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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 <jmorris@namei.org> Acked-by:
Chris Wright <chrisw@sous-sol.org> Cc: Stephen Smalley <sds@tycho.nsa.gov> Cc: "Serge E. Hallyn" <serue@us.ibm.com> Acked-by:
Arjan van de Ven <arjan@infradead.org> Signed-off-by:
Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Signed-off-by:
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by:
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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- Documentation/DocBook/kernel-api.tmpl 1 addition, 1 deletionDocumentation/DocBook/kernel-api.tmpl
- Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt 17 additions, 0 deletionsDocumentation/kernel-parameters.txt
- include/linux/security.h 206 additions, 984 deletionsinclude/linux/security.h
- security/Kconfig 3 additions, 3 deletionssecurity/Kconfig
- security/capability.c 0 additions, 24 deletionssecurity/capability.c
- security/commoncap.c 0 additions, 3 deletionssecurity/commoncap.c
- security/dummy.c 0 additions, 1 deletionsecurity/dummy.c
- security/root_plug.c 1 addition, 30 deletionssecurity/root_plug.c
- security/security.c 956 additions, 8 deletionssecurity/security.c
- security/selinux/hooks.c 1 addition, 1 deletionsecurity/selinux/hooks.c
- security/selinux/xfrm.c 0 additions, 1 deletionsecurity/selinux/xfrm.c
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