Re: [AppArmor 39/45] AppArmor: Profile loading and manipulation, pathname matching

Hi!

> >>The code has improved, and continues to improve, to meet all the coding
> >>style feedback except the bits which are essential to AA's function
> >
> >Which are exactly the bits Christoph Hellwig and Al Viro
> >vetoed. http://www.uwsg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0706.1/2587.html
> >. I believe it takes more than "2 users want it" to overcome veto of
> >VFS maintainer.
> 
> so you are saying that _any_ pathname based solution is not acceptable to 
> the kernel, no matter what?

You'd have to ask Christoph the same question.

AFAICT, reconstructing full path then basing security on that is a
no-no.
									Pavel
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