff8800059ace80: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
     ffff8800059acf00: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
     ffff8800059acf80: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
    &gt;ffff8800059ad000: 00 fc fc fc 00 fc fc fc 05 fc fc fc 04 fc fc fc
                                                           ^
     ffff8800059ad080: fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb
     ffff8800059ad100: fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb
     ffff8800059ad180: fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb
    ==================================================================

strncpy() copies one byte more than the source string has.
Fix this by passing the correct length to strncpy().

Now we can remove initialization of the last byte in 'smack' string
because kzalloc() already did this for us.

Signed-off-by: Andrey Ryabinin &lt;a.ryabinin@samsung.com&gt;
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Setting smack label on file (e.g. 'attr -S -s SMACK64 -V "test" test')
triggered following spew on the kernel with KASan applied:
    ==================================================================
    BUG: AddressSanitizer: out of bounds access in strncpy+0x28/0x60 at addr ffff8800059ad064
    =============================================================================
    BUG kmalloc-8 (Not tainted): kasan error
    -----------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Disabling lock debugging due to kernel taint
    INFO: Slab 0xffffea0000166b40 objects=128 used=7 fp=0xffff8800059ad080 flags=0x4000000000000080
    INFO: Object 0xffff8800059ad060 @offset=96 fp=0xffff8800059ad080

    Bytes b4 ffff8800059ad050: a0 df 9a 05 00 88 ff ff 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a  ........ZZZZZZZZ
    Object ffff8800059ad060: 74 65 73 74 6b 6b 6b a5                          testkkk.
    Redzone ffff8800059ad068: cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc                          ........
    Padding ffff8800059ad078: 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a                          ZZZZZZZZ
    CPU: 0 PID: 528 Comm: attr Tainted: G    B          3.18.0-rc1-mm1+ #5
    Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS Bochs 01/01/2011
     0000000000000000 ffff8800059ad064 ffffffff81534cf2 ffff880005a5bc40
     ffffffff8112fe1a 0000000100800006 0000000f059ad060 ffff880006000f90
     0000000000000296 ffffea0000166b40 ffffffff8107ca97 ffff880005891060
    Call Trace:
    ? dump_stack (lib/dump_stack.c:52)
    ? kasan_report_error (mm/kasan/report.c:102 mm/kasan/report.c:178)
    ? preempt_count_sub (kernel/sched/core.c:2651)
    ? __asan_load1 (mm/kasan/kasan.h:50 mm/kasan/kasan.c:248 mm/kasan/kasan.c:358)
    ? strncpy (lib/string.c:121)
    ? strncpy (lib/string.c:121)
    ? smk_parse_smack (security/smack/smack_access.c:457)
    ? setxattr (fs/xattr.c:343)
    ? smk_import_entry (security/smack/smack_access.c:514)
    ? smack_inode_setxattr (security/smack/smack_lsm.c:1093 (discriminator 1))
    ? security_inode_setxattr (security/security.c:602)
    ? vfs_setxattr (fs/xattr.c:134)
    ? setxattr (fs/xattr.c:343)
    ? setxattr (fs/xattr.c:360)
    ? get_parent_ip (kernel/sched/core.c:2606)
    ? preempt_count_sub (kernel/sched/core.c:2651)
    ? __percpu_counter_add (arch/x86/include/asm/preempt.h:98 lib/percpu_counter.c:90)
    ? get_parent_ip (kernel/sched/core.c:2606)
    ? preempt_count_sub (kernel/sched/core.c:2651)
    ? __mnt_want_write (arch/x86/include/asm/preempt.h:98 fs/namespace.c:359)
    ? path_setxattr (fs/xattr.c:380)
    ? SyS_lsetxattr (fs/xattr.c:397)
    ? system_call_fastpath (arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S:423)
    Read of size 1 by task attr:
    Memory state around the buggy address:
     ffff8800059ace80: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
     ffff8800059acf00: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
     ffff8800059acf80: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
    &gt;ffff8800059ad000: 00 fc fc fc 00 fc fc fc 05 fc fc fc 04 fc fc fc
                                                           ^
     ffff8800059ad080: fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb
     ffff8800059ad100: fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb
     ffff8800059ad180: fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb
    ==================================================================

strncpy() copies one byte more than the source string has.
Fix this by passing the correct length to strncpy().

Now we can remove initialization of the last byte in 'smack' string
because kzalloc() already did this for us.

Signed-off-by: Andrey Ryabinin &lt;a.ryabinin@samsung.com&gt;
</pre>
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Smack: Lock mode for the floor and hat labels</title>
<updated>2014-10-28T15:22:40+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Casey Schaufler</name>
<email>casey@schaufler-ca.com</email>
</author>
<published>2014-10-09T23:18:55+00:00</published>
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The lock access mode allows setting a read lock on a file
for with the process has only read access. The floor label is
defined to make it easy to have the basic system installed such
that everyone can read it. Once there's a desire to read lock
(rationally or otherwise) a floor file a rule needs to get set.
This happens all the time, so make the floor label a little bit
more special and allow everyone lock access, too. By implication,
give processes with the hat label (hat can read everything)
lock access as well. This reduces clutter in the Smack rule set.

Signed-off-by: Casey Schaufler &lt;casey@schaufler-ca.com&gt;
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The lock access mode allows setting a read lock on a file
for with the process has only read access. The floor label is
defined to make it easy to have the basic system installed such
that everyone can read it. Once there's a desire to read lock
(rationally or otherwise) a floor file a rule needs to get set.
This happens all the time, so make the floor label a little bit
more special and allow everyone lock access, too. By implication,
give processes with the hat label (hat can read everything)
lock access as well. This reduces clutter in the Smack rule set.

Signed-off-by: Casey Schaufler &lt;casey@schaufler-ca.com&gt;
</pre>
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Make Smack operate on smack_known struct where it still used char*</title>
<updated>2014-08-29T17:10:55+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Lukasz Pawelczyk</name>
<email>l.pawelczyk@samsung.com</email>
</author>
<published>2014-08-29T15:02:55+00:00</published>
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Smack used to use a mix of smack_known struct and char* throughout its
APIs and implementation. This patch unifies the behaviour and makes it
store and operate exclusively on smack_known struct pointers when managing
labels.

Signed-off-by: Lukasz Pawelczyk &lt;l.pawelczyk@samsung.com&gt;

Conflicts:
	security/smack/smack_access.c
	security/smack/smack_lsm.c
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Smack used to use a mix of smack_known struct and char* throughout its
APIs and implementation. This patch unifies the behaviour and makes it
store and operate exclusively on smack_known struct pointers when managing
labels.

Signed-off-by: Lukasz Pawelczyk &lt;l.pawelczyk@samsung.com&gt;

Conflicts:
	security/smack/smack_access.c
	security/smack/smack_lsm.c
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<title>Smack: Bring-up access mode</title>
<updated>2014-08-28T20:11:56+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Casey Schaufler</name>
<email>casey@schaufler-ca.com</email>
</author>
<published>2014-08-27T21:51:27+00:00</published>
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People keep asking me for permissive mode, and I keep saying "no".

Permissive mode is wrong for more reasons than I can enumerate,
but the compelling one is that it's once on, never off.

Nonetheless, there is an argument to be made for running a
process with lots of permissions, logging which are required,
and then locking the process down. There wasn't a way to do
that with Smack, but this provides it.

The notion is that you start out by giving the process an
appropriate Smack label, such as "ATBirds". You create rules
with a wide range of access and the "b" mode. On Tizen it
might be:

	ATBirds	System	rwxalb
	ATBirds	User	rwxalb
	ATBirds	_	rwxalb
	User	ATBirds	wb
	System	ATBirds	wb

Accesses that fail will generate audit records. Accesses
that succeed because of rules marked with a "b" generate
log messages identifying the rule, the program and as much
object information as is convenient.

When the system is properly configured and the programs
brought in line with the labeling scheme the "b" mode can
be removed from the rules. When the system is ready for
production the facility can be configured out.

This provides the developer the convenience of permissive
mode without creating a system that looks like it is
enforcing a policy while it is not.

Signed-off-by: Casey Schaufler &lt;casey@schaufler-ca.com&gt;
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People keep asking me for permissive mode, and I keep saying "no".

Permissive mode is wrong for more reasons than I can enumerate,
but the compelling one is that it's once on, never off.

Nonetheless, there is an argument to be made for running a
process with lots of permissions, logging which are required,
and then locking the process down. There wasn't a way to do
that with Smack, but this provides it.

The notion is that you start out by giving the process an
appropriate Smack label, such as "ATBirds". You create rules
with a wide range of access and the "b" mode. On Tizen it
might be:

	ATBirds	System	rwxalb
	ATBirds	User	rwxalb
	ATBirds	_	rwxalb
	User	ATBirds	wb
	System	ATBirds	wb

Accesses that fail will generate audit records. Accesses
that succeed because of rules marked with a "b" generate
log messages identifying the rule, the program and as much
object information as is convenient.

When the system is properly configured and the programs
brought in line with the labeling scheme the "b" mode can
be removed from the rules. When the system is ready for
production the facility can be configured out.

This provides the developer the convenience of permissive
mode without creating a system that looks like it is
enforcing a policy while it is not.

Signed-off-by: Casey Schaufler &lt;casey@schaufler-ca.com&gt;
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<entry>
<title>Merge branch 'next' of git://git.infradead.org/users/pcmoore/selinux into next</title>
<updated>2014-08-02T12:58:02+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>James Morris</name>
<email>james.l.morris@oracle.com</email>
</author>
<published>2014-08-02T12:58:02+00:00</published>
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