From 20510f2f4e2dabb0ff6c13901807627ec9452f98 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: James Morris Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2007 23:31:32 -0700 Subject: security: Convert LSM into a static interface Convert LSM into a static interface, as the ability to unload a security module is not required by in-tree users and potentially complicates the overall security architecture. Needlessly exported LSM symbols have been unexported, to help reduce API abuse. Parameters for the capability and root_plug modules are now specified at boot. The SECURITY_FRAMEWORK_VERSION macro has also been removed. In a nutshell, there is no safe way to unload an LSM. The modular interface is thus unecessary and broken infrastructure. It is used only by out-of-tree modules, which are often binary-only, illegal, abusive of the API and dangerous, e.g. silently re-vectoring SELinux. [akpm@linux-foundation.org: cleanups] [akpm@linux-foundation.org: USB Kconfig fix] [randy.dunlap@oracle.com: fix LSM kernel-doc] Signed-off-by: James Morris Acked-by: Chris Wright Cc: Stephen Smalley Cc: "Serge E. Hallyn" Acked-by: Arjan van de Ven Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 17 +++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+) (limited to 'Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt') diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index a0ed205e535..63bda363708 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -75,10 +75,12 @@ parameter is applicable: PPT Parallel port support is enabled. PS2 Appropriate PS/2 support is enabled. RAM RAM disk support is enabled. + ROOTPLUG The example Root Plug LSM is enabled. S390 S390 architecture is enabled. SCSI Appropriate SCSI support is enabled. A lot of drivers has their options described inside of Documentation/scsi/. + SECURITY Different security models are enabled. SELINUX SELinux support is enabled. SERIAL Serial support is enabled. SH SuperH architecture is enabled. @@ -373,6 +375,12 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file possible to determine what the correct size should be. This option provides an override for these situations. + capability.disable= + [SECURITY] Disable capabilities. This would normally + be used only if an alternative security model is to be + configured. Potentially dangerous and should only be + used if you are entirely sure of the consequences. + chandev= [HW,NET] Generic channel device initialisation checkreqprot [SELINUX] Set initial checkreqprot flag value. @@ -1539,6 +1547,15 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file Useful for devices that are detected asynchronously (e.g. USB and MMC devices). + root_plug.vendor_id= + [ROOTPLUG] Override the default vendor ID + + root_plug.product_id= + [ROOTPLUG] Override the default product ID + + root_plug.debug= + [ROOTPLUG] Enable debugging output + rw [KNL] Mount root device read-write on boot S [KNL] Run init in single mode -- cgit v1.2.3