linux/security
James Morris 4e5ab4cb85 [SECMARK]: Add new packet controls to SELinux
Add new per-packet access controls to SELinux, replacing the old
packet controls.

Packets are labeled with the iptables SECMARK and CONNSECMARK targets,
then security policy for the packets is enforced with these controls.

To allow for a smooth transition to the new controls, the old code is
still present, but not active by default.  To restore previous
behavior, the old controls may be activated at runtime by writing a
'1' to /selinux/compat_net, and also via the kernel boot parameter
selinux_compat_net.  Switching between the network control models
requires the security load_policy permission.  The old controls will
probably eventually be removed and any continued use is discouraged.

With this patch, the new secmark controls for SElinux are disabled by
default, so existing behavior is entirely preserved, and the user is
not affected at all.

It also provides a config option to enable the secmark controls by
default (which can always be overridden at boot and runtime).  It is
also noted in the kconfig help that the user will need updated
userspace if enabling secmark controls for SELinux and that they'll
probably need the SECMARK and CONNMARK targets, and conntrack protocol
helpers, although such decisions are beyond the scope of kernel
configuration.

Signed-off-by: James Morris <jmorris@namei.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2006-06-17 21:30:05 -07:00
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keys [PATCH] Keys: Improve usage of memory barriers and remove IRQ disablement 2006-04-11 06:18:45 -07:00
selinux [SECMARK]: Add new packet controls to SELinux 2006-06-17 21:30:05 -07:00
Kconfig [LSM-IPSec]: Security association restriction. 2006-01-03 13:10:24 -08:00
Makefile [PATCH] add securityfs for all LSMs to use 2005-07-08 18:48:41 -07:00
capability.c kbuild: un-stringnify KBUILD_MODNAME 2006-01-06 21:17:50 +01:00
commoncap.c [PATCH] make cap_ptrace enforce PTRACE_TRACME checks 2006-03-25 08:22:56 -08:00
dummy.c [LSM-IPsec]: SELinux Authorize 2006-06-17 21:29:45 -07:00
inode.c [PATCH] mutex subsystem, semaphore to mutex: VFS, ->i_sem 2006-01-09 15:59:24 -08:00
root_plug.c Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
seclvl.c [PATCH] Bug fixes and cleanup for the BSD Secure Levels LSM 2006-03-23 07:38:03 -08:00
security.c [PATCH] refactor capable() to one implementation, add __capable() helper 2006-03-25 08:22:56 -08:00