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authorJohn Johansen <john.johansen@canonical.com>2009-11-05 17:03:20 -0800
committerJames Morris <jmorris@namei.org>2009-11-09 08:40:07 +1100
commit6e65f92ff0d6f18580737321718d09035085a3fb (patch)
tree2edfad79128d1b48e0b4ad49abdfbfcf2a1a2a48 /security/security.c
parent0e1a6ef2dea88101b056b6d9984f3325c5efced3 (diff)
downloadlinux-6e65f92ff0d6f18580737321718d09035085a3fb.tar.gz
Config option to set a default LSM
The LSM currently requires setting a kernel parameter at boot to select
a specific LSM.  This adds a config option that allows specifying a default
LSM that is used unless overridden with the security= kernel parameter.
If the the config option is not set the current behavior of first LSM
to register is used.

Signed-off-by: John Johansen <john.johansen@canonical.com>
Acked-by: Serge Hallyn <serue@us.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: James Morris <jmorris@namei.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'security/security.c')
-rw-r--r--security/security.c9
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/security/security.c b/security/security.c
index 684d5ee655da..aad71b2ca195 100644
--- a/security/security.c
+++ b/security/security.c
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@
 #include <linux/ima.h>
 
 /* Boot-time LSM user choice */
-static __initdata char chosen_lsm[SECURITY_NAME_MAX + 1];
+static __initdata char chosen_lsm[SECURITY_NAME_MAX + 1] =
+	CONFIG_DEFAULT_SECURITY;
 
 /* things that live in capability.c */
 extern struct security_operations default_security_ops;
@@ -80,8 +81,10 @@ __setup("security=", choose_lsm);
  *
  * Return true if:
  *	-The passed LSM is the one chosen by user at boot time,
- *	-or user didn't specify a specific LSM and we're the first to ask
- *	 for registration permission,
+ *	-or the passed LSM is configured as the default and the user did not
+ *	 choose an alternate LSM at boot time,
+ *	-or there is no default LSM set and the user didn't specify a
+ *	 specific LSM and we're the first to ask for registration permission,
  *	-or the passed LSM is currently loaded.
  * Otherwise, return false.
  */