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security: remove security_sb_post_mountroot hook
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The security_sb_post_mountroot() hook is long-since obsolete, and is
fundamentally broken: it is never invoked if someone uses initramfs.
This is particularly damaging, because the existence of this hook has
been used as motivation for not using initramfs.

Stephen Smalley confirmed on 2007-07-19 that this hook was originally
used by SELinux but can now be safely removed:

     http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=118485683612916&w=2

Cc: Stephen Smalley <sds@tycho.nsa.gov>
Cc: James Morris <jmorris@namei.org>
Cc: Eric Paris <eparis@parisplace.org>
Cc: Chris Wright <chrisw@sous-sol.org>
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Signed-off-by: James Morris <jmorris@namei.org>
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H. Peter Anvin authored and James Morris committed Jan 25, 2008
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8 changes: 0 additions & 8 deletions include/linux/security.h
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Expand Up @@ -249,9 +249,6 @@ struct request_sock;
* @mnt contains the mounted file system.
* @flags contains the new filesystem flags.
* @data contains the filesystem-specific data.
* @sb_post_mountroot:
* Update the security module's state when the root filesystem is mounted.
* This hook is only called if the mount was successful.
* @sb_post_addmount:
* Update the security module's state when a filesystem is mounted.
* This hook is called any time a mount is successfully grafetd to
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -1257,7 +1254,6 @@ struct security_operations {
void (*sb_umount_busy) (struct vfsmount * mnt);
void (*sb_post_remount) (struct vfsmount * mnt,
unsigned long flags, void *data);
void (*sb_post_mountroot) (void);
void (*sb_post_addmount) (struct vfsmount * mnt,
struct nameidata * mountpoint_nd);
int (*sb_pivotroot) (struct nameidata * old_nd,
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -1524,7 +1520,6 @@ int security_sb_umount(struct vfsmount *mnt, int flags);
void security_sb_umount_close(struct vfsmount *mnt);
void security_sb_umount_busy(struct vfsmount *mnt);
void security_sb_post_remount(struct vfsmount *mnt, unsigned long flags, void *data);
void security_sb_post_mountroot(void);
void security_sb_post_addmount(struct vfsmount *mnt, struct nameidata *mountpoint_nd);
int security_sb_pivotroot(struct nameidata *old_nd, struct nameidata *new_nd);
void security_sb_post_pivotroot(struct nameidata *old_nd, struct nameidata *new_nd);
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -1813,9 +1808,6 @@ static inline void security_sb_post_remount (struct vfsmount *mnt,
unsigned long flags, void *data)
{ }

static inline void security_sb_post_mountroot (void)
{ }

static inline void security_sb_post_addmount (struct vfsmount *mnt,
struct nameidata *mountpoint_nd)
{ }
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1 change: 0 additions & 1 deletion init/do_mounts.c
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Expand Up @@ -470,6 +470,5 @@ void __init prepare_namespace(void)
out:
sys_mount(".", "/", NULL, MS_MOVE, NULL);
sys_chroot(".");
security_sb_post_mountroot();
}

6 changes: 0 additions & 6 deletions security/dummy.c
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Expand Up @@ -225,11 +225,6 @@ static void dummy_sb_post_remount (struct vfsmount *mnt, unsigned long flags,
}


static void dummy_sb_post_mountroot (void)
{
return;
}

static void dummy_sb_post_addmount (struct vfsmount *mnt, struct nameidata *nd)
{
return;
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -1017,7 +1012,6 @@ void security_fixup_ops (struct security_operations *ops)
set_to_dummy_if_null(ops, sb_umount_close);
set_to_dummy_if_null(ops, sb_umount_busy);
set_to_dummy_if_null(ops, sb_post_remount);
set_to_dummy_if_null(ops, sb_post_mountroot);
set_to_dummy_if_null(ops, sb_post_addmount);
set_to_dummy_if_null(ops, sb_pivotroot);
set_to_dummy_if_null(ops, sb_post_pivotroot);
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5 changes: 0 additions & 5 deletions security/security.c
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Expand Up @@ -288,11 +288,6 @@ void security_sb_post_remount(struct vfsmount *mnt, unsigned long flags, void *d
security_ops->sb_post_remount(mnt, flags, data);
}

void security_sb_post_mountroot(void)
{
security_ops->sb_post_mountroot();
}

void security_sb_post_addmount(struct vfsmount *mnt, struct nameidata *mountpoint_nd)
{
security_ops->sb_post_addmount(mnt, mountpoint_nd);
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