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authorJames Morris <jmorris@namei.org>2007-10-16 23:31:32 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@woody.linux-foundation.org>2007-10-17 08:43:07 -0700
commit20510f2f4e2dabb0ff6c13901807627ec9452f98 (patch)
treed64b9eeb90d577f7f9688a215c4c6c3c2405188a /security/capability.c
parent5c3b447457789374cdb7b03afe2540d48c649a36 (diff)
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>
Diffstat (limited to 'security/capability.c')
-rw-r--r--security/capability.c24
1 files changed, 0 insertions, 24 deletions
diff --git a/security/capability.c b/security/capability.c
index 38296a005465..fda6a14cb24d 100644
--- a/security/capability.c
+++ b/security/capability.c
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
*
*/
-#include <linux/module.h>
#include <linux/init.h>
#include <linux/kernel.h>
#include <linux/security.h>
@@ -52,7 +51,6 @@ static int secondary;
static int capability_disable;
module_param_named(disable, capability_disable, int, 0);
-MODULE_PARM_DESC(disable, "To disable capabilities module set disable = 1");
static int __init capability_init (void)
{
@@ -75,26 +73,4 @@ static int __init capability_init (void)
return 0;
}
-static void __exit capability_exit (void)
-{
- if (capability_disable)
- return;
- /* remove ourselves from the security framework */
- if (secondary) {
- if (mod_unreg_security (KBUILD_MODNAME, &capability_ops))
- printk (KERN_INFO "Failure unregistering capabilities "
- "with primary module.\n");
- return;
- }
-
- if (unregister_security (&capability_ops)) {
- printk (KERN_INFO
- "Failure unregistering capabilities with the kernel\n");
- }
-}
-
security_initcall (capability_init);
-module_exit (capability_exit);
-
-MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Standard Linux Capabilities Security Module");
-MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");