Re: [PATCH v2 1/9] security: add LSM blob and hooks for namespaces

Christian Brauner <[email protected]>
Newsgroups org.kernel.vger.linux-security-module,org.kernel.vger.linux-fsdevel,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel
Message-ID <20260710-sardinen-zinken-aerodynamik-8b09dafc60a2@brauner>
On 2026-07-09 17:58 +0200, Mickaël Salaün wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 09, 2026 at 09:03:58AM -0400, Paul Moore wrote:
> > On Thu, Jul 9, 2026 at 5:12 AM Mickaël Salaün <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > On Wed, Jul 08, 2026 at 11:22:17PM -0400, Paul Moore wrote:
> > > > On May 27, 2026 =?UTF-8?q?Micka=C3=ABl=20Sala=C3=BCn?= <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > All namespace types now share the same ns_common infrastructure. Extend
> > > > > this to include a security blob so LSMs can start managing namespaces
> > > > > uniformly without having to add one-off hooks or security fields to
> > > > > every individual namespace type.
> > 
> > ...
> > 
> > > > > @@ -91,7 +103,10 @@ int __ns_common_init(struct ns_common *ns, u32 ns_type, const struct proc_ns_ope
> > > > >
> > > > >  void __ns_common_free(struct ns_common *ns)
> > > > >  {
> > > > > -   proc_free_inum(ns->inum);
> > > > > +   security_namespace_free(ns);
> > > > > +
> > > > > +   if (ns->inum > MNT_NS_INO_SPECIAL_MAX)
> > > > > +           proc_free_inum(ns->inum);
> > > >
> > > > The ns->inum check in the if-conditional above isn't quite the same as
> > > > the is_anon_ns() check it replaces in free_mnt_ns().  You touch on this
> > > > a bit in the changelog, but that really should be explained in the
> > > > commit description.
> > > >
> > > > ... or honestly, should that change be a separate patch?
> > >
> > > I think it's fine, but it's Christian's patch, so I'll let him answer
> > > and propose a new commit description.
> > 
> > I don't have a strong opinion on either approach, either a separate
> > patch or doc update, but one of the two needs to happen.
> 
> Noted, I'll follow on this with Christian.

I think we should add this as a separate patch.
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