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authorAhmed S. Darwish <darwish.07@gmail.com>2008-03-06 19:09:10 +0300
committerJames Morris <jmorris@namei.org>2008-04-19 04:00:51 +0400
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Security: Introduce security= boot parameter
Add the security= boot parameter. This is done to avoid LSM registration clashes in case of more than one bult-in module. User can choose a security module to enable at boot. If no security= boot parameter is specified, only the first LSM asking for registration will be loaded. An invalid security module name will be treated as if no module has been chosen. LSM modules must check now if they are allowed to register by calling security_module_enable(ops) first. Modify SELinux and SMACK to do so. Do not let SMACK register smackfs if it was not chosen on boot. Smackfs assumes that smack hooks are registered and the initial task security setup (swapper->security) is done. Signed-off-by: Ahmed S. Darwish <darwish.07@gmail.com> Acked-by: James Morris <jmorris@namei.org>
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@@ -366,6 +366,12 @@ 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.
+ security= [SECURITY] Choose a security module to enable at boot.
+ If this boot parameter is not specified, only the first
+ security module asking for security registration will be
+ loaded. An invalid security module name will be treated
+ as if no module has been chosen.
+
capability.disable=
[SECURITY] Disable capabilities. This would normally
be used only if an alternative security model is to be