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Smack: Handle io_uring kernel thread privileges
authorCasey Schaufler <casey@schaufler-ca.com>
Tue, 22 Dec 2020 23:34:24 +0000 (15:34 -0800)
committerCasey Schaufler <casey@schaufler-ca.com>
Tue, 22 Dec 2020 23:34:24 +0000 (15:34 -0800)
commit942cb357ae7d9249088e3687ee6a00ed2745a0c7
tree2bfffd5812fb64ccb43da0308773525dfda99277tree
parent9b0072e2b2b588ad75c94f2c6e6c52c8f4bd2657commit | diff
Smack: Handle io_uring kernel thread privileges

Smack assumes that kernel threads are privileged for smackfs
operations. This was necessary because the credential of the
kernel thread was not related to a user operation. With io_uring
the credential does reflect a user's rights and can be used.

Suggested-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
Acked-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
Acked-by: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com>
Signed-off-by: Casey Schaufler <casey@schaufler-ca.com>
security/smack/smack_access.c diff | blob | blame | history
Linux 6.x block layer and io_uring tree(s)