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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James Morris
2007-10-16 23:31:32 -07:00
committed by Linus Torvalds
parent 5c3b447457
commit 20510f2f4e
11 changed files with 1185 additions and 1056 deletions

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@@ -74,15 +74,15 @@ config SECURITY_NETWORK_XFRM
If you are unsure how to answer this question, answer N.
config SECURITY_CAPABILITIES
tristate "Default Linux Capabilities"
bool "Default Linux Capabilities"
depends on SECURITY
help
This enables the "default" Linux capabilities functionality.
If you are unsure how to answer this question, answer Y.
config SECURITY_ROOTPLUG
tristate "Root Plug Support"
depends on USB && SECURITY
bool "Root Plug Support"
depends on USB=y && SECURITY
help
This is a sample LSM module that should only be used as such.
It prevents any programs running with egid == 0 if a specific