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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2017-02-21 12:49:56 -0800
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2017-02-21 12:49:56 -0800
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Merge branch 'next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jmorris/linux-security
Pull security layer updates from James Morris:
 "Highlights:

   - major AppArmor update: policy namespaces & lots of fixes

   - add /sys/kernel/security/lsm node for easy detection of loaded LSMs

   - SELinux cgroupfs labeling support

   - SELinux context mounts on tmpfs, ramfs, devpts within user
     namespaces

   - improved TPM 2.0 support"

* 'next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jmorris/linux-security: (117 commits)
  tpm: declare tpm2_get_pcr_allocation() as static
  tpm: Fix expected number of response bytes of TPM1.2 PCR Extend
  tpm xen: drop unneeded chip variable
  tpm: fix misspelled "facilitate" in module parameter description
  tpm_tis: fix the error handling of init_tis()
  KEYS: Use memzero_explicit() for secret data
  KEYS: Fix an error code in request_master_key()
  sign-file: fix build error in sign-file.c with libressl
  selinux: allow changing labels for cgroupfs
  selinux: fix off-by-one in setprocattr
  tpm: silence an array overflow warning
  tpm: fix the type of owned field in cap_t
  tpm: add securityfs support for TPM 2.0 firmware event log
  tpm: enhance read_log_of() to support Physical TPM event log
  tpm: enhance TPM 2.0 PCR extend to support multiple banks
  tpm: implement TPM 2.0 capability to get active PCR banks
  tpm: fix RC value check in tpm2_seal_trusted
  tpm_tis: fix iTPM probe via probe_itpm() function
  tpm: Begin the process to deprecate user_read_timer
  tpm: remove tpm_read_index and tpm_write_index from tpm.h
  ...
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diff --git a/Documentation/security/LSM.txt b/Documentation/security/LSM.txt
index 3db7e671c440..c2683f28ed36 100644
--- a/Documentation/security/LSM.txt
+++ b/Documentation/security/LSM.txt
@@ -22,6 +22,13 @@ system, building their checks on top of the defined capability hooks.
 For more details on capabilities, see capabilities(7) in the Linux
 man-pages project.
 
+A list of the active security modules can be found by reading
+/sys/kernel/security/lsm. This is a comma separated list, and
+will always include the capability module. The list reflects the
+order in which checks are made. The capability module will always
+be first, followed by any "minor" modules (e.g. Yama) and then
+the one "major" module (e.g. SELinux) if there is one configured.
+
 Based on https://lkml.org/lkml/2007/10/26/215,
 a new LSM is accepted into the kernel when its intent (a description of
 what it tries to protect against and in what cases one would expect to